Xero Integration

As Foote and Flame had a custom backend system, there wasn't a native integration with Xero. So instead, I made one!

Xero has an extensive and well documented API, so all orders on the website were automatically sent to Xero as invoices.

Furthermore, they were marked as paid using the relevant payment method - in our case PayPal, Stripe, or AfterPay. This speeds up reconcilliation because you can quickly search for invoices by date and payment method to match them up - turning hours of work into minutes.

When to use this

Many third party systems can automatically push invoices into Xero - use these if they exist! But if you have a custom system, or want to have more control, then I can certainly help with this.

In one of my past jobs, I implemented this from a custom Microsoft Point of Sales system, to enter single invoices every day based on cash sales on the day. This saved the client an hour of manual entry every day - so the savings quickly add up.