The recently released version of Sprout Invoices (v10.0) brought some great new features, alongside some overdue changes to improve how you use Sprout Invoices. The major features of v10.0 center-around your clients. Client Credits Credits can now be...
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Sprout Invoices received two new add-ons earlier this week; one for Advanced Invoice (and Estimate) ID Generation, the other for organizing clients by Client Types. A common support request from SI users has been “how do I control the...
In case you missed it, the add-on Downloadable Attachments for Invoices (and Estimates) was recently released, it allows for the attachment of any type of file to your invoices/estimates for your client to view/download. Providing an automatic way to...
As a business owner you are well aware of the need to protect yourself and your company with legally binding contracts, and if you’re like me than you’ve done your best at getting your terms...
It’s been a busy month plus; the release of Sprout Billings, and developing/planning the next releases for Sprout Clients and Help Scout Desk have taken much more time than I had anticipated. Admittedly it’s also hard to be productive with...
The Auto Billing add-on highlighted a while back has received a huge update in v2.0 and with it comes a name change: Sprout Billings. Version 2.0 of the Sprout Billings add-on brings huge internal code re-write, offering more flexibility for...
Sprout Invoices has two add-ons that allow it to integrate with the most popular WordPress forms. Those add-ons are: Advanced Form Integrations: Ninja Forms, Formidable, & GravityForms. Use your premium plugin based form to start the lead process...
Over the last couple weeks we’ve been catching up with those smaller add-ons that have a big impact on Sprout Invoices users. Hopefully you heard about the PDF attachments update, new Formidable integrations, and all the new free region...
Ever since the release of Rocket (Sprout Invoices v8.0) we’ve been hard at work building add-ons for regions of world with unique invoicing requirements that basic customizations can’t resolve. The first add-on was for Australian users, which set...
Today the latest version of the PDF Invoices/Estimate add-on was released today with a feature that has been requested since it was initially released — PDF email attachments. If you’re not familiar with the add-on, it simply adds...
This post is for our Australian users, sorry. For those EU users and Canadian users expect an add-on like this for you soon ?. For those of us not in those areas of the world, especially in the U.S., you...
Rocket, the latest version of Sprout Invoices (8.0) has been released into the wild; with it came improved management, some nice new features, and a few big changes. Line Item Types Sprout Invoices now supports multiple...
I was hoping that I would be writing about Sprout Invoices 8.0 but there have been a few set-backs getting the Line Item Types feature completed, primarily because the priority is to get it right instead of just getting...
Summer is awesome! With all of it’s good, for many of us it brings a lot of pressure to those project deadlines that fall over the next few months. Seriously, no one should ever have to choose between enjoying the beach (with the kids),...
It wasn’t too long ago that version 6.0 was released bringing along Zapier and Toggl integrations, CSV improving, and more with it. Now it’s time to unwrap 7.0 for everyone, with over 19 major changes and a...
Did you know since the last release of Sprout Invoices three new add-ons have been released in the Marketplace? If not, that’s definitely my fault not getting the word out to you earlier…let’s fix that: ...
I’d love to have started this post off trying to fool you about how v6.0 includes a spaceship with every purchase or Sprout Apps was acquired by Dodgers, instead I’ll keep my limited humor in check and try...
I want to personally thank all the paid Sprout Invoices users out there, it’s you who’ve made version 5.0 happen; I’m afraid to say it but without your support these features would never had the chance...
The Sprout Invoices 4.0 release brings some highly requested features that I believe all users will be excited to use, especially since it directly affects the client experience. Along with numerous updates and minor features, like time...
When developing Sprout Invoices for WordPress a great deal of consideration went into how payment processors would integrate into the platform. Personally, as a developer, I understand the struggle of integrating a third party payment API with another app/plugin, and it sometimes...
There’s a ton of things to review for the 2.0 release of Sprout Invoices. The biggest news is Projects and Time Tracking; I’ve reviewed the new capabilities in a previous post and recently added to...
Sprout Invoices 2.0 (more on that versioning later) will be released in the coming weeks and I’d like to give you a sneak peak at one of the most important new screens. In the video below you’ll...
At WCSF I had some great conversations with people, one in particular was with a new friend from Canada about the complexity of taxation he had to deal with. That conversation taught me that the default tax options that Sprout Invoices has...
As a freelance developer I receive(d) a gained a lot of foreign clients, luckily the majority of them accepted their estimates and invoices in english and USD. There were a few instances however that I had to simply say...
When I started building the UI for Sprout Invoices I felt the default double column view was a bit too cramped for managing estimates and invoices with a lot of line items. This resulted in the default...
We’re working hard making Sprout Invoices work in your language and more. Earlier this week we pushed out 1.0.1 with better support for internationalization support and to improve localization support we’ve created a translators group. If interested in translating Sprout Invoices...
The last big feature for version 1 of Sprout Invoices is the ability to import data from external invoicing services, including Harvest, Freshbooks, or WP-Invoice. If you have your data in one of these systems you can import...
After an estimate is approved you’ll need to send your client an invoice. It’s important to agree to an initial deposit before starting any work, to protect your both in case something goes wrong and...
Here goes our first Friday Feature Spotlight, when I’ll share a feature for a Sprout App that likely goes unnoticed. This week will be Nested Line Items for Sprout Invoices. One of the features that I’m very proud of...