Finding Third-Party Integrated Applications
Because QuickBooks is so popular with small businesses, plenty of companies besides Intuit develop applications to fill the niches that QuickBooks doesn't handle itself—or doesn't handle very well.
The QuickBooks Solutions Marketplace
The QuickBooks Solutions Marketplace Web site is one place to look for third-party programs. In QuickBooks, choose Company→Online Company Services→Find Integrated Applications to open a browser to the QuickBooks Solutions Marketplace, shown in Figure 21-4.
Figure 21-4. Programs listed in the Solutions Marketplace share data with QuickBooks, but target different industries or services. Sure, Intuit offers editions of Manufacturing, Nonprofits, Professional Accountants, Professional Services, Retail, and Wholesale, but the Solutions Marketplace offers additional software in those industries as well as accounting solutions for industries such as agriculture, hotels and restaurants, transportation, and utilities.
Tip
If you prefer working in a Web browser window outside QuickBooks, the Web site address for the QuickBooks Solutions Marketplace is http://marketplace.intuit.com.
Third-party programs come in handy even if you already use one of QuickBooks'industry-specific editions. For example, the Solutions Marketplace has programs in the Construction area that produce estimates more easily than QuickBooks'Construction ...
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