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US invoices, local payments for 3D visualisers

As a 3D visualiser outside the US, you can invoice American clients through PANORAMA payments. A US company becomes the merchant of record, so your client pays a domestic US invoice by ACH or wire. PANORAMA then sends the money to you in your own country by bank transfer, SWIFT, SEPA, Wise, or digital assets.

US invoices, local payments for 3D visualisers

What this looks like for you

When you deliver a set of photoreal renders or a walkthrough animation to a US architecture firm, PANORAMA issues the invoice from a US company. Your client pays that invoice as they would any domestic vendor, by ACH or wire, with a W-9 if their accounts department needs one. PANORAMA takes one platform fee from the amount received and sends the rest to your bank account, Wise, or digital wallet in your own country. There is no subscription and you pay nothing until the client pays. You still handle your own taxes as a self-employed visualiser.

What your client receives

From
A US company, W-9 on request
Bill to
Your client, a company or a person
01Photoreal exterior renders, 6 images, high resolution for print

An example line, not a real invoice. Your own wording, amounts and currency go on the document itself.

The work is done, now the payment crosses a border

You delivered the final renders. The client approved the images or the animation, downloaded the files, and moved on to the next stage of their project. Now you wait for the invoice to be paid. If the client is in the United States, that payment has to move from their bank to yours. For a freelancer outside the US, this often means giving the client a foreign bank account number, asking them to send an international wire, or using a payment platform that charges the client extra or asks them to sign up. The client's accounts payable department may not be set up to pay a non-US vendor, and the process can stall.

Your job was to turn drawings and references into images that sell a space or a product. The payment part should not take more of your time than the render itself. But when you work with US clients, the distance between their payment system and your bank account is real. A US company paying a vendor in another country is a cross-border transaction, with all the friction that implies. Your invoice might sit in a queue while someone figures out how to pay it.

How PANORAMA turns a foreign invoice into a domestic one

PANORAMA payments acts as a merchant of record between you and your US client. You register once, verify your identity, and describe the client and the work. When you need to invoice, PANORAMA issues the invoice from a US company. Your client receives a normal US invoice, in dollars, with a US bank account for payment by ACH or wire. If the client's accounting department asks for a W-9, PANORAMA provides it. The client does not need to know that the invoice originated with a platform. They just pay a domestic bill.

The money arrives at the US company's bank account. PANORAMA then deducts one platform fee and sends the rest to you in your own country. Depending on where you live, you can receive the payment by bank transfer, SWIFT, SEPA, Wise, a local account, or in dollar-denominated digital assets. There is no monthly subscription and nothing is charged before the client has paid. You are not employed by PANORAMA, and you remain responsible for your own taxes at home.

For 3D visualisers, the client relationship stays unchanged

Your client commissions a set of photoreal renders, a walkthrough animation, or revisions against their comments. You deliver the work as files, by link or upload. Then you send an invoice. With PANORAMA, that invoice is still issued to the same client, for the same work, at the price you agreed. The only difference is that the invoice comes from a US company, so the client's payment process is entirely domestic. They pay on their normal cycle, which in architecture and design is often thirty days after the work is accepted.

You can bill the way visualisers normally bill: a price per delivered image, a fixed price for a defined project, or a fixed price split across stages. The client does not have to be an American company; PANORAMA accepts payment from clients in any country that is not under sanctions, and the invoice can be issued in eleven currencies, including US dollars, euros, pounds sterling, Canadian and Australian dollars and Swiss francs. Whoever the payer is, a company or a private individual, the money is received by the US company that PANORAMA uses.

What you handle, what PANORAMA handles

You handle your work: modelling, texturing, lighting, rendering, post-production, revisions. You agree on the scope and price with the client. You verify your identity once with PANORAMA and provide the details of the client and the project when you need an invoice. That is the extent of the payment administration on your side.

PANORAMA handles the invoicing, the collection of payment from the client, and the transfer of funds to you. The platform does not negotiate your rates, does not review your work, and does not intervene in the creative relationship. It is a payment layer, not an agency. You stay a freelance 3D visualiser, working directly with your clients, and you keep full responsibility for your own tax affairs.

How you get paid

  1. 1
    Register and verify once

    An identity document and a photograph. It is done once, and it has to be finished before the first payout rather than on the day you are waiting for money.

  2. 2
    Describe the client and the work

    Who they are, what was agreed, the amount and the currency. The client and their country are screened before anything is sent, so a payment is not refused after the work is delivered.

  3. 3
    The invoice goes out from a US company

    Your client receives an invoice from a United States supplier, with US banking details and IRS Form W-9 on request. They pay by ACH or wire, domestically.

  4. 4
    You are paid where you live

    One platform fee is deducted and the rest is sent to you by whichever route works in your country: bank transfer, SWIFT, SEPA, Wise, a local account, or dollar-denominated digital assets.

One platform fee of 10% is deducted when you are paid. No subscription, no signup fee, and nothing is charged until your client has paid.

Questions people in this trade ask

Do my US clients need to sign up for anything?

No. Your client receives an invoice from a US company and pays it like any other domestic invoice. They do not need to create an account with PANORAMA or change their payment process. If they request a W-9 for their records, PANORAMA provides one on request.

How do I get paid once the client pays?

PANORAMA deducts a single platform fee from the amount received and transfers the rest to you in your own country. Depending on where you live, you can receive the money by bank transfer, SWIFT, SEPA, Wise, a local account, or dollar-denominated digital assets. There is no monthly subscription.

Can I invoice a private individual, not just a company?

Yes. The payer can be a company or a private person. The invoice is issued by a US company regardless, so the payment terms are the same for both. The payer does not have to be American either; PANORAMA accepts payment from clients in any country that is not under sanctions, and invoices can be issued in eleven currencies.

Do I still have to pay my own taxes?

Yes. PANORAMA is not your employer and does not give tax advice. You remain a self-employed 3D visualiser and you are responsible for reporting your income and paying any taxes due in your country of residence. PANORAMA only handles the payment collection and transfer.

Is there a limit on the size of a project I can invoice?

There is no minimum or maximum amount. You can invoice a single render or a full animation contract. Your client pays the invoice according to their own payment cycle, usually thirty days after they receive the work, and PANORAMA transfers the money to you once the payment clears.

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Create an account, pass verification and raise an invoice. Nothing is charged until your client pays it.

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You keep the client, the contract and the price. We handle the invoice and the payout.

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PANORAMA payments is a payment service. It is not an employer, not an agency and not a tax adviser, and nothing on this page is tax or legal advice.