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Setting up a recurring invoice

Same customer, same amount, every month — set the cadence once and we issue the invoice automatically.

If you bill the same customer the same amount on a schedule — retainers, subscription clients, rent — set up a recurring invoice instead of cloning the previous one each month.

How to start one

On Invoices → New invoice, fill the form as you normally would, then tick the Make this recurring box at the bottom. Three extra fields appear:

  • Frequency — weekly, fortnightly, monthly, quarterly, annually.
  • Start date — when the first invoice goes out (can be today or future-dated).
  • End condition — "no end date" (until you stop it), "after N invoices", or "on a specific date".

Save, and the schedule is created. The first invoice issues on the start date you picked.

Managing schedules

Invoices → Schedules lists every active recurring schedule with the next issue date. From there you can:

  • Pause a schedule (no invoices issue until you resume).
  • Stop it entirely.
  • Edit the amount, lines or customer for future invoices (already-issued ones stay as they were).

What gets sent

A cron job runs daily at 06:00 UK time and materialises any invoices due that day. They're emailed to the customer the same way a manually-issued invoice would be, with the hosted payment link.

Tip — invoice number gaps

Recurring invoices share the same sequence as your manual ones, so you won't have separate counters. Plan the start date if you want a clean cutover from manual to recurring billing.

Last updated 5/30/2026.

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