Ballpark

We just pushed one of the biggest changes to Ballpark yet, a completely redesigned client view. The client view is what a client sees when you send an invoice or estimate. When we started building Ballpark last year, we were simply going to send invoices and estimates as PDFs attachments via email. As a result of this, the web-based client was an afterthought, a stopgap that we threw together quickly to meet our launch deadline.

We spent the last few weeks redesigning the client view from the ground up and we couldn’t be happier with the new look. We might be biased, but we think we’ve got the slickest invoices around.

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View Recent Invoices & Estimates
In addition to the new look, we’ve also added the ability to view recent invoices and estimates that you have been sent. When your client visits the invoice or estimate, they will now see a drop-down that shows them their most recent invoices and estimates as well as the status (open, overdue or paid).

The dropdown shows your their 5 most recent invoices and estimates across all Ballpark accounts and color codes them yellow for open, red for overdue, and green for paid.

Make Payments in Any Amount
We’ve also added the ability to specify the payment amount. In the old client view, clicking “Pay via PayPal” would simply redirect you to PayPal and ask you to pay the full balance, with no option to change the amount. It meant that if you wanted your client to cover PayPal fees, or make a partial payment, they had to bypass Ballpark completely.

Now when your client clicks “Make a Payment”, they’ll have the ability to specify the amount.

We hope you enjoy the new client view. Let us know if you have any questions or comments.