How it works
Every stage of the business, before and after, and what runs by itself.
1.Enquiry
- Before
- Requests arrive in chat and email and are tracked in your head
- With Finocket
- Each client is a record with who referred them; lead forms with consent from Growth
Automated
- Lead forms land enquiries in the pipeline (Growth)
2.Sale: quote
- Before
- A price agreed on a call
- With Finocket
- An estimate the client accepts online
Automated
- Accepted estimate is marked accepted, ready to convert in one click
3.Purchase and expenses
- Before
- Receipts in a wallet and the camera roll
- With Finocket
- Expenses captured from a photo and visible in reports
Automated
- Receipt photo read into an expense draft
4.Stock
- Before
- Not applicable: a freelancer sells time and skill, not goods
- With Finocket
- Services are set up as items billed by the hour, with stock tracking off
Automated
- Item defaults set hourly pricing with no inventory
5.Doing the work
- Before
- Hours and dates noted wherever is handy
- With Finocket
- Each line carries its work date; timer and projects from Starter
Automated
- Tracked time pulled into invoice lines (Starter)
6.Billing
- Before
- A template edited and exported for each client
- With Finocket
- A services invoice with SAC, a UPI QR and the billing period, in rupees or the client's currency
Automated
- Recurring invoices for monthly clients (Starter)
7.GST
- Before
- Invoice totals sent to the CA each month, if registered
- With Finocket
- GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B prepared from your invoices from Starter
Automated
- Returns prepared from issued invoices (Starter)
8.Getting paid
- Before
- A UPI ID in chat and a reminder sent weeks late
- With Finocket
- A client portal where the client sees and pays invoices, with reminders on overdue ones
Automated
- Overdue reminders with the portal link and an optional late fee
9.TDS
- Before
- Short payments accepted without a record
- With Finocket
- TDS recorded against each invoice, with the year's total in the TDS summary
Automated
- Clients marked as deducting TDS are flagged when payment is recorded
10.Accounts
- Before
- The bank statement is the only ledger
- With Finocket
- Payments and expenses matched to the bank statement, with personal income kept apart
Automated
- Bank statement import with matching rules (Starter)
11.Reporting
- Before
- A guess at what the month earned
- With Finocket
- Income, expenses and outstanding in the reports library
Automated
- Scheduled report emails
12.Year end with the CA
- Before
- One long email of attachments
- With Finocket
- An ITR working sheet and a Tally XML export, and the CA invited in from Starter
Automated
- One-tap Tally XML export