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		<title>Introducing Recurring Invoicing, Subscription Billing, and More</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Apr 2017 11:38:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stefan Chachovski]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>After a couple of months of hard work and tons of trial and error, we are finally rolling out the biggest update to Invoicebus yet. We’re super excited to announce the arrival of several new features and improvements to Invoicebus: Recurring Invoicing + Subscription Billing New Customer Management Panel New Payment Management Panel Improvements in Invoices Dashboard New [&#8230;]<br />
<h3>Author information</h3>
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<p>Co-founder of Invoicebus. Huge lover of nature, science, and chocolate cherry cordials. He occasionally writes on this blog about Invoicebus' stuff. Hello him on <a href="http://twitter.com/chachovski">Twitter</a> or subscribe to his updates on <a href="http://facebook.com/cacovski">Facebook</a>.</p>
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<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://invoicebus.com/garage/introducing-recurring-invoicing-subscription-billing-and-more/">Introducing Recurring Invoicing, Subscription Billing, and More</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://invoicebus.com/garage">Garage</a>.</p>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2>After a couple of months of hard work and tons of trial and error, we are finally rolling out the biggest update to Invoicebus yet.</h2>
<p>We’re super excited to announce the arrival of several new features and improvements to Invoicebus:</p>
<ul class="myList">
<li><strong>Recurring Invoicing + Subscription Billing</strong></li>
<li><strong>New Customer Management Panel</strong></li>
<li><strong>New Payment Management Panel</strong></li>
<li><strong>Improvements in Invoices Dashboard</strong></li>
<li><strong>New Invoicebus Test App</strong></li>
<li><strong>Other Improvements</strong></li>
</ul>
<p>You can read more about each of these updates below.</p>
<h3></h3>
<h3><strong>Recurring Invoicing and Subscription Billing</strong></h3>
<p>Subscription Billing is a brand new feature in Invoicebus that allows you to create recurring subscription plans, automatically charge your customers for those plans, and send recurring invoices.</p>
<p><a href="https://invoicebus.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/recurring-plans.png" rel="lightbox[4708]"><img class="aligncenter wp-image-4714" src="https://invoicebus.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/recurring-plans.png" alt="Recurring Plans" width="600" height="596" /></a></p>
<p>Subscription plans can be created on a daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly basis. You can create plans for any custom interval such as every 2 weeks, every 6 months, every 2 years, etc. You can also get professional and reliable <a href="https://primasia.hk/service/accounting-tax/">bookkeeping services Hong Kong</a> here.</p>
<p>In order to create a subscription for a particular plan, you need to:</p>
<ul class="myList">
<li>create a plan in Invoicebus;</li>
<li>create a subscription for that plan</li>
<li>[Invoicebus automatically generates a recurring invoice for this subscription]</li>
<li>send the generated invoice to your customer by email.</li>
</ul>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4712" src="https://invoicebus.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/new-subscription.png" alt="new-subscription" width="386" height="694" /></p>
<p>Once the customer pays the invoice,<strong> Invoicebus automatically stores their billing details in your Stripe account and lets you receive future payments without bothering the customer to enter their card info ever again</strong>. Once the customer billing details are stored in Stripe, you can create as many subscriptions as you need and let Invoicebus initiate recurring charges for them.</p>
<p>For each billing cycle, Invoicebus generates an appropriate invoice and sends it by email to your customer (you can disable this under Automation Settings if you like).</p>
<p>Invoicebus also handles failed charges automatically, so when a customer card is declined, it notifies you both (you and the customer) by email and attempts to charge the card again in a few days. You can set up to 3 retries for each failed payment, plus you can fully customize the intervals between payments attempts as well as the email notification that is sent to the customer.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4713" src="https://invoicebus.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/recurring-billing-settings.png" alt="Recurring Billing Settings" width="522" height="662" /></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>If Invoicebus reaches the maximum number of payment attempts for a particular invoice, it will apply the default rule which can be one of the following:</p>
<ul class="myList">
<li>Cancel subscription</li>
<li>Mark subscription as overdue, or</li>
<li>Do nothing</li>
</ul>
<p>For each unpaid invoice, your customer will be given the option to pay the invoice manually by clicking a &#8220;Pay&#8221; button. By paying the invoice, Invoicebus automatically updates their billing details and all future invoices continue to be charged normally (this doesn&#8217;t apply if the subscription is cancelled).</p>
<p>Another great thing in Invociebus&#8217; recurring subscriptions is that they offer full support for prorated charges. So when you want to change the customer’s plan in the middle of a billing cycle (upgrade or downgrade), Invoicebus automatically calculates any used/unused credits and applies the prorated amount on the next invoice at the end of the current billing cycle.</p>
<p><a href="https://invoicebus.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/recurring-subscription-prorated1.png" rel="lightbox[4708]"><img class="aligncenter wp-image-4719" src="https://invoicebus.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/recurring-subscription-prorated1.png" alt="Recurring Subscription with Prorated Amount" width="600" height="597" /></a></p>
<p>Currently, the recurring billing feature works only with Stripe. However, if you don’t plan to receive online payments, you can still use the recurring invoicing even without Stripe. In this case, Invoicebus will generate recurring invoices for your subscriptions and deliver them to your customers on a regular basis. Nonetheless, you need to collect payments via other means and record them manually in Invoicebus.</p>
<p>We also added an Export option for Subscriptions and Plans, so can easily export your data to XML, CSV, or XLS format.</p>
<p>Plans can be managed from the “Plans” tab, while Subscriptions can be managed from the “Subscription” tab at the top of the screen.</p>
<h3></h3>
<h3><strong>New Customer Panel</strong></h3>
<p>The new customer panel gives you a better overview of your customers and lets you manage them in a more simple and intuitive way. You can easily add, remove, or edit customers straight from this tab instead of the invoice editor.</p>
<p><a href="https://invoicebus.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/customer-list.-expandedpng.png" rel="lightbox[4708]"><img class="aligncenter wp-image-4720" src="https://invoicebus.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/customer-list.-expandedpng.png" alt="Customer List" width="600" height="597" /></a></p>
<p>From here you can also quickly preview all generated invoices per customer along with their email and payment statuses.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4721" src="https://invoicebus.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/add-new-customer.png" alt="Add New Customer" width="364" height="651" /></p>
<p>Another thing you may find useful here is the new Export/Import feature that allows you to <strong>Export</strong> the current list of customers in XML, CSV, or XLS format. Moreover, the <strong>Import</strong> feature gives you the ability to import customers in bulk from a CSV file instead of entering them manually one by one.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter wp-image-4722" src="https://invoicebus.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/import-customers.png" alt="Import Customers" width="600" height="257" /></p>
<h3></h3>
<h3><strong>New Payment Panel</strong></h3>
<p>The new payment panel is a centralized place where you can track, record, or refund payments. You can access it by clicking the Payment tab at the top of the screen.</p>
<p><a href="https://invoicebus.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/payment-list.png" rel="lightbox[4708]"><img class="aligncenter wp-image-4725" src="https://invoicebus.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/payment-list.png" alt="Payment List" width="600" height="596" /></a></p>
<p>Depending on the payment gateway you are using, every payment record shows various details related to each corresponding charge. One of the most useful things here is the “failed charge” record which shows you details about every unsuccessful payment attempt and the failure reason.</p>
<p><a href="https://invoicebus.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/failed-payment-reason.png" rel="lightbox[4708]"><img class="aligncenter wp-image-4726" src="https://invoicebus.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/failed-payment-reason.png" alt="Reason for failed payment" width="600" height="596" /></a></p>
<p>We also added a similar record in the invoice activity history so that the customer can easily check why their payment failed.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4727" src="https://invoicebus.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/activity-history-failed-payment.png" alt="Failed charge" width="541" height="575" /></p>
<p>Additionally, we implemented a more flexible refund feature which helps you issue full or partial refunds for each payment. We have to note here that the refund is per payment, not per invoice. That means, if you’ve received a couple of partial invoice payments, you can be flexible and issue a refund for a particular payment and not for the entire invoice amount.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4728" src="https://invoicebus.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/refund-payment.png" alt="Payment Refund" width="393" height="383" /></p>
<p>For each refund, you can add internal notes for your own convenience.</p>
<h3></h3>
<h3><strong>Improvements in the Invoices Dashboard</strong></h3>
<p>By introducing Recurring and earlier Automatic Invoicing, Invoicebus now generates 3 different types of invoices: manual, recurring, and auto.</p>
<p><strong>Manual</strong> invoices are all invoices that are created with Invoicebus by using the “New Invoice” command. <strong>Recurring</strong> invoices are all invoices that are generated automatically by Invoicebus for each recurring subscription. <strong>Auto</strong> invoices are all invoices generated automatically by Invoicebus from your Stripe charges (these do not include Stripe charges initiated from Invoicebus for recurring or manual invoices).</p>
<p>For each invoice type, you can now see a small icon in the dashboard which helps you easily distinguish every invoice in the list:</p>
<ul class="myList">
<li><strong>M</strong> for manual</li>
<li><strong>A</strong> for auto, and</li>
<li><strong>R</strong> for recurring.</li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://invoicebus.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dashboard-new.png" rel="lightbox[4708]"><img class="aligncenter wp-image-4729" src="https://invoicebus.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dashboard-new.png" alt="Invoice List" width="600" height="547" /></a></p>
<p>We also added a refresh button in the upper part of the dashboard, so you can easily retrieve the newest invoices without reloading the entire page.</p>
<h3></h3>
<h3><strong>Other improvements</strong></h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Option to disable auto-generated invoices for Stripe test charges (applies to auto invoices only). </strong>Because Stripe sends live events and test events to Invoicebus simultaneously, we added an option in Automation Settings that will help you disable generating invoices for your Stripe test charges. Even though this option could work fine for quick tests, for better results, we recommend using the <a href="https://test.invoicebus.com">Invoicebus Test App</a> (read more below).<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4730" src="https://invoicebus.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/disable-stripe-test-charges.png" alt="disable-stripe-test-charges" width="483" height="197" /><br />
If you still prefer to use this option, please note that some data from your test charges might be missing on your invoices (such as client or item details) because Invoicebus cannot retrieve all Stripe test data from its live mode. Remember, it is best to use Invoicebus Live + Stripe Live or Invoicebus Test + Stripe Test.</li>
<li><strong>Less restrictive email validation. </strong>We used an email validation like the <a href="https://www.zerobounce.net/">Zerobounce email validation</a> and improved it anywhere throughout the system. For new users, this means less rejected sign ups, while for existing users it means better email validation for their outgoing emails.</li>
</ul>
<h3></h3>
<h3><strong>New Invoicebus Test App</strong></h3>
<p>Many times we were asked if there&#8217;s an option to try Invoicebus under a test environment and simulate test charges. Now there is! We just launched a fully functional test version of Invoicebus and you can give it a go at <a href="https://test.invoicebus.com">https://test.invoicebus.com</a>. The Test App is almost identical to its production counterpart and allows you do everything just as you do with your live account. Be aware that if you plan to connect your Stripe account, you can only use it with Stripe test data here.</p>
<h3></h3>
<h3><strong>What’s on tap?</strong></h3>
<p>As we speak, we’re also working on a few other new features: ACH payments, metered billing, API, and a few great integrations. While we cannot provide ETA for any of these, we work hard to complete them all by the end of the year.</p>
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<h3><strong>Now it&#8217;s your turn!</strong></h3>
<p>What do you think of our latest updates? Is there anything we can do to make Invoicebus better for you? If there is (I&#8217;m sure it is so), we would like to hear from you in the comments below.</p>
<h3>Author information</h3><div class="ts-fab-wrapper" style="overflow:hidden"><div class="ts-fab-photo" style="float:left;width:64px"><img alt='Stefan Chachovski' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f03618a263cf869af3b1ebf44ebf6171?s=64&amp;d=https%3A%2F%2Fsecure.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D64&amp;r=G' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' /></div><!-- /.ts-fab-photo --><div class="ts-fab-text" style="margin-left:74px"><div class="ts-fab-header"><h4><a href="http://twitter.com/chachovski">Stefan Chachovski</a></h4></div><!-- /.ts-fab-header --><div class="ts-fab-content" style="margin-bottom:0.5em"><p>Co-founder of Invoicebus. Huge lover of nature, science, and chocolate cherry cordials. He occasionally writes on this blog about Invoicebus' stuff. Hello him on <a href="http://twitter.com/chachovski">Twitter</a> or subscribe to his updates on <a href="http://facebook.com/cacovski">Facebook</a>.</p>
</div><div class="ts-fab-footer"> | <a href="http://twitter.com/chachovski">Twitter</a> | <a href="http://www.facebook.com/cacovski">Facebook</a> | </div><!-- /.ts-fab-footer --></div><!-- /.ts-fab-text --></div><!-- /.ts-fab-wrapper --><p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://invoicebus.com/garage/introducing-recurring-invoicing-subscription-billing-and-more/">Introducing Recurring Invoicing, Subscription Billing, and More</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://invoicebus.com/garage">Garage</a>.</p>
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		<title>Introducing the invoicing autopilot</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2014 15:58:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stefan Chachovski]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>The invoicing autopilot is a set of 3 features that work together to help you automate your invoicing and get paid faster. You&#8217;ve spilled blood, sweat and tears to deliver that project on time. Now it&#8217;s time to send an invoice and get your hard-earned money. It shouldn&#8217;t be a problem, right? Unfortunately, we all [&#8230;]<br />
<h3>Author information</h3>
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<p>Co-founder of Invoicebus. Huge lover of nature, science, and chocolate cherry cordials. He occasionally writes on this blog about Invoicebus' stuff. Hello him on <a href="http://twitter.com/chachovski">Twitter</a> or subscribe to his updates on <a href="http://facebook.com/cacovski">Facebook</a>.</p>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2>The invoicing autopilot is a set of 3 features that work together to help you automate your invoicing and get paid faster.</h2>
<p>You&#8217;ve spilled blood, sweat and tears to deliver that project on time. Now it&#8217;s time to send an invoice and get your hard-earned money. It shouldn&#8217;t be a problem, right?</p>
<p>Unfortunately, we all experience situations with late payments, forgetful clients, and tons of awkward moments all the time. The business that seemed to be pleasant can easily turn into a dreaded task.</p>
<p>We worked couple of months to address some of these issues and I believe we have great news. Here&#8217;s what&#8217;s new:</p>
<ul class="myList">
<li><b>Invoice / quote scheduler</b> (existing, improved feature) &#8211; helps you schedule your invoices / quotes for later sending;
<li><b>Automatic payment reminders</b> &#8211; help you follow up on your unpaid invoices at regular intervals and get paid faster;</li>
<li><b>Automatic thank-you note</b> &#8211; lets you set personalized thank-you email that is sent automatically when full payment is received / recorded.</li>
</ul>
<p><img src="http://garage.invoicebus.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/autopilot-options.png" alt="Invoicing Autopilot" width="600" height="136" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4225" /><br />
Beside the autopilot features, we&#8217;re rolling out few other improvements:</p>
<ul class="myList">
<li><b>Improved dashboard</b> – shows better overview of your outgoing emails with one glance.</li>
<li><b>Export functionality</b> &#8211; lets you download your invoice/quote list to xml, csv, or excel file so you can make custom reports.</li>
<li>Functionality that allows you to enter <b>custom date</b> when you record a payment.</li>
</ul>
<p>You can learn more on these updates below.</p>
<h3>Automatic payment reminders</h3>
<p>This feature should have been ready couple of months ago, but we reworked it couple of times since we weren&#8217;t exactly sure how we would like it to work. Even though this might seem like a simple functionality it turned out to be real pain in the neck. No matter what we tried, the user experience never felt right. We wanted flexibility, on the other hand flexible meant more checkboxes, more prompts, and more distraction.</p>
<p>After tons of trade-offs we came up with something that we believe is quite simple and instantly intuitive.</p>
<p>We added an option to set automatic payment reminders on-the-fly, directly from the invoice editor. This way your workflow and focus will be preserved, and you&#8217;ll never forget to set your reminders up (even if you forget, you can still schedule them later from the main menu).</p>
<p><img src="http://garage.invoicebus.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/automatic-payment-reminders-editor.png" alt="Automatic payment reminder is set within the invoice editor" width="600" height="471" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4149" /></p>
<p>You can set up to 3 different reminders per invoice at a time. This way you can gradually change the tone of your language depending on the situation. You can also save default template for each reminder and re-use it for all future invoices without hassle.</p>
<p><img src="http://garage.invoicebus.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Payment-reminders.png" alt="Automatic Payment Reminders" width="600" height="700" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4020"/></p>
<div style="background: #ffffe0; padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #E6DB55; margin-bottom: 25px; margin-top: 15px;"><strong>Note:</strong> Invoicebus takes care to deliver your scheduled reminders during morning hours (7h &#8211; 11h), when most people tend to read their email.</div>
<p>Implementing automatic payment reminders pulled few other changes throughout the system. We had to change the way you schedule your emails, plus we had to add few extra indicators to the dashboard.</p>
<h3>Automatic thank you notes</h3>
<p>We do forget to say thanks. And we repeat this mistake quite often. Sometimes due to some burden of work, and sometimes due our own negligence. And this could be a real turn-off in building successful relationships.</p>
<p>That’s why we decided to completely automate the &#8220;thanks note&#8221; task. That means, as soon as you get paid Invoicebus will automatically send personalized thank-you email to your client, signed with your name and email address.  As your client will not be aware that this is an automated thank-you, you will always look super professional and grateful.</p>
<p>Even if you don’t accept online payments, you can still set an automatic thanks note which will be sent immediately after you record a payment.</p>
<p><img src="http://garage.invoicebus.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Automatic-thankyou-note.png" alt="Automatic Thank-you Note" width="598" height="691" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4022" /></p>
<h3>Improved dashboard</h3>
<p>Thousands of emails get lost in the cyberspace every day. If this happens, the intended recipient will never get the message and many times you both won’t be aware that the email was lost.</p>
<p>By tracking all outgoing emails, Invoicebus makes sure this never happens.</p>
<p>Now we improved the dashboard by including few extra indicators that will help you track every outgoing email with one glance. This will also give you a better overview of all sent/scheduled reminders as well as thanks notes.</p>
<p><img src="http://garage.invoicebus.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/invoice-list.png" alt="Invoice list" width="600" height="548" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4036" /></p>
<p>Each email can hold one of the following statuses:</p>
<ul class="myList">
<li>Scheduled &#8211; email will be sent automatically when conditions are met</li>
<li>Sent &#8211; email was sent to the recipient&#8217;s email service provider</li>
<li>Delivered &#8211; email was accepted by the recipient&#8217;s email service provider and was delivered to the recipient&#8217;s mailbox</li>
<li>Opened  &#8211; client opened your online invoice / quote by clicking the link</li>
<li>Not delivered &#8211; email was not delivered</li>
</ul>
<div style="background: #ffffe0; padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #E6DB55; margin-bottom: 25px; margin-top: 15px;"><strong>Note:</strong> Please note that all invoices sent before April 5, 2014 will only have status &#8220;sent&#8221;. This is because Invoicebus hadn&#8217;t tracked &#8220;delivered&#8221; emails before that date.</div>
<h3>Export to XML, CSV, or Excel</h3>
<p>Excel is a great tool which we enjoy using for creating custom reports and data charts. Even though Export-to-Excel functionality was planned for later on, we decided to push it into this update and we&#8217;re glad we did.</p>
<p>This feature is exciting because it lets you filter your invoice/quote list and download the result set into 3 different file formats: xml, csv, and xls. The output data is beautifully formatted so you don’t need to struggle with extra formatting later on. Then you can directly print it out, or make custom reports according to your needs.</p>
<p>Even if you don’t have Excel, you can open the csv file with any text editor or spreadsheet program.</p>
<p><img src="http://garage.invoicebus.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/invoice-list-exported-excel.png" alt="Export invoice to Excel" width="600" height="145" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4069" /></p>
<h3>Now it&#8217;s your turn!</h3>
<p>Is there anything we can do to make Invoicebus better? Feel free to give me a shout in the comments below.</p>
<h3>Author information</h3><div class="ts-fab-wrapper" style="overflow:hidden"><div class="ts-fab-photo" style="float:left;width:64px"><img alt='Stefan Chachovski' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f03618a263cf869af3b1ebf44ebf6171?s=64&amp;d=https%3A%2F%2Fsecure.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D64&amp;r=G' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' /></div><!-- /.ts-fab-photo --><div class="ts-fab-text" style="margin-left:74px"><div class="ts-fab-header"><h4><a href="http://twitter.com/chachovski">Stefan Chachovski</a></h4></div><!-- /.ts-fab-header --><div class="ts-fab-content" style="margin-bottom:0.5em"><p>Co-founder of Invoicebus. Huge lover of nature, science, and chocolate cherry cordials. He occasionally writes on this blog about Invoicebus' stuff. Hello him on <a href="http://twitter.com/chachovski">Twitter</a> or subscribe to his updates on <a href="http://facebook.com/cacovski">Facebook</a>.</p>
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		<title>The new Invoicebus is here</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2014 10:25:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stefan Chachovski]]></dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2>We&#8217;ve just released a big update to Invoicebus, probably the biggest one since launch. It includes new interface design, credit card payments, Google connect, real-time email delivery notifications, and more.</h2>
<h3>All new and refined, yet instantly familiar design</h3>
<p>We believe the design is something that can make the product or break it. It&#8217;s a phenomenon that triggers immediate connection with our senses. Sometimes it may even cause various emotional responses such as happiness and joy.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s why we give a great importance to the beauty of the graphical interface. The face-lifted Invoicebus brings cleaner, refined, and more appealing appearance on top the good old user experience. Here’re couple of screen shots how the new interface looks like.</p>
<p><a href="http://garage.invoicebus.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Dashboard.png" rel="lightbox[3670]"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3695" title="Dashboard" src="http://garage.invoicebus.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Dashboard_t.png" alt="" width="600" height="512" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://garage.invoicebus.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Window.png" rel="lightbox[3670]"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3698" title="Send Invoice by email - Window" src="http://garage.invoicebus.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Window_t.png" alt="" width="600" height="575" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://garage.invoicebus.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Invoice.png" rel="lightbox[3670]"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3706" title="Invoice" src="http://garage.invoicebus.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Invoice_t1.png" alt="" width="600" height="1035" /></a></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<h3>Accept credit card payments instantly (kudos Stripe)</h3>
<p>We’re thrilled to announce that from now on, you can use Invoicebus to accept credit card payments instantly through your invoices, with a click of a button.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3683" title="Stripe-Checkout" src="http://garage.invoicebus.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Stripe-Checkout.png" alt="" width="411" height="491" /><br />
To process payments on your behalf, Invoicebus uses <a href="https://stripe.com">Stripe</a> – a great service that makes credit card payments incredibly easy and safe. If you don&#8217;t have a Stripe account yet, you may consider <a href="https://manage.stripe.com/register">signing up</a> &#8211; it’s super fast and you don’t need a merchant account.</p>
<div style="background: #ffffe0; padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #E6DB55; margin-bottom: 25px; margin-top: 15px;"><strong>Security info:</strong> Stripe is certified to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payment_Card_Industry_Data_Security_Standard">PCI</a> Service Provider Level 1 &#8211; the most stringent level of certification available. Invoicebus uses <a href="https://stripe.com/docs/stripe.js">Stripe.js</a> to integrate and any communication between Invoicebus and Stripe happens through an encrypted SSL channel. This makes Invoicebus payments <a href="https://stripe.com/us/help/faq#security-and-pci">PCI compliant</a> as well. You can learn more on Invoicebus security at <a href="https://invoicebus.com/security">https://invoicebus.com/security</a></div>
<p>We prepared a <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="https://invoicebus.com/demoinvoice" target="_blank">demo invoice</a> you can use to play around and see how payments work. Feel free to use the following test card (don’t worry no real charge will be made):</p>
<p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">Card Number: 4242 4242 4242 4242<br />
Expiration Date: 05/19<br />
CVC: 100</p>
<p>The simple payment form also allows your client to store his payment info for quick payments in future, which means he won’t be bothered to re-enter his credit card details the next time he gets an invoice from you (yay single click payments!). Furthermore, if the client has previously used Stripe checkout on any other web site, he will only be prompted to confirm the payment with a single click (Stripe already knows who the payer is only by his email address). Isn&#8217;t this awesome?</p>
<p>To enable credit card payments, all you need to do is connect your Stripe account with Invoicebus (Settings -&gt; Connect with Stripe).</p>
<h3>Google connect</h3>
<p>Google connect allows you to use your existing Google account to login (or <a href="https://invoicebus.com/signup">sign up</a>) at Invoicebus. If you already have an Invoicebus account with non-Google email address, you can still connect your Google account and use it for all future logins. This way you won’t need to manage separate usernames/passwords everywhere.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3708" title="Google Connect at Login" src="http://garage.invoicebus.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Login1.png" alt="" width="500" height="552" /></p>
<h3>Real-time email delivery notifications</h3>
<p>Invoicebus deals with lots of outgoing emails per day and many times it faces situations when the email is rejected by the recipient’s email service provider due to various reasons. Even though Invoicebus tracks such emails (bounces) and notifies you as they happen, from now on it also tracks <strong>delivered emails</strong>. That means it tells you the exact time when your email was delivered to the client.</p>
<p>You can track these events in real-time from the document activity history. This way you won’t need to wonder anymore if the email has been delivered or not.<br />
You will simply know <img src="https://invoicebus.com/garage/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif" alt=";)" class="wp-smiley" /></p>
<p><a href="http://garage.invoicebus.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Delivery-Event.png" rel="lightbox[3670]"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3696" title="Delivery-Event" src="http://garage.invoicebus.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Delivery-Event_t.png" alt="" width="600" height="327" /></a></p>
<h3>Other important changes</h3>
<ul class="myList">
<li>Added two auto-calculable fields on the invoice: “Paid amount” and “Amount due”. <strong>If you write invoices in non-English language you may consider changing the labels of these fields.</strong></li>
<li>Added ability to set online payment options within the invoice editor.</li>
<li>Multiple text filters in the dashboards are simplified and combined into one field (all keywords can be entered in one sentence).</li>
<li>“Pay” button(s) are added below Amount Due in the <a href="https://invoicebus.com/demoinvoice">client&#8217;s preview</a> of the invoice. This will make them better noticeable to the client.</li>
<li>“Accept” and “Decline” buttons are added below total price in the <a href="https://invoicebus.com/demoquote">client&#8217;s preview</a> of the quote. The “Accept” button now triggers action with a single click (no more annoying confirmation for the client).</li>
</ul>
<h3>Upcoming features:</h3>
<p>As you may have noticed, we are moving towards complete automation of the invoicing. That means we&#8217;re taking Invoicebus to a level where it will do many tasks for you, automatically &#8211; from sending quotes, to converting them to invoices, to following-up, to saying thanks to your clients when you get paid.</p>
<p>Considering this, we&#8217;re developing two features that will be launched by the end of the next month:</p>
<ul class="myList">
<li>Automatic payment reminders / follow-ups</li>
<li>Automatic thank you notes</li>
</ul>
<p>And if it&#8217;s late blame these guys:</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3963" title="The Mechanics" src="http://garage.invoicebus.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Mechanics.png" alt="" width="600" height="338" /></p>
<h3>Now it’s your turn!</h3>
<p>How do you like the latest changes? Is there anything we could do to make Invoicebus better for you? Please let me know in the comments below, I would really love to hear from you.</p>
<h3>Author information</h3><div class="ts-fab-wrapper" style="overflow:hidden"><div class="ts-fab-photo" style="float:left;width:64px"><img alt='Stefan Chachovski' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f03618a263cf869af3b1ebf44ebf6171?s=64&amp;d=https%3A%2F%2Fsecure.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D64&amp;r=G' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' /></div><!-- /.ts-fab-photo --><div class="ts-fab-text" style="margin-left:74px"><div class="ts-fab-header"><h4><a href="http://twitter.com/chachovski">Stefan Chachovski</a></h4></div><!-- /.ts-fab-header --><div class="ts-fab-content" style="margin-bottom:0.5em"><p>Co-founder of Invoicebus. Huge lover of nature, science, and chocolate cherry cordials. He occasionally writes on this blog about Invoicebus' stuff. Hello him on <a href="http://twitter.com/chachovski">Twitter</a> or subscribe to his updates on <a href="http://facebook.com/cacovski">Facebook</a>.</p>
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		<title>Network Maintenance: Brief interruptions may occur to Invoicebus on October 22, 23 and 24</title>
		<link>https://invoicebus.com/garage/network-maintenance-brief-interruptions-may-occur-to-invoicebus-on-october-22-23-and-24/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Oct 2013 11:24:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Starting on October 22nd at 10:00 PM CST, Rackspace, our hosting service provider will perform maintenance on its networking infrastructure of our Next Gen Cloud Servers in Chicago (ORD) region. This maintenance will expand the capabilities and improve the performance and reliability of our core network. This maintenance event will not require any action from [&#8230;]<br />
<h3>Author information</h3>
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<p>Co-founder of Invoicebus. Huge lover of nature, science, and chocolate cherry cordials. He occasionally writes on this blog about Invoicebus' stuff. Hello him on <a href="http://twitter.com/chachovski">Twitter</a> or subscribe to his updates on <a href="http://facebook.com/cacovski">Facebook</a>.</p>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Starting on October 22nd at 10:00 PM CST, Rackspace, our hosting service provider will perform maintenance on its networking infrastructure of our Next Gen Cloud Servers in Chicago (ORD) region. This maintenance will expand the capabilities and improve the performance and reliability of our core network. </p>
<p>This maintenance event will not require any action from you. Due to the size of the ORD region, this maintenance will need to be performed over the course of 3 days. Below is the schedule that will be used:<br />
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Tuesday, October 22rd: 10:00 PM – 4:00 AM CST<br />
Wednesday, October 23rd: 10:00 PM – 4:00 AM CST<br />
Thursday, October 24rd: 10:00 PM – 4:00 AM CST<br />
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During this maintenance, your connectivity to Invoicebus could be interrupted two or more times, for a period ranging from a few seconds up to 30 minutes. </p>
<p>We apologize for the inconvenience.  We always strive to have no-downtime associated with deploys of upgrades, but some maintenances require small delays in network traffic while the process completes. </p>
<p>If you have any questions or concerns regarding this maintenance, please do not hesitate to <a href="http://invoicebus.com/contact">contact us</a>.</p>
<p>Thank you.</p>
<h3>Author information</h3><div class="ts-fab-wrapper" style="overflow:hidden"><div class="ts-fab-photo" style="float:left;width:64px"><img alt='Stefan Chachovski' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f03618a263cf869af3b1ebf44ebf6171?s=64&amp;d=https%3A%2F%2Fsecure.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D64&amp;r=G' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' /></div><!-- /.ts-fab-photo --><div class="ts-fab-text" style="margin-left:74px"><div class="ts-fab-header"><h4><a href="http://twitter.com/chachovski">Stefan Chachovski</a></h4></div><!-- /.ts-fab-header --><div class="ts-fab-content" style="margin-bottom:0.5em"><p>Co-founder of Invoicebus. Huge lover of nature, science, and chocolate cherry cordials. He occasionally writes on this blog about Invoicebus' stuff. Hello him on <a href="http://twitter.com/chachovski">Twitter</a> or subscribe to his updates on <a href="http://facebook.com/cacovski">Facebook</a>.</p>
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		<title>New Feature &#8211; Get Your Invoices Paid Directly with PayPal</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Aug 2013 17:21:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>From now on you can connect your PayPal account with Invoicebus and start collecting payments with just a few clicks &#8211; directly on your invoices. We’re very excited to announce this super handy feature which helps you get paid faster and easier than ever. By connecting your PayPal account with Invoicebus, a special “Pay with [&#8230;]<br />
<h3>Author information</h3>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2>From now on you can connect your PayPal account with Invoicebus and start collecting payments with just a few clicks &#8211; directly on your invoices.</h2>
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<p><img src="http://garage.invoicebus.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Money.jpg" alt="" title="Get your Invoices Paid with PayPal" width="600" height="400" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3575" /></p>
<p style="margin:20px 0px;">We’re very excited to announce this super handy feature which helps you get paid faster and easier than ever. By connecting your PayPal account with Invoicebus, a special <strong>“Pay with PayPal”</strong> button will appear on your online invoices so your clients can pay you directly with just a few clicks.</p>
<p><img src="http://garage.invoicebus.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/PayPalButton1.png" alt="" title="Pay with PayPal Button" width="600" height="383" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3576" /></p>
<p style="margin:20px 0px;">Connecting your PayPal account is very easy – just go to your account settings (see image below), enter your PayPal email address and… Voila!</p>
<p><img src="http://garage.invoicebus.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/SettingsPayPal.png" alt="" title="Settings PayPal" width="600" height="136" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3578" /></p>
<div style="background:#ffffe0; padding:10px; border:1px solid #E6DB55; margin-bottom:15px; margin-top:10px;"><strong>Note:</strong> By leaving this field blank, the payments will be disabled and the button will be hidden.</div>
<p style="margin:20px 0px;">The great thing is that Invoicebus will notify you immediately after your client sends you a payment. Plus it will automatically record the payment into your account, so you won&#8217;t need to do anything. Actually you may drink a mug of beer instead. Cheers!</p>
<p><strong>COMING SOON</strong></p>
<p>Another exciting feature that is coming soon is the <a href="https://stripe.com/">Stripe</a> integration &#8211; it helps you accept credit cards instantly with a single click. You may think of it like you have a credit card processor integrated on your invoices. Yes, it&#8217;s that awesome.</p>
<p>We hope you’ll find this features useful since we really want you to get paid faster. We’ll give our best to help you accomplish that.</p>
<p>Have some suggestions for us? Shoot them in the comments below, would definitely love to hear some. </p>
<p>Photo credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fufuwolf/">FuFu Wolf</a></p>
<h3>Author information</h3><div class="ts-fab-wrapper" style="overflow:hidden"><div class="ts-fab-photo" style="float:left;width:64px"><img alt='Stefan Chachovski' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f03618a263cf869af3b1ebf44ebf6171?s=64&amp;d=https%3A%2F%2Fsecure.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D64&amp;r=G' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' /></div><!-- /.ts-fab-photo --><div class="ts-fab-text" style="margin-left:74px"><div class="ts-fab-header"><h4><a href="http://twitter.com/chachovski">Stefan Chachovski</a></h4></div><!-- /.ts-fab-header --><div class="ts-fab-content" style="margin-bottom:0.5em"><p>Co-founder of Invoicebus. Huge lover of nature, science, and chocolate cherry cordials. He occasionally writes on this blog about Invoicebus' stuff. Hello him on <a href="http://twitter.com/chachovski">Twitter</a> or subscribe to his updates on <a href="http://facebook.com/cacovski">Facebook</a>.</p>
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		<title>3 New Features: Invoice Scheduler + Email History + Bounce Notifications</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 11:09:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stefan Chachovski]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Create more invoices in one day and Invoicebus will automatically send them through the month for you. Invoice Scheduler – Send Your Invoices Later We thought it would be great if you could create more invoices in one day and automatically send them later on a predefined date in future. This way you’ll save tons [&#8230;]<br />
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<p>Co-founder of Invoicebus. Huge lover of nature, science, and chocolate cherry cordials. He occasionally writes on this blog about Invoicebus' stuff. Hello him on <a href="http://twitter.com/chachovski">Twitter</a> or subscribe to his updates on <a href="http://facebook.com/cacovski">Facebook</a>.</p>
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<h3>Invoice Scheduler – Send Your Invoices Later</h3>
<p>We thought it would be great if you could create more invoices in one day and automatically send them later on a predefined date in future. This way you’ll save tons of time because you won’t need to login every time when your invoices should be sent out + you can make sure the client always gets your invoice at the right date.</p>
<p><img src="http://garage.invoicebus.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/scheduler.png" alt="" title="Send Later Option" width="600" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3483" style="margin:15px 0px;" /></p>
<p>The scheduled emails are sent out during morning hours 7 a.m &#8211; 11 a.m (your local time), when the chances your message to be seen are highest. Upon sending, we send you appropriate notification. You can cancel or preview each scheduled email from the Invoice Activity History.</p>
<p>All scheduled emails are marked with a small clock icon in the dashboard, so you can easily find/sort them.</p>
<p><img src="http://garage.invoicebus.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/schedule_dashboard.png" alt="" title="Invoice Dashboard" width="600" height="226" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3544" style="margin:15px 0px;"/></p>
<p>This option is available for Quotes as well.</p>
<h3>Email History – Preview Sent Messages</h3>
<p>We know how frustrating can be when you can’t find an email you&#8217;ve sent, so we implemented an option for you to preview all sent messages directly from the Invoice Activity History. Of course, this way you can preview all sent reminders and thanks notes + all emails that are scheduled for sending.</p>
<p><img src="http://garage.invoicebus.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/email_preview.png" alt="" title="Email Preview" width="600" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3486" style="margin:15px 0px;" /></p>
<h3>Bounce Notifications</h3>
<p>Even though Invoicebus guarantees 100% deliverability of your emails (all emails are anti-spam signed and verified) , many times errors occur during email delivery due to various reasons beyond our control such as typos in the email address, remote provider firewalls, remote server outages etc.<br />
That’s why we implemented Bounce Notifications – notifications that are sent to you when some of your emails are not properly delivered to the final recipient. Bounce occurs when Invoicebus detects that your email cannot be delivered after couple of attempts. Then we send you a bounce notification email (similar to those which Gmail sends when your message is not delivered) and put a record in the Invoice Activity History with all details about the problem and possible solution.</p>
<p>I hope you’ll find these features useful. Thanks for using Invoicebus.</p>
<p><strong>Questions or Suggestions?</strong><br />
Feel free to drop some in the comments below, would really love to hear from you.</p>
<h3>Author information</h3><div class="ts-fab-wrapper" style="overflow:hidden"><div class="ts-fab-photo" style="float:left;width:64px"><img alt='Stefan Chachovski' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f03618a263cf869af3b1ebf44ebf6171?s=64&amp;d=https%3A%2F%2Fsecure.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D64&amp;r=G' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' /></div><!-- /.ts-fab-photo --><div class="ts-fab-text" style="margin-left:74px"><div class="ts-fab-header"><h4><a href="http://twitter.com/chachovski">Stefan Chachovski</a></h4></div><!-- /.ts-fab-header --><div class="ts-fab-content" style="margin-bottom:0.5em"><p>Co-founder of Invoicebus. Huge lover of nature, science, and chocolate cherry cordials. He occasionally writes on this blog about Invoicebus' stuff. Hello him on <a href="http://twitter.com/chachovski">Twitter</a> or subscribe to his updates on <a href="http://facebook.com/cacovski">Facebook</a>.</p>
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		<title>More Awesomeness &#8211; 5 New Features</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 12:29:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stefan Chachovski]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Responsive Email Windows, Email Templates, Custom Placeholders, Email Preview and Multiple Recipients. Whew! 1. Responsive Email Windows The old email windows were nice, but they felt a bit narrow when you were writing longer messages, so we decided to redesign them. Now when you open a window to send email, the whole area is bigger [&#8230;]<br />
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<p>Co-founder of Invoicebus. Huge lover of nature, science, and chocolate cherry cordials. He occasionally writes on this blog about Invoicebus' stuff. Hello him on <a href="http://twitter.com/chachovski">Twitter</a> or subscribe to his updates on <a href="http://facebook.com/cacovski">Facebook</a>.</p>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2>Responsive Email Windows, Email Templates, Custom Placeholders, Email Preview and Multiple Recipients. Whew!</h2>
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<h3>1. Responsive Email Windows</h3>
<p>The old email windows were nice, but they felt a bit narrow when you were writing longer messages, so we decided to redesign them. Now when you open a window to send email, the whole area is bigger and cleaner with more space for writing and nothing squeezed-in. </p>
<p> <img src="http://garage.invoicebus.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/new_email_invoice_layout.jpg" alt="" title="Responsive Email Window" width="600" height="831" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2895" /></p>
<p>The most awesome thing is their resizable and responsive nature. For example, you can change the size of the window to any dimension and all underlying elements will adjust accordingly. Also, at the top right corner there’s a little “Maximize” button that puts the window in full screen and lets you focus only on your writing. The white space is plenty enough so you can read easier with more enjoyment.<br />
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<b>BONUS</b><br />
We redesigned the window for entering payments as well.  Now, it looks more appealing with beautifully organized data. Here it is.<br/><br />
<img src="http://garage.invoicebus.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/new_payment_window.jpg" alt="" title="Payment Window" width="390" height="530" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2998" /></p>
<h3>2. Email Templates </h3>
<p>Previously, you had the option to save default messages for your invoices, quotes, reminders and thanks notes, but the option to save the subject lines was missing. Now, we’re introducing the amazing Template feature that allows you to create complete templates including the subject, the message and the attachment.</p>
<p>There’re 4 different templates you can create, one for each email type:</p>
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<li>Invoice</li>
<li>Quote</li>
<li>Reminder</li>
<li>Thanks Note</li>
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<p>To edit the template, click the “Edit Default Template” link from the bottom left corner of the respective window.<br />
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<img src="http://garage.invoicebus.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/new_email_invoice_edit_window.jpg" alt="" title="Default Email Template - Edit Mode" width="600" height="672" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2898" /></p>
<div style="font-weight: bold; margin:20px 0px;">Please note that from now on, the info that was auto added to your emails (see image below), can be customized from the Template.</div>
<p><img src="http://garage.invoicebus.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/old_email_message.jpg" alt="" title="Appended Info to the Email Message" width="577" height="290" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2899" /></p>
<h3>3. Custom Placeholders</h3>
<p>Placeholders are used when you create default template, such as email template, where Invoicebus should replace the variables with actual data from the document. You can also use them when you send non-template (unique) messages and need to include invoice data within the message context.</p>
<p>There’re many different placeholders you can choose from: <b>client name, document number, total price, due date, outstanding balance</b> etc. To insert a placeholder, just type “<b>{</b>“ (Left Curly Bracket) and the list with available placeholders will show. Ta-da! You don’t even need to scroll the whole list &#8211; we implemented search-as-you-type. Yay laziness.<br />
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<img src="http://garage.invoicebus.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/new_email_invoice_placeholders.jpg" alt="" title="List of Placeholders" width="600" height="672" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2900" /><br />
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<h3>4. Email Preview</h3>
<p>We thought it would be awesome if you could preview the emails before sending, so we created the amazing <b>real-time preview</b>. You can even use it in the middle of your writing, preview the message and continue writing again, without losing a bit of your focus. To toggle the preview, just hit the “Show/Hide Preview” link and the panel will slide in/out (see image below).<br />
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<img src="http://garage.invoicebus.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/new_email_invoice_preview.jpg" alt="" title="Email Preview" width="600" height="672" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2902" /><br />
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<h3>5. Multiple Recipients</h3>
<p>Also, we re-considered the option for sending document to multiple recipients. Now you can specify <b>up to 5 comma separated recipients</b> and send the document to all of them at once, just like you do with conventional emails. For example, into the &#8220;To&#8221; field you enter: fred@flintstone.bed, barney@rubble.bed, dino@dinostore.bed (see previous images).</p>
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We hope these features will improve your invoicing experience and make it more pleasant and enjoyable. And if you think there&#8217;s something else we are missing, don&#8217;t hesitate to give us a shout &#8211; we&#8217;re all ears!</p>
<p>Thank you so much for using Invoicebus.<br />
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<h3>Author information</h3><div class="ts-fab-wrapper" style="overflow:hidden"><div class="ts-fab-photo" style="float:left;width:64px"><img alt='Stefan Chachovski' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f03618a263cf869af3b1ebf44ebf6171?s=64&amp;d=https%3A%2F%2Fsecure.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D64&amp;r=G' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' /></div><!-- /.ts-fab-photo --><div class="ts-fab-text" style="margin-left:74px"><div class="ts-fab-header"><h4><a href="http://twitter.com/chachovski">Stefan Chachovski</a></h4></div><!-- /.ts-fab-header --><div class="ts-fab-content" style="margin-bottom:0.5em"><p>Co-founder of Invoicebus. Huge lover of nature, science, and chocolate cherry cordials. He occasionally writes on this blog about Invoicebus' stuff. Hello him on <a href="http://twitter.com/chachovski">Twitter</a> or subscribe to his updates on <a href="http://facebook.com/cacovski">Facebook</a>.</p>
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		<title>Brief Updates</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 10:31:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dimitar Stojanov]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>The Garage was closed for a month now and the reason for that is we just like to work behind closed doors. Just kidding, the real reason is we were super busy improving and enhancing our invoicing platform Invoicebus You already know about the migration of the database in the cloud and the real-time updates [&#8230;]<br />
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<div class="ts-fab-description" style="margin-bottom:0.5em"><em><span>Co-founder</span> at <a href="https://invoicebus.com"><span>Invoicebus</span></a></em></div>
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<p><b>Dimitar</b> is co-founder of <a href="https://invoicebus.com">Invoicebus</a>, an online invoicing tool for easy invoice management. He's passionate about creating beautiful and simple web applications and occasionally writes on this blog about web design, online business, and fighting the status-quo. Follow him on <a href="http://twitter.com/justd100">Twitter</a> and <a href="http://facebook.com/dimitar.stojanov">Facebook</a>.</p>
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<p>You already know about the <a href="http://garage.invoicebus.com/2491-scheduled-maintenance">migration of the database in the cloud and the real-time updates of the activity history</a>, but that is only a scratch on the surface in comparison what we&#8217;ve done in the last couple of months. Most of the updates are not noticeable for our users so maybe some will say, &#8220;guys, you haven’t done anything new&#8221;, and I can&#8217;t blame them for that. Anyway we made this changes and improvements because we believe they&#8217;ll give the end user more painless experience in his invoice management.</p>
<p>The biggest change we&#8217;ve made is in our marketing site so after few months of hard work we&#8217;ve reworked the site copywriting, and gave the site layout the simplicity it was begging for. The old saying goes &#8220;A picture is worth a thousand words&#8221;, so I’ll spear myself from explaining the changes and tell you to visit <a href="https://invoicebus.com">Invoicebus</a> right away and I&#8217;ll be waiting you here. I won&#8217;t go anywhere, I promise. In case you haven&#8217;t saw our new <a href="https://invoicebus.com/tour/">tour</a> and <a href="https://invoicebus.com/pricing/">pricing page</a> go on and see them too. Another change we&#8217;ve made is with this blog you&#8217;re reading right now. As you can see the design is reworked to be compatible with the rest of the site, and we decided to &#8220;rename&#8221; it to just Garage.</p>
<p>OK, enough for that. Now I want to tell you something very interesting, and that is… prepare yourself for celebration and cake. Did I have your attention? Hm? Well, both we, <a href="http://twitter.com/dimitarst">Dimitar</a> and <a href="http://twitter.com/chachovski">Stefan</a> are very excited to tell you we&#8217;re celebrating one year of Invoicebus… yup this is true, we&#8217;ve made it. On 30<sup>th<sup> November 2011 we officially started the engines on our invoicing software Invoicebus, and after one year we&#8217;re very pleased to tell you where we&#8217;ve got with the bus. But I&#8217;ll leave the interesting stuff for the next post and if you&#8217;re afraid of missing the next post subscribe for news in the box below.</p>
<p>Photocredit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thecampbells/7488123906/">shawncampbell</a></p>
<h3>Author information</h3><div class="ts-fab-wrapper" style="overflow:hidden"><div class="ts-fab-photo" style="float:left;width:64px"><img alt='Dimitar Stojanov' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0aad93b255f7ff76e3c32f5154432887?s=64&amp;d=https%3A%2F%2Fsecure.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D64&amp;r=G' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' /></div><!-- /.ts-fab-photo --><div class="ts-fab-text" style="margin-left:74px"><div class="ts-fab-header"><h4><a href="http://twitter.com/justd100">Dimitar Stojanov</a></h4><div class="ts-fab-description" style="margin-bottom:0.5em"><em><span>Co-founder</span> at <a href="https://invoicebus.com"><span>Invoicebus</span></a></em></div></div><!-- /.ts-fab-header --><div class="ts-fab-content" style="margin-bottom:0.5em"><p><b>Dimitar</b> is co-founder of <a href="https://invoicebus.com">Invoicebus</a>, an online invoicing tool for easy invoice management. He's passionate about creating beautiful and simple web applications and occasionally writes on this blog about web design, online business, and fighting the status-quo. Follow him on <a href="http://twitter.com/justd100">Twitter</a> and <a href="http://facebook.com/dimitar.stojanov">Facebook</a>.</p>
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		<title>Scheduled Maintenance</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2012 14:05:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stefan Chachovski]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>We’re upgrading the database servers, so we expect about 2 hours of downtime at Saturday, November 3th, 2012 12:00-14:00h CET Date: November 3th, 2012 Downtime: 2 hours (12:00 – 14:00h CET) Reason: Infrastructural upgrade + Software update Infrastructural Upgrade Invoicebus’ database servers are growing up! We’re super excited to announce the migration of our conventional [&#8230;]<br />
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<p>Co-founder of Invoicebus. Huge lover of nature, science, and chocolate cherry cordials. He occasionally writes on this blog about Invoicebus' stuff. Hello him on <a href="http://twitter.com/chachovski">Twitter</a> or subscribe to his updates on <a href="http://facebook.com/cacovski">Facebook</a>.</p>
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<p><b>Date:</b> November 3th, 2012<br />
<b>Downtime:</b> 2 hours (12:00 – 14:00h CET)<br />
<b>Reason:</b> Infrastructural upgrade + Software update</p>
<p><img src="http://garage.invoicebus.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/servers.jpg" alt="" title="Servers" width="600" height="360" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2547" /></p>
<h3>Infrastructural Upgrade</h3>
<p>Invoicebus’ database servers are growing up! We’re super excited to announce the migration of our conventional MySQL database to <a href="http://www.rackspace.com/cloud/public/databases/" title="Cloud Databases">Cloud Databases</a>, a high performance database on the cloud that brings speed, redundancy and scalability as primary values.</p>
<div style="font-size:11px; line-height:1.4em; margin:10px 0px; border:1px solid gray; border-left:none; border-right: none; padding:10px;">The new Cloud Database service delivers faster applications on the first relational database service built on <a href="http://www.openstack.org/" title="OpenStack">OpenStack</a>. Furthermore, to protect the data against hardware failure, it has redundant storage with built-in data replication.<br />
Very exciting fact about this technology is that it scales incredibly easy and fast. Practically, a few seconds are needed to scale up the server and apply the new configuration. Pure gold! </div>
<h3>Software Update</h3>
<p>We’re introducing the real-time Activity History timeline. We believe that negotiating with your client in real time has a crucial meaning. Therefore, instead to wait notification in your inbox, we implemented a way for you and your client to be able to leave comments and track invoice’s activity in real-time. You can call it a live invoice because it looks like a sort of chat. Also, all other actions related to activity history will appear in real time.</p>
<p>Photocredit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/drupalassoc/5609635765/in/photostream/">Drupal Association </a><br/><br/><br />
<b>Comments or suggestions? We’re eager to hear from you.</b></p>
<h3>Author information</h3><div class="ts-fab-wrapper" style="overflow:hidden"><div class="ts-fab-photo" style="float:left;width:64px"><img alt='Stefan Chachovski' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f03618a263cf869af3b1ebf44ebf6171?s=64&amp;d=https%3A%2F%2Fsecure.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D64&amp;r=G' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' /></div><!-- /.ts-fab-photo --><div class="ts-fab-text" style="margin-left:74px"><div class="ts-fab-header"><h4><a href="http://twitter.com/chachovski">Stefan Chachovski</a></h4></div><!-- /.ts-fab-header --><div class="ts-fab-content" style="margin-bottom:0.5em"><p>Co-founder of Invoicebus. Huge lover of nature, science, and chocolate cherry cordials. He occasionally writes on this blog about Invoicebus' stuff. Hello him on <a href="http://twitter.com/chachovski">Twitter</a> or subscribe to his updates on <a href="http://facebook.com/cacovski">Facebook</a>.</p>
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		<title>Fresh New Features &amp; Updates</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2012 19:13:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stefan Chachovski]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>In the past couple of weeks we were working on a few improvements of the Invoicebus system. Before we apply them, there’re few things we believe you should know about. Updated information: The updates will take effect on 18th of July, 2012, 12:15h CET 22th of July, 2012, 15h CET. Possible downtime: Less than 15 [&#8230;]<br />
<h3>Author information</h3>
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<p>Co-founder of Invoicebus. Huge lover of nature, science, and chocolate cherry cordials. He occasionally writes on this blog about Invoicebus' stuff. Hello him on <a href="http://twitter.com/chachovski">Twitter</a> or subscribe to his updates on <a href="http://facebook.com/cacovski">Facebook</a>.</p>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2>In the past couple of weeks we were working on a few improvements of the Invoicebus system. Before we apply them, there’re few things we believe you should know about.</h2>
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<b>Updated information:</b><br />
The updates will take effect on <del datetime="2012-07-18T09:52:19+00:00">18th of July, 2012, 12:15h CET</del> <b>22th of July, 2012, 15h CET.</b><br />
Possible downtime: Less than <del datetime="2012-07-18T09:52:19+00:00">15</del> <b>30</b> minutes.
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<p>During the development, we wrote a short log of changes, so I&#8217;ll share that with you and thoroughly introduce you with all changes.</p>
<h3>Changelog</h3>
<div style="font-weight:bold; padding-bottom:10px;">1. All emailed invoices/quotes can be accessed online in the browser by direct link.<br />
The invoice/quote content won’t be shown within the email body anymore <i>(Please consider notifying your clients about this change).</i></div>
<p><img src="http://garage.invoicebus.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/invoicebus_email_quote.png" alt="" title="Emailed Quote" width="600" height="203" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2246" style="margin:20px 0px;" /></p>
<p>The link is automatically generated and included in the email right after your custom message. In order to open the link, the client will be prompted to enter access code (unique for every document, contained within the email as well).</p>
<p><img src="http://garage.invoicebus.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/invoicebus_access_code.png" alt="" title="Access Code" width="600" height="323" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2265" /><br />
<i>Additional functionalities of the online document are:</i></p>
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<li>Print option (with printer friendly formatting);</li>
<li>Download to PDF option;</li>
<li>Accept Option (only for quotes);</li>
<li>Decline Option (only for quotes);</li>
<li>Document Status;</li>
<li>Activity History;</li>
<li>Custom comments;</li>
<li>Email notifications (optional):<br />
        &#8211; Document is viewed by client;<br />
        &#8211; Quote is Accepted/Declined by client;<br />
        &#8211; New comment is left (if you left the comment, client is notified and vice versa).</li>
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<p><a href="http://garage.invoicebus.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/invoicebus_quote_preview.png" rel="lightbox[2153]"><img src="http://garage.invoicebus.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/invoicebus_quote_preview_tb.png" alt="" title="Quote Preview in Browser via Direct Link" width="600" height="828" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2253" style="margin-bottom:20px;" /></a></p>
<p><i>Other benefits of the online document are:</i></p>
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<li>Improved overall experience;</li>
<li>Improved security;</li>
<li>Invoices/Quotes can be easily accessed from anywhere;</li>
<li>Invoice/Quote can be easily forwarded;</li>
<li>Resolved problem with email clients that don&#8217;t support HTML content;</li>
<li>Resolved problem with email clients that block images;</li>
<li>Resolved problem for ‘Document Viewed’ notification accuracy.</li>
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<p><b>2. Plain text version of all email messages</b></p>
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<li>Improved readability for email clients that don’t support HTML content.</li>
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<p><b>3. Invoice Menu renamed to Invoice Actions</b></p>
<p><b>4. Quote Menu renamed to Quote Actions</b></p>
<p><b>5. Document View/Edit update</b></p>
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<li>Direct link with unique access code is included at the bottom of the document, right above Activity History section (only for logged-in users)</li>
</ul>
<p><b>6. Activity History update</b></p>
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<li>Refresh button included</li>
<li>Comment notification checkbox (weather to notify the client about newly entered comment or not. Only for logged-in users).</li>
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<h3>Author information</h3><div class="ts-fab-wrapper" style="overflow:hidden"><div class="ts-fab-photo" style="float:left;width:64px"><img alt='Stefan Chachovski' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f03618a263cf869af3b1ebf44ebf6171?s=64&amp;d=https%3A%2F%2Fsecure.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D64&amp;r=G' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' /></div><!-- /.ts-fab-photo --><div class="ts-fab-text" style="margin-left:74px"><div class="ts-fab-header"><h4><a href="http://twitter.com/chachovski">Stefan Chachovski</a></h4></div><!-- /.ts-fab-header --><div class="ts-fab-content" style="margin-bottom:0.5em"><p>Co-founder of Invoicebus. Huge lover of nature, science, and chocolate cherry cordials. He occasionally writes on this blog about Invoicebus' stuff. Hello him on <a href="http://twitter.com/chachovski">Twitter</a> or subscribe to his updates on <a href="http://facebook.com/cacovski">Facebook</a>.</p>
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