How to upgrade your Shopify site to use Reponsive Checkout

How to upgrade your Shopify site to use Reponsive Checkout

Shopify has released Responsive Checkout, which means that checkout pages are now optimized for mobile, and also scale up to look great on tablets and desktops. There's no need for a separate mobile site. 

Why you should pay your employees every week

Why you should pay your employees every week

If you're a business owner setting up payroll, you might be wondering, "How often should I pay my employees"? Twice a month and every two weeks are the most common. Just about everyone has worked a job where he or she got paid every other week. But that's not a good reason to stick with it. If given the choice, you should always choose every week. Here's why...

Harvard, MIT and $100,000 in Free Consulting

Harvard, MIT and $100,000 in Free Consulting

This past summer, Cloudsourced Accounting was lucky to be chosen as the client of the annual Harvard vs. MIT Case Competition. I wrote an article about it, and CPA Practice Advisor has just posted it on their site.

Xero + QBO share just 2% market penetration in U.S. accounting software [chart]

Xero + QBO share just 2% market penetration in U.S. accounting software [chart]

Xero and QBO together have a market penetration of close to 2%. That's in a total market of 29 million small businesses in the United States. The market penetration is less than 12% if you only count businesses already using desktop software.

Xero bug causes incorrect values in Executive Summary report

I recently discovered that Xero is displaying incorrect values for three key ratios in the Executive Summary report. The issue does not appear to be affecting all Xero accounts. To be safe, I recommend that all Xero advisors double-check the ratios in the Executive Summary report by exporting to Excel first before publishing PDF reports.

How to collect and track customer deposits in FreshBooks

How to collect and track customer deposits in FreshBooks

One problem for FreshBooks users is that customers are unable to make partial payments when paying invoices online. This can make it difficult to keep track of deposits or advance payments from customers. Fortunately there are a few workarounds that make it relatively simple to bill for and keep track of these advance payments.

How to set up the QuickBooks customer list for parents and children

How to set up the QuickBooks customer list for parents and children

As a tutor, occupational therapist, or any service provider who works with children, your customer is the whole family. You need to be able to keep track of a parent or two, plus one or more children. The problem is that QuickBooks only gives you room for one first and last name per customer. Luckily, you don't have to choose. You can use sub-customers to create linked accounts for each member of the family.