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Create your account and set up your company

First login: sign-up, company information and the essential settings to configure before your first invoice.

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Before issuing your first invoice, Bill Alps needs a few details about your company: legal name, address and bank details. Plan for less than 5 minutes to fill everything in.

1. Create your account

  1. Go to app.bill-alps.ch/sign-up.
  2. Enter your First name, Last name and Email address, then click Continue. No password is required. You can also click Continue with Google or Continue with LinkedIn: the next step is then skipped.
  3. Enter the 6-digit code you received by email. It is checked as soon as you type the last digit, with no button to click. Nothing received? Click Resend code.
  4. You are redirected to the company setup wizard.

Bill Alps does not use passwords. To sign in again, enter your email address on app.bill-alps.ch/sign-in and type the code you receive by email, or use Google or LinkedIn. If your address already has an account when you sign up, you are sent to the sign-in page and the code is sent automatically.

The setup wizard

The wizard has four screens. The Back button takes you back to the previous screen.

  1. Company: enter the Company name. From 3 characters, Bill Alps searches the commercial register (Zefix). If you pick a result, the UID, address and canton are carried over and summarized under the field. Otherwise, just keep the name you typed: only the name is required here.
  2. Account type: choose No, only our company and click Continue. A trustee chooses Yes, we are a trustee, then Finish setup, and lands directly on the Dashboard (see the mandates guide).
  3. Modules: among Invoicing, Payroll and payslips and Accounting, keep selected the modules you need, then click Continue to plans. At least invoicing or payroll is required.
  4. Plan: to stay free, select Starter and click Continue on the free plan. To try a paid plan, select Team or Business and click Start the one-month free trial: no credit card is required. You then land on the Dashboard. The plans are described in the subscription guide.

2. Fill in your company details

In the SettingsMy company menu, on the General tab, complete the Information card:

  • Company name: the exact name of your company (as listed in the commercial register).
  • IDE (CHE): format CHE-XXX.XXX.XXX. It is printed on your invoices but is not required to issue a QR-bill.
  • Address, No., Postal code, City, Canton and Country: the full address, required for QR-bills. Search the address fills in these fields. Select I can't find my address to enter them yourself.
  • Email: required to save the card. Phone: printed on your invoices.

Click Save information. Each setting is described in detail in the guide Set up your company.

3. Add your bank details

Essential for generating compliant Swiss QR-bills. In the Banking Details card of the same tab:

  • IBAN: the Swiss (CH) or Liechtenstein (LI) IBAN of the receiving account, either a classic IBAN or a QR-IBAN. The bank is recognized automatically and shown under the field.
  • Click Save IBAN.
  • The Default currency is set separately, in My accountPreferences. On Starter, only CHF is offered.

4. Personalise your documents

These settings are spread over three pages:

  • My companyBranding: the Logo (PNG or JPEG, 2 MB max.) and the Brand colour, used on payslips, emails and the employee portal.
  • BillingTemplates: the Primary color of invoices, the Payment terms and the Footer note, where you can put your legal notices (see the templates guide).
  • My accountPreferences: the Invoice prefix and the Next invoice number. With the prefix 2026- and the number 1, the invoice is numbered 2026-0001.