Invoice References
Whenever DoubleAgent creates an invoice in FreeAgent to go with a Stripe payment from one of your customers, a reference number for the invoice is allocated.
You have three options for the FreeAgent invoice reference number:
- If you leave Invoice reference blank, FreeAgent will allocate the reference number according to its rules about global or contact-level invoice sequencing.
- If you set Invoice reference to {{stripe}}, Stripe's invoice number will be used on the corresponding FreeAgent invoice (assuming the payment has an invoice).
- You can set up a per-Stripe-account sequence based on what you put in Invoice reference. This is handy if you want your invoices numbered with a product- or service-specific reference.
Here are some examples:
| Invoice reference field | First three references in the sequence |
|---|---|
| <FreeAgent decides the reference> | |
| {{stripe}} | <Stripe's invoice number if the charge has an invoice, or the receipt number otherwise> |
| WIDGET | WIDGET1, WIDGET2, WIDGET3 |
| WIDGET1 | WIDGET1, WIDGET2, WIDGET3 |
| WIDGET001 | WIDGET001, WIDGET002, WIDGET003 |
| WIDGET 456 | WIDGET 456, WIDGET 457, WIDGET 458 |
Please note that changing the invoice starting reference starts a new sequence.
