2011 Awesome Add-Ons for QuickBooks
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New Products to Watch
In addition to the above winners, we feel that there are three new products worth mentioning, and we’re keeping an eye on them to see how they mature in the marketplace.
eCommerceConnector — Webgility LLC
www.webgility.com
Pricing: $299 (single-user, single-store); Add-ons for additional modules, stores and users.
Target Customers: Any QuickBooks or QuickBooks Point of Sale user selling online with a shopping cart like Amazon or eBay.
eCommerceConnector (eCC) enables online retailers to integrate and automate their order processing, shipping and inventory management with QuickBooks financial accounting and QuickBooks Point of Sale data files. eCC works with 20+ shopping cart platforms including Magento, VirtueMart, X-cart, Amazon and eBay. It also integrates with UPS, FedEx and USPS for shipment processing.
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Bill & Pay — SkyHill Software
www.billandpay.com
Pricing: Set up Free - Waived (Limited Time Offer), Monthly Service Fee $16.95, Unlimited Free Invoice Delivery, Payment Transaction Fee $0.55 per ACH or Credit Card Payment processed.
Target Customers: Any business that uses QuickBooks to invoice customers.
Bill & Pay is an end-to-end billing and payment solution that is fully integrated with QuickBooks. The power of Bill & Pay is the built-in option to receive payments deducted from a customer’s checking account versus paying the high fees associated with credit card payments. Accepting credit cards is also an option. Bill & Pay allows businesses to send electronic invoices and receive online payments from customers, and it synchronizes all transactions with QuickBooks. Customers receive email notifications and log into a secure website to view and pay invoices, as well as see payment history.
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Analyzer AP — AuditMyBooks
www.auditmybooks.com
Pricing: After a trial period, $199 per business per year.
Target Customers: Any business that uses QuickBooks.
AuditMyBooks is a subscription software service that automatically analyzes accounting records to detect errors and possible fraud. This rules-based product allows users to set conditions for normal data use in the QuickBooks file. Then, after reviewing all of the accounting transactions, AuditMyBooks presents potential risks in a simple “management dashboard” for review by business owners or their trusted advisers. Detailed reports allow further investigation of high-risk transactions that may indicate errors or fraud. Analyzer provides the information necessary to quickly identify suspect transactions and take corrective measures.
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About QuickBooks Add-ons
In 2003, Intuit released its Application Programming Interface (API), which is provided to developers in a Software Developer Kit (SDK). This SDK opens up the 3 million plus small business customer base to software developers who add value to QuickBooks by creating specific add-on products that integrate with the popular financial management system. Even a casual programmer using Microsoft Office and Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) can develop an application to read from and write to a QuickBooks data file.
There is now a second alternative available from Intuit — the Intuit Partner Platform. This provides a web-based customer experience and provides the developer with the ability to leverage the Intuit technology and infrastructure investments.
To search for QuickBooks add-ons that use the SDK, visit the Intuit marketplace site at http://marketplace.intuit.com. For applications using the IPP, visit www.appcenter.intuit.com.
For more information about developing add-ons for QuickBooks visit http://developer.intuit.com.
