Rule One of Business: Get Paid
Tuesday, May 25th, 2010To get paid, as you would figure is fundamentally important at your business because if you aren’t getting paid, what’s the point in business?
You will be astounded at the heaps of business people who allow their customer base to make payment when and if they get on with it. I am acquainted with one businessman who always makes bad debts like trophies. How? Most likely because he can’t bring himself to request the payment and people can just intimidate him.
If you let somebody credit, only do so because they proved their worth to you by paying cash on delivery (COD) for a time. Furthermore, you can gauge whether they have the funds to pay you - if not then you shouldn’t do business with them. Don’t kid yourself into the line of “I need the work” or “I need the sales”. It’s pointless to do the work or providing the goods for zip if you are not getting paid.
If you are the type of person who can’t request the money after the service has been finished, try these cheats:
Tell your client that when the work is finished up, you will need cash or cheque. They will likely have it on them at the transacation and you don’t need to demand your pay.
When you hand out your quote, make sure your payment terms are simple.
Do up an invoice that has the terms of payment evidently printed and send the client the invoice when the work is finished. They can look at the invoice and simply know they should pay you now without you having to say a thing. Fabricate a “vicious boss” who might torture you alive if you do not go back with the payment for the work.
Organise your branch to hook you up with Merchant facilities so you can use credit cards including Mastercard and Visa. Most people use credit cards and it would solve the issue of the client not having a cheque book or not having enough cash on hand.
Alternatively, don’t be afraid to hand over the goods till after you’ve been paid. Remember, until the goods are paid for, the goods remain to be yours.
If you decide to let someone credit, make sure you take the following contact information about them at a point BEFORE you let them credit.
- Name
- Address
- Phone number
- Bank name and address
- Account no.
- 3 trade references with their names, addresses and phone numbers
When you possess all this information, contact the banking institution and make for sure that they operate an account there. Then, ring each of the trade reference and inquire if they pay their bills on time or if there have been any difficulties with them.
Most people will be willing to tell you if the person is troublesome. If everything is OK, allow them a moderate level of debt, say no more than $500 (depending on your business). Monitor the operation of the account for a few months before allowing this amount to be exceeded.
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