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# Send an invoice

> Email an invoice to your customer and see whether it arrived

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Open the invoice and click **Send**. Confirm the address it is going to, and
the invoice is on its way.

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Sending a draft finalizes it first, so its line items and bill-to details lock
at the same moment. Finalize on its own, without sending, is still there if you
would rather do the two separately.

<Warning>
  A sent invoice can't be edited or returned to draft. To correct one, void it
  and send a replacement.
</Warning>

The email goes to the address on the invoice's bill-to details, falling back to
the customer's. If neither has one, **Send** says so — add an email address to
the customer and try again. If the customer's address changes while you have the
invoice open, **Send** stops and asks you to check who it is going to rather
than emailing the new one.

## Where it sends from

Invoices go out from one of your own addresses, so replies reach you. Pick it
under **Send invoices from** in
[Invoice settings](/admin-guide/organization/invoice-settings). With one
sending address set up, that one is used and there is nothing to choose. With
none, set up email on one of your [domains](/user-guide/domains) first.

## Change the wording

The email comes from your **Invoice** template under
[Email Templates](/user-guide/email-templates), where you can rewrite the
subject and body like any other template — with version history, so you can go
back. The variables it fills in:

| Variable             | What it becomes                          |
| -------------------- | ---------------------------------------- |
| `{{invoice_number}}` | The invoice number                       |
| `{{business_name}}`  | Your business name                       |
| `{{customer_name}}`  | Who the invoice is billed to             |
| `{{amount_due}}`     | What is still owed                       |
| `{{due_date}}`       | The due date, blank when there isn't one |
| `{{invoice_link}}`   | The customer's link to the invoice       |

The **Invoice reminder** template is the wording used when you chase an unpaid
invoice.

## Send it again

Click **Resend** on an open invoice to send it again — when the first went
unanswered, or after you have reworded the template. Each send is recorded
separately.

An invoice keeps the address it was billed to from the moment you finalize it,
so **Resend** goes to that same address every time. To reach a different one,
void the invoice, correct the customer, and create a new invoice.

Sending again after a **Not sent** is a retry of that same email rather than a
second one, so if the first did reach your customer after all, they still only
receive one.

## Did it arrive

The **Delivery** card on the invoice lists every email sent for it, newest
first, with what became of each one:

| Status             | Meaning                                                        |
| ------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Queued**         | Accepted and on its way.                                       |
| **Sent**           | Handed to the customer's mail provider.                        |
| **Delivered**      | Reached the customer's mailbox.                                |
| **Bounced**        | Rejected. The reason from their mail server is shown below it. |
| **Marked as spam** | The customer reported it. Don't send to that address again.    |
| **Failed**         | Couldn't be sent.                                              |
| **Not sent**       | Never left Bizzy. The reason is shown below it. Send again.    |

A bounce usually means the address is wrong. Correct it on the customer, then
void this invoice and create a new one — the address on a finalized invoice
cannot be changed.
