Every common way to pay
Cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, PayPal and bank transfers, from one button.
One link instead of five tools and a folder of PDFs.
Most freelance admin happens in the gaps: a proposal in one file, a contract in another app, invoices somewhere else, files on a transfer link and payment reminders buried in email.
Hatch puts the whole project on one page with your name and your look on it. You handle each step in a few clicks, and your client always knows what’s next.
- Proposals with packages
- Payments by milestone
- Monthly retainers
- Installments with Klarna
- Comments pinned on the work
- See what clients read
- Contracts signed in a minute
- Invoices that handle VAT
Built for any kind of creative work, big or small.
Logo in a week, a three-month app project or a monthly retainer: set it up once and Hatch writes the invoices, sends the reminders and tells you when something needs you.
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Fixed priceOne price, deposit up front, the rest on delivery.
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MilestonesEach approved stage issues its own invoice.
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Monthly retainerBilled in advance every month, cancel any time.
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PackagesGood, better, best. Let your client choose.
Set up fixed-price, milestone or monthly projects
Pick a template, add your prices and your payment schedule. Your client sees exactly what they pay and when, with tax worked out for their country.
Payment receivedOrbit Labs · Marketing site
+€3,750Payment receivedFernhill Coffee · Deposit
+€4,800- Brand identity for Fernhill€4,800 · paid
- Marketing site for Orbit Labs€3,750 · paid
- Patient app for Lumen Health€6,120 · paid
- Retainer for Northbound Press€3,200 · paid
Watch the payments come in
Deposits on signing, milestone payments on approval and retainers every month. Polite reminders go out on their own, so you never write “just following up” again.
Deliver the files the moment you’re paid
Add your final files to the project. Previews stay watermarked, and the downloads unlock automatically when the last invoice is paid.
Brand identity · Studio
Studio package✓
Ownership of the work You own the final files once the last payment clears.
Revisions Three rounds per stage. Extra rounds are priced up front.
Client signatureMax Bauer
Sign contract
Contracts your client signs in a minute
The agreement is written from your proposal, and every clause has a plain-English summary next to it. Your client types their name, and the signature, time and email are recorded.
Getting paid shouldn’t be the hard part.
Make paying easy and you get paid on time. Clients pay from the same page they review the work on, in the way that suits them, and you see it the moment it lands.
Deposits and tips
Collect a deposit when the contract is signed. Clients can add a tip on the final payment.
Pay later with Klarna
Bigger projects get easier to say yes to when clients can split the cost.
Retainers on autopilot
Monthly invoices go out on their own, and your client pays in one tap.
One click for your client. A notification for you.
A page that looks like you, not like an invoice.
Choose a background scene, add your one-liner and your links. Every client page carries your name and your style, so even a small project feels considered.
From proposal to paid.
Five calm steps.
Most projects go from first email to final payment without a single “did you get my invoice?”.
- Write the proposal
Pick a project type, add the scope, timeline, packages and terms.
- Email your client the link
Add a personal note. Your client opens one page, no account needed.
- Your client signs and pays the deposit
They choose a package, sign the agreement and pay, all on that page.
- Share the work, get it approved
Comments land right on the design. Each approval issues the next invoice.
- Get paid, hand over the files
The final payment unlocks the downloads. Done, and on time.
Pricing? It’s free.
Hatch is free. No commission, no subscription, no hidden fees, for you or your client.
Your payment provider still charges its own processing fee, which depends on how your client pays.Marketplaces can take up to 20% of every project. With Hatch you keep what your client pays.
A note from the maker
I’m a designer, and like most freelancers I lost too many hours to the parts around the work: proposals in PDFs, contracts in another tool, invoices in a third, and emails asking whether anyone had paid yet.
Hatch puts all of that on one page per project, so the work gets the attention instead of the admin.
It’s free because the people doing the work should keep what they earn. If it makes your freelancing a little calmer, or you have an idea that would, I’d love to hear from you.
Grow your freelance business with Hatch.
Set up your studio in two minutes and send your first proposal today. Free for freelancers.