How do contractors get paid faster?
Contractors get paid faster by removing friction and delay from collections: invoice the moment work is billable, send a reminder before and right after the due date, escalate slow or risky payers sooner, track lien deadlines, and give customers an easy way to pay. A consistent cadence beats occasional, ad-hoc chasing.
Invoice immediately and accurately
Every day between finishing billable work and sending the invoice is a day added to your DSO. Bill on time, with the documentation the payer needs (pay application, lien waiver, schedule of values), so there is no excuse to sit on it.
Run a reminder cadence, hardest on the riskiest
A friendly reminder at the due date, a firmer nudge a week later, and a formal notice after that, with the tone and timing matched to how reliably that customer pays. Chasing your slowest payer the same as your best one wastes effort.
Make paying frictionless
The fewer steps between the reminder and the payment, the faster the cash lands. A clear statement and an easy way to pay remove the most common reason invoices sit: the customer simply has not gotten around to it.