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For brand, web and packaging designers

The brief filled in and the deposit paid, before you start designing

One link collects your project brief and the deposit. Your client answers on their phone, pays by card, and the money lands in your own Stripe account.

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Free until your first client pays you, then $19/month · card required

An example engagement

Package
Brand identity project
IntakePay’s cut
$00% of every deposit
Deposit into your own Stripe accountPaid by card
$2,500less Stripe’s fee

The duct-tape version

The way many designers collect an intake and a deposit today

  • A brief in a shared doc that clients leave half-finished
  • A deposit invoice sent separately, and paid whenever
  • A spreadsheet or Notion board to track which projects are actually booked
  • IntakePay replaces all of it with one private link per client, and a page for your bio when you want one

How it works

Set up once: your business, your Stripe account, your plan. After that, each new client takes three steps.

  1. Step 1: Create the client

    Add their name and the project deposit. Your brief questions are copied onto their link.

  2. Step 2: Send one link

    Paste it into an email, a DM or a text. IntakePay never emails your client.

  3. Step 3: They brief you and pay

    Your client answers the brief and pays the deposit by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay. The row flips from Pending to Paid and you get an email.

The Brand & design project template

An intake written for designers, ready on day one

A project brief: what you are making, for whom, by when, and for roughly what budget. Reword, reorder, add or remove any question before you send your first link.

  1. What’s the name of the business or brand?

    Short answerRequired

  2. What are we making together?

    DropdownRequired

  3. Tell me about the business and what this project needs to achieve

    ParagraphRequired

  4. Who is your ideal customer?

    ParagraphRequired

  5. Three words you would like people to use about your brand

    Short answerOptional

  6. Competitors, brands or work you admire

    ParagraphOptional

  7. Is there a launch date or deadline?

    DateOptional

  8. What budget range do you have in mind for this project?

    DropdownRequired
All templates
Preview of the Brand & design project template as a client sees it, for Juniper Lane Studio, a fictional designer, with a $2,500 deposit.

The template as your client sees it. Juniper Lane Studio is fictional.

Is it for you?

IntakePay is built around one way of working. If that isn’t yours, a simpler tool will serve you better.

Built for you if

  • You work in projects, such as a brand identity, a website or a packaging range, with the fee agreed upfront.
  • You ask for a deposit before work starts, often half the project fee.
  • You need a proper brief (audience, references, deadline, budget) before the kickoff call.
  • You are a solo designer or a one-person studio.

Not for you if

  • You bill hourly, invoice at the end, and don’t take deposits.
  • You need clients to send brand files or documents through the form. It takes text, links and up to three photos.
  • You want proposals or a contract builder in the same tool. Those are left out on purpose; the full list of what IntakePay won’t do says why.
  • You run a studio where several designers need shared access or roles.

Try it before you sign up

Open the link a fictional designer would send. Fill it in on your phone and see what happens on your side when they pay. Nothing is charged.

Open the designer demo

Questions from designers

Pricing questions
Can clients send me logos or files?

Photos, yes: add a photos question to your form and a client can attach up to three, such as their current logo or screenshots of work they like. No other files: for working files, ask for a link to a shared folder.

Can I ask different questions for different kinds of projects?

You have one intake form at a time. Edit it before you create a client and the new link uses the new questions. Links you have already sent keep the questions they were created with.

What about the final invoice?

IntakePay collects the deposit that books the project. Invoice the balance the way you do today, for example from your own Stripe account.

Does my client need an account?

No. They open the link, answer the brief and pay on Stripe’s checkout page. No sign-up, no password.

Set it up before your next design project starts

Start freeOpen the designer demo

Free until your first client pays you, then $19/month · card required