Fishbowl Online Is Now on the QuickBooks Apps Store

January 27, 2022
Fishbowl Online is on the QuickBooks Apps store, Fishbowl Blog

In a stunning move, Fishbowl got its new cloud-based solution listed on the QuickBooks Apps store yesterday. And just four months after Fishbowl Online launched! This is stunning because it takes a lot of hard work to get an app listed among QuickBooks Apps. No joke. Many of Fishbowl’s departments worked tirelessly on this. It’s wonderful to see it come to fruition.

We will talk about the work that went into this, as well as why it is significant. After all, why does this matter? Because it is going to change the way small and midsize businesses manage their inventory. Seriously.

Up until now, all of the inventory apps available to SMBs have been basic at best. But Fishbowl Online brings advanced features to the table. Anyway, stay tuned to learn more.

Not the First Online Solution from Fishbowl

If you’ve followed Fishbowl for a long time, you know that Fishbowl Online isn’t the first online solution Fishbowl has made. Boxstorm came first. Plus, Fishbowl has offered (and continues to offer) products that bring its desktop features into the cloud. These include Fishbowl Go and Fishbowl Anywhere. Here is how these solutions differ from Fishbowl Online:

  • Boxstorm has a different feature set from Fishbowl’s desktop solution. Basically, it is a simple inventory management app. While still useful, it may not be enough for a growing business. Like Fishbowl Online is.
  • Fishbowl Go is an app that integrates with the desktop version of Fishbowl Manufacturing and Fishbowl Warehouse. It enables users to add barcoding functionality to the desktop software. As you can probably tell, it still relies on users having a desktop server, not a cloud one.
  • Fishbowl Anywhere grants access to a desktop server from any location. Thus, you can use Fishbowl’s desktop features on a tablet or smartphone. Again, this hinges on the fact that you have an in-house server. It doesn’t work if you can’t connect to that.

All of these solutions are still available. And they are great tools for Fishbowl customers. However, Fishbowl Online is Fishbowl’s first entirely SaaS product. It takes all of Fishbowl’s most advanced desktop features and brings them to the cloud for the first time. In a wholly separate product from its desktop software.

Fishbowl’s Long Relationship with QuickBooks

Since 2004, Fishbowl has been the No. 1 selling inventory management solution for QuickBooks. How did it achieve that? By being one of the first Gold Developers for Intuit. Our software is specifically designed to work in harmony with the popular accounting solution.

When you integrate Fishbowl with QuickBooks, you can access advanced inventory management and manufacturing features. So you can keep using QuickBooks for many years.

With the introduction of Fishbowl Online on QuickBooks Apps, Fishbowl hopes to continue its special relationship with Intuit. Indeed, this is just one of the many things Fishbowl has done with Intuit over the past year. Additionally, Fishbowl:

  • Was an exclusive sponsor of the QuickBooks Connect 2021 conference.
  • Invited two top Intuit leaders to speak at Fishbowl’s Inventory Management + Growth Summit last September.
  • Worked with Intuit on several joint sales initiatives and marketing campaigns. These included webinars, demos, and newsletters.

And these are all in addition to Fishbowl consistently providing a seamless integration to QuickBooks. Which benefits numerous small and medium-size businesses.

Getting Fishbowl Online on QuickBooks Apps

It was no easy feat to get Fishbowl Online listed on the QuickBooks Apps store. Even though Fishbowl is a trusted partner, we still had to go through the wringer. Intuit doesn’t allow just any solution onto its QuickBooks Apps.

We went to work proving ourselves worthy of this honor. After months of diligent effort, we finally made the cut. As of January 26, 2022. Intuit took a close look at Fishbowl Online’s security, development, marketing, and much more. To make sure it met their standards. And our amazing team came through with flying colors. Some of these incredible individuals include Fishbowl’s:

  • Development team
  • Graphic designers
  • Information Technology team
  • QuickBooks team
  • Website developers

Their efforts paid off. Fishbowl Online is well on its way to becoming the top inventory management app on QuickBooks Apps. Because it grants access to the advanced features QuickBooks users have wanted but haven’t found in the cloud. Until now.

Check out Fishbowl Online on the QuickBooks Apps store today!