694: Invoicing with Studioworks with Jessica and Chris

ShopTalk

Technology

4.9 • 623 Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Show DescriptionChris and Jessica from Studioworks join us to talk about their new app, why they're uniquely qualified to run an invoicing app, what the long term vision is for Studioworks, pricing models of subscription apps, how invoicing isn't just for web nerds anymore, helping neurospicy people get paid for their work, and what it's like to transfer to a new invoicing app. Listen on WebsiteWatch on YouTubeGuestsJessica HischeGuest's Main URL • Guest's SocialJessica Hische is a lettering artist and author with a tendency to overshare and a penchant for procrastiworking. Chris ShiflettGuest's Main URL • Guest's SocialChris Shiflett is a husband, father, entrepreneur, community leader, author, speaker, and amateur athlete. Links Studioworks.app The web's grain by Frank Chimero SponsorstldrawHave you ever wanted to build an app that works kinda like Miro or Figma, that has a zoomable infinite canvas, that’s multiplayer, and really good, but you also want to build it in React with normal React components on the canvas? Good news! tldraw is the world’s first, best, and only SDK for building infinite canvas apps in React. tldraw takes care of all the canvas complexities — things like the camera, selection logic, and undo redo — so that you can focus on building the features that matter to your users. It’s easy to use with plenty of examples and starter kits, including a kit where you can use AI to create things on the canvas. Get started for free at tldraw.dev/shoptalk, or run npm create tldraw to spin up a starter kit.

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0:00.0	Hey there, Shopping Manix. You're listening to another episode of the Shop Talk Show, podcast all about front and web design, development, and other things. We're maybe running a business. Hey, Chris, how are you? Hey, that's that, Chris. We're having the double Chris thing going on. Yeah, it's going to be confusing. The rule is that Dave introduces me and I introduce you, but I'll introduce you.
0:38.0	Hi, Chris.
0:38.7	Hi.
0:54.2	Schifflett from the Internet. I don't believe we've met before, believe it or not, after all these years, but it's a pleasure to have you on. That's shocking to me. Well, not in person anyway. Yeah, not in person. Jessica's here too. Hi, Jessica Hish. Hi. also from the internet and real life.
1:11.7	Yeah, we're having you on partially to talk about this business that you started Studio Works. Maybe I'll just have you talk about it first so that we set the stage and we like feel good about that part of all this. What is Studio Works? I know it's an app because I used it to invoice you, which felt pretty cool.
1:12.0	Yeah.
1:15.9	That's what it does for now, right?
1:19.7	Like, people can sign up for this thing right now and use it to invoice people.
1:23.6	And that already might be a good idea, but it's like going to be more than that someday.
1:24.8	I'll tee you up.
1:25.3	How about that?
1:26.0	Take it, Jessica.
1:27.0	Yeah, totally. It already is a good idea
1:29.4	because of invoicing because, you know, you got a lot of independent creative slash developer
1:37.6	folks in your audience, I'm sure. They're having to invoice people every now and then.
1:41.7	And I know that your audience is probably more tech savvy than just
1:44.6	sending PDFs. But what they probably don't realize is that if they use other invoice software,
1:50.1	like QuickBooks and all that, they're paying the same amount for their subscription as they would to
1:54.5	us, except they're also giving 1% of everything they earn to those companies, one to 1.5 percent. And we don't do that.
2:02.4	So if you use Studio Works and you want to keep more of your money, then you get to do that
2:08.1	when you invoice all of your clients, which is awesome.
2:10.9	And then also you pay a monthly and then you pay no additional slice.
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