I don't get this. First time I've ever come across this, I'm still learning to run this whole thing but don't you need to deposit first and then you'd get an invoice??

Usually when they ask, I send them an invoice but it's only for record keeping purposes. When they deposit or complete a balance, they still get the invoice but that legitimizes things.

I'm not sure what you mean by send the invoice over and you can pay it that way my dude. Square grants a CC pay, you can do a deposit, a booking, a balance completion whatever, but by default, it still doesn't send the client and you an invoice.

I'm just always surprised by some leads and clients I sometimes get. What's your overall pay method? I ultimately use Square but have been sticking with Venmo, what I do is I usually send a contract and their first deposit books them legitimately. I rarely ever send an invoice unless if it's an institution, but when I do, it's usually just for record keeping purposes, it's not something I send and they can pay, the PDF doesn't allow that. Unless if I do a Square request. Lead wants to do it through Venmo but then asks "actually, can we do it through invoice and we pay that way..??".

What would you even say in this situation...? Am I wrong?