The earnhouse journal

Good reads. Better working days.

Practical guides, clear answers and a little perspective. For the people doing the work and building something of their own.

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Your first job in Tender: start with work you already know

A practical way to bring one real customer, one agreed job and its paperwork into Tender without reorganising your whole business first.

Take something useful into your day.

How to make the last few minutes of a customer visit clear: confirm the work, explain the amount and check the payment result in Tender.

What to check before sharing a Tender invoice link, what to write alongside it and how to follow up without creating confusion.

Agree who creates invoices, who checks payments and how to explain exceptions when using Tender with Xero or QuickBooks.

Use real jobs to check the customer records, paperwork, payments and accounting handover before deciding whether Tender fits your business.

A simple checklist for describing your services, choosing honest photographs and helping the right customer make an enquiry.

A practical change-of-scope routine for small jobs: explain what you found, agree the options and keep the final paperwork consistent.

Finish the customer conversation, paperwork and payment arrangements before the next job takes your attention.

The essential invoice details, a practical example and the checks that make a bill easier for your customer to approve.

A worked example for planning customer payments, supplier bills and the weeks when money could be tight.

Made for the working day

Tender brings jobs, clients, paperwork and money together. Find out how the pieces fit.