Online Invoicing for Home Service Provider   by Tom Garry

in Finance / Accounting    (submitted 2010-03-16)

If you are a home service provider, online invoicing can benefit your business in many ways. As an independent professional it is important for you to concentrate more on finding new clients for home service. However, you might not be able to fully concentrate on this because you are worried about creating invoices for clients. You have to take phone calls, check your client's data, calculate payment due from clients , and many other such tasks. You may start losing your potential customers if you are wasting a lot of your time in creating invoices. Do you think it is better to take an external help?
In such scenarios an online invoicing tool comes for your rescue. An online invoicing system not only save hassle , but also save a lot of your valuable time and money. It is a much cheaper alternative when compared to that of hiring an assistant. However, its functionality is just the same. It is like someone else doing the billing work for you.
One of the most important benefit you gain by using an online invoicing system is time. Creating invoices can take lot of your valuable time especially, if you have many clients. Moreover, human calculations have chances of error. The invoices created by online invoicing tool are 100% accurate with almost negligible chances of any error.
It helps you create electronic invoices which can be easily sent to client through e-mail. It eliminates the need of paper work completely and ensures speedy and fast delivery of invoices to clients. Reduced paper-work will help you save money and hassle at the same time. Clients love to receive invoices in time and make prompt payment.
You can embed the online invoicing tool on your Website and customize it to look like an integral part of your company's website. You can also use it as a stand-alone mini website with your brand logo in it. You thus gain the status of an established professional and create a level of trust among your customers.
Some of the most important benefits home service provider gets through online invoicing tool are:

• Instantly sending invoices to client through e-mails


• Online payment using gateways like PayPal, AlertPay , or credit cards


• Time tracking on number of hours invested for client projects


• You can send reminders to late payers


• No paper work needed


• Easy to use , no training needed


• Enter data once and get invoices with just one click