Sticker Makers 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 sticker maker earns $22,000/year, so QuickBooks's annual cost is roughly 3.0% 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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Sticker Makers face unique challenges: Per-sticker costs are pennies but tracking at scale is tedious. Etsy listing fees on $3-5 items eat proportionally more margin. Print-then-cut workflow wastes materials on misalignments. High volume of low-value orders means shipping costs dominate. On top of all that, QuickBooks charges $55/month ($660/year) — money that comes directly from your revenue. The median sticker maker earns $22,000/year. Software at $660/year is a meaningful percentage of that income, every year, forever. And you do not own anything.
Your Cricut or Silhouette cutting machine 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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Your exact QuickBooks cost, full stack total, and what switching saves. 10 seconds.
| 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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You have 25 Etsy orders today — mostly $3-5 sticker sheets. Each order needs printing, cutting, packaging with a thank-you card, and shipping. Material cost per sheet is $0.40. Etsy charges $0.20 listing + 6.5% transaction + 3% payment processing on each $4 sale. That $4 sticker sheet nets you about $2.80. You ship in a rigid mailer for $0.85. Your real profit is $1.55 per order. Multiply by 25 orders and 3 hours of work — you made $12.92/hour. The math only works at volume.
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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.
Export your data from QuickBooks as CSV, import into Nexa in about 5 minutes.
The average solo operator there spends about $2,208/year on software — and sticker maker face their own version of that math. MI state licensing requirements apply.
Numbers reflect typical solo operators in the Grand Rapids metro. Your situation will vary.
Specific gaps Sticker Makers run into with QuickBooks, and what Nexa does instead.
Recent threads from Reddit and Hacker News mentioning QuickBooks. Sentiment scored automatically — click through to read the full thread.
If you want to compare notes or see how other sticker makers are running their tools, here's where the conversation happens.
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