Progress billing for jobs that don't finish in a day
On any job over a week, waiting for the end to invoice is how businesses run out of cash. Progress billing solves it — you invoice as work completes, the customer pays as they go, and nobody's carrying $30k in unpaid materials.
Glo Invoice tracks the parent estimate, every progress invoice against it, and what's left. You always know the delta between contracted and collected.
How Glo Invoice does it
Milestone or percent-complete
Invoice at fixed milestones (foundation → framing → close-out) or by percent complete (25% / 60% / 90% / final). Glo Invoice remembers the parent estimate, so you never accidentally overbill.
- Multi-invoice tracking against one estimate
- Auto-calculated remaining balance
- Change-order line items add cleanly to the total
One shared timeline for the customer
Customers see every progress invoice on the same estimate — what's paid, what's due, and what's coming. Cuts the 'wait, didn't I already pay this?' calls to near zero.
Retainage-aware totals
Optional retainage line automatically holds back 5% or 10% until the final invoice. Standard in commercial trades — Glo Invoice handles it without a spreadsheet.
How it works
- Step 1Send the estimate
Get the customer's signature on the total scope and price up front.
- Step 2Invoice the first stage
Tap 'Progress invoice' — pick a percentage or milestone amount.
- Step 3Repeat as work completes
Each stage adds a new invoice tied to the same estimate. Remaining balance always visible.
- Step 4Send the final invoice
Glo Invoice pre-fills the balance — including any retainage held back.
For jobs longer than a day
Anywhere a job has phases, milestones, or a schedule of values.
Frequently asked
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