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Sleep tight, your data is secure, part 1 – Data Transfer Security

Because Invoicebus manages quite sensitive data concerning customer’s business, we would like to be clear as day when security aspect is on the menu. Even though our blog is somewhat technical about software stuff, usually we avoid to go deep into details with over technical posts. Indeed, security topic is quite complicated and not straight […]


Motherboard for Lunch

We had an extraordinary experience last week, probably one of the best in recent times – we tried to resurrect a dead laptop by baking its motherboard in the oven at 200°C. The extensive everyday usage of laptops tempts us to play with unconventional maintenance methods sometimes. From sloppy water pouring to hairdryer drying, from […]


Invoicebus Has Gone Green

“We are all waiting the Invoicebus” site has officially got the green seal of approval which certifies that invoicebus.com is powered by 100% wind energy. “The website invoicebus.com has gone green by hosting with FatCow, an EPA Green Power Partner, where the data centers, web servers and offices are powered by 100% wind energy. In […]


Garage Refreshment

Even we are busy as beavers with the Invoicebus development, we decided to make a few improvements of our blog in aspect of design, organization and comments. Design Sleek new roof (header) of the garage; We introduce you Christopher, our happy mechanic mascot; A few adjustments of colors and fonts. Organization As posts have came, […]


Revolution in Online Invoicing

Here we are not going to talk about small things, about tiny details that won’t make any significant difference. Here we are going to talk about ideas that change the whole web concept of online invoicing. Ideas that we implemented in Invoicebus. Researching the opponents When you start online business it is likely there are […]


Motivational Fuel for Invoicebus

Sometimes ideas and skills are not enough to take the plunge and begin your own project. Sometimes you need a motivation booster, a hammer that will help you to break the ice and make the first step. It took a few years to find our hammer, our courage amplifier called 37signals, a great company that […]


Hosting Struggle – Round 1

As a bootstrapped company every cent is valuable for us, so we always look to reduce our costs and expenses. Because of the limited budget, we decided to make one week test on a free hosting service, thus lowering the costs for web hosting at the start. Usually free web hosting is not always as […]


Early Marketing Site

This is the place where Invoicebus concept has been revealed for the first time, where clue has been given what Invoicebus is, who is intended to, and the reason why should be used. The Invoicebus Manifesto has been published here, so everyone can see what our intentions are and what kind of software Invoicebus would […]


Logo Design Recipe

Our logo represents a simple visualisation of the vision that our product delivers, so everytime we look at it, it shouts the character of our product, loud and clear: “Invoicebus is intuitive, fast and simple!” Workflow: 1. Sketch a few logo candidates onto paper; 2. Choose colors and fonts for the letters; 3. Write the […]


Brainstorming Our Product Name

Choosing the right name for our product was one of the top priorities from the very beginning. A lot of ideas passed through our minds, whereas all of them had one thing in common: the keyword “invoice”. We wanted a catchy and easy pronounceable name, so we started thinking of different names involving the word […]