Getting paid

When a promise is broken

If the pay-by date passes and the invoice is still unpaid, PayBlah is designed to flag the broken promise so you can follow up. That signal is one of the strongest in the product — use it carefully.

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Plan: Pro and above (pairs with promises).
Invoice detail where promises and chase state are managed
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A broken promise is simply: the date arrived, the balance is still open, and the commitment was not met.

What the product aims to do

  • Detect when a promise date (plus any grace the product applies) passes unpaid.
  • Surface that event so it does not disappear into a generic overdue list.
  • Allow chasing to step forward again on the sequence — not with invented threat wording, but along the tones you already configured (Friendly → Standard → Firm → Final).

What you should do

  1. Open the invoice and read the promise note and amount.
  2. Check whether a payment landed late (sync delay is normal — accounting can take a day or two).
  3. Decide: new promise, payment plan, manual pause, or resume the ladder.
  4. If Firm or Final steps are next, they still wait in Activity → Approvals when approval is on (default on every plan).

What not to do

  • Do not free-type legal threats into a message. Wording that names court, enforcement, or similar is held for extra confirmation and logging.
  • Do not treat a missed date as permission to harass. One clear follow-up beats a stack of heated messages.

If the customer needs structure instead of a single new date, move them to a payment plan rather than stacking broken one-off promises.

PayBlah is accounts-receivable automation software. You remain the creditor. Confirm local rules with your own advisor for your territory (US, UK, Ireland, or Australia).