A client in Phoenix taught me to always put a due date on invoices

I used to just send invoices with 'net 30' at the bottom and hope for the best. A longtime client in Phoenix, a property manager, told me I was asking for trouble by not being specific. He showed me his own invoicing system where he puts the exact date like 'due by June 15, 2024' in bold. Since I started doing that six months ago, my payment times went from averaging 45 days down to about 22. Has anyone else tried putting a specific date instead of just net terms?

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david_palmer6h ago

I mean, is a two week difference really worth changing your whole system for?

lee.cora5h ago

I used to be in the "why bother" camp too, but after trying it the other way I honestly felt less frazzled for weeks. That two week buffer ended up being worth more to me than I expected.