Hiveage
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| Available in | English |
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| Type | Software as a service |
| Website | www |
Hiveage is an invoicing and billing software as a service developed and launched by Vesess Inc. in 2014,[1] and was converted to Hiveage Inc. in 2019.[2] It is the successor to CurdBee, launched by Vesess in 2008.[3] Hiveage has a user base covering more than 140 countries.[4]
Features
[edit]Hiveage supports unlimited invoicing for unlimited clients. Other features include estimates/quotations, time, expense and mileage tracking, recurring and auto-billing, team and access management, and managing multiple businesses with a single account.[5] Hiveage has integrations with several online payment gateways, including PayPal, Stripe, Square, Authorize.net, Braintree, WePay and 2Checkout, and supports ACH payments via Authorize.net.[6]
Pricing
[edit]Hiveage started as a freemium service, but changed to a fixed plan pricing strategy in September 2016.[7] During the time it functioned as a freemium service, Hiveage had a free plan which supported unlimited invoicing and unlimited clients, with PayPal as the payment gateway, and a modular pricing scheme[8] which allowed users to selectively add more features.
In 2020, as a response to the economic downturn brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, Hiveage re-launched a free plan that supported up to 5 clients.[9]
Paylinks
[edit]Paylinks is a mobile app launched by Hiveage in 2020, aimed at small businesses that want to sell products and services without the need for dedicated E-commerce or POS systems.[10] Paylinks generates web links and QR codes, which can be shared with customers via social media, messaging apps, SMS, or email. The customer can then follow the link or scan the QR code to visit a custom-generated online checkout page, where they can make the payment using PayPal or Stripe. It is available on iOS and Android platforms.
CurdBee
[edit]CurdBee was initially developed by Vesess as an in-house PHP application to invoice clients.[11] The public version was developed using Ruby on Rails and launched on 17 June 2008.[12][13] It was mainly used by small businesses and freelancers.[14][15]
CurdBee had a free plan which supported unlimited invoicing and unlimited clients, with PayPal and Google Checkout as payment gateways.[16] Paid plans had additional features such as multiple payment gateways, recurring invoices, time and expense tracking and custom domains.[17]
Notes
[edit]- ^ "New Hiveage Billing Platform Reduces Small Business Overhead and Boosts Annual Growth up to 20 Percent". Yahoo Finance. 21 January 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
- ^ "Hiveage Introduces Free Plan for COVID-19 Relief". Daily Herald. 20 May 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
- ^ "Hiveage simplifies invoicing, electronic payments". ZDNet. 22 January 2014. Archived from the original on 30 January 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
- ^ "Hiveage: The Invoicing Platform That Wants to Surpass Freshbooks and Harvest". tech.co. 14 May 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
- ^ "10 Online Invoicing Services for Small-Business Owners". 26 May 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
- ^ "Hiveage introduces ACH payments via Authorize.Net". 14 November 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
- ^ "Online Invoicing Service Hiveage Revises Pricing and Supports Non-Profits". 22 September 2016. Archived from the original on 6 October 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
- ^ "The Power of Customizable SAAS Price Modeling". HuffPost. 10 October 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ^ "Hiveage Introduces Free Plan for COVID-19 Relief". Ask.com. 20 May 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
- ^ "Hiveage launches the Paylinks payments acceptance app". The Paypers. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
- ^ "The Bee". 17 June 2008. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
- ^ Fitzpatrick, Jason (5 August 2008), Invoice For Free With CurdBee, Lifehacker, archived from the original on 9 January 2017, retrieved 8 February 2012
- ^ Blitstein, Scott (27 August 2008), CurdBee Could Be The Billing Service For You, GigaOm, archived from the original on 27 February 2021, retrieved 8 February 2012
- ^ Lorber, Laura (21 June 2010), "Managing Technology: CurdBee", The Wall Street Journal, retrieved 8 February 2012
- ^ "The Inside Scoop". CNBC. 3 February 2009. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
- ^ Purdy, Kevin (30 January 2010), Top 10 Tips and Tools for Freelancers, Lifehacker, retrieved 8 February 2012
- ^ Send Invoices, Make Friends and Earn Money with CurdBee Partner Program, Yahoo News, 15 April 2010, retrieved 8 February 2012