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The Reason I Send Invoices
12 years ago
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---✖--- I've actually had atleast 3 people ask me why I needed to send them an invoice rather than just have them send me the payment. So here is why I will always prefer invoices and if I can avoid it at all skip sending you my email for you to send me a payment.
First. it keeps things clean! I have a nice neat stack of invoices instead of lots of random Paypal "pending" messages to sort through to see who has paid.
Second, it lets me avoid getting in trouble with Paypal because it doesn't allow you to send me notes on your payment. Not that I think everyone is silly enough to put something like "FOR THE PORN" on your payment, but why take the chance?
And third, and probably the biggest reason I send invoices rather than have you send me the payment yourself, is it lets me avoid scammers and liars. See, when I send the invoice it clearly states when it has been paid, and when it hasn't. Before I started sending invoices, and would just give them my email to send the payment, I had waaaayyy too many people(seriously there are a lot of scammers) tell me something like:
Them: "Okay money sent, give me my picture now."
Me: "Well the payment hasn't gone through yet, maybe it's delayed I'll give it a couple more minutes."
Them: "Oh.. well the money is gone out of my account... I know I sent it."
Me: "Check the paypal email and make sure you sent it to my email. See if you spelled it right."
Them: "Yes it's spelled right and the money is missing from my account now, give me my picture."
Me: "Sorry but I still don't have it... Send me a screenie of your receipt?"
Them: "I don't have access to that email anymore."
.... I mean this convo could go on and on and on.. and let me tell you it did more times than I would have liked. Invoices solves EVERY SINGLE PROBLEM. xD
So there you go.
That's why I send invoices, if you were curious or one of those people who had asked me why.
I get why you do the invoice thing though o3o *thumbs up*
Normally for any bigger commissions (above an icon) I send a sketch first though and then request payment before I go on~
I might o3o though when I start doing more bigger commissions. Most of my stuff recently has been $10 or under o3o and they pay before I start~
err you might be able to delete the email, but it would still show up on your paypal on your history if you paid >>;;; that's not a good excuse
Other than that, I love them.
Plus, with everything else that's been mentioned, it's safer to go with invoices. X3
Also, when in doubt, the thing to ask for is the transaction ID.
That said... You can put notes on the invoice payment. It just is done in a different way.
The scammers are always pretty obvious, I'm just learning to say "no" still. Like I still feel bad even when people are trying to screw me over. <_< I need more confidence.