When you sell your time, every untracked minute and unclear agreement comes out of your income. These are the familiar ones.
Between calls
Every call you forget to log is work you did and didn't bill.
On the desk: A one-tap timer that switches tasks without stopping
The terms
When nobody can find what was agreed, every scope conversation gets harder.
On the desk: Contracts linked to the client, the project and the proposal
Month end
Piecing hours back together at month end is slow, and it always comes out short.
On the desk: Pull a client's unbilled time into a new invoice, line by line
Admin
When billable and non-billable time are mixed, every invoice becomes a judgment call.
On the desk: Every entry is billable or non-billable, so admin stays off the invoice
Every step hands the next one what it needs, so nothing is typed twice.
One seat, more storage and more sending. No teammates required.
Compare every planTime, contracts and invoices carry most of a consulting practice. They hang off the same engagement, so the hours, the terms and the bill sit side by side.
Start the timer on a task, and when you move on, switch to the next one without stopping. Forgot to start it? Add an entry by hand, or fix the times afterwards. Every entry is billable or non-billable, so admin time stays off the invoice.
Send a proposal from your own templates, with packages and add-ons the client can pick. Then draft the contract in blocks, one clause at a time. Your client e-signs it, you countersign, and you both get a signed PDF filed against the engagement.
Pull a client's unbilled time into a new invoice and check every line before it goes. Retainers can run on a recurring invoice you set up once. Reminders go out on your schedule. Card payments made online through your Stripe account are recorded for you, and you record bank transfers as they arrive.
Log the week's entries at their rates and get billable totals and dollars. Timesheet done.
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Solo, but never scattered.
Briefs to invoices, one flow.
A shared desk for the whole crew.
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