The Third-Party Billing Interface companion product is an interface that links the system to a third-party billing service such as Billtrust or Invoice Connection. The interface sends statement and invoice information using an FTP (File Transfer Protocol) site.
The third party prints, collates and mails your current bills to your customers, or they can fax, e-mail, or send them using EDI. Outsourcing your billing improves operations performance and lowers your billing costs by automating the entire billing process. This eliminates the cost and hassles associated with printing, folding, stuffing, addressing, sealing and mailing bills. In addition, because the third party can send mail in bulk, you pay less in postage.
Your invoices and statements:
Look professional
Are easy to understand
Have a more consistent look and feel
Have targeted messaging
Arrive quickly
The Third-Party Billing Interface provides the following services:
Easy data transfer - You can upload your invoices and statements directly from the system to a secure FTP site.
Invoice and statement design - The billing service works with you to give your invoices and statements a professional look and feel, taking your customers' needs and expectations into consideration.
In-bill messaging - This can be customer-, region-, or ZIP code-specific.
Insert services - You can include custom marketing or promotional inserts, MSDSs (material safety data sheets), or any other information in the envelope with the bill.
Bill consolidation - If you bill daily, you can tell the service to hold those bills until they reach a certain threshold before releasing, saving you on envelopes and postage for small balances.
24-hour turnaround - If you FTP your billing data to the site before 9 p.m. EST, your bills will be in the mail the next business day.
Custom reports - The billing service compiles your data to meet your specific requirements, and sends you reports as often as you like, with as much detail as you like.
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