Freelancing and small business establishments are becoming common these days. Most of the people are willing to buy things over internet, so many online stores have evolved to provide service on demand. Freelancers do their business from the comfort of their home which is great, but billing customers is not an easy task. Excel Spreadsheets and other similar applications are good for tracking bills and accounts. But, using these applications to send invoices and manage bills is not an easy task. This is where online invoices/billing services come to your rescue and help you with sending invoices and receiving payments.

Some of these services offer a great deal of features to make things easier. You can create an account for free and add multiple clients to start sending invoices. And, add information about items, currency type, services, etc., at one place.

Here are some of the handy online services to create and send invoices.

Billing Boss

Billing Boss is one of the best among all available services. All features and services provided by Billing Boss are completely free and there is no commercial upgrade available. It uses high level encryption to keep your information safe and secure.

Features:

• You can add unlimited number of clients and invoices
• Has support for multiple languages
• Add a partner or book keeper to share data easily
• Support for multiple online payment options to help you get money faster
• Records payments in real-time and update the same in invoices
• With email support you can directly send invoices to clients
• Attach full PDF’s to send to your clients
• Unbranded e-mails, use your own brand or custom logo if need be.

Most of the other online invoice applications offer similar features with monthly subscription fee. But at Billing Boss you can enjoy these features for free.

Invoice Journal

Anyone who wants to create and send invoices online for free can use this service. The tag line ‘collecting money shouldn’t cost you money’ perfectly suits this service. It offers many exciting features just like any professional invoice application. Since it’s an online application you can use it anywhere to create and send invoices.

Features

• You can create unlimited number of invoice and add clients
• Click on a customer or client name to have everything setup automatically
• You can edit details like shipping information or billing information in real-time
• No need to delete or archive invoices to create room for others
• Add information about your products, services, prices, etc., in one place
• Option to add taxes information to every single item or set tax to everything
• E-mail invoices directly to your clients
• Support for multiple currency types

Invoice Journal lets you have complete control over your invoices. It’s user interface is easy to use but the professional looking invoices make it one of the best online invoice applications.

CurdBee

Using this web application one create and send invoices and also receive payments online via PayPal. CurdBee has gained many users since its launch. Creating and sending invoices with this web application is pretty easy and requires no technical jargon. You can mention unit prices in your invoice, leave notes and send invoices via email to your clients.

Features:

• Create unlimited invoices and add clients
• Manage invoices from a single page
• E-mail support to send invoices to clients directly
• Support for multiple currency types
• Support for multiple online payment gateways like Google Checkout and PayPal
• Insert custom logos into invoices
• Create professional looking invoices
• Pro version supports encryption, PDF, taxes and discounts

Though upgradation charge for pro version is very less, $5 per month, it offers great services for free. Upgrading to pro-version you can send thank you emails after receiving payments, set reminders and many extra features.

Billing Manager

Billing Manager is one another popular online invoice application which offers both free and paid services.

Features:

• You can create and send unlimited invoices
• Add unlimited number of clients to your account
• Support for E-mail allows you to send invoices to clients directly
• Unbranded E-mail
• It has support for discounts, taxes and other charges
• Add your own brand logo
• Support for multiple currency types and payment recording
• Multiple templates and iPhone compatible site

The free version of Billing manager do not have an option for accepting payments online. You can get this feature by upgrading to pro account and apply for a merchant service account.

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