## Overview

Upcoming invoice notifications can now be automated so that you can let your
customers know about invoices that will be created soon.

## Enable upcoming invoice notifications

1. Go to your settings then ==Features==, then ==More Features==
2. Search for **"Upcoming invoice notifications"** and click ==Get Started==
3. Set **enable upcoming invoice notifications?** to **Yes** and click ==Save==

![](upincomenot-one.png)

You will be able to click the dropdown and viewa all of the available pay cycles you can choose from. 

* Daily
* Every week
* Every other week
* 1st and the 16th
* Every four weeks
* Every eight weeks
* Every 30 days
* Monthly 
* Every other month
* Every tweleve weeks
* First day of month 
* Last day of month
* Quarterly 
* Every six months 
* Yearly 
* Every 2 years
* Every 3 years
* Every 5 years 
* Every 10 years

## What can upcoming invoice notifications do?

1. Send a notification to the customer before the invoice has been created
2. Allow notifications to be sent for some payment cycles, but not others
- Example: 30 days in advance for yearly, 15 days in advance for quarterly, and
  no notifications for monthly invoices
- You can set up one notification cycle for each payment cycle option we have
  available
- The max amount of days you can send an email before an invoice is generated is 60

![](upcoming-notif.png)

3. Use merge tags from customers and subscriptions to customize an email template
- You will then be able to preview the email before it is sent out

:::note

At the time of sending the notification, the invoice itself does not exist yet,
so you won't be able to use invoice merge tags.

:::