Pro-active Payment Reminder
The sample email is written to inform the customer regarding payment duesBest-practices:
- Be polite – remember that this is just a pro-active reminder; do not assume that the customer will default
- Clearly specify the invoices and the due-dates
- Urge them to make a payment with their earliest A/P run
- Share options for easy payment methods through an EIPP portal
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Early Payment Discount Reminder
The sample email is written to inform the customer regarding early payment discounts they can avail
Best-practices:
- Clearly call out the offer – a discount on early payment
- Clearly spell out the date by which payment must be made
- Detail any invoices with the actual amounts to be paid – this clears any confusion in buyers manually calculating final amounts
- Urge them to make a payment with their earliest A/P run
- Provide convenient payment options
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First Past-due Reminder
The sample email is written as the first reminder for the customer’s past-due invoices
Best-practices:
- Clarify whether the customer has received any previous invoice copies
- Call out the invoices for which payment has been delayed – specify the actual date
- Ask the customer to reach out to customer serivce in case of any issues
- Offer convenient payment options
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Second Past-due Reminder
The sample email is written as the second reminder for the customer’s past-due invoices
Best-practices:
- Clearly inform about the delay in payment
- Call out the email as a ‘second’ past-due reminder
- Remind the customer to make a payment at their earliest possible
- Offer the option of making a payment commitment through your EIPP portal
- Offer convenient payment options
- Attach the original invoices to avoid further to and fro in requesting invoice information
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Third Past-due Reminder
The sample email is written as the third reminder for the customer’s past-due invoices
Best-practices:
- Call out the possible outcomes for further non-receipt
- Drop any non-essential courtesy or flowery language
- Remind the customer to make a payment at their earliest possible
- Offer convenient payment options
- Offer the option of making a payment commitment through your EIPP portal
- Attach the original invoices to avoid further to and fro in requesting invoice information
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Suspension of Credit
The sample email is written to inform the customer that the credit for their account has been suspended due to prolonged delinquency
Best-practices:
- Inform about discontinued credit
- Clearly specify the reason for discontinuation of credit to the account
- Call out the total value of outstanding or past-due invoices
- Offer reaching out directly to a customer service representative as the first option
- Offer convenient payment options
- Offer the option of making a payment commitment through your EIPP portal
- Attach the original invoices to avoid further to and fro in requesting invoice information
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Default on Payment Commitment
The sample email is written as a reminder to the customer about the unfulfilled payment commitment
Best-practices:
- Include the details of the invoice, amount and promised payment date
- Ask the customer to contact a customer service representative for any help in facilitating the payment
- Offer convenient payment options
- Attach the original invoices to avoid further to and fro in requesting invoice information
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Escalation Notice
The sample email is written in an extra-ordinary circumstance in which the recipient is being reached out to for long outstanding dues
Best-practices:
- Highlight all the information they need to help process the payment
- Offer convenient payment options
- Attach the original invoices to avoid further to and fro in requesting invoice information
- Use this template sparingly to avoid diluting its impact and value
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Collecting from Key Accounts
The sample email is written as a polite reminder to the customer to clear few invoices that have outstanding payments
Best-practices:
- Appreciate the relationship with the customer
- Be polite and helpful with any additional details they may need in processing the payment
- Offer convenient payment options
- Attach the original invoices so that all information is available in one place
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Collecting from Slow-paying Customers
The sample email is written to collect from customers who are very slow in their payments and have outstanding invoices
Best-practices:
- Share all information required in a single place
- Be up-front about the implications of continued delay in payments
- Offer support in answering any questions
- Offer convenient payment options
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Collecting from Fast-paying Customers
The sample email is written as a polite reminder for customers who are usually fast-paying but have some outstanding invoices
Best-practices:
- Be polite – these customers have always paid you on-time
- Offer the benefit of doubt and ask them to reach out to customer service for any help
- Offer convenient payment options
- Attach the original invoices so that all information is available in one place
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