[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":533},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-5873442":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":10,"maker":11,"posted_at":12,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rank_in_year":16,"shown_in_year":17,"top":18,"tier":19,"category":20,"subcategory":21,"format":22,"keywords":23,"reception":28,"sentiment":29,"stance_mix":30,"scored_comments":34,"aspects":35,"strip":45,"post_text":47,"what":48,"said":113,"maker_in_thread":254,"shape":263,"grid":267,"attempts":490,"same_week":495,"maker_shows":43,"maker_hidden":525,"reader_version":526,"card":527},"5873442","Invoice-o-matic","a free online invoice tool","title","Show HN: Invoice-o-matic – a free online invoice tool","http:\u002F\u002Finvoiceomatic.io\u002F","invoiceomatic.io","cornet",1371122918,2013,128,88,165,1739,10,"notable","web_saas","invoicing","web_app",[24,25,26,27],"invoice generator","free invoicing","pdf invoice","vat invoice","mixed",-0.038,{"positive":18,"neutral":31,"mixed":32,"critical":33},23,3,13,49,{"execution":36,"privacy":37,"idea":39,"performance":41,"design":42,"pricing":44},{"positive":32,"critical":32},{"positive":38,"critical":32},0,{"positive":32,"critical":40},4,{"positive":38,"critical":38},{"positive":43,"critical":32},1,{"positive":38,"critical":38},[43,38,38,43,43,46,38,38,38,46,38,32,32,32,32,32,43,32,32,32,38,32,43,43,40,32,32,32,38,32,32,32,43,43,43,46,38,32,32,46],5,null,{"problem":49,"audience":65,"pricing":76,"motivation":86,"time_to_build":47,"stack":98,"openness":110,"stage":111,"team_size":112},{"value":50,"source":51,"evidence":52},"Creating and sending invoices without a spreadsheet or Word template.","inferred",[53,57,61],{"id":54,"by":55,"text":56},"5873873","davidjgraph","On the second stage there's a link to the generated PDF, you could download that and send, instead of having them do it for you.",{"id":58,"by":59,"text":60},"5874281","wikwocket","I would say over MS Word, this offers: - Discoverability: when I was working on my invoice template, I looked all over the web, and found a bunch of garbage, before I eventually…",{"id":62,"by":63,"text":64},"5874333","yatendra","It reduces chances of calculation mistakes as it calculates total amount for you whereas you would need to do it manually in a document template.",{"value":66,"source":51,"evidence":67},"Freelancers and small businesses sending invoices.",[68,72],{"id":69,"by":70,"text":71},"5873653","Swizec","I started my freelancing career with billable.me. Moved on to complexer tools by now, but I definitely made a few thousand euro with the help of your free tool. Thanks!",{"id":73,"by":74,"text":75},"5874258","danpat","Depending on how anal you are, and how complex your invoices are, one good reason to use a tool over a Word template is simply adding the numbers up properly. I joined a small…",{"value":77,"source":78,"evidence":79},"Free","commenter",[80,82],{"id":81},"post",{"id":83,"by":84,"text":85},"5873581","corry","Love this lead gen strategy - offer free super simple tool to your target audience, and you get lots of opportunities to convert them to your full tool. Adds a ton of value and…",{"value":87,"source":78,"evidence":88},"Lead generation for the FreeAgent accounting product.",[89,90,94],{"id":83,"by":84,"text":85},{"id":91,"by":92,"text":93},"5875182","nedwin","Because it's a good source of lead generation.",{"id":95,"by":96,"text":97},"5873914","jot","For those not familiar with FreeAgent (the makers of this (marketing) app), they are one of the UK's most successful SaaS startups. I've been fortunate enough to have been a user…",[99,106],{"value":100,"source":78,"evidence":101},"Node.js",[102],{"id":103,"by":104,"text":105},"5873758","pistoriusp","It's built on node.js, there's a great command line tool called wkhtmltopdf: https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fantialize\u002Fwkhtmltopdf",{"value":107,"source":78,"evidence":108},"wkhtmltopdf for PDF generation",[109],{"id":103,"by":104,"text":105},"free","launched","company",{"praise":114,"objections":135,"requests":176,"questions":205,"alternatives":224},[115,127],{"value":116,"source":78,"evidence":117},"Simple, fast, one-step invoice creation.",[118,122,126],{"id":119,"by":120,"text":121},"5873668","markyc","it's just one step instead of 2,3, etc better mousetrap :)",{"id":123,"by":124,"text":125},"5873520","ing33k","just downloaded an invoice to check the quality of the pdf, its perfect !",{"id":69,"by":70,"text":71},{"value":128,"source":78,"evidence":129},"Good lead generation strategy and polished design.",[130,131],{"id":83,"by":84,"text":85},{"id":132,"by":133,"text":134},"5873593","Heliosmaster","Very nice CSS animation :)",[136,151,162],{"value":137,"source":78,"evidence":138},"No VAT registration number field and weak legal compliance for some countries.",[139,143,147],{"id":140,"by":141,"text":142},"5873838","RobAley","While this is good from a UX perspective, don't rely on tools like this to make sure that you include all information on an invoice that you're legally required to include. For…",{"id":144,"by":145,"text":146},"5875635","mktnghacks","Main issue that I can see with this is compliance. As some people commented these free invoicing templates are great, but if you happen to invoice someone in Mexico or anywhere…",{"id":148,"by":149,"text":150},"5876243","Renaud","This looks like what a good web designer with little knowledge of actual accounting requirements would do. Not what I would expect from a company specialising in accounting…",{"value":152,"source":78,"evidence":153},"Sends banking data over HTTP and stores it on the server.",[154,158],{"id":155,"by":156,"text":157},"5875789","DougWebb","Am I missing something, or is nobody concerned that this tool takes in all of your business' contact info and banking info? In the US, the bank name, account number, and a smidge…",{"id":159,"by":160,"text":161},"5874081","moron4hire","If they've generated a PDF, then they had to have you post the info to their server to run the PDF generator. I'm a little concerned about whether or not you know this and just…",{"value":163,"source":78,"evidence":164},"Offers little beyond a Word or Excel template.",[165,168,172],{"id":166,"by":160,"text":167},"5873619","What does this do for me that the MS Word template that comes installed with Office does not? EDIT: I'm serious. I can think of several reasons why I would not want to use this,…",{"id":169,"by":170,"text":171},"5873607","cranefly","I dont get it. How is this so much better than having a, say, rtf document template on your own computer and emailing attachments from there? Or if you want to email a pdf…",{"id":173,"by":174,"text":175},"5877630","X4","yep I agree. The premise is that one has to totally unable to create a template with your favorite Office tool. Heck you could do that in Excel and that's already an insult. This…",[177,187,194],{"value":178,"source":78,"evidence":179},"Allow uploading a logo to the PDF.",[180,184],{"id":181,"by":182,"text":183},"5873572","ozh","Add the ability to upload a logo and that's the definitive winner in that field",{"id":185,"by":59,"text":186},"5874234","Very cool, and more importantly, a fun take on a dry subject! It might be nice to add a preview option though. Sure I can email it to myself, but lower the barrier of use as much…",{"value":188,"source":78,"evidence":189},"Make labels and table headers editable for translation.",[190],{"id":191,"by":192,"text":193},"5873579","bromagosa","It'd be even greater if you could edit all the content, including table headers and field titles, so that users could, for instance, translate their invoices into different…",{"value":195,"source":78,"evidence":196},"Support a subtotal entered after VAT and custom tax names.",[197,201],{"id":198,"by":199,"text":200},"5873632","mtrimpe","I'd love to be able to specify the subtotal after VAT is applied as well, since that's often what you quote in practice and converting that to pre-VAT prices is a PITA. VAT is…",{"id":202,"by":203,"text":204},"5873853","smagman","Great work! Unfortunately I wouldn't be able to use it since I would need there are two taxes to calculate in my jurisdiction. 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Would love to host this myself.",[225,233,238,247],{"value":226,"source":78,"evidence":227},"FreeAgent",[228,229],{"id":95,"by":96,"text":97},{"id":230,"by":231,"text":232},"5873982","gadders","I was just about to comment and say \"This is all well and good but I use an integrated tool called FreeAgent to manage my freelance business.\" and then noticed this is created by…",{"value":234,"source":78,"evidence":235},"Word or Excel invoice templates",[236,237],{"id":166,"by":160,"text":167},{"id":58,"by":59,"text":60},{"value":239,"source":78,"evidence":240},"Duet app",[241,244],{"id":242,"by":174,"text":243},"5873560","That's all? I expected something like duetapp or better.. :\u002F Here's the same, but opensource so that you can customize to your own needs. http:\u002F\u002Fcss-tricks.com\u002Fhtml-invoice\u002F",{"id":245,"by":174,"text":246},"5877596","Btw. here's a link: http:\u002F\u002Fwww.duetapp.com\u002F Personally I wouldn't ever use a SaaS for my core business! 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