Feature: payment tracking

Keep unpaid work from slipping through the cracks.

SideTrack keeps payment status connected to each job so freelancers and small service businesses can see what is paid, unpaid, partially paid, and ready to follow up.

Payment clarity

The payment page separates collected money from work still open.

Based on the app Payments screen: Outstanding, Collected, Total invoiced, Needs collection, Open payments, Paid sales, and the Mark paid action.

Payments

Track sales payments

Know what is collected, what is pending, and what needs follow-up.

Outstanding$1,850.00

3 sales not marked paid.

Collected$3,010.00

4 paid sales.

Total invoiced$4,860.00

Based on tracked sale prices.

Needs collection

Open payments

completedWebsite audit

Blue Oak Studio · Due Jun 12

$900.00
activeSpring cleanup

Maddox Lawn · Due Jun 15

$640.00
History

Paid sales

Paid Jun 3Full interior detail

Parker Auto

$1,240.00
Paid May 30Logo refresh

Cedar Co.

$780.00
The pain

Unpaid work gets risky when it lives in memory, texts, or a spreadsheet filter.

Invoices and jobs get separated

The job record may live in one place while payment details live somewhere else.

Partial payments are easy to miss

Deposits, balances, and informal payments can make the real status unclear.

Follow-up depends on memory

If unpaid work is not visible, it waits until cash feels tight or the client asks another question.

How SideTrack helps

SideTrack makes payment status part of the job record.

See payment state beside the customer, job, due date, costs, hours, and notes so every follow-up has context.

01

Paid and unpaid visibility

Separate completed work from actually paid work so revenue does not get overstated.

02

Job-level context

Review payment status beside job details instead of jumping between tools.

03

Cash follow-up habits

Use the tracker to make unpaid work part of weekly admin instead of emergency cleanup.

04

Profit clarity

Payment status works with costs and hours to show which jobs are really closed.

Compare

Where SideTrack fits

Payment tracking is not only accounting. It is daily operating visibility.

Spreadsheet

  • Can track paid/unpaid manually
  • Requires filters and discipline
  • Easy to forget deposits
  • Hard to connect to notes and costs

Invoicing tool

  • Great for sending invoices
  • Good payment workflows
  • May not capture job cost and time context
  • Can be more formal than needed

SideTrack

  • Payment status beside each job
  • Costs and hours stay connected
  • Simple follow-up view
  • Built for small operators
Questions

Quick answers

Does SideTrack send invoices?

SideTrack is focused on tracking the work, payment status, costs, and profit. Invoicing can still happen in your existing invoicing or accounting tool.

Why track payments outside accounting software?

Because operators need to know what is unpaid while work is happening, not only when bookkeeping gets reviewed later.

Can this replace my paid/unpaid spreadsheet?

That is the goal for recurring tracking. SideTrack gives the payment status a structured home beside the job.

Bottom line

Paid work should look different from unpaid work.

SideTrack helps keep cash follow-up visible without turning every job update into accounting work.

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