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In any job management system, the payment step should answer one question with certainty: has this invoice been paid or not? Everything else (how the money moves) is a choice you offer the client. Chippie records the certainty and supports the choices.
Your payment methods, on every invoice
Set your accepted payment methods once in business settings: bank transfer, card, cash, or any mix. They appear on every invoice PDF and email automatically, so clients always know how to pay.
Card payments through Stripe
Connect Stripe and clients can pay invoices by card. Card payments suit the "pay it now while I'm standing here" moment, which is worth real money in avoided chasing. Stripe's standard card fees apply per transaction.
Bank transfer and cash
Plenty of trade work is still paid by transfer or cash, and that is fine. The point is the record: when the payment arrives, confirm it or mark the invoice paid, and the paid date is recorded automatically. Your books then say what actually happened.
Common questions
Does Chippie take a cut of payments?
No. Chippie charges the subscription, not a percentage of your invoices. Card payments carry Stripe's own processing fee.
Can a client part-pay an invoice?
Record what happened against the invoice and settle the remainder as agreed; the invoice stays visible as outstanding until it is marked paid.
What about chasing late invoices?
The dashboard keeps unpaid invoices visible so nothing quietly ages out. For the chasing playbook itself, the blog covers a full late-invoice process for Australia.
