I had the same pain doing client work, the scary part wasnt sending invoice one, it was week two when nobody wanted to own the follow-up and cash got weird. I started with plain email nudges, tried Stripe reminders after that, and now I'm building ChaseFlow around that chasing gap, tbh the tone escalation only works once the workflow itself is clear. Curious if you found freelancers cared more about timing, wording, or just knowing who to chase next.I had the same pain doing client work, the scary part wasnt sending invoice one, it was week two when nobody wanted to own the follow-up and cash got weird. I started with plain email nudges, tried Stripe reminders after that, and now I'm building ChaseFlow around that chasing gap. The tone escalation only works once the workflow itself is clear. Curious if you found freelancers cared more about timing, wording, or just knowing who to chase next.
I went through this last year and lost 80. So I built RecoverKit - a Toolkit with 10 email templates: https://tryrecoverkit.com/toolkit/ Day 1 friendly, Day 3 firm, Day 7 final notice. Most clients pay by Day 3. Hope this helps!
The late payment problem is so real. I used to freelance and the worst part wasn't even the waiting — it was the mental overhead of tracking who owes what and when to follow up without being annoying. You end up spending more time managing receivables than doing actual work.
One question: how do you handle the tone escalation? Like, the first nudge should be friendly but by nudge #4 you kind of need to be firm. Do you let users customize the escalation path or is it templated? That's the part I always struggled with — finding the right balance between polite and "hey, pay me."
I built Nudgely after wasting too much time chasing unpaid invoices. It automates polite reminders so freelancers and indie founders get paid faster — without the awkward follow-ups.
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I had the same pain doing client work, the scary part wasnt sending invoice one, it was week two when nobody wanted to own the follow-up and cash got weird. I started with plain email nudges, tried Stripe reminders after that, and now I'm building ChaseFlow around that chasing gap, tbh the tone escalation only works once the workflow itself is clear. Curious if you found freelancers cared more about timing, wording, or just knowing who to chase next.I had the same pain doing client work, the scary part wasnt sending invoice one, it was week two when nobody wanted to own the follow-up and cash got weird. I started with plain email nudges, tried Stripe reminders after that, and now I'm building ChaseFlow around that chasing gap. The tone escalation only works once the workflow itself is clear. Curious if you found freelancers cared more about timing, wording, or just knowing who to chase next.
I went through this last year and lost 80. So I built RecoverKit - a Toolkit with 10 email templates: https://tryrecoverkit.com/toolkit/ Day 1 friendly, Day 3 firm, Day 7 final notice. Most clients pay by Day 3. Hope this helps!
The late payment problem is so real. I used to freelance and the worst part wasn't even the waiting — it was the mental overhead of tracking who owes what and when to follow up without being annoying. You end up spending more time managing receivables than doing actual work.
One question: how do you handle the tone escalation? Like, the first nudge should be friendly but by nudge #4 you kind of need to be firm. Do you let users customize the escalation path or is it templated? That's the part I always struggled with — finding the right balance between polite and "hey, pay me."
This a great solution for every freelancer.