An invoice stops being a PDF you email.

Cord issues the invoice, gives it your own numbering, stamps it where stamping is required, sends it to your client with its own payment link, and tells you how much is still owed. In Mexico that means real CFDI 4.0 with the SAT; everywhere else, a commercial invoice with your brand and the exchange rate stated on it.

Invoice issuing from the Starter plan — CFDI 4.0 in Mexico and a commercial invoice everywhere else; multi-currency on all plans, including the free one

A-001048 · Materiales del Valle● Open
Stamped with the SAT
ItemQtyPriceAmount
Válvula industrial 4"40$3,367.00$134,680.00
Acople bridado 6"25$2,848.00$71,200.00
Total invoiced$230,880.00
Balance due$134,880.00
Due 14 Sep · client link with card checkout

A FULL LIFECYCLE

An invoice is not a file. It is a state.

You build it as a draft and review it without committing anything: the number is not burned until you issue it. Issuing makes it immutable and stamped. When money comes in, the balance drops on its own. Got it wrong before collecting? It voids with the tax provider. Already collected? The right move is a credit note, and Cord will not let you confuse the two.

  • Editable draft that consumes no number and no stamp
  • Real cancellation with the SAT, not just a color change on screen
  • Credit note when the invoice already has payments applied
A-001048 · Materiales del ValleEmitida
Borrador14 ago
Emitida · CFDI timbrado15 ago
Pago recibido$96,000.00
Saldo$134,880.00
El folio se asigna al emitir, no antesAbierta

A PAYMENT LINK PER INVOICE

Your client opens the invoice and pays right there.

Every invoice gets its own page carrying your brand: line items, due date, payments already received, and the balance left. From there it gets paid by card, straight into your account. The PDF downloads, and in Mexico so does the XML. You see when your client opened it — and only when your client opens it, not when you check your own link.

  • A public page per invoice, with your logo and your color
  • Card checkout for the balance, into your connected account
  • PDF always, stamped XML in Mexico
cordhq.app/i/k4m2xq…Vista del cliente
Factura A-001048Vence 14 sep
Total$230,880.00
Saldo$134,880.00
Pagar con tarjetaDisponible
PDF y XML descargablesTu marca

THE RAIL CHANGES BY COUNTRY

Mexico stamps with the SAT. Everywhere else invoices with your numbering.

When the business is Mexican, Cord stamps real CFDI 4.0 through an authorized certification provider: valid UUID, XML and PDF, under your own digital seal certificate. Outside Mexico it issues a commercial invoice with your own sequential numbering and your brand — and says so plainly, without pretending it filed anything with an authority that is not connected yet. The workflow is identical either way.

  • CFDI 4.0 stamped with the SAT under your company certificate
  • Commercial invoice with your own sequential numbering outside Mexico
  • The invoice is issued in the currency of the sale, with the exchange rate stated
Carril fiscal por paísMulti-país
MX
México · CFDI 4.0timbrado ante el SAT con tu CSD
Timbrado
ES
España · Factura comercialfolio propio, sin presentación local
Comercial
UUID a1b2c3d4-9f01-4e22-b7aa · SAT ✓
Mismo flujo, distinto carril$230,880.00 MXN

WHY IT MATTERS

This is what cord invoicing actually changes.

Nueva facturaBorrador
COTDesde una cotizaciónCOT-0151 aprobada · hereda cliente, líneas y divisaLigadas
+O desde ceroEliges cliente y capturas los conceptosSin cotización
El folio se reserva al emitir, no al empezarBorrador editable
A-001048 · saldoAbierta
Total facturado$230,880.00
15 ago · tarjeta desde el link−$60,000.00
22 ago · transferencia registrada−$36,000.00
Saldo$134,880.00
Al llegar a cero se marca pagadaY sale de la cartera vencida, sin que nadie la toque
Tarjeta y transferencia bajan el mismo saldoUna sola cuenta
API v1 · facturas200 OK
POST /v1/facturas/{id} · finalizeEmitida y timbrada · CFDI 4.0 · Serie A · Folio 1048
UUID (Folio Fiscal)a1b2c3d4-9f01-4e22-b7aa
invoice.finalizedwebhook entregado
invoice.paidwebhook entregado
Ver PDFDescargar XML
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Most common questions about cord invoicing.

Yes. In Cord an invoice is an object of its own: go to Invoices, pick a client, enter the line items and save it as a draft. No quote required. If the deal did come from an approved quote, the invoice inherits client, lines and currency automatically and the two stay linked.

Yes, in Mexico. Cord stamps CFDI 4.0 through an authorized certification provider using your own company digital seal certificate: the document is issued under your tax ID, with a valid UUID, XML and PDF. You upload your certificate once in Settings and every invoice is stamped under your account, not a shared one.

From the invoice detail, with the Void action. Cord sends the cancellation to the SAT using your own certificate and only marks it void once the SAT confirms; if the SAT rejects it, Cord tells you instead of showing a "cancelled" invoice that is still live. If the invoice already has payments applied it cannot be voided: Cord asks you to issue a credit note, which is the correct document for that case.

It is a link belonging to each invoice, with your logo and your color. Your client sees the line items, the total, the due date, the payments already received and the balance left, and can pay it by card right there; the money lands in your connected account. They can also download the PDF and, in Mexico, the stamped XML.

Yes. The invoice is issued in the currency of the sale — the one your client approved and pays — and states the exchange rate to your accounting currency, which is exactly what the SAT requires. Cord takes the rate from a real, dated source. If it cannot get a rate, issuing fails with a clear message rather than inventing a number: an invoice carrying a fake exchange rate is a tax problem, not a detail.

Yes. Every invoice carries its own due date, and Cord emails the client a reminder before and after it lands. The inbox shows how much is outstanding, how much is past due, and how many days each invoice has been late. Webhooks also fire an event when an invoice goes past due, gets paid, or fails to collect.

Yes. The v1 API exposes the full invoice: create a draft, issue it, send it to the client, record a payment, void it and issue a credit note, plus read invoices with their balance. Webhooks report every state change. Cord also exposes an MCP server, so an AI assistant can read your invoices and prepare drafts.

Cord issues a commercial invoice with your own sequential numbering, your tax details and your brand, in the currency of the sale. It is a valid commercial document for collecting and for your books, and Cord says exactly that: it does not claim to have filed anything with your local tax authority, because that rail is not connected outside Mexico yet. The per-country architecture is already built to add them.

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