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Invotrak adds new features for invoicing

by Christina Clark Aug 6th 2008

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.

Tags: invoice, invotrak, small business, SmallBusiness

Filed under: Business, Internet

Intuit Billing Manager: Online invoice app from the makers of QuickBooks

by Brad Linder Apr 3rd 2008

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.

Tags: freshbooks, intuit, intuit-billing-manager, invoice, invoice-journal, invoices, invotrak

Filed under: Business, Internet, Office, Web services, web 2.0

Zoho does invoices

by Brad Linder Mar 28th 2008

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.

[via TechCrunch]

Tags: invoice, invoice-journal, invoices, invotrak, zoho, zoho-invoice

Filed under: Office, Productivity, Web services

Intervals: web-based project management

by Todd Ritter Feb 27th 2008

Intervals is a web service for tracking time spent on projects and related tasks. It lets you add/manage tasks among team members, budget project costs, create invoices, share project-related documents, and create a variety of reports.

The service has four business plans (ranging from $20 to $175 a month), and an individual plan that is free (though limited). The top two plans offer SSL and significantly more storage space for documents. All plans support web timers (to track how long you spend on a given project), but you can also enter time manually if you hate working to a clock.

Intervals is offering a 30-day trial on it's business plans, and they don't ask for payment info until after your trial (so they won't do the devious automatic billing without you being well aware of what you're getting in to).

Tags: invoice, project management, ProjectManagement, task management, TaskManagement, time management, TimeManagement, timers

Filed under: Business, Finance, Internet

Create and track invoices online with Invoice Journal

by Brad Linder Dec 4th 2007

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.

[via makeuseof]

Tags: freshbooks, invoice, invoice-journal, invotrak

Filed under: Business, Design, Developer, Finance, Internet, Utilities, Web services

Easily tracking invoices with Invotrak

by Chris Gilmer Jun 27th 2007

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.

Gallery: invotrak

Tags: clients, draconis, finance, freshbooks, invoice, invotrak, ruby on rails, RubyOnRails, tracking

Filed under: Business, Design, Internet, Productivity, Web services, Social Software

FreshBooks 3.8 coming soon with better filtering, invoice and staff management

by David Chartier Apr 15th 2007

It's been a while since we've mentioned FreshBooks, the web 2.0 project tracking and invoicing app for freelancers and small businesses alike, but an upcoming v3.8 release is a great excuse for a refresher. FreshBooks is already pretty packed with features like creating, sending (via mail or email) and managing invoices, tracking time on projects, accepting payments and even sending late notices, so this v3.8 upate is more about refining features. Specifically:

You can easily add staff members to any or all projects, making it far easier to bring on new personnel.
Items can now be inserted into the middle of invoices, with AJAX goodness for updating the page and not interrupting your workflow.
Timesheet details can be filtered by project or client, allowing you to track down just what you need.

The 'what's coming' list offers a bit more to sink one's teeth into, however, with features like quotes and estimates, future revenue reports and account statements to display all money owed and paid for a client.

FreshBooks version 3.8 lands Tuesday, April 17th 2007, and the actual update is scheduled to occur between 6:30 am and 8:00 am EDT.

Tags: collaboration, freshbooks, invoice, invoicing, project management, ProjectManagement

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