If you own a small business—or are a freelancer—looking for invoicing software to raise bills and toward payment collection, you might want to look at Zoho Invoices. Zoho Corp—the company behind this cloud-based solution—is an Indian tech company that specialises in software services and cloud computing. Best known for its office suite, the company is now offering its GST-compliant, online invoicing solution for free.
Zoho Invoice lets you create and send customised invoices. You can choose a template from its gallery and then modify it to fit your brand.
It lets you create multilingual invoices in up to 17 languages and even send invoices to your customers in their local currency; you can make base currency adjustments and then analyse the revalued balances.
If you have customers who receive regular services or products, this tool lets you set up a recurring profile to bill them automatically.
Besides defining GST treatment for customers, the software lets you assign HSN/SAC code for the items/services in which you deal.
With Zoho Invoice, you can also generate customer returns and manage refunds via credit notes.
It also lets you create delivery challans to accompany your goods when they are in transit.
If you are in the service industry, this cloud software helps you to track your time so you can accurately bill your clients for the hours you spend on their projects.
Zoho Invoice will also remind your customers to make payments through SMS or email.
You can also send personalised thank-you notes when you receive payments.
Customers can be given the option to pay via UPI, credit/debit cards, net banking, wallets, bank transfers or cheques.
Besides, this tool even lets you send retainer invoices to your clients for the advance payments collected.
For their part, your customers get access to a self-service portal where they can view their invoices and make payments.
To keep track of it all, you get a Dashboard that displays your transactions and business performance in one place.
So, how do you get started?
Create a free account on zoho.com/in/invoice/signup/ or sign in using your credentials from Google, Yahoo, Facebook, Twitter or Microsoft.
The website has ready solutions—in more than 22 categories—including for contractors, freelancers, non-profits, training centres, consultants, law firms, designers, salons, photographers, musicians and catering services.
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As a newbie with zero knowledge of invoicing, you could refer to the website’s Resources section that packs Essential Business and GST Guides, as well as Help Docs and Webinars that will get you up and running with this powerful tool in no time.Last but not least, Zoho Invoice is also available as a free app for Android, iOS and Windows.
