Carpet cleaning business software?

[gimmeagig]

I just saw carpet cleaning business software on e-bay.Invoicing, customer data base etc. Only 15.- plus shipping.Seems to be totally worth it.
Before I buy it.What do you guys use?

 

[rhyde]

quick books & quick books customer manager

 

[Mikey P]

Camelot/ Clean Exec


Good stuff but as it ages I loose certain features.

Take a look at Steve Smith's Cha Ching!

http://www.vacaway.com/chaching/

 

[Ron Lippold]

soft ware

operations real nice set up

 

[Audra]

Quickbooks Pro & Customer Manager!!!

 

[Kevin. McCreary]

I have used them all and I really love principal focus. Its fool proof!http://www.principalfocus.com/AboutUs.aspx

 

[gimmeagig]

899.- sure is ChaChing for Steve Smith.Principal focus is even more.I can't see spending that much on software.I was more thinking about simple invoicing contact management.I think I'll go with the 15.- software on e-bay.

 

[Guest]

Dont go cheap on your invoicing program. A good program will help you fine tune your business.

 

[Ron Werner]

http://www.cyclonesolutions.com/mistral.htm

Mistral 2000, been working great for me. It does the invoicing/income side, not the expense side. Simple, easy to use and learn, very customizable. Been using it since Summer of 2000. And its reasonably priced!
Excellent support to, even after all these years.
They are also working on getting a pda version, still in beta testing.

 

[Kevin B]

if your just gonna do invoicing, get quickbooks plus customer manager. i have used steve smith's products before, and they are worth it. They are industry specific.

 

[tman7]

There's something about spending almost a grand for a piece of software and then having to pay more $$ for product support that rubs me the wrong way. The IRS gives me that same feeling.

 

[Shorty]

Quick books pro & customer manager also.

Remember the old Latin proverb when buying cheap ???

CAVEAT EMPTOR

LET THE BUYER BEWARE.

Cheers,

Shorty.

 

[Carpet Dude]

camelot.

 

[B&BGaryC]

Software

Pencils, pens, filing cabinets, imagination, good memory, and a lotta hopes and wishes... That's all I'm using now. When the owners get me my comp. I am going with quickbooks though, because everybody got a friend that can teach ya somethin' about it. This message board is almost too high tech for me...

 

[Tahoesteve]

You can get started with QuickBooks Simple Start for under 30 bucks. Then upgrade to pro & customer manager as you grow.

 

[DRScrivner]

Quickbooks Premier and Maximizer

I am using Quickbooks Premier (installed full accountant version) and Maximizer for contact management- it can link directly into Quickbooks for an additional $99.00- waiting on that now- c'mon mailman.

 

[Lee Stockwell]

Cha-ching!!!

 

[Guest]

We use camelot and love it. We had a networking problem and their customer support was awesome. I have heard that they had bad support but it was good to me.

Mike, why don't you call them? What info are you losing?

Dave

 

[Mikey P]

I'll most likely be switching my Camelot over to Vortex Biztools.

 

[Guest]

I wouldn't want my client information on an internet program because of security issues. I have 2 computers at the shop and have another back up at home. We back up everyday.

Dave

 

[Mikey P]

Dave


You stand a far greater chance of someone hacking into your personal computer then someone getting past this..

http://www.vmware.com/pdf/wp_security.pdf