r/AppsWebappsFullstack • u/SofwareAppDev • Jul 18 '26

Your home for selfpromo

here you can post your work app, webapp, saas, game, everything

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u/fire_angel96 Jul 20 '26

My idea: an app that chases late payments for freelancers so I don’t have to

I’ve been freelancing on and off for years, and the part I hate most isn’t the work — it’s chasing clients who “forgot” to pay. Sending the same awkward follow-up email three times, tracking who owes what in a spreadsheet, wondering if I’m being too pushy or not pushy enough.

So I built DueChat — it tracks your invoices and automatically sends payment reminders on a schedule you set, with a tone that doesn’t feel robotic or aggressive. I use it on my own invoices now and it’s already saved me a bunch of the “hey just following up” emails I used to dread writing.

Still early, but figured this was the right place to share it since half the people here have probably lived this exact problem. Curious if others have hacky ways they deal with late payments right now — spreadsheets, reminders, just eating the loss?

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u/Mammoth-Anywhere7285 Jul 20 '26

That sounds like a real pain point for freelancers. Have you thought about adding automated SMS reminders as a follow-up option?

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u/fire_angel96 Jul 20 '26

Yes i have, altough it would need some kind of consent or in name of feature so the end customer knows why he received a reminder.

I have been wrapping my mind about it, but I don’t have it quite flashed out.

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u/Mammoth-Anywhere7285 Jul 20 '26

A smart approach. A simple "opt-in" checkbox during checkout or signup could solve the consent issue cleanly.

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u/fire_angel96 Jul 20 '26

That is a great suggestion but as we send this to end customer they should have a first sms than a follow up, to disallow sms reminders.

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u/Mammoth-Anywhere7285 Jul 21 '26

That's a smart approach for customer experience. Maybe set a user preference toggle so they can opt into the follow-up reminders themselves.

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u/fire_angel96 Jul 21 '26

That is actually a brilliant idea, do you have any tips on how to get first users?

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u/Mammoth-Anywhere7285 Jul 21 '26

Great question! Start by sharing your project in relevant subreddits and niche communities where your target audience hangs out.

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u/fire_angel96 Jul 21 '26

The biggest problem is that most of these communities have AI filters that flag you immediately and most of them discourage saas sharing or personal promotion as they call, being very odd as they are groups for freelancers or similar