Useful Links
This page contains useful links, suggested productivity tools and a description of the solutions that we use ourselves or have used on our clients projects. Some links may be affiliate links where we earn a small commission such as recommended website hosting services. If you decide to purchase through our links there is no extra charge for you but it helps us to keep creating useful content for our customers. Most suggested solutions are free to use or have free versions for you to try.
For an explanation of each of the categories that are used in the table below, please see our Services page. If you have any questions or would like to arrange a meeting (in-person or online), please contact us.
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Useful Links Table
| Category | Name | Description | Key Benefit | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Web Hosting | SiteGround | SiteGround is an excellent web hosting service with global locations including Australia. They provide probably the fastest shared hosting service and offer a reasonable price. | Fast, reasonable price | Click Here |
| Web Hosting | FastComet | FastComet is the hosting service that Carnaby Consulting currently uses. It is a global hosting provider and we have our website based in their Sydney data centre. They are inexpensive but easy to use and provide a very good speed and helpful support. | Inexpensive, easy to use | Click Here |
| Email Marketing | MailChimp | Free for a certain number of users. Not the most intuitive interface. Does provide analytics. Can become very expensive if you exceed the free limits. | Designs and functionality | Click Here |
| Email Marketing | WordPress Plugin - FluentCRM | We use FluentCRM for our email marketing needs. This is a WordPress plugin that works natively inside our WordPress site so we don't have to launch a separate tool. | Fully integrated with WordPress. Easy to use. | Click Here |
| Email Marketing | HubSpot | Free CRM and email marketing system up to a certain number of emails per month. Can become very expensive if you want additional functionality, but good otherwise. | ||
| Email Marketing | SendinBlue | Good email marketing platform and CRM system in one. Free up to a certain number of emails per month. | ||
| Websites | WordPress | Build your website using WordPress and host it on your own hosting provider or with WordPress themeselves. | ||
| Websites | Squarespace | If your website needs are reasonably simple and you are not great with technology, then you can build and host your website with Squarespace. Better than Wix. | ||
| Domain Names | GoDaddy | Register and manage your domain names. | ||
| Ecommerce | Woocommerce | Part of WordPress. Adds shopping cart functionality. | ||
| Ecommerce | Prestashop | Free shopping cart / ecommerce platform. Host it yourself or on Prestashop.com | ||
| Ecommerce | Shopify | Leading Ecommerce shopping cart. Not free but very capable. | ||
| Ecommerce | Ecwid | Add ecommcerce features on any webpage with Ecwid. Good if you only have a few simple products. | ||
| Acounting | Manager | Manager is a free desktop accounting app that is written by Australian developers. There is a cloud-based paid version as well (the Pro version). This desktop app has all the features of the Pro version but is free. It allows multiple business as well as time-based billing and expenses billing to clients. It includes BAS reports and the usual P&L, Balance Sheet and other reports. It is true double-entry accounting (which is a good thing) and gives you the option of cash or accrual basis of accounting. | Free, Australian made, comprehensive, full reports including BAS reports. | Click Here |
| Accounting | Pandle | Pandle is a free online (cloud-based) solution with full double-entry accounting. It also has a free mobile app. It handles either cash or accrual accounting methods. Full reports including BAS returns, Income Statements (Profit & Loss) and Balance Sheets. Too many features to list here. We use it ourselves after much research trying to find an effective and value-for-money accounting solution. There is also a Pro version with extra functionality, however the free version should suit many businesses. | Free, easy to use, elegant, full-featured, all reports (including BAS) | Click Here |
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