How do contractors and suppliers usually get paid?
Commercial jobs are often paid by check: progress payments, completion payments and supplier invoices, each waiting on the paying company's approval and check run.
Crews, materials and equipment have to be paid in the meantime.
Where do check drafts help?
- Progress payments approved at each milestone.
- Completion payments on finished commercial jobs.
- Supplier invoices to contractors that buy materials every week.
- Change orders the customer has signed off on but hasn't paid.
What does a typical week look like with DraftPay?
- 1
Drop in the invoice or check
Quick Draft reads the payer, bank details and amount, and matches the customer you already have.
- 2
Your customer approves
From an emailed link, or not at all under a blanket authorization or one you already have on file.
- 3
Print the drafts together
Approved drafts wait in your print queue. Print them in one batch on blank check stock.
- 4
Deposit and move on
Deposit them at your own bank. Every draft keeps its signed record.
Common questions
Can I collect from homeowners?
No. DraftPay drafts on business accounts only.
Can someone else on my team approve big drafts first?
Yes. Set an amount, and drafts above it need a second teammate's approval before they can print.
Keep reading
- GuideHow check draft authorization worksEvery check draft needs the account holder's authorization. The three ways to get it, what a good record includes, and how your customer can stop it.
- GuideHow to get paid by check without waiting for the mailBusiness customers who pay by check pay on their own schedule. How to collect the same payment the day they say yes, with a check draft they approve by email.
- PricingSimple pricing. No contracts.DraftPay plans are $29, $49 or $79 a month with no per-draft fees and no contract. Nothing is charged while we verify your business. Cancel anytime.
- IndustriesBuilt for businesses that bill businessesHow businesses that bill other businesses use check drafts: dealership vendors, auto dealers, agencies, distributors, contractors, IT, services and freight.