Posts Tagged ‘administration’

Online invoicing systems

There are lots of really good invoicing sites out there.
Depending on your needs, you will actually be able to use some of them for free. If, for example, you send less than 20 invoices a month, Saasu might be a really good option. For more than 20 invoices, they start charging, though. Some offer completely free plans, but without the ability to customise the invoices with logo etc. Others charge a few bucks a month, and you might choose one of those, if look-and-feel of the invoice is important to you.
Have a look on the sites listed underneath, and decide for yourself which plan fits your needs the best as your business hopefully evolves over time.

  • Billing Orchard will cost you USD 10, 15, 20, 35 or 70 per month. No free plan, and frankly, not impressive looking.
  • Bill My Clients don’t charge a monthly fee, but a fee per invoice. It is however, completely free, if you only send invoices by email.
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Online database

For those of you who need to store information about products, information, or whatever, here is s small list of online databases that can be used for free.

  • Dabble DB is an online database with a free. Here, all data is public, and up to 15 users can edit data. The paid plan is USD 24 for 3 users. Here, all data is private and secure.
  • Grubba is a completely free online database for home and office. Choose a template or create your own forms and database to fit your individual needs. Includes ssl.

CRM (Customer Relations Management) sites

CRM stands for Customer Relations Management, and covers a great deal. Generally, they can be used to keep track of clients and upcoming events in your company. I have found some, so have a look.

  • Wbp systems is a calendar/dashboard/messageboard etc. See overdue, upcoming, and current events. USD 9 for one person per month, and 5 for each additional user.
  • Backbase call themselves a Customer Experience Platform. They do not look cheap, and thus kind of defeat the purpose of this blog.

CMS systems and shoppingcarts

Shoppingcarts are necessary if you want to open a webshop. There are a number of really good and free carts, and if you can live without 24/7 customerservice, they are pretty much as good as the paid versions. It may take some time to get the feel of them, but if you spend some time getting to know them, you will find out that they are really customisable.

  • Sauropol is a combined CMS (Content Management System) og hostingsite. It is free and very comprehensive. No shoppingcart.
  • Wosbee is a combined CMS (Content Management System) og hostingsite. It is free and very comprehensive. Includes shoppingcart that integrates with Paypal and many other cards. It is a Finnish company, and can integrate into lots of European and Nordic credtitcards.
  • Fastcart is a combined CMS (Content Management System) og hostingsite. It is free and very comprehensive. Includes shoppingcart that integrates with Payel and many other cards.

Free bookmarkingsites

These sites all have different approaches to bookmarking, so check them out, and find the best one for you. Some are meant for use on your site, and some are meant for allowing you to store your bookmarks acress the web.

  • Delicio.us basically makes bookmarking buttons and add-ons for your browser or website. With their Hotlist, you can see the most popular bookmarks on Delicious. A very big network of bookmarks.
  • Evernote can be used for creating text and ink notes, to snapshots of whiteboards and wine labels, to clips of webpages. Lets users capture anything from their real and digital lives and find it all anytime. For free.
  • Addthis makes sharing easy for blogs, websites etc. Add the buttons to your site, and let users easily bookmark it, or send your link to others. Free.
  • Wibiya enables blogs to integrate services, applications and widgets of their choice into their blog through customized web-based toolbars. Rests at the bottom of the screen, includes Facebook, Twitter, chat, rss and lots more.