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# Viewing Invoices

Previewing and sending your invoices to your buyers

The invoices are generated for the buyers as a downloadable PDF. This means it can be download locally by the buyers for their administration purposes. 

{% hint style="warning" %} <mark style="color:red;">**We don't recommend sending the invoice as an attachment to the buyer.**</mark>&#x20;
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Sending invoices via insecure email can lead to a hacking attempt. Hackers can intercept your email and change the payment details on the invoice, even if it is a PDF document. They will change the payment details and fool your buyers in to paying your invoice in to the wrong bank account.&#x20;

**To send a secure invoice,** **instead, publish the invoice to the buyers 'My Account' and send an automatically generated email to the user.**&#x20;

<figure><img src="https://1337513564-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FPwP6OfR8Ivf5IWvePA3N%2Fuploads%2F999TaIKt27s8livic8vF%2Fimage.png?alt=media&amp;token=18c7bba3-4ca1-4af3-a3fb-1dcda7afaf6f" alt=""><figcaption><p>Previewing the buyer invoice</p></figcaption></figure>

Once the invoice has been completed and you are happy with it 'Publish' the invoice and it will appear in the buyers 'My Account' when they are logged in.&#x20;

They will also be sent an email from your website to tell them their invoice is ready.&#x20;