Dropshippers on QuickBooks pay $55/month — $660/year. Over three years, that's $2,214. Nexa is $279 once. Break-even runs about 5.1 months. The median dropshipper earns $32,000/year, so QuickBooks's annual cost is roughly 2.1% of typical revenue — every year, forever.
That's $2,214 gone. And you don't own anything. Stop paying, lose access.
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Dropshippers face unique challenges: Watching ad cost per acquisition climb until a winning product stops being profitable overnight. Fielding 'where is my order?' tickets for 18-day shipping windows the supplier controls and you don't. Absorbing chargebacks and disputes when a supplier ships the wrong variant or nothing at all. Burning through cash testing product after product to find one winner that survives the ad-cost math. On top of all that, QuickBooks charges $55/month ($660/year) — money that comes directly from your revenue. The median dropshipper earns $32,000/year. Software at $660/year is a meaningful percentage of that income, every year, forever. And you do not own anything.
Your a Shopify or similar storefront with a product-import app 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.
QuickBooks is just one piece. What else are you losing money on?
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| Feature | QuickBooks | Nexa |
|---|---|---|
| Invoicing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Scheduling | ✗ | ✓ |
| CRM | ✗ | ✓ |
| Time Tracking | ✗ | ✓ |
| Full Accounting | ✗ | ✓ (SIMPL) |
| Task Management | ✗ | ✓ |
| Price | $55/mo forever | $279 once or 3 × $99 |
| 3-Year Cost | $2,214 | $279 |
| Stop paying? | Lose everything | Keep everything forever |
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He wakes up and checks the ad manager before his feet hit the floor, because the overnight spend either found a winner or quietly torched a hundred dollars. The cost per purchase ticked up two dollars while he slept, which doesn't sound like much until you multiply it across every order and watch the margin evaporate. He kills two ad creatives that flatlined, duplicates the one that's holding, and writes three new hooks to test, because creative fatigue is the real enemy and yesterday's winner is tomorrow's loser. Then it's the support inbox, which is mostly variations of 'I ordered eleven days ago, where is my package?' He's caught between a customer who expected two-day shipping and a supplier overseas who works on a timeline he can only nudge, not control. A chargeback notice comes in; the supplier shipped the blue one when the customer ordered black, and now the processor wants an explanation or they'll claw the money back and ding his dispute rate. The whole day is a tightrope between scaling the ad spend on the one product that's working and not getting strangled by the fulfillment and disputes on everything else. The margins are thin and the only moat is being faster than the next guy to test the next thing.
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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. QuickBooks may be better if you have a large team (10+) or need enterprise-specific features.
It's $7.75/month over 3 years. QuickBooks is $55/month — that's $2,214 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.
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The average solo operator there spends about $1,700/year on software — and dropshipper face their own version of that math. Chile requires SII electronic invoicing. IVA at 19%. Requirements vary by country and locality. Check local regulations.
Numbers reflect typical solo operators in the Viña del Mar metro. Your situation will vary.
Specific gaps Dropshippers run into with QuickBooks, and what Nexa does instead.
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