You already have a system. Here is what it costs you.
A spreadsheet and a good memory get most creators to about eight live deals. This is what breaks after that.
A spreadsheet
Free, and completely silent. It has never told you a payment is late.
Notes and chat threads
By the eighth deal, the terms of the third are lost in a chat from March.
A tool built abroad
Good software, for a market where brands pay on time.
| A spreadsheet | A tool built abroad | Blubanana | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Logs a deal from a screenshot or a voice note | No | No | Yes |
| Reminds you before a deadline, without the app open | No | Yes | Yes |
| Shows what is owed, and how many days late | No | Yes | Yes |
| Writes the payment follow up for you | No | No | Yes |
| Tracks an advance and a balance separately | No | No | Yes |
| Records what actually landed after tax was deducted | No | No | Yes |
| Builds a rate card from what you have really charged | No | No | Yes |
| Keeps working with no signal | No | No | Yes |
| Priced in rupees, on the April to March year | No | No | Yes |
Made in India
The problem was worth understanding first
Half up front, the rest whenever finance gets to it. Deals agreed in a DM at midnight. March arriving with no idea what is owed.
None of that is a feature request a foreign tool would ever receive.
Bring your spreadsheet with you
The importer reads it and everything comes across. 14 days free, no card.