How to Send an Invoice

Learn more about how to email an invoice to your client.

On this page:

How to email an invoice

Email contacts

Email options

Attaching a file

Email templates

Subject line/message body

Invoice preview

FAQ

How to email an invoice

You can email an invoice to your client directly from the project. To email your invoice:

  1. Click the Actions button
  2. Select Email Invoice
  3. Enter your email details
  4. Click Send Email (bottom of the page)

Once you have emailed the invoice out of commonsku, it's status will change to Sent to Client, and the outgoing email will log in the project's Activity tab.

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Email contacts

Sending From

Emails sent from commonsku appear to come from your contact email, but you can also send emails on your team members' behalf.

To change the "From" address:

  1. Click the "From" drop-down at the top of the page
  2. Select the team member/email address you'd like the email to appear that it's coming from

Sending To

The "To" field automatically populates with the initial client contact's email. To add more email addresses, click into the "To" box to either:

  • Choose a contact listed on the client's page
  • Manually type a new email address

You can also click into the "CC" or "BCC" fields to cc/bcc a contact from your client's page.

There's no way to automatically populate your teammates' emails in the "To," "CC," or "BCC" fields. The drop-down list only shows contacts listed on the client's page.

Invoicing Contact

Any client contact who is listed under the accounting department on the client page will automatically be added to the CC field when you email invoices out of commonsku.

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Email options

You can check or uncheck any of the "Options" boxes to:

  • BCC yourself (BCC Me) 
  • BCC the order rep (BCC Rep)
  • BCC the client rep (BCC Client Rep)
  • Request a read receipt (Request Read Receipt)
  • Attach an HTML version of the invoice (Attach HTML Form)
  • Attach a PDF version of the invoice (Attach PDF Form)
  • Include a link to the project portal (Attach Portal Link)
  • Include a link to the client portal (Attach Client Portal link)

Invoices send as static documents, which means they don't update in real time. If you make adjustments to an invoice, you will need to send your client the revised version.

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Attaching a file

To upload a file to your email, click the Upload File button. 

From there, you can choose a file by either:

  • Clicking Project Files > select the file
  • Clicking Client Files > filter through the folders (optional) > select the file
  • Clicking Upload > select the file by dragging and dropping or click within the blue lines to load from your computer > click Done > click Close

All file attachments are accessible from the original email in the project's overview.

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Email templates

Email templates are a collection of pre-written text that you can pull into your email's message body. Your Admin can create/edit your teams' shared templates through the Admin Tab.

To use a template, you can either:

  • Click the "Template" drop-down and select from the existing templates
  • Click Add Template to create a new one

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Subject line/message body

The email's subject line automatically populates with:

  • Your company name
  • The form type
  • The form number

Your message body is a text field where you can compose your email.

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Invoice preview

Scroll to the bottom of the email screen to see a final preview of the invoice.

  • If you need to adjust something, click Close & Return to Order
  • If everything looks good, click Send Email.

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FAQ

  • Can I save a PDF version of the invoice?

Can I save a PDF version of the invoice?

Of course! To save a PDF version of the invoice:

  1. In the project's Invoice tab, click Actions
  2. Select Preview Invoice
  3. Print the invoice by right clicking your mouse and select print, click Crtl + P (Windows), or  click Command + P (Mac)
  4. In the print pop-up, select Destination: Save as PDF
  5. Click Save

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