For freelance creatives

Invoicing for freelance creatives

You’re a designer, illustrator, or photographer, not a credit controller. Quote, take a deposit, invoice, and get paid, with the chasing handled for you, so the awkward money emails stop eating your afternoons.

Your first 3 invoices are free to send, no card needed.

From pitch to paid

The money side of a project, handled

1

Send a quote they accept online

Price the work in a quote with a secure link. Your client accepts or declines in their browser, no login, and you can add a couple of photos of past work.

2

Take a deposit to start

Ask for a deposit before you open the file, a percentage or a fixed amount, payable by card. Split a bigger project into milestones if it helps.

3

Convert to an invoice

When the quote’s accepted, turn it into an invoice in seconds, nothing retyped, the currency locked to the quote.

4

Get chased and paid

Add a card link and switch on reminders. Overdue work chases itself, politely, in your words, so you don’t have to.

Why creatives use it

Professional, without the admin

Creative work lives or dies on the relationship, and nothing strains it like chasing money by hand. Sendinvo keeps the money side calm and professional so the client only ever sees your best.

The deposit conversation, made easy

A deposit protects your time. Put it on the quote and the invoice, let the client pay it by card online, and Sendinvo chases the deposit before the balance. You keep 100% of what they pay; there’s no platform fee, only Stripe’s own card fee.

Chasing that doesn’t sound like you nagging

Set your reminder wording once and every follow-up goes out in your voice, stepping up from a gentle nudge to a firmer note. Turn on quote follow-ups too, so a client who’s gone quiet on a proposal gets a nudge without you lifting a finger.

Overseas clients, no FX headaches

Working with a startup in New York or a brand in Berlin? Invoice in their currency, and they pay by card in it. Sendinvo never converts or blends currencies, so every invoice stays exactly as you billed it. And when a client drags, you can charge statutory interest on a sterling invoice.

See it in action

A design studio, seeded and running

The real app, filled with a studio’s quotes, deposits, project invoices, and a retainer. Have a click around.

sendinvo.com/invoices

A live demo seeded with a design studio. Nothing you do here is saved or sent.

A worked example

A brand identity project, in two parts

A deposit to begin, the balance on delivery, both payable by card.

Invoice for a brand identity project
Deposit, 50% on start £1,800.00 Paid
Balance, on delivery £1,800.00 Due
Project total £3,600.00

The deposit is chased first; once it’s in, chasing moves to the balance.

Questions

Good to know

Can clients accept a quote without an account?

Yes. Send a priced quote as a secure link and your client accepts or declines in their browser, no login and no app. When they accept, one step turns it into a pre-filled invoice you review and send.

Can I take a deposit before I start work?

Yes. Ask for a deposit as a percentage or a fixed amount, with its own due date, shown on the invoice with the balance. Your client can pay it by card online, and reminders chase the deposit first, then the balance.

How do I chase a client who’s gone quiet?

Set your reminder policy once and Sendinvo follows up on overdue invoices in your own words, stepping up gently, so you don’t have to write the awkward email yourself. You can pause or stop reminders on any one invoice.

Can I invoice overseas clients?

Yes. Invoice in any of ten currencies, and your client pays by card in that currency. Sendinvo never converts between currencies, so each invoice stays exactly as you billed it.

Do the work you love. Get paid for it.

Send your first quote free, take a deposit, and let the chasing run itself.