Switched to API-based invoicing and cut my billing cycle from 5 days to 2 hours

I used to manually generate invoices in Stripe for each client every month, taking up half my workweek. Then I built a simple Zap to pull from our CRM and push to Xero via their API, and now it runs on autopilot. Has anyone else automated a tedious ops process and seen a similar time savings? I would love to share notes on edge cases like prorations.

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reese_hayes711mo ago

Man, now I feel bad for manually copy-pasting invoices like some kind of digital peasant.

price.ray1mo ago

Haha "digital peasant" yeah that's me too. I spent three hours last week manually matching invoices to bank statements. Felt like I was using a typewriter in a spreadsheet world. My buddy showed me a script that does it in ten seconds. Made me question my whole life choices. But hey, at least we know every single number by heart now right?

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the_wade1mo ago

Those three hours are gone forever man. What did your buddy use for the script? I've been looking at Power Query in Excel but it feels like learning a second language. @reese_hayes71 you and me both, I still catch myself right-clicking copy like it's 2005. The worst part is knowing that ten second script probably saves more time per month than I spend on coffee breaks.