This page explains how we research, write and update the guides on this site.
Every guide here follows the same process: research from official or vendor sources, templates written from scratch, and a clear line between general information and legal advice. This page covers who writes these guides, how we check what we publish, and how we handle the parts that vary by law or by vendor.
Who writes these guides
These guides are written by our own team, not by outside freelancers, agencies, or an anonymous byline. We do not invent authors, job titles, or credentials to make a guide sound more authoritative than it is. When a guide mentions our own product, it says so plainly rather than folding the mention quietly into the advice. We make MoneyNudge, one of the tools on this page.
How we research and check sources
Any claim that depends on where you live, such as a court claim limit, an interest rate, or a filing deadline, links to an official source: a government site, a court's own self-help pages, or a vendor's help center for anything about how their product behaves. We open and read each source ourselves before citing it, and we note the date we checked it on the page. If we cannot verify something, we leave it out rather than guess at a number.
How we write templates
Every email, text and letter template on this site is written from scratch for this site. We do not copy another company's wording or structure, and we do not reuse the same template word for word across two pages.
How we handle legal topics
Anything touching contracts, late fees, interest, collections, or court process is general information, not legal advice, and the specifics vary by state and country. We link to an official source for anything jurisdiction-specific and leave out numbers we cannot verify for your situation. If a decision carries real money or legal risk, talk to a lawyer or accountant who knows the details of your case.
How we compare tools
Comparison pages describe each vendor using that vendor's own documentation or help center, not our opinion of how their product should work. We do not quote prices, since they change often and the vendor's own site is the accurate source. We also say plainly where our own product is not the right fit for what someone is looking for, rather than only listing where it is a good one.
Being upfront about our own product
When we mention our own product, we use fixed, plain statements about what it does today rather than marketing language. For example: It never emails your clients on its own. We do not describe features we have not built, and we do not use invented statistics, testimonials, or user counts anywhere on this site.
Keeping pages up to date
The date at the top of each guide is the last time we updated it. We revisit a page when we learn that something in it has changed, such as a source updating its numbers or a vendor changing how their product works, rather than on a fixed schedule.
Explore the guides
Start with payment reminders, asking for payment, invoice reminders, past due invoices, quote follow-up, or payment terms.