Hello,

anyone used QuickBooks as their online merchant account service, I'm thinking about signing up with them, so I would like to know how its going with their service and are they compared to Auth.Net
Also are they available to Canadian Residents??

Thanks

I think they are US only, plus recurring charges require a WRITTEN agreement with the cardholder, meaning faxing/mailing in a document. Really not worth the hassle, although there pricing is VERY good for one-time only transactions.
Auth.Net is far more well-known, and has much better integration with billing systems and such. I'd suggest taking a look at moderauthorize.net's pricing on authnet accounts, very good deal and FAR more usable especially in this industry.

Thanks for your Reply

quickbooks is actually a canadian based company if my memory serves right.....I know for a fact however that you can have either cdn or us currency.

I use them and the merchant acct through wells fargo and absolutely love it.. You can even set up recurring payments through quickbooks and although you have to have a signed doc, it is not that big of a deal. I just use the ole 800 number and there is no cost to the end user and when I get the doc, I just scan it and file it away.

The biggest plus is that QB's will allow you to control your entire business in one easy place. Sure, it is a little inconvenient at times but personally I feel it is worth the littel extra work I have to do..

I used it. It isn't well designed and I had a lot of problems of making it run properly. I may just not get it, but I stopped using it over a year ago. Excel works best if you know what you're doing :)

I heard a million and a half horror stories about QBooks. Went from a manual system to QBPro 2003 recently, couldn't be happier. Much better than I anticipated. My advice: play with it using the sample service business, then set up your company file and play with that a few days, then finally throw it all away and get a competent accountant and have him or her help you set up your *real* company file.

It's been a big time saver in our office; highly recommended.

Brandon

The accounting aspect of Quickbooks is great. It was a HUGE timesaver when doing my taxes. The billing side works well for my consulting business, but it's a bit cumbersome for my hosting business.

The way I have it working for my hosting business is I set up a recurring statement charge that gets entered automatically. Then I have to manually process the credit card. I didn't want to have to fool with having a form filled out to have it do the credit card charges automatically. Eventually I'll have to get something a bit more automated.

There may be a better way, but I haven't figured it out yet :D

Richard

Originally posted by flamesburn
quickbooks is actually a canadian based company if my memory serves right.....I know for a fact however that you can have either cdn or us currency.

Really I tried to signup with them but they require a US address with a US SIN.

we used it and wells fargo

left them because we got too big and the accounting issues outstripped the ease of functionality AND

the scumbages at wells fargo held the $ an extra 2 biz days which caused many problems.

i have heard they dont the dinero like they used to.

as far as prices they are better than auth net.


use quickbooks until you get too big then go automated.

how about peachtree.com?
are they take clients outside US?

Originally posted by mno
I used it. It isn't well designed and I had a lot of problems of making it run properly. I may just not get it, but I stopped using it over a year ago. Excel works best if you know what you're doing :)

hello, just ask how to use excel to manage users :P