Why We Love Xero Integrations (And You Should, Too!)

Xero is now one of the best accounting software providers to help you manage your business finances. From claiming expenses, paying bills, accepting customer payments to submitting your VAT – it is all here! 

Xero’s ‘marketplace‘ (which currently has over 700 suppliers) allows it to integrate with many well-known apps (Paypal, Practice Ignition, GoCardless, Brightpay, etc.) – from a bank reconciliation, eCommerce, project management, payroll and HR – it has many time-saving process tools available.

 Xero uniquely has an API tool that lets it talk to other software. The API has provided Xero with a quick and intelligent way to integrate with other applications such as GoCardless. For instance, with free API access, you can build an integration between your billing system and Xero.  

Here we look at some of the time-saving apps available in the Xero marketplace to help you get paid faster, reduce admin time and costs, and simplify your life as a business owner. Click on their logos for more information. 

Xero Marketplace – our best picks! 

Unleashed

Unleashed empowers organisations to better create, manage, and distribute products. Use basic features to manage inventory, track production, and grow your business. 

The Xero and Unleashed integration save hours of administrative work and gives total visibility of inventory value down to the profit and loss and balance sheet level: 

Abridged Data Entry 

You no longer need to enter your inventory-related accounts payable or accounts receivable transactions into your bookkeeping framework or enter your supplier or client data.  

Real-time stock balances 

Stock movement and transactions appear automatically in your bookkeeping framework, so you can run or view a Balance Sheet anytime during the month. 

Improved Financial Reporting 

Gone are the days when we used to keep detailed records in bookkeeping frameworks to create an item, client, region, or channel-based reports. Unleashed enables us to see profitability by the item, customer, category, region, or channel. The Unleashed integration also enables us to outline the explicit items to the individual graph of record codes, decreasing the coding required in your bookkeeping framework.  

True Product Costs 

Unleashed helps you maintain stock levels, raise sales orders in seconds, increase margins, control stock across global supply chains, use advanced pricing strategies, etc. 

Unleashed enables you to assess your actual item expenses and demonstrate your actual item margins. It does this by underwriting the expenses of acquiring and amassing your items to estimate the items contained in the purchase order or assembly. 

Inventory 

Bookkeeping programming enables you to compose and advance your business stock. Xero clients have plenty of choices to help them with their stock needs.  

Square

Square helps sellers of all sizes start-up, run, and grow their businesses. Take payments any way you want. Whether online or in-person, get paid quickly and securely with various hardware and software to process credit cards, Apple Pay, and Android Pay, including touch-free options.

Time Tracking 

Square Virtual Terminal keeps your business running right from your computer. Use Square Invoices to secure new work and get paid you’re offering remote services. Keep an eye on your cash flow with real-time updates about your sales and inventory. 

Square and Xero 

Add Square with Xero through the applications tab inside your Square account. Connect your Square account with Xero to sync your daily sales transactions automatically and use Square as a payment service. Save time—no more manual data entry.  

TSheets

Employees can clock in or out with just one click. Take a break, change job codes, or add timesheet details instantly. Build employee schedules by jobs or shifts. Then, quickly and easily edit, publish, and share the schedule with your team. 

Reports

Gain valuable business insight with real-time, interactive reports. Predict time needs for job costs, plan for payroll, and increase profitability.  

TSheets and Xero

Effectively send out your timesheet information to Xero with a single click. Bid farewell to manual information and lessen the time spent on finance. Invoices are additionally a breeze, with TSheets invoices synching up with Xero in one step.  

Expensify

Go paperless with Expensify and Xero for all your receipt and expense management needs. With Expensify, it is faster than ever to review expenses, reimburse employees, and close your books each month.  

Expensify has been designed for anyone who has receipts and is the perfect expense management platform for small and medium-sized businesses in any industry. 

Expensify and Xero

With the best OCR accuracy in the business, Expensify’s SmartScan technology makes it easy for people to scan receipts whilst on the go. There is also a feature called “Rapid Reimbursement,” which allows accountants to reimburse their clients the next day, free of charge. 

Rocketspark

A website builder and eCommerce software for accountants, bookkeepers, and their clients, Rocketspark is easy to use and looks great. It works in a wide range of industries, including tourism, trades & services, hair & beauty, etc. 

Rocketspark eCommerce provides a rich collection of core features and integrations designed to make it easier for small business entrepreneurs to begin selling online and create a beautiful online store without the help of a web developer.

Rocketspark and Xero

Rocketspark websites integrate with various business tools and Xero Add-Ons, including email marketing, online booking systems, and payment gateways, among others. Connect your website to Rocketspark’s add-ons and streamline your business using your website as the central hub. 

Google

Xero and G Suite integration

Xero has recently updated its integration services with Google to provide a more innovative and more straightforward way to manage your whole business and has expanded it with new features and upgrades of already existing features. These include: 

Sign in with Google.  

Simplify your productivity by using your Google ID to log into G Suite and Xero. Then switch back and forth between the two without logging in twice. 

Do much more with Gmail 

Xero transaction and activity details are shown alongside your Gmail messages. In addition, emails can be saved in Xero for future reference. You can also start a quote or invoice via a Gmail message. 

Store files on Google Drive 

With Google Drive for Work, you can store all of your files, folders, and backups in a secure location, access them from anywhere, and manage how you share them. 

Export reports to Google Sheets 

Work more imaginatively: Export reports from Xero to Google Sheets, so you can do additional research, share and collaborate more extensively, and incorporate them into other projects. 

Use Google Maps 

When you use G Suite, you might want to use Google Maps to get directions and estimated travel times from your Xero contact information. 

In conclusion 

This article has showcased the amazing benefits of Xero integrations with a number of financial and eCommerce apps which, if you have not done already, take full advantage of, as they will save you time, help you get paid quicker, manage your team better and improve customer relationships – giving you more time to invest in other areas of business.

We have shown you just a very small number of apps that Xero works with, but if we were to recommend one standout, it would definitely be Unleashed which we talked about in great detail above.

Fusion Accountants is a Platinum Xero Advisor and recent winners of mid-sized firm of the year. Contact us to find out more about we help businesses using Xero Accounting software. 

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