Overdue Invoice Follow-up Pack · Studio Marchetti

The invoice is 21 days overdue.
The relationship doesn't have to be.

Lumen Botanics' website launched, the change order was signed — and the final balance went quiet. This pack verifies the facts, runs the three touches on schedule, and ends with one dated decision.

21 DAYS OVERDUE
Balance outstanding
$4,650
Invoice INV-2026-014
Due date
Oct 10
2026 · net 14 terms
Project total
$9,300
$6,900 redesign + $2,400 change order
Already paid
$4,650
Deposit, paid on schedule
Step 1 · Verified invoice card

Chase the right amount, to the right person

No message was drafted until these five facts were confirmed: number, balance, due date, terms, and chase history.

ItemAmount
Website redesign
Proposal middle tier, signed
$6,900
Change Order No. 001
Online shop addition, signed before work
$2,400
Deposit paid−$4,650
Balance outstanding — Invoice INV-2026-014, due Oct 10, 2026$4,650

Terms: net 14. No late-fee clause in the agreement — so no fee is charged in this pack. Sent to: Mara Ellison, Lumen Botanics, with accounts copied from Touch 3.

Steps 2–5 · The chase ladder

Three touches, on schedule, one ask each

Every touch repeats the number, the amount, the due date, and how to pay — and asks for exactly one thing: a payment date.

Oct 10 · Due

Due date passes

No payment, no reply. Ladder starts.

Oct 11 · Touch 1

Friendly

Invoice reattached, receipt + date asked.

Oct 17 · Touch 2

Firm

Previous touch cited, a date demanded.

Oct 24 · Touch 3

Final notice

Final deadline set: Oct 31.

Oct 31 · Today

Decision day

Deadline reached. Decide, don't wait.

Sent Oct 11 · Assumes good faith
Invoice INV-2026-014 — $4,650 due Oct 10
To: Mara Ellison, Lumen Botanics

Hi Mara,

A quick nudge on invoice INV-2026-014 for $4,650, which was due on October 10 — I have reattached it here. You can pay here: studio-marchetti.example/pay/INV-2026-014.

Could you confirm a payment date? If the invoice went to the wrong person, just point me to the right contact and I will resend it today.

Thanks,
Sofia

Sent Oct 17 · One ask, one deadline to answer
Following up — Invoice INV-2026-014, $4,650, 7 days overdue
To: Mara Ellison, Lumen Botanics

Hi Mara,

Following my note on October 11, invoice INV-2026-014 for $4,650 is still outstanding. It was due on October 10 and covers the Lumen Botanics website redesign and signed shop addition. You can pay here: studio-marchetti.example/pay/INV-2026-014.

Please confirm a payment date by October 20. If there is anything on this invoice you disagree with, tell me what it is and I will address it directly.

Thanks,
Sofia

Sent Oct 24 · Short, formal, final
Final notice — Invoice INV-2026-014, $4,650 overdue
To: Mara Ellison, Lumen Botanics · Cc: accounts

Hi Mara,

Invoice INV-2026-014 for $4,650, due on October 10, remains unpaid despite my notes on October 11 and October 17. You can pay here: studio-marchetti.example/pay/INV-2026-014.

Please pay by October 31, or sign the attached payment plan by that date. Further work on the Lumen Botanics site will pause on October 31 until payment or a signed plan is in place.

If payment is already on its way, please ignore this note and let me know so I can close the record.

Sofia

Step 6 · The decision

Today is not "wait a bit longer"

The final deadline has arrived. The pack ends with one decision, made today — not a fourth polite email.

Recommended here

Pause work

The agreement allows it. Maintenance and new requests pause from Oct 31 until payment or a signed plan; delivered work stays delivered.

If they talk

Sign a plan

Two instalments of $2,325 — Nov 7 and Nov 21 — written, dated, and signed. One missed instalment makes the full balance due.

If silence holds

Escalate formally

Formal demand letter first, then collection or small claims by amount and jurisdiction, with advice before filing.

Balance outstanding · Invoice INV-2026-014

Pay $4,650

studio-marchetti.example/pay/INV-2026-014

Pay the balance →