WhatsApp-first cash collection

Get paid for the workyou've already done.

CollectFlow tracks every unpaid invoice and turns each overdue follow-up into a ready-to-send WhatsApp message. Built for South African solar, electrical, plumbing and building crews.

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CollectFlow · Dashboard

Total overdue

R 48 200

across 7 customers

Due this week

R 31 750

4 payment requests

Needs follow-up today

3
  • Thandi Nkosi

    Solar geyser install

    R 18 500

    Overdue 12 days
  • Sipho's Electrical

    DB board upgrade

    R 9 200

    Overdue 6 days
  • Riaan van Wyk

    Bathroom re-pipe

    R 7 400

    Overdue 3 days

WhatsApp draft

to Thandi Nkosi

Hi Thandi, just a friendly reminder about the R 18 500 for the solar geyser install, now 12 days overdue. Could you settle this week? Banking details below — thank you!
Drafted by AI · editableSend

What CollectFlow does to your cash flow

followed up last month

across 1 200+ payment requests

of overdue invoices recovered

within the first 14 days

faster to get paid

vs. chasing by memory

to your first reminder

from sign-up to send

THE REAL PROBLEM

The work is done. The money is still out there.

Most contractors aren't losing money because they price badly — they're losing it because follow-up is chaos. A job wraps up on a Friday and the invoice gets sent when you remember, chased when you get a quiet moment, and written off when chasing starts to feel pointless.

Across WhatsApp threads, handwritten notes, and mental tallies, there's no clear picture of who owes what, which jobs are at risk, or how much cash is actually incoming. That gap between finishing the work and getting paid is where thousands of rands quietly disappear.

Follow-ups slip through the cracks

A reminder you meant to send three weeks ago is still sitting in your head.

Money talk feels awkward

So invoices go quiet, and quiet invoices don't get paid.

No single source of truth

Quotes, invoices and “he said he’d pay Friday” live in five different places.

Where the cash leaks

Outstanding invoices — no follow-up scheduled

Thandi Nkosi

Solar installation — 6 kW system

R 18 500

Overdue 42d

Riaan van Wyk

DB board upgrade & rewire

R 9 200

Overdue 27d

Lerato Mokoena

Geyser replacement & plumbing

R 6 750

Overdue 19d

Pieter Botha

Boundary wall & paving

R 13 750

Overdue 61d

Total unaccounted for

R 48 200

EVERYTHING IN ONE PLACE

From finished job to money in the bank

CollectFlow handles the whole collection cycle — invoice tracking, WhatsApp follow-ups, reminder schedules, and document management — so you spend less time chasing and more time quoting the next job.

Every unpaid invoice in one list

A single live dashboard shows exactly who owes you money, how much, and for how long. Invoices sort automatically by urgency — the most overdue jobs rise to the top with risk flags so nothing slips through the cracks.

Auto-aging calculated from due date
Overdue / due-today / promised statuses at a glance
Filter by customer, trade, or job reference
Unpaid invoices
CustomerAmountStatus

Riaan van Wyk

Solar install · INV-0041 · 32 days

R 18 500Overdue

Nomsa Khumalo

Plumbing repairs · INV-0044 · 0 days

R 4 200Due today

Sipho Dlamini

DB board upgrade · INV-0039 · 18 days

R 6 750Promised

Thandi Nkosi

Geyser replacement · INV-0038

R 3 800Paid
WhatsApp draft — INV-0041
Tone:

Hi Riaan, hope all is well! Just a friendly reminder that invoice INV-0041 for R 18 500 (solar installation at 32 Swartberg Rd) is now 32 days overdue.

Please EFT to: Nedbank · 1987 654 321, branch 198765, ref INV-0041-RVW.

Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks!

AI-generated · review before sending

Follow-ups written for you

CollectFlow drafts a professional WhatsApp message for every overdue invoice — in a tone you choose — with your banking details and the correct reference number already filled in. Review it, edit if you want, then send straight from your own number.

Friendly, firm, or final notice tone
Banking details and reference auto-inserted
Sends from your WhatsApp — not a bot number

Reminders that respect a promise

Set a reminder cadence once and CollectFlow handles every follow-up on schedule. When a customer says they'll pay on Friday, log a promise-to-pay and the nudges pause automatically — then resume if the money doesn't arrive.

Set-and-forget reminder schedules per invoice
Promise-to-pay pauses nudges until the date
Quiet hours respected — no 10pm messages
Reminder schedule — INV-0039

Day 0 — Invoice sent

3 Jun 2026 · INV-0039

Day 7 — Friendly nudge sent

10 Jun 2026 · WhatsApp delivered

Promise to pay · 21 Jun

Sipho confirmed via WhatsApp · nudges paused

Day 14 — Firm reminder

Scheduled · sends if unpaid after 21 Jun

Quote QT-0018 · Lerato Mokoena

Quote

Electrical rewire — 14 Elm St

Issued 12 Jun 2026 · Valid 30 days

Quote
Labour — 2 daysR 4 800
DB board & breakersR 3 200
Conduit & cabling (45 m)R 1 350
Certificate of ComplianceR 650
Total incl. VATR 10 000

Becomes a tracked payment request the moment it's due

Quotes and invoices that chase themselves

Send a professional quote, get it accepted, and convert it to an invoice in a single tap. The moment the due date arrives, CollectFlow turns it into a tracked payment request and starts the collection process automatically.

Quote to invoice to payment request in one flow
Branded PDF documents sent via WhatsApp or email
Proof-of-payment capture and automatic reconciliation

How It Works

Up and running before your next site visit

Three steps to stop chasing invoices manually — no new apps for your customers, no complicated setup for you.

1

01

Connect WhatsApp & add your customers

Link your existing WhatsApp number and import the people you invoice. No new app for them to install.

2

02

Log jobs, send quotes & invoices

Capture each job, send a branded quote, and turn it into an invoice the moment the work is signed off.

3

03

CollectFlow chases the money

Due dates are tracked automatically and every follow-up arrives pre-written, so you just review and send.

Most crews send their first reminder within 4 minutes of signing up.

From the Trades

Crews that stopped leaving money on site

South African contractors share what changed when WhatsApp became their collection engine.

“I had R 40 000 sitting in outstanding invoices across three solar jobs in Durban North. Two customers kept saying they'd pay — same story every week. I sent one WhatsApp reminder through CollectFlow on a Thursday afternoon. Both paid by Friday morning. I'd been chasing those accounts for six weeks on my own. The message looked professional, not desperate, and that made all the difference.”

Cut overdue invoices by R 40 000 in two months
SM

Sibusiso Mthembu

Solar installer — Durban

“Customers in Pretoria would ghost my calls after the job was done. With CollectFlow they get a WhatsApp with the invoice and a payment link straight away. Most pay within 48 hours now. My average collection time dropped from 21 days to 5.”

TM

Tshepo Maleka

Electrician — Pretoria

“I hate asking for money face-to-face — it always feels awkward after you've just fixed someone's burst geyser at 10 pm. CollectFlow sends the reminder for me and it reads like a friendly nudge, not a demand. I haven't had one difficult conversation about payment since I started using it.”

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Ridwaan Patel

Plumber — Cape Town

“Running a building crew in Polokwane means juggling five jobs at once. I used to have my admin lady call clients every Friday — half the time she'd reach voicemail. Now the system chases them automatically. We recovered R 28 000 in the first month just from reminders that were going out at the right time. My admin lady now focuses on quoting new work instead.”

CA

Carmen Adams

Building contractor — Polokwane

PRICING

Priced for a one-bakkie crew or a full team

No setup fees. Cancel anytime. Prices in ZAR, billed monthly.

Solo

R0/mo

Owner-operators just getting paid on time.

  • Up to 15 active invoices
  • Manual WhatsApp follow-ups
  • 1 user
  • Overdue dashboard
Start free
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Crew

R249/mo

Small teams chasing serious money.

  • Unlimited invoices & customers
  • AI-drafted follow-ups
  • Automatic reminder schedules
  • Quotes, invoices & PDFs
  • Up to 5 users
Start 14-day trial

Business

R599/mo

Established contractors with admin staff.

  • Everything in Crew
  • Promise-to-pay tracking & reports
  • Proof-of-payment capture
  • Priority support
  • Up to 20 users
Start 14-day trial

Every plan includes your own branded documents and bank-grade data security.

QUESTIONS

Everything you might be wondering

Straight answers about how CollectFlow works, what it costs, and what it does not do — yet.

Stop chasing. Start collecting.

Your invoices won't chase themselves. Now they don't have to.

Set up your account in under 5 minutes and send your first WhatsApp payment reminder before you leave the job site today.

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