Online Payments

Online Payments

Online Payments

Improve public notice cash flow & collections.

Improve public notice cash flow & collections.

Give customers flexible ways to pay while your team tracks invoices, payments, and follow-up in one place.

Give customers flexible ways to pay while your team tracks invoices, payments, and follow-up in one place.

Give customers flexible ways to pay while your team tracks invoices, payments, and follow-up in one place.

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Trusted by 1,600+ newspapers across the U.S.

Trusted by 1,600+ newspapers across the U.S.

Why It Matters

Public notice revenue should not depend on manual follow-up.

Offer customers a modern payment experience and give your team even more control over public notice revenue. Set yourself up for success.

Offer customers a modern payment experience and give your team even more control over public notice revenue. Set yourself up for success.

Offer customers a modern payment experience and give your team even more control over public notice revenue. Set yourself up for success.

Improve collections

Send online invoices, offer flexible payment options, and make it easier to pay before publication.

Improve collections

Send online invoices, offer flexible payment options, and make it easier to pay before publication.

Improve collections

Send online invoices, offer flexible payment options, and make it easier to pay before publication.

Better cashflow

Speed up online payments and reduce delays from manual invoices, checks, and follow-up.

Better cashflow

Speed up online payments and reduce delays from manual invoices, checks, and follow-up.

Better cashflow

Speed up online payments and reduce delays from manual invoices, checks, and follow-up.

More visibility

Give staff and customers a shared view of paid, unpaid, and past-due invoices.

More visibility

Give staff and customers a shared view of paid, unpaid, and past-due invoices.

More visibility

Give staff and customers a shared view of paid, unpaid, and past-due invoices.

How It Works

From invoice creation to payment tracking, all in one workflow.

Publisher confirms the notice

Your team reviews the notice and creates the invoice.

Customer receives payment instructions

Column sends a notification with a payment link.

Customer pays online

They pay by card or ACH, depending on your setup.

Invoice status updates in Column

Easily track paid, unpaid, and past-due invoices.

Publishers get better visibility

See what is paid, unpaid, and needs follow-up.

Customer Story

Better payment workflows create real financial impact.

Before Column, Amsterdam News collected only 30–40% of legal revenue, with large overdue balances.

With Column, customers got clearer invoice access, payment prompts, and online payment options.

The impact:

  • Collections improved from 30–40% to near 100%

  • 87% self-serve adoption

  • 100% government self-serve adoption

  • Better visibility into paid and unpaid invoices

  • Less manual payment follow-up

“Column gave us visibility into what was paid, what was outstanding, and what needed follow-up.”

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Feature Breakdown

Feature Breakdown

Feature Breakdown

Payment tools built for public notice workflows.

Column can be configured around your publication’s real requirements, so you can modernize without losing control.

For teams placing tens, hundreds, or thousands of notices across multiple jurisdictions, every notice brings a new set of details to manage: the right newspaper, the right deadline, the right publication date, the right invoice, the right proof, and the right affidavit.


These are the pain points we hear every week:

Column can be configured around your publication’s real requirements, so you can modernize without losing control.

Online invoice payment

Customers receive a payment link and can pay online by card or ACH.

Customers receive a payment link and can pay online by card or ACH.

Customers receive a payment link and can pay online by card or ACH.

Invoice tracking

Anyone can view invoices by paid, unpaid, or past-due status.

Anyone can view invoices by paid, unpaid, or past-due status.

Anyone can view invoices by paid, unpaid, or past-due status.

Multi-invoice payment

Repeat customers can select and pay multiple invoices at once.

Repeat customers can select and pay multiple invoices at once.

Repeat customers can select and pay multiple invoices at once.

Monthly summaries and exports

Customers can download invoice summaries and payment data.

Customers can download invoice summaries and payment data.

Customers can download invoice summaries and payment data.

Publisher
payment visibility

Track invoice performance, unpaid balances, and customer activity.

Track invoice performance, unpaid balances, and customer activity.

Track invoice performance, unpaid balances, and customer activity.

Automated payment reminders

Send timely prompts to customers with unpaid invoices.

Send timely prompts to customers with unpaid invoices.

Send timely prompts to customers with unpaid invoices.

Connected Features

Payment tools work with the rest of Column.

Explore everything Column can do for your public notice workflow.

Digital Search Sites

Improve access to digital public notice.

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Automated Affidavits

Generate affidavits within 1-2 business days after publication.

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Customizations & Rates

Configure notice types, rates, schedules, and templates.

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About Column for Newspapers

Need answers? We’ve got you covered.

Below are some of the most common questions people ask us. If you can’t find what you’re looking for, feel free to reach out!

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How much does Column cost newspapers?

Do we have to use the full platform?

How does Column help with legislation?

Will we lose control of our public notice business?

How does onboarding work?

Can Column work with our existing systems?

What types of notices does Column support?

How does Column do affidavits?