A wholesale portal should let a buyer pay an open invoice from a clear pay-now path, not only download a PDF. Week one on Parcel Build is that first working version: open invoices with a payment action for known accounts, without a full collections suite. You own the code. Flat monthly. See custom software for wholesalers. If invoice pay-now link is the gap, start a free 30-day build.
What belongs in a week-one invoice pay-now path for wholesale buyers?
Week one can show open invoices for the signed-in account, a clear pay-now action on each eligible invoice, and a status the buyer and AR can both trust after payment starts. PDF download can stay available. Autopay enrollment, dunning sequences, and full lockbox products can wait until the self-serve pay path earns its keep.
On Parcel Build, week one is a first working version of that path. Flat monthly. You own the code.
Why "can you resend a payment link?" emails slow AR and the buyer AP clerk
The buyer AP clerk needs to pay an open invoice. AR regenerates a link by email. The link expires or lands in the wrong inbox. Both sides repeat the same thread on the next due date. Download-only statements do not close the loop because the clerk still needs a place to pay.
A portal pay-now path puts the action next to the open invoice. AR spends less time resending links. The buyer stops waiting on a reply to complete a known balance.
What month one should not try to be
Defer full lockbox and collections products. Defer autopay enrollment engines. Defer factoring marketplaces. Month one is open invoices with a pay-now action for known accounts, plus clear post-payment status.
FAQ
Is pay-now the same as downloading invoices and statements?
No. Download gives the buyer a PDF or statement file. Pay-now lets them start payment from the open invoice in the portal. Both can exist. Week one can add pay-now when download alone still leaves AR fielding link requests.
Does week one need both ACH and card before a pay-now link is useful?
No. Week one can ship pay-now with the payment method you already support for that account. Adding a second method can wait until the first path is live and used.
Next step
If invoice pay-now link in a wholesale portal is what feels hardest, start a free 30-day build. Name that gap on the form. We scope a free 30-day build on that problem: first working version in week one, flat monthly after if you want to continue.