Billing Manager Blog

The goal of Intuit Billing Manager has always been making it as easy as possible for you to bill customers.  We do know that sending an invoice is, unfortunately, only half the battle. So we set ourselves another goal of making it just as easy for you to be paid by your customers; whether it be online, in person, or on the phone.  Luckily, we (Intuit) are no stranger to situations like this, over 200,000 small businesses already process payments with us.  We simply baked our popular (and reliable!) QuickBooks Merchant Service right into Billing Manager and emerged with QuickBooks Merchant Service for Billing Manager!

By becoming a Merchant, your Billing Manager “accepted payment types” will become a much more powerful tool – you’ll be able to accept credit cards and checks electronically as forms of payment. QuickBooks Merchant Service for Billing Manager will allow your customers to pay your invoices right away by entering their credit card, debit card, or checking account information onto the invoice you’ve e-mailed them. The moment they submit payment, it is transferred to your bank account. How easy is that?  Some other payment processing services require you send your customer to their site to pay, we don’t.  Some other payment processing services require your customer signs up for their service to pay, we don’t.  We keep your customer’s payment experience consistent with what they’re used to… we keep it all within Billing Manager. Let’s take a look at what the invoice sending experience is like (for you and your customers) when you become a QBMS Merchant.

1. What you’ll first notice after becoming a QBMS Merchant is the difference between accepted payment types when you create an invoice (and also in the settings).
As a merchant, you’ll have access to payment processing for all major credit cards as well as the ability to accept electronic checks!

2.  After creating and sending an invoice, your customers will see a new “Pay Online” option when they open the link in your e-mail.

3.  Here’s what your customer will see, if they want to pay you right away and clicks “Pay Online.”

Your customer has the option to pay by either credit card or electronic check. Above we show you what they would see if they select credit card.

And here is the information they will be asked to provide should they select electronic check.

4. Once your customer supplies this information, the payment will be transferred directly from their account to yours, and will mark your invoice as paid!

This service is what keeps our free Billing Manager account free, but because of that, becoming a Merchant does cost a small fee.  Take a look at the cost breakdowns below as we compare to the average cost for similar services that are available.

If this sounds good to you, just click the QuickBooks Merchant Service button on the left side of Billing Manager next time you sign in! We promise that it’s easier than you might think!