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Tired of chasing clients for late payments

1 pointjesusfchristn5 comments

Each month there is at least one client who does not pay my invoice.

I absolutely despise sending follow up reminders it feels needy, awkward, and just a reframing of mental energy.

So, I am thinking...what if an AI tool could send those reminders for me?

Connect to Stripe or PayPal, it predicts who will likely pay late and automatically sends out a reminder email that gets firmer each time.

IM NOT selling anything. Just qualifying if this is a pain point. Would you actually be willing to pay $49/mo for it to manage this whole mess for you? Or is this just a nice idea? And it's not worth cash?

Only be brutally honest please :)

1) There are at least a couple YCcombinator startup that does collections: Domu and Respaid.

2) There was a time in a prior life when I did consulting, and of course I experienced the same issue. I re-wrote my contract to get paid in advance each and every week (seldom every month). If I had no payment in my bank, no work that week. Easy, simple, the client was always in control.

Must watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEa6PdOG2ts

See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45537958

You have submitted the same Ask HN twice. Not sure what you are trying to achieve?

> I absolutely despise sending follow up reminders it feels needy, awkward, and just a reframing of mental energy.

It's business, nothing wrong with sending a reminder when the payment deadline is reached. Make it a process to follow: create a template and boom, nothing to think about except filling in the blanks when the date is reached.

You don't need AI to check if a payment has been made by a specific date! And you don't need AI to keep tabs on who has previously paid late and might need an extra early nudge.

accounts do that...not exactly sure what the role name is

Debt collection.

I wouldn't let AI near it unless you don't care how you are perceived (parking fines?).

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