Wix Studio: Creating and Managing Recurring Invoices

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  • Creating recurring invoices
  • Managing your recurring invoices
Set up recurring invoices in Wix Studio to automate billing for your clients. Choose a billing cycle—weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, or yearly—that works best for your business. After the first payment, clients are automatically charged every billing cycle. Stay organized by tracking and managing your recurring invoices to ensure timely payments.
A screenshot that shows a preview of a recurring invoice.
Before you begin:
Connect a payment method that supports recurring payments, such as Wix Payments.
In your Invoices tab, click More Actions at the top right and select Accept Payments.

Creating recurring invoices

Create recurring invoices to automatically charge your clients for your services on a regular basis. Choose from weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, or yearly billing cycles. Once your client makes the first payment, they’re automatically charged the same amount every billing cycle.

To create a recurring invoice:

  1. Go to CRM & Client Billing in your Wix Studio workspace.
  2. Click the Recurring Invoices tab.
  3. (First time only) Click Get Started.
  4. Click + New Recurring Invoice at the top right.
  5. Set the billing terms:
    • Billing cycle: Choose how often to charge your client (Weekly, Bi-weekly, Monthly, or Yearly).
    • Ends after: Choose when to stop the invoices (after 3 occurrences, 6 occurrences, 12 occurrences, Unlimited, or Custom).
Screenshot of choosing how frequently to charge your customer for the billing cycle and when it ends.
  1. Click Next.
  2. Enter the following details for the recurring invoice:
    • Due Date: Choose a due date for the invoice.
    • Customer: Choose a client for the invoice.
    • Invoice Title: Enter a title for the invoice.
  3. Add the products or services to the recurring invoice:
    • Product or Service: Select a product or service to add to the invoice. Click + Add New to create a new item.
    • Quantity: Enter the quantity of the product or service.
    • Price: Enter a price for the product or service.
    • (Optional) + Add Tax: Add one or two tax rates to the line item.
    • (Optional) + Add Line Item: Add additional products or services to your invoice. 
    • (Optional) + Add Discount: Apply a percentage discount to the total amount.
A screenshot of adding the product or service to the recurring invoice.
  1. Enter additional info for the invoice:
    • Notes: Enter any notes you'd like your client to be aware of.
    • Terms: Enter any terms that apply to this invoice.
  2. Choose what you want to do:
    • Preview: View the invoice as your client will see it.
    • Save: Click Save & Close to save the invoice and send it later.
    • Send: Click Send Invoice at the top right to review or edit the email content your client will receive with the invoice. Click Send to finalize and send it.
A screenshot of editing the email contents of the recurring invoice and sending to your client.

Managing your recurring invoices

Keep track of your recurring invoices and monitor payment statuses. You can resend, edit or cancel the recurring invoice.

To manage recurring invoices:

  1. Go to CRM & Client Billing in your Wix Studio workspace.
  2. Click the Recurring Invoices tab.
  3. Click the More Actions icon  next to the invoice.
  4. Select an action: Resend via email, Edit or Cancel the invoice.
A screenshot of click more actions icon next to a recurring invoice.
Tip:
Individual invoices generated as part of a recurring invoice series (e.g. January invoice, February invoice, March invoice) can be accessed in the Invoices tab in your Wix Studio workspace. 
From there, you can perform additional actions, such as sharing an invoice link, recording payment, duplicating an invoice and more.