collects.io vs spreadsheets
Why move credit control off a spreadsheet, what it costs, and how you keep control.
Two weeks free. £1 card check, refunded. Nothing is sent to your customers. Switch off before day 14 and you pay nothing.
Questions
Why move credit control off a spreadsheet?
A spreadsheet tracks what is overdue but not why. Someone still has to find the missing PO, check the reference and log the dispute, and the sheet goes out of date as soon as Xero changes. collects.io reads Xero read-only, keeps every invoice current and works out the reason each one is unpaid.
What does it cost compared with doing it by hand?
Visibility starts at £9 a month, and Collect charges per invoice only when we collect it. A London credit controller costs about £33.43 an hour fully loaded (£45,000 salary plus on-costs). Your own figure is worked out from your Xero data.
Do I lose control?
No. You set the rules, a person decides every exception, and every email is sent from your own mailbox and traced to its decision.
29 analytics on your own Xero ledger, free for two weeks.
19 of them you can't get in Xero. Then from £9 a month on your invoice volume. Per-invoice fee only when we collect.
Two weeks free. £1 card check, refunded. Nothing is sent to your customers. Switch off before day 14 and you pay nothing.
What happens when you click Start 2 weeks free
- Start 2 weeks free. Enter your organisation name and work email, or sign up with Xero. You accept our terms on this screen.
- Set your password from the invitation email. If it isn't in your inbox within a few minutes, check junk.
- Connect Xero. You sign in on Xero's own screen and choose the organisation to connect. collects.io connects one Xero organisation per account. Read-only. We verify your card with a £1 charge, which we refund.
- See your own numbers about 2 minutes after you connect: the 29 analytics, on your live ledger. Nothing is sent to your customers.
- Before day 14 we email you the date and amount of your first payment. Switch off before then and you pay nothing. Otherwise Visibility continues on a 12-month plan, paid monthly.
- Upgrade to Collect whenever you're ready. We start working your overdue invoices, and you add a per-invoice fee only on the invoices we collect. A new 12 months starts from the day you upgrade.