Do you use an app, software, or just a Word Doc as an invoice?

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it's not the optimum solution but it works well enough for me and i don't have to pay a crazy premium monthly. it's like 5 bucks a month.

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but if you do, you must charge a bit more to get what you want to cover those pesky percentages.

Used freshbooks before that.

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They handle invoicing automatically.

I used to get work through vWorker when they were around and they handled the invoicing as well.


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i have a word doc template with pre populated and auto generating information, like date and electronic payment info etc. i print that to PDF and send to whoever.

it works for me. but i'd love to have it automatically handled. i just can't seem to want to pay for the service.

there are some php solutions that i've installed on my webspace, but they never really work out as sweet as i'd like them to.

but the thought of subscription to something like this makes me earl.....
Sleekbill is the closest I've come to something ideal....but it's a $59/yearly or $99 flat "lifetime". I don't like this whole subscription model that software has moved to....

I want to simply have an app that I own on my computer and not necessarily married to the cloud.

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spreadsheet.....
This is what my wife is pushing for....she hates the idea of spending money to make money


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i just add a block of time i have worked to calendar with a description of tasks performed

then when I assemble a fresh invoice I pull up the template I have created and begin to populate it with the dates and times I have worked

for each week i have a break down of tasks performed

-discovery
-research
-production

hours actually or estimated fall into one of those three categories

so a sample part of my invoice would look like


week of 00/00 to 00/00
product: XXXXXXX
Discovery: 5hrs
Research: 2hrs
Production: 10hrs
Milestone: Delivery of _______ versionX.xx
Hours total: 17

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The google cal part I get...but you lost me at indesign


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Its a great program for creating magazine layouts.

Its part of Adode Creative Suite.

He still has to manually input the info. I dont see why anyone who works in design would pay for an app to create an invoice.

just the design of the invoice.

An all-in-one solution is appealing.....but not at the current price points i'm seeing.

So for now i'm gonna stick with either Pay Pal invoicing or just do basic Excel joint...

but thats because i use what works for me
the template i used took 45 min to develop but it takes 5 min or less to put a new invoice together when needed.

do what works for you

shit, i had an old boss from jobs and jobs ago who would keep multiple labled stop watches for each job. at the end of every month he would record the numbers from each stop watch

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I've been using freshbooks for years now. It's free for three clients. Input contact info, start projects, allows me to use a timer to make keeping track of hours so much easier. My favorite feature is it sends automatic overdue notices.

https://JakKrumholtz.freshbooks.com/tryfreshbooks/www

Over three active clients there is a fee but it stores clients forever. So when I'm finished with a project, I'll archive them and can always un-archive them years later when they want revisions. There's been very few times I've needed the pay version but even then it was great to free up my time.

It also allows me to see my time logged each day, invoices over months (both paid and overdue) and the app works seamlessly. At tax-time it's a great one-stop summary over my invoices for the year.

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i'm going to give it a shot.
i am not completely happy with harvest.
looking for alternatives.
curious to see how the partial payment function works.
wondering if it will be a good solution for deposit invoices.

the key to happiness is not being rich;
it's doing something arduous and
creating something of value and then
being able to reflect on the fruits of your labor

Their previous product, Curdbee, took partial payments well.