QuickBooks Integrated Shopping Cart: Comparison Summary

We'd like you to consider the initial & total cost of ownership over time and ease of use for QuickBooks users when making comparisons.

First, there are basically three types of solutions available. Competitor pricing is based on best data at time of writing.

Type 1: Complete solution provider like IA Modules. Hosting, Sync Program, Cart Software, all made to work together and under one roof for faster development and support. With the time and money savings you get with IA Modules, our design services can quickly replicate your site, virtually for free!

Type 2: Just get a sync or develop a sync program program to 'tie' your existing store to QuickBooks. Just ask yourself some obvious questions: How easy, fast and useful is a cart's management interface if it was not made for QuickBooks users and data? How deeply can they integrate given a generic cart simply was not made for QuickBooks? When new features are possible or required, will the cart vendor even care about making their required changes so it works?

Type 3: A cart you can buy 'just once' and perhaps host yourself or at some other places. The initial one time price is very misleading in the real world where you must consider paying for support plus hosting. Typically harder to support, with overhead and unforseen obstacles and typically more expensive for lower quality hosting. IA Modules offered a cart like this and often found delays in support something hosted elsewhere were intolerable for clients. Often, You won't buy the new version every year to save money and thus won't have the latest features you need to save time and be competetive.

If you are experienced, you already know that the Type 1 solution IA Modules offers cannot be beat! If you are new to eCommerce, do yourself a favor and step back from all the marketing hype you may be pushed, use your common sense, remember only IA Modules has a top ranking QB solution going on 5 years, and note that we have tried ALL the options with various products and settled on the Type 1 because it is the best for QuickBooks users. QuickBooks users are, after all, the ONLY USERS WE CARE ABOUT!

Okay, so you now have a high level understanding of options available to you. Lets take a look at pricing. Amazingly, the benefits and features you get with IA Modules actually COST YOU LESS TOO! Amazing! We have broken down typical out of pocket fees in the first year and over a 3 year period so you can easily see what a great value we offer.

WOW! How about that! When you compare 'apples to apples' to account for services like hosting, support and updates ( which only IA Modules includes ) IA Modules delivers all it's benefits at a LOWER COST!

Another intersting point is that we have shown our pricing for QB Enterprise and QB Point of Sale plans. These plans include an ADDITIONAL SECOND STOREFRONT FOR FREE! With other vendors, an additional storefront may not be possible or may even double the cost. Also, consider that with Type2 and Type3 methods, the software you need may actually cost more than we have quoted here. Also note that with IA Modules, QB Pro and Premier plans are 30% less money.

Consider these points:

• I need good support. How many vendors do i have to contact when i have an issue?
  
  You could get stuck in a finger pointing scenario when dealing with multiple vendors. With IA Modules, we made all the software to work together and support it and the hosting end to end. Hosting packages are chosen to be 'right for you' given you are a real QB based business. We offer free support via online chat, ticket system, and phone. Our QB focused staff uses gotomypc to hop onto your computer and work the problem out for you. Do the other guys offer that? How many of their staff are even QB savvy?
  
  
• I need integration. What is the cost to get my online business integrated with QuickBooks?
  
  With others, it could cost you anywhere from $1050 to $3000 or more, just for the software and support IA Modules offers for $500!
  
  
  • Some solutions require only adding a synch program to your existing store. This may sound enticing until you add up all the fees. In those cases, adding up the support and upgrade fees is more than twice our $500 setup fee! In addition, your forcing a round peg through a square hole. Your store wasn't even made for QuickBooks, so very little integration can be done compared to our synch working with our store, which were both made for QuickBooks.
    
    
  • Other solutions require you to spend thousands of dollars for their software and support...and then you have to redesign in their often limited abilities and tools, spending thousands more of your time or a professional designer's time.
    
    
  • With IA Modules, you get a synch and store made to work together, and made for QuickBooks so you can get the maximum integration possible. This means less management, faster setup, ability to show and use more QuickBooks information on your site. With our low design rates and our template's focus on making it very fast to replicate your existing design or concept, it often costs only $750, just 10 hours, and we have implemented your concept or replicated your existing design. You'll enjoy huge improvements thanks to the abilities we offer to show and use more QuickBooks data than anyone else.
    
    
• I don't have alot of free time. How much effort will it take?
  
  
  • With IA Modules, our setup & training service using gotomypc makes it a breeze. Our management area is made just for QuickBooks users like you. That means our forms will be familiar to you. We show your QB data where and when it needs to be so you can get your work done easily. Forms are made just for QuickBooks users, noone else.
    
    
  • With synch only vendors, the store you are using is not really made for QuickBooks and probably has very generic management forms & methodology. That means they will be harder, slower, and less effective to learn and use.
    
    
  • With other complete vendor solutions, you still won't find the ease of use or depth of integration. None of them are 100% QB User focused and often don't have very much to do with QB at all. the forms will be less familiar, harder to work with as a QB User, and have less (if any) options for QuickBooks users.

Below you'll find a summary of how we stack upto the competition. You'll find that we have assembled best of everything in technology, design flexibility, pricing, support, and QuickBooks integration.