Now for something completely different...What if you could sell your products to the millions of facebook users? It's crazy to think that 40% of all facebook users login everyday. That is a whole lot of people who are going to one site daily. Our friends at Propelware have create just that..A facebook web shopping cart that integrates back into your QuickBooks file.

According to Propelware, "Your Facebook storefront allows you to connect with and allow your best customers to purchase without ever leaving Facebook. With over 600 million people, your fans can share reviews and comments about your products. Purchases are made with PayPal and no merchant accounts or setup are required."

Usually in the world of QuickBooks, names rule. Like in the case of customer, vendor,and the chart of accounts typically we are looking at the name instead of the account number.

But in the case of class, what if we looked at a NUMBERING scheme instead of a naming scheme? This would help anyone who is responsible for data entry. If you look at a bill (or an invoice for that matter), most of the data entry would be done by using numbers. If the class setup were to use numbers instead of names, it would be much easier to do the data entry.

This idea came from Nita Wagner at Aranet, Inc. Thanks for the great tip!

File this under best laid plans...Intuit was trying to extend the reporting of open order data to include backorder info. Great, but they forgot to see what it did to the Item Quick Reports (used when you go to List-->Item List-->choose a specific item--->right click and choose item quick report). The quantity subtotals are incorrect and will drive you crazy.

Here is a link to the knowledgebas article on the subject