Invoice Chase Ladder
Getting paid without begging and without burning — four rungs, each one firmer, all of them professional.
What it is
The unpaid invoice, handled like a firm that respects itself: four escalating messages from gentle nudge to final notice before formal action, each calibrated to the relationship and the amount, with the timing rules and the edge-case scripts (the good client in trouble, the serial late-payer, the ghost). For freelancers, agencies, studios and any B2B operator who does the work and then has to ask twice to be paid.
What you receive
a four-rung escalation ladder of ready-to-send payment chasers — friendly nudge to final commercial notice — calibrated to your client relationship, with the send-timing rules and the judgment guide for when to hold, escalate, or stop
Delivered as a single, complete .md skill file — open it, paste it into any capable chat model, and work. No installation, no account with anyone but us.
Supported models
- Claude (Opus/Sonnet)
- ChatGPT (GPT-4o/5)
- Gemini
- any capable chat model
People reach for it when
- “chase an unpaid invoice politely”
- “payment reminder email sequence for overdue invoice”
- “client hasn't paid invoice what do I write”
- “escalating late payment emails that keep the relationship”
- “final notice before legal action wording”
Record
lineage: first-party house build
gates passed: demand-evidence · function-fit · beats-the-blank-page
status: IN THE COLLECTION
Sale-time bench runs and the fix-or-refund log attach to this record when the payment room opens.
In the collection. The sale room is being fitted; this work goes on sale when it opens.
Join the house — be written to when sales openBack to the collectionLicense
Free-shelf works ship under the DolceDrago House License — use the outputs freely, personal or commercial; the work file itself stays with the house.