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ClientPay

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Invoicing that gets you paid faster with an AI assistant

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Invoicing that gets you paid faster with an AI assistant

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ClientPay is the all-in-one invoicing platform for freelancers, agencies, and small businesses. Create branded invoices, send estimates, automate recurring billing, and let AI draft personalized collection emails — so you never have to awkwardly chase a payment again.

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Hey Product Hunt! 👋 I'm John, and I built ClientPay because I needed an invoicing solution that was simple to use, intelligent, and integrated with AI to act as my own assistant — handling the billing busywork while I keep doing the actual work I get paid for. I run a web and digital solutions company, and the reality of being a small business owner is that you wear every hat. Designer, developer, project manager — and somehow also accountant, collections agent, and payment chaser. I'd finish a project, spend 20 minutes formatting an invoice, another 10 figuring out payment terms, then two weeks later find myself drafting an awkward "hey, just circling back on that invoice..." email instead of building the next thing. The tools that existed either solved one piece of the problem or tried to be a full accounting suite I didn't need. I didn't want a general ledger. I didn't want to reconcile bank statements. I wanted something that would let me create a clean invoice, send it, and then handle the follow-up for me so I could get back to actual client work. That's where Maven came from — the AI assistant built into ClientPay. Maven isn't just a chatbot that answers questions. It's a working assistant that actually does things inside your account: "Create an invoice for Acme Corp, $2,500 for website redesign, net 30" — and it's done. Invoice created, ready to review and send. "Send an estimate to TechStart for the mobile app project, $12,000" — estimate drafted and queued. "What was my revenue last month?" — instant answer pulled from your real data. "Total revenue for the year so far?" — got it. "Do I have any overdue invoices?" — Maven surfaces them immediately with amounts, clients, and how many days late. "Draft a follow-up for Invoice #042" — Maven writes a personalized collection email and adjusts the tone based on how overdue the payment is. 3 days late? Friendly nudge. 30+ days? Firm but professional. The idea is simple: instead of clicking through menus and filling out forms, you just tell Maven what you need and it handles it. It's like having a billing assistant sitting next to you — except it works at midnight, never forgets a follow-up, and doesn't charge by the hour. The rest of ClientPay follows the same philosophy — do the thing, then get out of my way: Estimates convert to invoices in one click when a client accepts Client portals give clients a place to view invoices and message me — no account creation required Recurring billing handles retainers automatically on a schedule Automatic reminders go out before and after due dates without me lifting a finger I built this for people like me — freelancers, agency owners, small teams — who would rather spend their time on the work that earns the money than on the paperwork that collects it. What I'd love from you today: Try the interactive demo — no signup required Tell me what's missing — what would make this your daily driver? If you're a freelancer or agency owner, what's your biggest invoicing pain point? Free plan is live (with limitation), no credit card needed. Happy to answer anything here all day. Let's go! 🚀

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1d ago

How does Maven handle tone when chasing invoices that are 60+ days overdue versus just a few days late? That escalation nuance is what usually trips me up. Congrats on launching!

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3h ago

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@mcarmonas
Great question — this is something I put a lot of thought into because getting the tone wrong on a follow-up can damage a client relationship fast.

Maven uses a 4-tier tone escalation system: friendly → professional → firm → urgent. The tone is selected automatically based on how many days overdue the invoice is, plus a bonus that factors in how many follow-ups you've already sent.

A few days late? Maven assumes it's an oversight — warm, casual, "just wanted to make sure this didn't slip through the cracks" energy.
60+ days overdue? It shifts to urgent — direct, serious, "this requires your immediate attention" language. If a late fee has been applied, it mentions that too.

The smart part is the escalation bonus — if you've already sent 3 follow-ups on a 2-week-old invoice, Maven won't keep sending the same gentle nudge. Each previous follow-up adds weight, so the tone escalates naturally even if the invoice isn't ancient yet.

A few guardrails built in:

Maven never threatens legal action — that's a hard rule
Every email is capped at 150 words so it stays concise
It pulls in the customer's payment history (like their avg days to pay) to personalize the message — so a usually-reliable client who's late for the first time gets a softer touch than a repeat offender
If the customer's email has bounced, Maven skips them entirely instead of wasting your AI queries

You always get to preview and edit the draft before it sends, so you stay in control.

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3h ago

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1d ago

What's the most painful part of invoicing you wish was solved?

Invoicing is one of those things that sounds simple until you're actually doing it every month. For me the worst parts have always been:

Writing follow-up emails for overdue invoices and trying to figure out the right tone
Context switching from actual client work into "accountant mode" just to send a bill
Clients asking "can you resend that invoice?" because they lost it in their inbox
Manually creating invoices every time I needed to send one to a client. It seemed like every time was the first time.

I'm building something in this space right now and I want to make sure I'm solving real problems, not just my own. So freelancers, agency owners, small business operators what's the one part of your invoicing workflow that drives you crazy? The thing you wish just handled itself?

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