Hourly Billing

Freelance Web Developer Invoice Template & Hourly Billing

Jake spent three weeks building a custom e-commerce site for a client. Beautiful work – responsive design, clean code, perfect user experience. Then came time to create the invoice.

His first attempt? A simple email: “Website development: $4,500. Please pay when convenient.”

The client’s response? “Can you break this down? We need more detail for our accounting department.”

Jake scrambled to recreate his time logs, tried to remember which hours were for frontend vs backend work, and ended up with a messy Word document that took two hours to create and looked nothing like his professional development work.

Consulting Invoice Template: Time Tracking & Hourly Billing Guide

Time is your most valuable asset as a consultant. Yet most consultants lose 10-15% of their billable time to poor tracking and inadequate invoicing systems that don’t capture the full scope of their professional services.

Whether you’re billing $150/hour for marketing strategy or $500/hour for specialized technical consulting, your invoice needs to clearly communicate the value delivered, justify your rates, and ensure every billable minute gets paid.

Here’s how to create consulting invoices that properly track time, communicate value, and position you as the professional expert your clients hired.