Guides
Guides for Australian tradies
Short, practical answers to the admin questions that come up when you run a trade business: getting invoices out, chasing what’s late, and knowing where your money sits without logging into anything.
- How to invoice a customer from your phone as a tradie Send the invoice before you leave the driveway. Open WhatsApp, describe the job and the amount, and Korda handles the rest. You review it, approve it,...
- How to automate follow-ups on an unpaid invoice Set a follow-up sequence once, at 1, 7, 14 and 28 days overdue, and let it run automatically by SMS and email (when Gmail is connected) every time an invoice goes unpaid.
- How to connect your invoices to Xero automatically One-time setup. After that, every invoice generated through Korda flows into Xero without manual input, created, categorised, and logged automatically...
- Scripts and templates for chasing late payment Be specific, be professional, and escalate incrementally. Vague follow-ups get ignored, aggressive ones create disputes. Below are the templates that...
- How to Run a Trade Business Without an Office Admin Five ways to handle quotes, invoices, chasing, calls and BAS without hiring office staff, what each costs in Australia, and when it is time to hire.
- How to see everything you're owed in one place There are three numbers that matter: what's been collected, what's outstanding, and what's overdue. Korda's Morning Brief delivers all three to your...
- How long should you wait before chasing a late invoice? Get paid on completion where you can. If that's not possible, set 7-day payment terms and have a system that automatically follows up when they're...
- Best Xero setup for a trade business in Australia Keep it simple. A clean chart of accounts, consistent tax codes, accurate customer records, and a professional invoice template. Most trade businesses...
- How tradies use Xero without a bookkeeper Xero does the accounting. Korda does the feeding. Invoices flow in automatically when jobs are completed, payments reconcile when they're received, and...