For invoicing, Work Industries uses Blinksale, a simple, web-based invoicing system. It lets us and our clients keep track of billables in one place. We just signed up last month, but already we’re pretty happy. Blinksale was recommended to us by the good folks at Hop Studios, and they deserve the discovery credit.

Yesterday I received an email from Blinksale announcing Blinksale 2.0:

With the rollout of Blinksale 2.0, we will also be raising our monthly subscription rates. Our new base rate will start at $12 per month. However, we have happy news for you: All existing Blinksale subscribers will receive their current monthly rate for a period of 24 billing months starting in May 2006. That’s right, all current Blinksale subscribers will still be billed at their current rate for 2 more years.

Reading the announcement email I first thought, ‘oh man, they’ve doubled the price on me.’ Then I read further and realized that my pricing would be grandfathered for two years. This is excellent, not just for me and my budget, but as a customer service practice. Well done, Blinksale!

So, if you’re looking for a great little invoicing system, give Blinksale a try. For the next two weeks or so, you can get the original pricing and, when version 2.0 is released, you’ll keep your original pricing and get all the new features. Pretty darn decent of them, if you ask me.