Intuit EasySaver

In October of 2011 Intuit began to roll out a new program to help save you money, called EasySaver.   Although this program was initially offered to only a select group, it is now available to all 2012 QuickBooks users (it was included with the R3 update.)   Created to allow small business to get volume discount prices for their supplies without having to buy in large quantities, Intuit negotiated discounts with select vendors (see the list), by using the combined purchasing power of millions of QuickBooks customers.

Ordering using the program is easy. Clicking on the icon in your QuickBooks file takes you to an Intuit website where you can order from multiple vendors at the same time. There is no charge for standard shipping and no minimum quantity required to order. Your items are shipped right from the vendor, not an Intuit warehouse location, so your order can arrive promptly.

There is a variety of categories of products (see the current list), covering items from your regular office supplies such as paper, ink and toner, or pens, small tools or construction supplies, even restaurant supplies.

Different vendors have varying degrees of discount. In one example, one client was able to receive a discount of about $400 using EasySaver over the previous method of ordering through the vendor directly. However, on another item ordered on a regular basis, ordering direct from the vendor gave better terms and discount. It only takes a minute or two to compare your current order pricing with the EasySaver price. Just click on the icon on the Home page or under the Vendors tab, and type an item description or product number in the search box. The few minutes it takes to compare could end up saving you quite a bit on your expenses.

Intuit looks at the items you have listed in QuickBooks to find specific recommendations that could save you money. This is not the best part of this new program. The less generic or common items will usually not show relevant recommendations. QuickBooks (Intuit) will try to match the item name, part or lot numbers that are part of the item name can cause Intuit to come up with some odd ideas of possible matches. QuickBooks will show these recommendations in the Edit Item window, not as a pop-up or extra window, to minimize interruption to your work flow.

What some customers are saying about EasySaver...

"The Easy Saver program makes it easy...to save!" - Gayle A.

"Our organization needed to place a supply order which included a large number of scissors, rulers, and tape.  The Easy Saver program saved us hundreds of dollars on our first order and we look forward to using it again" - Eric W.

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