What the invoice can carry
Recurring text invoice for regular clients
A regular client gets the same shape of text on the same day, with the dates changed. That is the recurring invoice. It is not a charge that leaves their bank with no message.
Repeat the message, do not repeat last week’s dates
Recurring billing fails when last month’s invoice is forwarded with last month’s dates still in it. Build the new invoice from the same lines, change the week, and send it on the day the client expects. Pro plans are sold with recurring invoices as part of the offer. The safe workflow you can do today is a fresh invoice each period and a text that looks familiar. Do not take money from a stored card and skip the message. The message is how a regular client knows this week is not a duplicate of last week. If a walk was cancelled, the count changes. Familiar is not identical.
Milo, this week’s 5 walks, same as usual, due today: https://invoicetxt.com/i/your-link
Use the same wording each period
They should recognise it in the lock screen.
Change the dates and the count
Familiar structure, true numbers.
Send it on the agreed weekday
Random timing makes a regular bill look like a second bill.
Skip a line that did not happen
A cancelled walk is not loyalty. It is a wrong count.
What to put on this invoice
- The same client and rate
- A new period named in the text
- A new invoice, not a forwarded screenshot
- The weekday you promised
Questions about this job
Will the money leave their account automatically?
Not from this text. A recurring text invoice is a recurring request. A card subscription is a different product and needs to be explicit.
What if one week is shorter?
Change the count. Send the shorter invoice. Do not wait and blend two weeks.
Can the API create next month’s invoice?
Yes. Your system can POST a new invoice on the schedule and your messaging tool can send the url. Each call should be a new period.
Same shape, new dates. A forwarded last month is how regular clients stop trusting you.
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