Marketplace Sellers on FreshBooks pay $33/month — $396/year. Over three years, that's $1,329. Nexa is $279 once. Break-even runs about 8.5 months. The median Marketplace Seller earns $32,000/year, so FreshBooks's annual cost is roughly 1.2% of typical revenue — every year, forever.
That's $1,329 gone. And you don't own anything. Stop paying, lose access.
You're not the only one who's had enough.
Marketplace Sellers face unique challenges: Reconciling marketplace fees, shipping costs, and payouts across platforms to know real per-item profit. Inventory sync across multiple marketplaces so you don't oversell the one-of-a-kind item. Returns and 'not as described' disputes that eat the margin and the restocking time. Sales tax collected and remitted across states under marketplace facilitator rules. On top of all that, FreshBooks charges $33/month ($396/year) — money that comes directly from your revenue. The median Marketplace Seller earns $32,000/year. Software at $396/year is a meaningful percentage of that income, every year, forever. And you do not own anything.
Your Postal scale and tape measure is yours. You bought it once. Nexa works the same way — $279 once for invoicing, scheduling, CRM, time tracking, and full accounting. All connected. All offline-capable. You own it like you own your tools.
FreshBooks is just one piece. What else are you losing money on?
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| Feature | FreshBooks | Nexa |
|---|---|---|
| Invoicing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Scheduling | ✗ | ✓ |
| CRM | ✗ | ✓ |
| Time Tracking | ✗ | ✓ |
| Full Accounting | ✗ | ✓ (SIMPL) |
| Task Management | ✗ | ✓ |
| Price | $33/mo forever | $279 once or 3 × $99 |
| 3-Year Cost | $1,329 | $279 |
| Stop paying? | Lose everything | Keep everything forever |
Most marketplace sellers are fully switched before the weekend.
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I start at the shipping table because yesterday's sales need to go out before the carrier pickup. I print labels, weigh each package twice because guessing wrong eats my margin, and update inventory as items leave. The hard part isn't selling, it's knowing what I actually made: the marketplace took a fee, shipping cost more than the buyer paid, and the payout that hit my account doesn't match the sale price, so I keep a spreadsheet to back out the real profit per item. I cross-list the same vintage jacket on three platforms and live in fear of overselling it, because it's one of one and refunding an oversold buyer kills my rating. A 'not as described' return comes in on an item I photographed honestly, and I'll get it back smelling like someone's house and have to relist it. Afternoon I source: estate sales, thrift runs, clearance racks, photographing finds in the lightbox and writing listings that rank. I check which platform's fees ate the most this month. Evening I reprice slow movers and pull the items that have sat too long. Tax is its own headache because each state's marketplace facilitator rules are different, and I never fully trust that what got collected is what I owe.
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For solo operators and small teams (1-5), yes. Nexa includes invoicing, scheduling, CRM, time tracking, task management, and full accounting. FreshBooks may be better if you have a large team (10+) or need enterprise-specific features.
It's $7.75/month over 3 years. FreshBooks is $33/month — that's $1,329 over 3 years. Which is more? And if you'd rather split it, Nexa is also available as 3 payments of $99.
Yes. Nexa is $279 as a one-time payment, or 3 payments of $99 ($297 total). Either way it's a one-time purchase — no subscription, no recurring fees ever.
30-day money-back guarantee. Full refund. If Nexa doesn't save you $500 in year one, you get every penny back.
Export your data from FreshBooks as CSV, import into Nexa in about 5 minutes.
The average solo operator there spends about $2,832/year on software — and Marketplace Seller face their own version of that math. NJ state licensing requirements apply.
Numbers reflect typical solo operators in the Elizabeth metro. Your situation will vary.
Specific gaps Marketplace Sellers run into with FreshBooks, and what Nexa does instead.
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