# Creating Custom Email Templates

**Add custom text to your invoice summaries and reminders to make your invoices an extension of your brand.**

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Creating **custom email templates** for your **invoice summaries** and **reminders** allows you to enhance the white-labeling experience and ensures that every communication with your customers reflects your unique company identity.

Follow the steps below to provide your customers with a fully-branded payment experience:

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### **Invoice Summaries**

1\. From your Alternative Payments Dashboard, navigate to the Automation section:

* Select the **"Email notifications"** option.
* You will see two tabs: "Invoice summaries" and "Invoice reminders." Click on the **"Invoice summaries"** tab.

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2\. In the "Invoice summaries" tab, click on **"+ New summary"** to create a new email summary rule.

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3\. In the **"New summary"** section, select the frequency for the email summaries. This can be daily, weekly, or monthly depending on your preference.

4\. Select the start date for when the email summaries should begin.

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5\. Under the **"Email template**" section, you can either select the default template or create a new template.

* If you select to use the **“Create a new template”** option, you will have the option to customize the template name, subject, heading, main text and secondary text.

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6\. After configuring the summary rule and selecting an email template, save your settings.

7\. You can manage any exceptions by clicking on the **"+ Exception list"** button.

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### **Invoice Reminders**

Click on **“Invoice reminders”** and follow the same instructions as above to customize your reminders.

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You’re all set to send out custom email summaries and reminders for your customer’s invoices!\
If you need any additional information or further customization, feel free to reach out to <customersuccess@alternativepayments.io>.

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