A growing share of today’s entrepreneurs are opting for mobile-based businesses that require lower start-up and overhead costs than more traditional businesses.
Mobile businesses are popular for a variety of reasons, and one of the biggest is the cost-friendly nature of getting started. Mobile-based businesses tend to require a smaller upfront investment and then fewer recurring costs than those that are typically associated with the space leasing, maintenance, utilities, and insurance particular to physical storefronts and office buildings. Even franchising, which was once understood to be a largely brick-and-mortar type of venture providing services in areas of retail, food sales, hospitality, fitness, and other industries, is experiencing the effects of the mobile-first trends. While franchising still requires upfront costs to create a business compliant with its national model, more entrepreneurs today are finding that the widespread use of cell phones and mobile apps makes running a mobile-based franchise a less expensive and less risky way to offer services. According to recent studies on the growth of mobile businesses and franchises, the flexibility, low overhead, and lack of real estate requirements are incentivizing people to invest in mobile and home-based franchises to bring an increasingly wide variety of services directly to customers.
A business that provides services to clients at their own homes and offices requires reliable vehicles and equipment that can be easily transported. Home- and mobile-based businesses are space-efficient, so they may not always operate with much of a back-office area that can accommodate what more traditional offices and storefronts can. They also cater to clients and customers who order services from their mobile phones more often than from desktops, so the business’s apps, websites, and payment options need to be readily adaptable to and accessible from cell phones to accommodate clients anywhere they happen to be.
Entrepreneurs who run mobile-based businesses have many digital payment options from which to choose, and it is important to select ones that are fast, remotely-accessible, and don’t charge high service or convenience fees. Online check printing and mailing is one of those payment options that serves mobile businesses, home-based businesses, and businesses that require a lot of daily travel to get products and services delivered. Checkeeper serves mobile businesses by adding a custom check option to other payment methods used, and it is mobile-optimized to be accessed remotely, anytime, from anywhere.
Virtually every business and professional uses checks at some point for issuing and/or accepting payments. Checkeeper checks can be customized to contain logos and other design images that match the marketing and branding.
Linking the Checkeeper account to a compatible service allows check data to updated in both applications at once for smoother, more accurate bookkeeping. Inside the Checkeeper account is a menu of available add-ons and simple instructions for linking them.
Checkeeper offers check printing and mailing services that are especially useful for professionals who travel around a lot during the day. No printer, toner, ink, check paper, envelopes, or stamps are needed: Checkeeper provides it all and gets ordered checks out by the end of the standard business day according to the priority delivery method selected.
Checkeeper is set up to allow account holders (super users) to share access to the records and delegate some payment and financial management tasks. Input the names and email addresses of new users, and Checkeeper will email them a link to complete the account setup. User permissions can be limited to only designated features, and they can be expanded or limited when needed. Reports run through Checkeeper will list the authorized user responsible so that everyone stays accountable and on the same page with real-time updates.
Checkeeper is designed and suited to the needs of mobile professionals because it offers versatile software that travels light. Print checks using the equipment and supplies you already have, or order checks printed and mailed for you by Checkeeper, and make no investment in printers or supplies at all. Consult your smart check registry from anywhere to ascertain which payments have been printed and mailed, and run reports according to any time frame in order to keep all in-house bookkeeping records accurate.