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3085 sats \ 32 comments \ @denlillaapan 18 Feb bitcoin_beginners

Man, is that shit sleeeeeek!

Been dawdling with that for a while, using my previous invoice service until now. Today was the day: I made the account, enjoying the 45 day free trial; I added the beautiful "TFTC" $40 off the annual fee, and started making some invoices.

I connected a bunch of payment mechanisms—and Zaprite freakin supports everything. So we got Alby in there, an on-chain addressed derived from xpub, some ACH and general fiat bank payments.

Obviously, being a good Bitcoiner there's now a 5% discount when clients pay in BTC.

So this is what the invoices look like, and the payment screen/email that clients face when they click into it:

Given the mad difficulty I had with setting up SN wallet, connecting this or that shit (#829853, #850716), this was a piece of freakin cake.

Even idiots like me can operate this. Very useful guides on their website too (e.g., here)

Anyway, if you run a business or have the occasion to invoice now and again, I highly recommend Zaprite. If nothing else, just to have that bitcoin advertisement in fiat client's faces. Worth it.

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168 sats \ 3 replies \ @freetx 18 Feb

We use an existing accounting package (manager.io). Whats my options for creating an invoice in Zaprite that includes the PDF generated from accounting package?

My point is, imagine you are sending a client a multi-line invoice for different hardware + support work. I don't want to re-key everything from legacy invoice to zaprite.

I would prefer to just enter the total into zaprite and then "attach" the PDF so the client would have full reference.

30 sats \ 2 replies \ @zaprite 19 Feb

Hey, while we don't have the ability to integrate Zaprite as a Checkout into directly manager.io, there are some options:

Create a "Customer chooses what to pay" Payment Link which can be used as a generic "Make a payment" Checkout for your clients. You could simply add this URL to yoru Invoice footer and request people pay you there. Obviously this is not perfect as it's not synced up to your Invoices, and you would have to manually mark them as 'Paid' after receiving a payment. But it does give you the option to accept bitcoin payments.
Our API could allow you to build out a custom Checkout flow that would sync everything up. This would depend on manager.io and what API, if any, they had available.

But your use case is very interesting, and we'll think about ways to solve that more seamlessly.

9 sats \ 1 reply \ @freetx 19 Feb

Thanks for looking into it.

#1 in some form would probably work

I've never seen a zaprite invoice, but what I was imagining is we create an invoice on zaprite and somehow just "upload the PDF" as an attachment to that zaprite invoice. I'm not envisioning and deep integration into your service, just when the client clicks the URL your screen just shows your current invoice with a "attachment" that they can click to see the PDF for what they are paying.

Having said that we could probably make #1 work on our side.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @zaprite 19 Feb

Absolutely. Imagine something like this as a basic option for taking generic payments… https://pay.zaprite.com/pl_mUm6xKAh17

75 sats \ 2 replies \ @BlokchainB 18 Feb

I used zaprite a bit I thought the invoicing was a bit clunky and the payment options are extremely limited but overall rather use them than quick books

Gotta support bitcoin businesses

58 sats \ 0 replies \ @denlillaapan OP 18 Feb

Exactly, thats what i'm thinking too!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @zaprite 19 Feb

Would love to know what you found clunky so we can improve? And if you have any suggestions on payment options please let us know. I would disagree it's "extremely limited", and we're adding integrations every month so would be happy to look at anything you suggest. Thanks for the feedback and support!

36 sats \ 1 reply \ @Shugard 18 Feb

Finally a sophisticated way to pay for your feet pictures, and socks delivery!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @denlillaapan OP 18 Feb

Obvs

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @TheMorningStar 19 Feb

Thanks for the post. What business do you do?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @denlillaapan OP 19 Feb

Editing and writing. Word-slinging basically

201 sats \ 2 replies \ @Kenobi 18 Feb

Given the mad difficulty I had with setting up SN wallet, connecting this or that shit (#829853, #850716), this was a piece of freakin cake.

@Undisciplined @ek @k00b I recently voiced a similar thought regarding how there might (and seems to be) significant friction in regards to getting an SN account, and since creating an SN account is where most of the value from SN comes from for most users, this could be a major point of improvement in order to enable more plebs to enter and stay here.

110 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 18 Feb

Thanks. We know it’s hard right now.

Our noncustodial wallet stuff went live a couple months ago. Zaprite only supports receiving, mostly onchain, and has been noncustodial for 4 years … anyway, Zaprite is how easy it can get after we spend enough time on it.

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Kenobi 21 Feb

No worries man, one step at a time.

You guys are doing a great job, keep it up!

114 sats \ 5 replies \ @Jon_Hodl 19 Feb

I really like ZapRite but I can’t truly support the rent seeking model that they use.

I prefer a basic plan that only charges fees when I receive a payment and thus we all benefit together vs them always making money even when I make no sales.

Obviously, once you make enough sales, the flat monthly fee makes the most sense but when plebs are trying to get off zero sales, ZapRite only works to keep them at the bottom.

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @zaprite 19 Feb

Hey, we totally understand,. We needed to introduce billing and a flat-rate subscription was the easiest first step for us, being non-custodial. It actually works out to be very beneficial for most of our users doing large volume. But we know we need to expand subscription options, and we're working on that!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Jon_Hodl 20 Feb

I love what you guys are building and sincerely appreciate you taking the time to reply.

Maybe I just need to bite the bullet, pay the $25/month, and get things moving.

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @denlillaapan OP 19 Feb

Hm, I kinda feel the opposite. Much rather pay a fixed fee and then not have them in my pocket for a % of my revenue

11 sats \ 1 reply \ @Jon_Hodl 19 Feb

Both would be ideal.

Start off with $0 in monthly fees and then once your sales grow to such a level that the monthly fee is a smaller percentage of your sales, then switch to fixed monthly overhead.

When people are trying to start something from nothing, that $25 monthly fee is death.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @denlillaapan OP 19 Feb

Right, that makes sense.

Lucky for me I'm not starting from nowhere and was already paying $150 a year for current invoicing/account software

34 sats \ 0 replies \ @south_korea_ln 18 Feb

Some quality people and projects in those Austin offices~~

30 sats \ 1 reply \ @DarthCoin 18 Feb

9 sats \ 0 replies \ @denlillaapan OP 18 Feb

WHAT TRUTH, DARTH! Give it to us, give it to us straight!

9 sats \ 1 reply \ @ChrisS 18 Feb

What is your business?

73 sats \ 0 replies \ @denlillaapan OP 18 Feb

I edit, write, copy edit, translate. All sorts of things

92 sats \ 1 reply \ @plebpoet 18 Feb

sleek is right

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @denlillaapan OP 18 Feb

indeed, madam!

22 sats \ 0 replies \ @realBitcoinDog 18 Feb

Congrats!!

14 sats \ 0 replies \ @NathanT 21 Feb

Congrats! So cool!

9 sats \ 2 replies \ @supratic 18 Feb

Invoicing Bitcoin from fiat business? LOL

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @denlillaapan OP 18 Feb

of course!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @supratic 19 Feb

jajaja, that's the way we have been trained. Not sure how we can expect bitcoin to succeed if we continue to do business with Govs Inc. There are other ways