Get paid faster, and ChatGPT starts showing ads in Switzerland
Archive · Issue of 28 August 2026
Hello,
Late payers cost you twice: the money, and the evening you spend writing reminders. This week is about getting both back. First, the news.
The big three
1. ChatGPT now shows ads in Switzerland Since 24 August, free and Go users in 31 European markets, Switzerland included, see labelled ads below some answers. Paid plans stay ad-free. Advertising was booked through OpenAI’s sales team at first. So what for your business? A good moment to move staff off free accounts. If you’re thinking of advertising, wait for real costs. Read more
2. Four in five Swiss internet users now use AI The IGEM-Digimonitor, published 25 August, found 80% use AI, up from 40% in 2024. ChatGPT leads at 67%, and 39% ask AI for purchase advice. So what for your business? Your customers ask AI who to buy from. Ask ChatGPT about your trade and town and see what it says. Read more
3. ChatGPT Business adds Premium seats for heavy users From 24 August, teams can give individual people a Premium seat at USD 125 a month (USD 100 annually) with five times the usage of Standard. Standard stays at USD 25 (USD 20 annually). So what for your business? Only upgrade the one person who keeps hitting limits. Most teams need nothing. Read more
🔒 This week’s guide: Get paid faster
A 20-minute weekly routine: export your open invoices, let AI sort them by how late they are and suggest the next step, and draft personal notes for key customers. Plus a monthly eight-week cash check. No technical skills needed. Read the guide (🔒 Members)
🔒 Tool review: bexio’s AI features
Verdict: Worth it if you book 20 or more receipts and supplier bills a month, and only on Advanced or higher. Don’t buy it to get paid faster: bexio’s reminders are rule-based, not AI. Read the review (🔒 Members)
🔍 Feature deep dive 🔒 Members
Claude for Excel. Claude works in a side panel inside Excel, so your open-invoice list gets ageing groups, totals and an eight-week cash view built with real formulas you can check. Plans, setup and three ready prompts. Read the deep dive
🧩 Skills of the week 🔒 Members
- Overdue invoice review: sorts your open-items export by days overdue, checks the totals and tells you who to call this week.
- Payment reminder writer: friendly, firm and final reminders in DE, FR, IT or EN, with QR-bill wording.
Install once in Claude or ChatGPT. Get the skills
🔒 Template of the week: Friendly, firm, final
Three reminder texts that get firmer step by step, with QR-bill wording in English, German, French and Italian, and a two-minute phone script for your biggest customers. Get the template (🔒 Members)
One number
5%: the default interest rate a Swiss creditor can charge on an overdue debt, per year, unless the contract says otherwise (Art. 104 OR) (Art. 104 OR, Fedlex). Our final reminder template shows how to claim it.
That’s the August series done. I’d like to know: what’s the longest a customer has kept you waiting this year, and what finally got them to pay? Hit reply. The best answers (anonymised) may shape a future issue.
Adam
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