Invoices
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- Create & Send an InvoiceGet paid faster by sending a professional invoice straight from Truss — pick whichever path is quickest for you.
- How to Pay Your InvoiceA step-by-step walkthrough for paying an invoice through your contractor's Truss payment portal — from the email you receive to your final receipt.
- What Your Customers See When They PayHere's exactly what your customer sees from start to finish when you send them an invoice or payment portal link:
- Edit, Cancel, or Refund an InvoiceYou can edit an invoice that is Unpaid. Once a payment has started processing, editing is no longer possible.
- Set Up Your Payment PortalYour Truss payment portal is a custom link where customers can pay any of your open invoices. It's like a payment landing page for your business. Customers don't need a Truss account to pay.
- Send Invoice Payment RemindersYour customer receives a fresh notification with the payment link.
- Add Your Payment Portal to Your WebsitePaste this HTML code wherever you want the payment button to appear on your site. Replace YOUR_PORTAL_URL with your actual Truss portal link:
- Send a Payment Request (Pay Link)A payment request is a fast way to collect money without creating a formal invoice. You enter an amount and description, Truss generates a link, and the customer clicks it and pays — no account needed on their end.
- Credit Card Payment Declined When Paying an Invoice? Check Your Pop-Up BlockerIf a customer's credit card keeps getting declined on a Truss invoice, a blocked pop-up window — not the card itself — is usually the cause.
- Change the Receiving Account for an InvoiceChoose which Truss account an invoice payment lands in: your Cash account or any of your sub-accounts.
- Find a Returned Invoice Payment in QuickBooks OnlineIf a customer's payment for a Truss invoice bounces or gets returned, don't void it in QuickBooks. Here's how to locate the payment and reopen the invoice correctly.
- Guest Checkout — Let Customers Pay Without a Truss AccountYour customers can now pay a Truss invoice without signing up, logging in, or verifying a code. Here are the three ways to get the pay link to them, and what they see when they pay.
- Paying a JobTread Invoice as a Guest (No Truss Account Needed)Got a JobTread invoice from a contractor? Here's exactly what happens when you click Pay now — no Truss sign-up required.
- Who Pays the Platform Fee?Every invoice payment includes a platform fee of 3.25% + $0.30. By default your customer pays it, and we waive it when they pay by bank transfer. You can choose to cover it yourself.
Quick fixes
- A customer paid a different amount — it doesn't match the invoice
- Am I able to turn off credit card payments and only allow my clients to pay by ACH on my Truss account?
- Can I edit a sent invoice?
- Do customers need to sign up for Truss to pay my invoice?
- Do my customers need a Truss account to pay?
- My customer can't find their invoice in the payment portal
- My customer can't receive the verification code
- My customer says they didn't receive the invoice email
- My customer wants to pay by check — how do I mark it paid?
- Plaid failed for my customer — what's the backup?
- The checkout showed "Accept All" with only one invoice — is that a bug?
- The payment portal shows "No invoices" or the wrong ones
- Walk me through the full customer payment portal experience
- What are the fees — for me and for my customers?