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Request payment up front cleanly — amount, terms and what it secures — in a professional proforma.
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An advance-payment proforma invoice is how you ask a buyer to pay before you ship or start, without issuing a final tax invoice yet. It states the amount due up front and what it secures, so the buyer can release the funds and the order can begin.
This template opens with itemised lines and an advance amount. Fill in the buyer, the order and how much is due now, set the terms, and download a PDF proforma invoice to send.
Terms: 50% advance to start · balance before shipment · valid 14 days
Yes — that is one of its most common uses. The proforma states the amount due up front and what it secures, so the buyer can pay before you ship or start. You issue the final invoice once the work or goods are delivered.
Yes — show the full estimated total, the advance due now, and the balance due later (e.g. before shipment). Clear terms here prevent disputes about what is still owed.
Yes — build and download it with no account.
Yes — CalculatorAI's proforma invoice generator is completely free. Create, customise and download as many professional PDF proforma invoices as you want, with no signup, no watermark and no trial limit. A free account adds saved clients, history and the Invoices Tracker.
A proforma invoice is a preliminary, good-faith estimate sent before the sale is final — it is not a demand for payment and not a tax invoice. A commercial (final) invoice is issued once the goods or services are delivered, and that is the document the buyer pays and books against.
A proforma confirms the deal before it is final. When the order is on, the Invoices Tracker turns it into a real invoice and keeps your clients, payments and what is still owed in one place.
Open the Invoices Tracker