Tools We Use · November 2, 2026
Invoicing, expenses and estimates in one place — why we recommend FreshBooks to service businesses, plus a limited time 90% off the first 3 months for our clients.
By Astounding Designs
Web design gets the attention, but the part of a small business that actually causes late nights is administration: invoices going out late, expenses living in a shoebox, and a tax season scramble every spring.
FreshBooks is the tool we point clients to for that side of things, and right now Astounding Designs clients get 90% off the first 3 months through our link.
FreshBooks is small business accounting software built around invoicing. You create an invoice, send it, and the client pays online. From there it tracks who has paid, who has not, what you spent, and what you are owed — without asking you to learn double-entry bookkeeping.
The core of it:
There is a practical connection to your website: when a site starts bringing in enquiries, the next bottleneck is usually quoting and invoicing them. A business that gets a lead on Monday and sends an invoice on Friday loses work.
FreshBooks lets an estimate, a deposit and a final invoice follow the same job without retyping anything. Pair it with a website that captures enquiries properly and the whole path from visitor to paid is covered.
It is a strong fit for service businesses, freelancers, trades and small studios — roughly one to twenty people, invoicing clients rather than selling stock through a shop. If you run high-volume inventory or need full double-entry accounting, you are better served by something heavier.
For a limited time, our readers get 90% off the first three months: claim the FreshBooks client bonus.
It is also listed on our partner links page with the other tools we recommend.
