Being paid, just as you would imagine is vitally important to your business because if you do not get paid, what’s the point in business?

You may be laughing at the heaps of business people who allow their customer base to pay up when and if they remember it. I know one trader who continuously collects bad debts like trophies. Why? Most likely because he doesn’t bring himself to ask for the cash and lets people overpower him.

If you permit someone credit, only do it if they have cleared their integrity to you by paying cash on delivery (COD) for some period of time. Moreover, you should check whether they have the money to pay you – if not you should not do business with them. Don’t kid yourself into the pattern of “I need the work” or “I need the sales”. It’s fruitless to do the work or providing the goods for zip if you are not paid.

If you are the kind of person who can’t demand the money when the service has been finished, try these cheats:
Tell your client that when the job is finished, you will require cash or cheque. They will probably have it to hand over at the point of sale and you don’t need to request your pay.

When you send out a quote, make sure your payment terms are plain.

Do up an invoice including the terms of payment simply stated and give the customer the invoice when the service is finished. They can see the invoice and simply assume they need to pay it off now without you needing to say anything. Create a “nasty boss” who would burn you alive if you don’t return with the money for the service.

Arrange with your banking to hook you up with Merchant facilities so you can take credit cards including Mastercard and Visa. The majority of people possess credit cards and it can stop the issue of the customer not holding a cheque account or not having enough cash on hand.

Otherwise, don’t be frightened to hold your goods til after payment has been made. Don’t forget, until they have been paid for, the goods remain to be yours.

If you plan to permit somebody credit, be sure you have got the following contact information about them some time PREVIOUSLY you let them credit.

• Name
• Address
• Phone number
• Bank name and address
• Account no.
• 3 trade references with their names, addresses and phone numbers

After you have all this detail, call the bank branch and make sure that they do operate an account then. Then, contact all of the trade reference and inquire if they pay their bills punctually or if there have been any difficulties with them.

Most people will be willing to tell you if the person is troublesome. If everything is OK, allow them a moderate level of debt, say no more than $500 (depending on your business). Monitor the operation of the account for a few months before allowing this amount to be exceeded.

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