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I really like the idea of instant invoices and the approval process…",{"id":104,"by":105,"text":106},"8076978","ebahnx","I'm really excited to see Tiempo make waves. Time tracking has been a major pain that hasn't been adequately solved for a long time, so it's good to see some innovation here. Any…",[108,124,131],{"value":109,"source":67,"evidence":110},"3.9% payment fee is too high, especially compared to bank transfer.",[111,115,119,120],{"id":112,"by":113,"text":114},"8076109","jprince","Currently, I use On The Job, which works really well at invoicing and time tracking. What I do is I PDF the invoice and email it to clients, and have them pay me via Square Cash.…",{"id":116,"by":117,"text":118},"8075945","tijs","Let's just say that compared to 0$ for a bank transfer (at least where i'm from) it seems like a bad deal.",{"id":70,"by":71,"text":72},{"id":121,"by":122,"text":123},"8078165","megablast","1% is still way to much for something like this. 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We've actually talked to folks whose total fees were about 6% after all was said and done. It's crazy, but it does happen. In your example, what I'd ask is if the…",{"value":148,"source":53,"evidence":149},"Integrations with Xero, Wave and ZenPayroll.",[150,153,156],{"id":151,"by":11,"text":152},"8077144","Yes! We have an integration with QuickBooks Online already. Xero and ZenPayroll are next on our list. Another commenter mentioned Wave, so maybe we'll get to them before long.",{"id":154,"by":11,"text":155},"8075688","That's a great idea! We've already built an integration with QuickBooks Online. And, we're working on integrations with Xero and ZenPayroll. We can add Wave to the list.",{"id":157,"by":11,"text":158},"8078314","Awesome! Make sure to click the \"I want this!\" button on the Settings page in Tiempo. 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