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As a small software company, one of our chief advantages over larger competitors is the ability to move quickly and respond to changes in the marketplace and technology. This is the main reason we've resisted mapping out a long-term plan for DotNetInvoice.

With the release of version 2.4 on August 7, 2008 we realized that a sketch of what to expect in the coming year could serve as a guide without the strangling effect it might have on a larger software company.

In other words, treat this document as our best forecast of high-level changes to DotNetInvoice over the coming year, but it is by no means set in stone and will be updated throughout the year as business and technical changes warrant

We plan to release 2-3 new versions per year; more and our customers feel like they are constantly upgrading. Less and the software begins to grow stale.

Here are some key points that we plan to implement in the coming year (and beyond), in approximate order of implementation. Priorities were established based on surveys sent to our current and potential customers:

• A C# version (implemented in v2.5)
  
• An API for .NET Developers (implemented in v2.6)
  
• Give DNI Administrators more control over recurring billing (implemented in v2.6)
• Time Tracking
• QuickBooks integration
• A Simple Checkout Page where a customer can choose a service and DNI will automatically create a one-time or recurring invoice for the customer

 We are excited about the future direction of DotNetInvoice, and hope you'll stick around!

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Rob
DotNetInvoice Support

Hello,

 I would love to see Integration with Microsoft Office Accounting. I believe this is product is gaining market hold. We have been offering it to our clients and alot have been switching from Quickbooks.

Thanks,
TJ Havens

Hi TJ,

Thanks for your suggestion to integrate with MS Office Accounting.  We've added it to our feature request queue for review and potential inclusion in future versions.

 If anyone else is looking for this type of integration, please let us know through these forums or by emailing support at support@dotnetinvoice.com

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Jeremy
DotNetInvoice Support

I would like to see integration with MS Office Accounting as well. I would also like to see integration with Google Checkout as a payment option.

Thanks for your feedback about DotNetInvoice.  We've noted additional interest in both MS Office Accounting and Google Checkout.  If anyone else has interest in these features, please reply to this post or email us at support@dotnetinvoice.com.  If you have other suggestions for features, you can post in General Questions & Comments or emails us at support@dotnetinvoice.com.  Customer and potential customer feedback, requests, and suggestions are a large part of what drives the features for future versions, so please let us know what you'd like to see.

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Jeremy
DotNetInvoice Support

Hello.  ONe of the gentleman mentioned QuickBooks and people switching from QB to dot net invoice. 

 I just read quick books just released an online version......please let me know how a good way to position dni over quickbooks???  Why is dni better?

 Thanks!

QuickBooks has had an online version for a year or two.There are a few reasons DotNetInvoice (DNI) is a better invoicing solution for your small business:

1. You get the code so you can make any customizations you need to the site, whether simply visual, hosting them on your own website URL, or functional changes to the application.
2. DNI is a simple, dedicated invoicing package. If you want to quickly and easily accept payments online, DNI is by far your winner. It will take you quite some time to get up to speed with QuickBooks since it is a full-fledged accounting package.
   
3. With DNI you own your data and can use it in anyway you want. With QuickBooks although you can cancel your membership how are you going to get your data out in a usable format?

At this point, I wouldn't consider DNI a competitior to QuickBooks or QuickBooks Online; I see it as a complement. We're currently working on a QuickBooks integration that will allow customers to use QuickBooks for their accounting and DNI for their online invoicing and payment processing.

No current plans to integrate with QB online, but if customers ask for it we'll build it.

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Rob
DotNetInvoice Support

Thanks for the answer for this.  I am assuming you have had the chance to work with the invoicing part of quick books.  I am interested in reselling your program.

 So, is there any other reason(s) why dni over quick books online that you can think of?

 Thanks!

Aside from the 3 listed above, DotNetInvoice charges a single up-front fee instead of an ongoing monthly fee. If you sign up for QB's $35 plan you'll be losing money after 10 months.

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Rob
DotNetInvoice Support

With the release of v2.6 on September 10, 2009 (http://forums.dotnetinvoice.com/forums/533/ShowThread.aspx#533) we have implemented the top three items on this roadmap.

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Rob
DotNetInvoice Support

I would buy DotNetInoice if it would have google checkout, as a payment option. I currently use a hosted solution that uses Authorize.net, paypal and google checkout, we have some customers choosing each option, I do not want to take it away from them.

MS Accounting, although I do use it, integration is not a must, my current solution does not either integrate with them.

The only other nice thing my current hosted solution has, which you are missing, there I can see if my client viewed my invoice, they add a link to the pdf invoice file, rather than attaching it, this way I can see if customer opened the invoice or it was caught in his spam filter, etc.

shopcomputer,

Adding Google Checkout is on our feature list, though it has not made it to the top due to lack of interest from customers and potential customers.  We have been offering discounts on custom development of additional processors, so if you would be interested in that, please email us at support@dotnetinvoice.com.

MS Accounting is also on our feature list.  We've seen much more interest in a QuickBooks integration which we are working on right now.

We've added your suggestion to email links of the PDFs and then track whether those links are clicked.  If we see more interest in this feature, it could make a future version.

Please let us know if you have any additional suggestions for DotNetInvoice.

If anyone reading this post has interest in these features, the remaining features on our Roadmap, or suggestions for other features, please reply to this post, start a new post, or email us at support@dotnetinvoice.com.

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Jeremy
DotNetInvoice Support

Any word on the Quickbooks plugin? It would be REALLY nice to have this before taxes are due...

Clarity,

We are working hard to complete our QuickBooks adapter.  We have a few issues that need to be fixed before we will release it as a beta.  If you have interest in being a beta tester, please email us at support@dotnetinvoice.com.  Once we have a beta ready, we hope to turn around a production version within a few weeks.

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Jeremy
DotNetInvoice Support