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Community managers can invoice US clients through a US company and get paid at home

You finished the month, the community is active, and now you need to invoice your American client. PANORAMA payments lets you bill through a US company, so your client pays a domestic invoice by ACH or wire. The US company receives the funds, deducts one platform fee, and pays you in your own country by bank transfer, SWIFT, SEPA, Wise, another local method, or digital assets.

Community managers can invoice US clients through a US company and get paid at home

What this looks like for you

Your community work does not fit a project invoice. You moderate daily, run events, onboard new members, and send a monthly health report. PANORAMA payments makes that monthly retainer or hourly billing work like a normal domestic payment for your US client. You keep doing the work; we handle the border. The US company issues the invoice, receives the payment, and pays you where you live, with no subscription and no fee until the client pays. That means the payment route stops being a source of friction and becomes something you never think about.

What your client receives

From
A US company, W-9 on request
Bill to
Your client, a company or a person
01Community management: moderation, events, onboarding, monthly report

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

The work is delivered, and then the border appears

The work is done. You have moderated the channels, run the events, and sent the health report. The community is active, and your client is happy.

Now they need to pay you, and that is where the border appears. Your client's accounts payable team is set up to pay vendors in the United States. Paying an individual in another country means tax forms they do not recognise, currency conversion they did not budget for, and international wire instructions that make finance slow down. That friction does not stay inside the finance department. It becomes a reason for your invoice to sit at the bottom of the pile, and it makes your monthly income feel less certain than the community you manage.

Your client pays a domestic invoice

With PANORAMA payments, you register once and verify your identity. You describe the client and the work. From then on, every invoice you issue to that client comes from a US company. For your client, the payment process is entirely domestic. They pay by ACH or wire transfer in dollars to a US bank account, and they can request an IRS Form W-9 if their finance team needs it.

The client does not have to be an American company. The payer can be a private individual or a business in any country that is not under sanctions. The invoice can be issued in eleven currencies, including US dollars, euros, pounds sterling, Canadian dollars, Australian dollars, and Swiss francs. Whoever the payer is and whatever the currency, the money is received by the US company.

You get paid in your own country

After the client pays, PANORAMA payments deducts one platform fee and pays you where you live. Depending on your country, that can be a bank transfer, SWIFT, SEPA, Wise, a local account, or dollar-denominated digital assets. There is no monthly subscription, and nothing is charged before the client has paid.

You stay responsible for your own taxes at home. PANORAMA payments does not give tax advice and is not your employer. The platform moves the money across the border; it does not change your tax position.

For community managers, continuity is the point

Community management is not a one-off project. You moderate daily, run events, onboard new members, and report on the health of the community. The normal way to bill for this work is the same amount every month for continuing work, or tracked hours invoiced weekly or monthly. That ongoing relationship is exactly what makes an unreliable payment route intolerable. If one month the payment is late because the client had to fill out a foreign vendor form, the next month you are wondering whether to keep the community alive.

US software and crypto companies, creators with a membership, and brands with a user forum all buy this kind of work. They are used to paying monthly retainers to US contractors. PANORAMA payments lets you fit into that process without setting up a US entity. The invoice is domestic for them, and the payout is routine for you. The payment route becomes as continuous as the community work itself.

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 do anything different to pay me?

No. They receive an invoice from a US company and pay it like any other domestic vendor, by ACH or wire transfer in dollars. If their finance team asks for tax paperwork, a completed IRS Form W-9 is available on request. They do not need to set up international payments, handle currency conversion, or file forms for a foreign contractor.

Can I use PANORAMA payments if my client is not in the United States?

Yes. The payer can be a company or a private individual in any country that is not under sanctions. The invoice can be issued in eleven currencies, including US dollars, euros, pounds sterling, Canadian dollars, Australian dollars, and Swiss francs. The money is always received by the US company, so your client still pays a domestic US invoice.

How do I receive the money in my own country?

After your client pays, PANORAMA payments deducts one platform fee and pays you by bank transfer, SWIFT, SEPA, Wise, a local account, or dollar-denominated digital assets, depending on where you live. There is no monthly subscription and nothing is charged before the client pays.

Do I still handle my own taxes?

Yes. PANORAMA payments is not your employer and does not give tax advice. The money you receive is your business income, and you are responsible for reporting and paying taxes in your own country. The platform handles the payment mechanics across the border, but your tax obligations stay the same as if the client paid you directly.

Can I invoice hourly work, or only monthly retainers?

Both. You can describe the work and set the billing terms you already use. Many community managers invoice the same amount every month for ongoing moderation and events; others track hours and invoice weekly or monthly. The invoice line you enter is shown to the client as a normal line item.

Send your first invoice

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

Get started

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.