Client Management

What to Do When Clients Don't Pay: 5-Step Recovery Process

It’s been 45 days since you sent the invoice. Your polite follow-up emails are being ignored. The client who was so enthusiastic about your work has gone radio silent, and you’re starting to wonder if you’ll ever see that $2,500.

Here’s the unfortunate reality: 61% of freelancers experience late payment issues, and 34% have invoices that are never paid at all. But here’s what most don’t know: professional payment recovery processes recover 87% of overdue invoices when executed correctly.