invoicing tool for marketing agencies
Generic invoicing treats every client as a list of line items. Agencies bill a relationship: a retainer, its overages, and whatever the team actually did.
An invoicing tool for a marketing agency has to bill four different ways at once: monthly retainers in advance, pre-paid overages, hourly work in arrears from approved time, and media spend passed through with a fee. Verbial does all four from the same client record, emails a branded invoice with a pay link, and shows the client a usage statement so the invoice never needs explaining.
Invoicing Tool for Marketing Agencies, done properly.
Retainers in advance
The first invoice is generated the moment the agreement is signed. Each period after that follows the cadence you set.
Overages, pre-paid
Log an overage against the period, the client pays it, the department cap rises for that month, and it resets automatically.
Hourly from approved time
Pull approved entries onto an invoice. Delete a line and the entries go back to uninvoiced, so nothing is lost.
Usage statements
A monthly statement shows what the retainer bought by department, in dollars or hours depending on who is looking.
Get paid online
Bank transfer, stablecoins or card. Payment claims are confirmed by your bookkeeper; receipts go out automatically.
Bookkeeper workflow
Reconcile deposits, flag statuses, hand off to QuickBooks through the accounting pipeline, and never touch the client-facing surface.
What a generic tool cannot model.
Invoices know their period
Every retainer invoice belongs to a billing period with a budget, so revenue recognition and pacing agree.
Flat-rate is never over-billed
Fixed-fee hours stay out of every billable figure and can never be pulled onto an invoice.
Brand-correct, always
Multi-brand agencies send each invoice from the right brand's identity, domain and bank details.
Frequently asked questions
- How should a marketing agency invoice retainers?
- Invoice the retainer in advance at the start of each period, send a usage statement at the end of the period showing what was delivered by department, and bill any overage before the extra work happens rather than after. This keeps cash ahead of delivery and removes surprises from the client relationship.
- Can clients pay online?
- Yes. Every invoice email carries a pay link. Clients can pay by bank transfer, stablecoins (USDC or USDT) or card, and a branded receipt is sent when the payment is confirmed.
- Does it connect to QuickBooks or Xero?
- Verbial exports paid invoices and payments into your accounting pipeline. Today that runs through an Airtable to QuickBooks bridge; a direct connector is on the roadmap.
- What about overdue invoices?
- Reminders go out on the due date and a week later, and the account manager sees overdue clients on their dashboard.
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