Each panel below is a working miniature of a site that could run at this address: navigation, hero, product screen and proof numbers, followed by a plain note on how that business would position the name. All twenty stay on screen at all times; a lane simply marks its own. The domain sits in the browser bar of every one of them, whole and unbroken, because the name is the thing being sold.
01
The Invoice Requirements Reference
Anyone who needs the invoice to hold up
InvoicesGuide
ReferenceBy stateSearch
Look it up
What has to be
on the invoice.
The federal government defines a proper invoice in ten mandatory elements. Most people have never seen the list.
FAR 52.232-25 · A PROPER INVOICE
1Contractor name and address
2Invoice date and invoice number
3Contract or authorization number
9Taxpayer identification number
MISS ONE AND THE PAYMENT CLOCK NEVER STARTS
10required elements
Citedto the regulation
Freeto read
How they position itGuide claims the reference shelf. A reader arriving with a question wants the place that answers it, and the word on the door tells them they are in the right room.
02
Prompt Payment Rules by State
Contractors and subs chasing a slow payer
InvoicesGuide
By statePublic vs privateInterest
Find your state
What the law says
about paying you.
Nearly every state sets a deadline for public work, and most set one for private work too. The interest is statutory.
CALIFORNIA · PRIME10% PER YEAR
CALIFORNIA · LOWER TIERS2% PER MONTH
FEDERAL · CONSTRUCTION14 DAYS
NEW HAMPSHIRENO STATUTE
49states, public work
Statutoryinterest
Updatedas laws change
How they position itA fifty-state answer is the kind of thing people bookmark and come back to. That repeat visit is the whole business model, and a plain name is what makes it findable again.
03
Sales Tax on the Invoice
Sellers crossing state lines
InvoicesGuide
RatesNexusOn the invoice
Check a rate
Twelve thousand
jurisdictions.
Rates change hundreds of times a year, and some states dictate how the tax appears on the invoice itself.
NEW TAXING JURISDICTIONS, 2025335
NEW CITY TAXES108
NEW DISTRICT TAXES219
NY: TAX SHOWN SEPARATELYREQUIRED
12,414jurisdictions
681changes last year
45 + DChave nexus rules
How they position itRules that move every month need a publisher, not a pamphlet. The name reads as a living reference, which is what a reader with a moving target is looking for.
04
The 1099-K Explainer
Freelancers who got a form they did not expect
InvoicesGuide
ThresholdsHistoryWhat to do
Read the rule
The threshold
moved. Again.
It went from twenty thousand to six hundred to phased amounts and back. Here is where it actually landed.
PRE-2021$20,000 and 200 transactions
2021 · ARPAdropped to $600, then delayed
JULY 2025restored to $20,000 and 200
$20,000and 200 payments
4changes in four years
Cardhas no minimum
How they position itConfusion is the demand signal. When a rule changes four times, people search for the plain explanation, and the plain name is the one they trust to have it.
05
Your First Invoice
The 5.7 million people who started something this year
InvoicesGuide
Start hereLessonsTemplates
Start the course
Nobody teaches
you this part.
Eight short lessons from what to put on it to what to do when it is late. No accounting background assumed.
01What an invoice legally isDONE
02Numbering and datesDONE
03Payment terms that get paidNOW
8lessons
42%start with no finance training
Freeforever
How they position itA record number of Americans started a business last year and most had no finance training. This is the audience that types a question into a browser, and the name is the answer shaped like a destination.
06
Invoicing Software Buyer's Guide
Owners staring at nine hundred options
InvoicesGuide
CompareShortlistsMethodology
Build a shortlist
Nine hundred tools.
Pick three.
Answer six questions about how you bill and get a shortlist, with the reason each one made it.
TOOLACH FEEERPFIT
Option A0.8%Yes92
Option B1.0%Yes88
Option CFlat $5No71
933products reviewed
6questions
Publishedmethodology
How they position itA buyer's guide is bought on trust in the referee. Naming the category rather than a product signals that the site is not one of the vendors, which is exactly the reassurance this reader needs.
07
Processor Fee Calculator
Anyone deciding how to get paid
InvoicesGuide
CalculatorFee guideGlossary
Run the numbers
What it actually
costs to get paid.
Enter your average invoice and monthly volume. See the real annual cost of each way to accept it.
AVERAGE INVOICE$3,680
PER MONTH18
ACH AT 0.8%$6,359 / YR
CARD AT 2.9% + 30c$23,127 / YR
Realannual cost
ACH, cardand check
Noaffiliate ranking
How they position itA calculator is the most linked-to thing a reference site can publish. Every link points at the domain, and a name that says what it is gets the link written as a sentence rather than a footnote.
08
Integration Compatibility Finder
Firms with an ERP they are not replacing
InvoicesGuide
FindBy ERPReport an error
Check compatibility
Does it talk
to your system?
Pick your accounting or ERP system and see what genuinely connects, what syncs one way, and what needs middleware.
SAGE 300 CRETWO-WAY
ACUMATICATWO-WAY
VIEWPOINT VISTAONE-WAY
SPECTRUMMIDDLEWARE
Two-waysync flagged
Middlewarenoted
Communitycorrections
How they position itCompatibility questions are asked once and answered forever. A reference domain accumulates that value, and the plain name is what an integrator sends to a client without explaining it.
09
Reviews From People Who Switched
Buyers who distrust review sites
InvoicesGuide
ReviewsVerifiedWrite one
Read reviews
From businesses
that actually left.
Reviews only from firms that changed tools, with what broke in the migration and what they would do differently.
MECHANICAL CONTRACTOR, 40 STAFFSwitched after 6 years
4.0DESIGN STUDIO, 8 STAFFSwitched twice
3.5FREIGHT BROKER, 120 STAFFSwitched last year
4.5
Switchersonly
Migrationdetail required
Novendor-submitted
How they position itCredibility is the product. A category name carries no vendor's fingerprints, which is the first thing a suspicious reader checks before believing a rating.
10
Factoring Rate Comparison
Businesses weighing an advance
InvoicesGuide
RatesHow it worksCautions
Compare rates
What an advance
really costs.
Advance rates, fees and the terms people miss, laid out the same way for every funder so they can be compared.
FUNDERADVANCE30-DAYTOTAL
Funder A90%1.5%$1,260
Funder B85%1.2%$1,008
Funder C95%2.1%$1,764
Sameformat for all
Totalcost shown
Termspeople miss
How they position itComparing money products demands a neutral venue. The name reads as the venue rather than a participant, which is the difference between a reader trusting the table and closing the tab.
11
Guided Invoice Builder
People who want it right the first time
InvoicesGuide
BuilderTemplatesSave
Build one
Answer six questions.
Get a real invoice.
It asks where you work, what you sold and who is paying, then puts every element the rules require on the page.
WHAT STATE IS THE WORK IN?
CALIFORNIATEXASOTHER
STEP 3 OF 6 · ADDING LIEN NOTICE LANGUAGE
6questions
Everyrequired element
PDFor send
How they position itGuide works as a verb as well as a noun. A product that walks somebody through a task is describing itself with the same word on the door, which is a rare thing for a domain to give you.
12
Collections Playbook Generator
Owners who hate the follow-up
InvoicesGuide
PlaybookTemplatesEscalation
Make my playbook
A script for
the awkward part.
Tell it how late and how big, and get the sequence: what to send, when, and the wording that keeps the client.
DAY 3 AFTER DUEshort, friendly, no apology
DAY 14restate terms, attach the invoice
DAY 30cite the prompt payment statute
Day-by-daysequence
Wordingprovided
Escalationpoints marked
How they position itThis is advice, delivered as a tool. The name promises exactly that and nothing more, which sets the expectation the product can actually meet.
13
New Business Setup Path
Somebody who filed for an EIN last week
InvoicesGuide
StartChecklistNext steps
Start the path
From EIN to
first invoice.
An ordered checklist that assumes nothing: bank account, terms, numbering, tax registration, then the first send.
01EIN and entity typeDONE
02Business bank accountDONE
03Set your payment termsNOW
04Sales tax registration
11steps
Orderednot a pile
Statespecific
How they position itOrdered guidance is what a first-timer needs and rarely finds. The domain names the format itself, so the promise is understood before anything loads.
14
They Will Not Pay
Anyone at the end of their patience
InvoicesGuide
WalkthroughLettersWhen to escalate
Start the walkthrough
What to do when
they stop replying.
A branching walkthrough: demand letters, the statute that applies to you, small claims thresholds, and when to stop.
HAVE THEY ACKNOWLEDGED THE INVOICE?
YES, IN WRITINGNO REPLY AT ALL
NEXT · CERTIFIED DEMAND LETTER, THEN STATUTORY INTEREST
Branchingby situation
Lettersincluded
Limitsby state
How they position itPeople arrive at this page angry and searching in plain words. A domain built from plain words is what they were already typing.
15
Contractor Notice Navigator
Subs protecting their lien rights
InvoicesGuide
By stateDeadlinesForms
Check my deadline
Miss the notice,
lose the lien.
Preliminary notice rules differ in every state, and some deadlines run in days. This tells you which one is yours.
WASHINGTON · PRIVATE60 DAYS
WASHINGTON · PUBLIC10 DAYS
OREGON · PRICE OVER $2,0005 DAYS
NEW YORKNO NOTICE REQUIRED
13Notice to Owner states
5Notice of Furnishing
10 daysshortest deadline
How they position itDeadlines measured in days are the highest-stakes question in the category. Being the site that answers it fast is worth more than any amount of brand invention.
16
Industry Invoice Guides
Trades where the invoice is its own discipline
InvoicesGuide
IndustriesFormsDownloads
Pick your trade
Your trade
bills differently.
Construction progress billing, freight accessorials, medical claim coding, creative kill fees. Each with its own guide.
14industries
Realforms explained
Writtenwith practitioners
How they position itA guide can go deep in fourteen directions where a product has to pick one. The breadth is the asset, and only a category name is wide enough to hold it.
17
Find a Bookkeeper
Owners ready to hand it off
InvoicesGuide
DirectoryBy industryFor bookkeepers
Find someone
Hand it to
somebody else.
A directory of bookkeepers and AR specialists, filtered by industry, software and whether they take small accounts.
CONSTRUCTION ARSage, Acumatica · 12 yrs
OpenCREATIVE AND AGENCYRetainers, milestones
OpenFREIGHT AND LOGISTICSFactoring familiar
Waitlist
3.1Min the profession
Byindustry and tool
Smallaccounts welcome
How they position itA directory earns from both sides, and both sides have to trust the middle. A neutral category name is the cheapest trust a marketplace can buy.
18
Selling to the Federal Government
Contractors invoicing a federal agency
InvoicesGuide
FAR basicsInvoicingInterest
Read the guide
The government
pays interest.
Thirty days on a proper invoice, fourteen on construction progress, and interest runs automatically when they are late.
PROPER INVOICE RECEIVEDCLOCK STARTS
STANDARD PAYMENT WINDOW30 DAYS
CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS14 DAYS
CURRENT INTEREST RATE4.75%
30 daysstandard
14 daysconstruction
Automaticinterest
How they position itGovernment contracting is a world of citations. A site that reads as a reference gets cited back, and citation is the traffic that never stops arriving.
19
Invoicing Across Borders
US firms billing into mandate countries
InvoicesGuide
By countryMandatesFormats
Check a country
They have rules.
We mostly do not.
The United States has no federal mandate. Much of Europe does, with dates already set. Here is what applies where.
BELGIUMLIVE JAN 2026
POLANDLIVE FEB 2026
FRANCESEP 2026
UNITED STATESVOLUNTARY
NoUS federal mandate
2026-2028EU rollout
Bycountry
How they position itDated obligations create dated searches. A reference name is what somebody trusts to still be correct on the morning the rule takes effect.
20
AR Certification
Bookkeepers who want the credential
InvoicesGuide
CertificationCurriculumRegister
See the syllabus
Credential the
people who chase.
A six-module certification in receivables: terms, compliance, collections, disputes, factoring and reporting.
✓CERTIFIED IN RECEIVABLESinvoicesguide.com · 2026
6 MODULES · PROCTORED · RENEWS EVERY 2 YEARS
6modules
Proctoredexam
Listedin the directory
How they position itA credential is only worth the name printed on it. Plain words that state the subject age better on a certificate than anything fashionable would.