Invotrak is a simple to use, online invoicing tool for small businesses or freelancers produced by Draconis Software. While we have covered it before some new additions make it worth another mention.

Basically this is a simple invoice app that you can use to create and track invoices and time sheets for yourself or your small business. You can use limited services for free or pay for three levels of account depending on how many invoices you plan to send.

Updates features include: the ability to upload invoices you have created yourself, add line items from time sheets to the invoice and adding reports to your invoices. You can also save your invoices as PDF or TXT files.

You can also read the Invotrak blog to get tips on using the new features and general small business tips - like how to get paid on time.

It turns out Zoho, Invoice Journal, Invotrak, and Freshbooks aren't the only companies offering online invoicing solutions. Intuit, the company behind the QuickBooks accounting software also has a billing solution, cleverly titled Intuit Billing Manager.

This free web service has been around since last year, but we first heard of it when WebWare ran an article this afternoon. Intuit Billing Manager offers users several templates for invoice creation, and you can slap your company logo on any invoice. You can also email your invoices to clients directly from the web site. They'll received a text based email with a link to an online version of the invoice. Unfortunately, there's no way for them to pay the invoice online using the service.

Once you've added your company info and created a few clients, you can create and send invoices in a matter of seconds. We do wish there was an easy way to save invoices as PDF files which look a little more professional than text based emails. We tried printing an invoice using a print to PDF application, but the results didn't fit properly on the page. Still, if you're not happy with the umpteen other services offering online invoicing solutions, you might want to check Intuit Billing Manager out.

Zoho has added an online invoicing application to its ever-growing suite of online office/business products. While Zoho Invoice is hardly the only online invoicing tool around, the application gives users a lot of control over the invoicing process. You can add your own logo to your invoices, add custom messages, and choose from several customizable templates. You can also keep a list of customers, products and services and run reports.

On the down side, you can only create and send up to 5 invoices per month with a free account. For $5 per month, you can send up to 25, while $15 per month will get you 150 invoices, $25 brings you to the 500 invoice level, and if you do a lot of business you can create up to 1500 invoices for $35 per month. Meanwhile, services like Invoice Journal and Invotrak let you create as many invoices as you like for free, but they lack some of Zoho Invoice's features.

The other thing that makes Zoho Invoice worth checking out is the fact that it's just one of more than a dozen online services offered by Zoho. If you like the idea of managing your office documents, web conferencing, and HR management all through the same company, Zoho's got you covered. For a small fee.

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There are plenty of ways for small business owners to create and track invoices. You could just fill out a Word template every time you need to bill a client, or you could use free software like Microsoft Accounting Express or QuickBooks Simple Start. But as with everything these days, there are also online solutions.

Invoice Journal is a simple web site that lets you create and track your invoices. There's a simple form for entering new clients, and another for sending invoices to those clients. Easy as pie.

Invoice Journal lacks some of the bells and whistles you'd get with a more complex service like FreshBooks. There's no time tracking feature for example. But sometimes you want a service that does one thing and does it well.

If Invoice Journal doesn't do it for you, we've also looked at Invotrak, another free invoicing startup, that quite frankly, works pretty much the same was as Invoice Journal.

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If you're a small business looking for an easy way to store and manage invoices online, Invotrak could be the solution you are after. This simple online solution lets users input, track and issue invoices to clients. Its simple and straightforward navigational structures and tracking features make this an effective way to track past due invoices, and incoming revenue without using complicated software.

There aren't many steps involved in setting up a profile and getting up and running:

• Create a login
• Add client information - client name, contact name, address, email, and notes.
• Record invoice - select client from dropdown, set date, amount, term, and upload an invoice from your standard application like word or excel.
• Enter any invoice comments
• Email to client

Through the user interface, companies can then track what invoices are out and waiting to receive payment on. When payment comes in, a simple click drops the payments to the received category, and adjusts balances in the right column.

The service was created by Draconis Software using Ruby on Rails to manage and keep track of their own invoices. Draconis says that they make every precaution to ensure information that is stored under your profile is secure. That's always great to know, but what happens if something goes wrong? Or, knock on wood worse case scenario, Draconis goes out of business? What happens to our information then? That's the main concern I always have when storing my data online. You can't get much simpler than Invotrak though, however, we would like to see a way to export information to a spreadsheet application for desktop storage purposes.

Mac users, check out the Dashboard widget so you can easily catch a glimpse of your invoices.

For another simple invoice option look at Freshbooks.

The Invotrak service is free, and super easy to use. Check out some screenshots of the interface.