So, this here is exactly what I was talking about in my earlier journal about PayPal being bad.

I've used Quickbooks Self-Employed for a few months now to keep track of my income and taxes and so forth. It's a very useful tool, but Quickbooks Online offers invoicing, which would be super handy for me to have. I was in a pickle: In order to get all of the nifty benefits, I'd need to pay for both services. Yech. That's why I started using Square.

Quickbooks has just as of today rolled out invoicing for Self-Employed, though. And I'll be honest: it would make my life a lot simpler to have my accounting software be directly tied to my payment processing. So there's a good chance that I'll switch over (since invoicing is now included in the regular fee I already pay for Quickbooks).

What does this mean for you? Absolutely nothing. You don't have to do anything. If you've already paid me, your payments to me are still good, and you don't have to sign up for anything. Because I don't use a controlled payment ecosystem like PayPal, nothing will change for you guys if I swap processors. The look of the invoice will be a little different, and now I'll be able to accept Discover cards AND direct bank transfers (something I couldn't do with Square).

If you're an artist, I implore you to look into leaving the PayPal ecosystem for your own good and for the good of your clients. If you're not sure how these payment processor things work, note me or respond to this journal and I'll help you be more professional starting today.

EDIT: Quickbooks invoicing is still in the development stages, so I probably won't be switching just yet but they're looking to improve the service before a full rollout. I'll be sending them feedback to try to get it up to speed with Square. But! Again, you can expect no big changes on your end other than more convenience :}