Shop business terms
What is net 30?
Net 30 means the invoice is due in full 30 days after its date — the standard credit terms commercial customers expect, and a real financing cost the shop carries.
Offering terms is often the price of commercial and franchise work; those buyers pay on AP cycles, not at pickup. The trade-off is cash flow: material was bought in week one and paid for in week seven, which is why terms belong only with credit-checked repeat accounts, not walk-ins.
Terms discipline is mechanical: invoice the day the job ships (net 30 starts at the invoice date, so late invoicing is a free loan), track aging weekly, and pair terms with deposits on large jobs — net 30 on the balance, never on the whole amount.
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