The problem
Homeowners forget and property managers wait. An electrical shop sending 40 invoices a month with 12 running late spends about 15 minutes chasing each, 3 hours a month; at $45£34€40A$65C$64 an hour of the owner's time, that's $135£102€121A$195C$191. If one $350£263€313A$505C$495 invoice every two months is never paid because nobody chased it, that's another $175£132€157A$253C$247 a month.
What the AI does
Jobber's Connect plan adds automated invoice follow-ups, so unpaid invoices get reminders without anyone remembering. Invoices include online payment, and Connect can also collect payments automatically and sync to QuickBooks Online. The owner only calls the accounts that still haven't paid after the reminders.
A worked example
An illustrative example built from typical figures, not a named business.
A two-electrician shop in Columbus, Georgia sends about 40 invoices a month, and the owner does the office work in the evening. They run Jobber Connect for the owner's single user and turn on automated invoice follow-ups.
Before
12 late invoices a month, 3 hours of chasing, one $350£263€313A$505C$495 invoice written off every two months
After
Reminders go out automatically; the owner calls 2 or 3 accounts a month and write-offs stop
What it's worth
About $310£233€277A$448C$438 a month, against $99£74€89A$143C$140 to $139£105€124A$201C$196 for Jobber Connect for 1 user. That's 3 hours of chasing at an assumed $45£34€40A$65C$64 an hour ($135£102€121A$195C$191), plus $175£132€157A$253C$247 a month of invoices no longer written off (one $350£263€313A$505C$495 invoice every two months, counted in full because it's billing for work already done).
How to set it up
- Choose Jobber Connect: $99£74€89A$143C$140 a month billed yearly for 1 user, $119£89€106A$172C$168 with a 1-year commitment billed monthly, or $139£105€124A$201C$196 with no commitment.
- Turn on automated invoice follow-ups and check which channels and timing the settings offer. Write the message politely: invoice number, amount, due date and the payment link.
- Send each invoice the day the job's done, with your state electrical contractor license number on it where your state requires it on invoices or contracts.
- Text reminders only go to customers who agreed to texts. Ask Jobber how its texting number is registered for A2P 10DLC.
- On the first of each month, call anyone still unpaid after the reminders.
What goes wrong
- Core, Jobber's cheapest plan, doesn't include automated follow-ups.
- Each extra user is $29£22€26A$42C$41 a month. If an electrician needs the app, price that in.
- Some commercial customers pay on their own terms whatever you send. Agree payment terms in writing before the work.
- Debt collection has its own federal and state rules. Keep reminders factual and never threaten action you won't take.