INVOICING, COMPARED

A PDF in an email is not an invoicing system.

It works right up until someone asks how much a client still owes, or which invoice that wire belongs to. This is what changes when the invoice carries its own state, its own link and its own balance.

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PAC portal + spreadsheet + emailCord Invoicing

Where the invoice livesA PDF in an email thread, plus a row in a spreadsheetA record with its own state: draft, open, paid, void or uncollectible

How the client pays itThey read the PDF, then look for your bank details somewhere elseThe invoice has its own page with a card checkout for the balance

How you know the balanceSomeone reconciles the bank statement against the spreadsheet by handCard payments and wires you record both reduce the same balance automatically

NumberingA counter someone maintains, easy to skip or duplicateSequential per country and document type, reserved transactionally at issue time

Stamping (Mexico)You log into the PAC portal and re-key the invoice thereCFDI 4.0 stamped from Cord under your own digital seal certificate

CancellingBack to the portal, and the spreadsheet may never find outCancelled with the SAT and only marked void once the SAT confirms

RemindersSomeone remembers. Or does not.Each invoice carries its own due date and Cord emails before and after it

Another currencyA rate someone typed in, from a day nobody recordedIssued in the currency of the sale, with a dated rate stated on the document

From your own systemsCopy and pastev1 API, webhooks per state change, and an MCP server

What Cord does not do

Outside Mexico, Cord issues a commercial invoice: it does not file or clear anything with your local tax authority.
Invoice payments are card-only for now. SPEI is a Mexico-only rail with per-client CLABE requirements and is not wired into the invoice page yet.
There is no recurring invoicing yet: a Cord subscription charges the card each cycle, but does not issue an invoice per period.

QUESTIONS

Before you switch

Do I still need a PAC to stamp CFDI?

Cord stamps through an authorized certification provider on your behalf, so you do not log into a separate portal. You upload your digital seal certificate once in Cord and every CFDI is stamped under your own tax ID, not a shared account.

Can I move my existing numbering to Cord?

Yes. Cord keeps a sequence per country and document type with a prefix you choose, so you can continue your current series instead of restarting at one.

What happens to invoices I already issued elsewhere?

They stay where they are. Cord does not import historical invoices from another system; it takes over from the moment you start issuing here, and your balance in Cord reflects only what Cord issued.

What Cord does not do

Before you switch

Issue, send and collect. In one place.