Creating Invoices

Invoices in Brightenly are powered by Stripe. When you send an invoice, your client receives a payment link where they can pay by card or bank transfer.

How to create an invoice

1. Go to Invoices in the sidebar and click New Invoice, or open a project and click New Invoice from its Invoices tab
2. Select who to bill — a contact or a company
3. Add line items (see Line Items & Products)
4. Set a due date and payment methods
5. Click Send to deliver the invoice to your client, or Save as Draft to finish later

Billing to a contact or company

Each invoice is billed to either a contact or a company — not both. The billing address from the contact or company record is used by default and can be edited on the invoice.

Draft vs. sent invoices

Status	What it means
Draft	Created but not yet sent to the client
Sent	Delivered to the client; awaiting payment
Paid	Payment received via Stripe

Linking to a project

Invoices can be linked to a project. Go to the project's Invoices tab and click New Invoice — the project link is set automatically.

Editing a sent invoice

Some fields (like line items and due date) can be edited after sending. Stripe will sync the changes and update the client's payment link.