Awkward moments
Send an invoice when you have no laptop
The phone browser is enough. Type the line, copy the link, send the text. You do not need a desktop to produce the PDF.
Leave the laptop in the office
A lot of invoicing advice assumes you will “do the admin tonight” at a desk. That is how tonight becomes next week. The invoice line is short enough to type with a thumb. The preview adds the total. The PDF exists even though you never opened a laptop to design it. If your books still live in a desktop package, send this invoice now and record the payment there later. Waiting for the laptop is what makes the job unbilled.
Sent from my phone. Emergency open and the cylinder, due now: https://invoicetxt.com/i/your-link
Use the phone browser
You do not need the desktop site. The same page works on a handset.
Type a short line
Client, two or three prices, due date. Save the long description for a job that needs it.
Copy the link into the text app
You can switch apps. You do not need them side by side on a monitor.
Download the PDF only if someone asks
You can do that from the phone too. It is not a required step before you send.
What to put on this invoice
- The prices in your head or in your notes
- The customer’s number
- A browser
- A due date
Questions about this job
Will the PDF look like a phone screenshot?
No. The PDF is generated as a document. The phone only creates it.
What if I make a typing error?
Fix the line before you send. A thumb typo in a rate is the one thing worth reading twice.
Can I start on the phone and finish on a computer?
Yes. The invoice lives on the link, not on the device that created it.
The laptop is useful for the books. It is not required for the bill.
Related guides
Invoice from the truck or job site
Create the invoice in the cab or on the doorstep and send it before the next job overwrites the details.
Open guide →Create an invoice after the customer leaves
If they left before you finished the paperwork, text the invoice the same day. Do not wait until they have forgotten the walkthrough.
Open guide →Get paid same day with a text invoice
Same-day payment needs a due date of today, a total in the text, and a customer who agreed to pay on completion. The text does not create that agreement.
Open guide →