Invoicing · Retainers & subscriptions

Set a cadence — we draft
every cycle’s invoice.

Build a recurring-invoice schedule for retainers, subscriptions, and managed-services contracts. Pick the cadence, start date, and end condition; the tool projects every upcoming invoice, computes annualised revenue, and exports the full schedule alongside the per-cycle template.

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01 — What you create

One template in every cycle’s invoice out.

Set the per-cycle template once. The tool projects every upcoming invoice with its issue date, due date, and auto-numbered invoice ID. Annualised revenue and lifetime value compute as you type.

Schedule Form
Monthly · 12 cycles
Schedule #
RCR-2026-008
Frequency
Monthly · starting 01 Jun 2026
Payment terms
Net 15
End condition
After 12 occurrences
Client
Northwind Books Pvt Ltd
Template lines
3 (retainer + production + tooling)
Per-cycle total
INR 1,38,650
Annualised
INR 16,63,800
Lifetime valueINR 16,63,800
OUTPUT.PDF
Schedule-ready

Hartwell Studio Pvt Ltd

Lavelle Road, Bengaluru 560001

RECURRING INVOICE

RCR-2026-008

Monthly · Net 15

ACTIVE

BILL TO

Northwind Books Pvt Ltd

Marcus Vance · Marketing Director

PER CYCLE
INR 1,38,650
ANNUALISED
INR 16,63,800
OCCURRENCES
12
LIFETIME
INR 16,63,800

PROJECTED SCHEDULE

#INVOICEISSUEDUEAMOUNT
1NWB-RTN-000101 Jun16 Jun1,38,650
2NWB-RTN-000201 Jul16 Jul1,38,650
3NWB-RTN-000301 Aug16 Aug1,38,650
4NWB-RTN-000401 Sep16 Sep1,38,650
5NWB-RTN-000501 Oct16 Oct1,38,650
6NWB-RTN-000601 Nov16 Nov1,38,650

+ 6 more occurrences and full payment / terms blocks in the PDF

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02 — How it works

From signed retainer to recurring revenue.

Recurring revenue dies when invoicing slips. This tool fixes that with a single canonical template, automatic per-cycle invoice numbers, and a projected schedule the client can countersign. Set it once; bill it every cycle.

01

Set the cadence

Frequency (weekly / bi-weekly / monthly / quarterly / half-year / annual), start date, payment terms. The due-date math is automatic — every cycle's due date computes from its issue date and the payment terms.

02

Pick the lifespan

End after N cycles, end on a specific date, or run open-ended until cancelled. Open-ended schedules show annualised revenue; bounded schedules also show a finite lifetime value.

03

Define the template

Add per-cycle line items. The same template generates every invoice — auto-numbered (NWB-RTN-0001, 0002, 0003 …). Add a how-to-pay block, terms, and notes once and they print on every cycle.

03 — Built for retainers

One template — every cycle.

6 cadence presets

Weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, quarterly, half-year, annual. Pick one and the schedule projects every issue and due date forward.

Three end conditions

End after N occurrences (e.g. 12 monthly retainer cycles), end on a specific date (annual contract expiring 31 Mar), or run open-ended until cancelled (subscription).

Auto invoice numbering

Set a prefix (NWB-RTN) and a starting number (0001). Every projected invoice picks up the next number automatically — no clashes, no manual sequencing.

Annualised + lifetime view

See per-cycle total, annualised revenue (cycles per year × per-cycle), planned occurrences, and lifetime projected value. Bounded schedules show finite LTV; open-ended schedules show annualised run-rate.

Send-mode presets

Draft only (you send manually), email draft to me (I review before sending), auto-send (tool emails the client every cycle). Picks your invoicing-discipline level.

PDF + 3-sheet XLSX

PDF: branded header, schedule details, bill-to, hero stats, template line items, projected schedule table (24-row preview), payment block, terms, notes. XLSX: Summary, Template, full Schedule.

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Run 100+ invoices, statements, or conversions in one go.

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Turn paper invoices into searchable, exportable data.

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Multi-party signatures with full audit trails.

Redact & approve

Mask sensitive ledger lines before sending to auditors.

04 — Common questions

Everything about recurring invoices.

01How does the projected schedule differ from auto-sent invoices?

The schedule is a forward-looking plan — every invoice that will issue under this cadence, with its number, issue date, due date, and amount. The PDF you generate today shows the schedule so the client knows exactly what to expect over the contract term. Whether each cycle's invoice is actually sent automatically depends on the send-mode you pick (draft / email draft / auto-send) and whether your billing stack supports auto-send.

02What's the difference between weekly and bi-weekly?

Weekly = 52 invoices per year (every 7 days). Bi-weekly = 26 invoices per year (every 14 days). Choose carefully — the annualised revenue figure changes substantially: a weekly INR 10,000 retainer is INR 5.2 lakh per year; a bi-weekly INR 10,000 retainer is INR 2.6 lakh per year.

03Why are open-ended schedules shown as "annualised" instead of "lifetime"?

Lifetime value requires a finite endpoint. For "never until cancelled" subscriptions, we don't know when (or if) it ends, so we show the annualised run-rate instead — cycles per year × per-cycle total. That's the right number for projecting recurring revenue at the company level.

04How does invoice numbering work?

You set a prefix (e.g. NWB-RTN) and a starting number (e.g. 1). The tool pads the number to four digits and increments per occurrence: NWB-RTN-0001 on the first cycle, NWB-RTN-0002 on the second, and so on. The numbers are predictable so your accounting system can be told to expect them, and the client sees a clean sequence each month.

05Can I have a per-cycle discount?

Yes — set the discount type (percentage or flat) and value. The discount applies to every cycle, so a 10% discount on a monthly INR 1,38,650 retainer reduces every monthly invoice by INR 13,865. The total project value reflects the discounted per-cycle amount.

06Output formats?

PDF (top accent stripe, your business header, "RECURRING INVOICE" block top-right with schedule # / frequency / start / payment terms / end condition / auto-send mode / status, bill-to block, four-tile hero stats (per cycle, annualised, occurrences, lifetime value), template line items with per-cycle total bar, projected schedule table for the next 24 occurrences, optional payment block, optional terms, optional notes) and XLSX (3 sheets: Summary, Template, Schedule — Schedule contains up to 200 projected occurrences for the full term).

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