invoiceit is a range of business and accounting software, first written in 1998 by Bernard Reber of The Scrambled Card Company from Auckland

Auckland

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, New Zealand

New Zealand

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. The software is sold on a try-before-you-buy basis.

History

The Scrambled Card Company was founded in 1991 with the aim of marketing its own range of novel and humorous greeting cards (a fully assembled picture puzzle on which the sender would add their own comments, then scramble the card and mail the pieces in an envelope). This venture was only moderately successful and in 1993, using the original name, the company changed direction and began to develop custom database applications using MS Access (which had just been introduced). Invoiceit grew out of this work, incorporating their stable database elements that had been tested in the field. The company has been a member of Association of Software Professionals

Association of Shareware Professionals

The Association of Software Professionals , formerly Association of Shareware Professionals, is a professional association for authors of shareware computer software...

 since 2003.

May 1998 invoiceit is first published

November 2001 re-launch with new branding and web presence (www.scrambled-card.com)

February 2003 new website www.invoiceit.com established

May 2006 Invoiceit!Lite was published

January 2008 the highly successful invoiceit!4 was replaced with invoiceit!5 in (renamed invoiceit!Pro soon after)

July 2008 invoiceit!TimePlus was introduced

August 2008 free edition was published, initially called invoiceit!Free. It became 'My Invoice Kit' in August 2009 and has some data input limits.

May 2009 publication of an accounting spreadsheet solution, called 'Simple Accounting', based on MS Excel.

invoiceit!Pro

this application can be LAN networked

Län

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 with 11 fully integrated modules.

Modules description:

Contacts — used for storing and manage customers, vendors and other contacts

Inventory (Stock)

Inventory management software

Inventory management software is a computer-based system for tracking product levels, orders, sales and deliveries. It can also be used in the manufacturing industry to create a work order, bill of materials and other production-related documents. Companies use inventory management software to...

 — for maintaining and monitoring inventory and its valuation based on FIFO

FIFO and LIFO accounting

FIFO and LIFO Methods are accounting techniques used in managing inventory and financial matters involving the amount of money a company has tied up within inventory of produced goods, raw materials, parts, components, or feed stocks....

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Services — maintain stored service charges

Purchasing — used for writing and receiving purchase orders. Forms the basis for Accounts payable

Quotations (Estimates)

Sales quote

A sales quote allows a prospective buyer to see what costs would be involved for the work they would like to have done. Many businesses provide services that cannot have an upfront price, as the costs involved can vary. This can be due to the materials that would be used , and the manpower that...

 — used for writing and maintaining quotes and estimates

Invoices — used for writing and maintaining invoices and credit memos. Forms basis for Accounts receivable

Auto-Billing — for setting up and maintain recurring billing contracts

Time Billing — for setting up jobs and record job-related activity on time sheets and subcontractors' charge sheets.

Scheduler

Appointment scheduling software

Customer Appointment Management scheduling software allows businesses and professionals to manage scheduling appointments and bookings. This type of software is also known as appointment booking software and online booking software.- Types of Software :...

 — for setting up appointments and job-related activity

Accounting

Accounting software

Accounting software is application software that records and processes accounting transactions within functional modules such as accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, and trial balance. It functions as an accounting information system...

 — cash-book (single entry) based, with accounts payable

Accounts payable

Accounts payable is a file or account sub-ledger that records amounts that a person or company owes to suppliers, but has not paid yet , sometimes referred as trade payables. When an invoice is received, it is added to the file, and then removed when it is paid...

 and accounts receivable

Accounts receivable

Accounts receivable also known as Debtors, is money owed to a business by its clients and shown on its Balance Sheet as an asset...

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Marketing

Account-based marketing

Account-based marketing , also known as key account marketing, is a strategic approach to business marketing in which an organisation considers and communicates with individual prospect or customer accounts as markets of one...

 — used for setting up of mailings and e-mails to customers.

Current release is version 5.1.19.1 from March 2011.

invoiceit!Time+

first introduced in July 2008 and intended for users who bill for their time. Can also be LAN networked

Län

Län and lääni refer to the administrative divisions used in Sweden and previously in Finland. The provinces of Finland were abolished on January 1, 2010....

. Similar to invoiceit!Pro but excludes stock/inventory control and accounting. Current release is version 1.2.01 from November 2010.

invoiceit!Lite

published in May 2006 and for users with simpler requirements. Includes customers, products, purchasing, quotes, invoicing and reports. Current release is 3.4.03.1 from July 2009.

My Invoice Kit

Available since August 2008, previously known as invoiceit!Free but renamed a year later. freeware

Freeware

Freeware is computer software that is available for use at no cost or for an optional fee, but usually with one or more restricted usage rights. Freeware is in contrast to commercial software, which is typically sold for profit, but might be distributed for a business or commercial purpose in the...

 with data input restrictions which limits the number of contacts to 25 and the monthly number of documents (combined quotes, invoices, purchase orders) to 10. Current release is 1.15 from July 2009.

Simple Accounting

First published in May 2009. It is a very simple spreadsheet-based application that is used for entering an enterprise's income and expenses. It applies automatic summaries of payments to vendors and receipts from customers. Includes a spreadsheet for determining cash flow. This application does not have version numbers but is updated each year.