QuickBooks and the quote-first distributor
Bizily is QuickBooks-first: the back office drafts quotes, orders and invoices and a person approves them, while QuickBooks stays the book of record for customers, items, tax and payments.
Distributor and buyer pilots open in 2026. We are running with our first distributor, ManaEsse X in Thailand; joining the list is how you hear when we open.
What syncs
- Customers
- Matched to the customer on the request, so a quote lands on the right account instead of a new duplicate.
- Items and prices
- Your item list is the source; the catalog layer maps requests to your items and leaves prices to you.
- Quotes and orders
- Drafted in the back office, approved by a person, written back as estimates and sales orders.
- Invoices and tax
- Invoices follow the approved order with the tax codes you already keep. Payments stay in QuickBooks.
Why quote-first matters
Technical supply is a quote business. Half the lines are configured, packed or lead-time sensitive, prices are negotiated per customer, and nothing is published on a shelf. Software written for e-commerce assumes the opposite and makes you fight it. The back office starts from the request, keeps the quote as the primary document, and only then touches your books.
Every AI step in that path is a proposal a person approves, and every model call is on the ledger with its cost. Your accounts stay yours; what changes is how long it takes to answer a customer.
Getting started
Connect a sandbox company first if you prefer. We import a month of real requests, draft the quotes beside your current process, and you compare. North America and Southeast Asia first.
Questions
- Do I have to leave QuickBooks?
- No. QuickBooks remains the book of record. We read customers, items and tax codes, and write approved documents back. Nothing is posted automatically.
- What about ERPs like Prophet 21 or Acctivate?
- They are built for distributors with a warehouse operation and a full-time systems person. If you run on QuickBooks, spreadsheets and e-mail, the gap you feel is quoting speed, not general ledger features, and that is what we fix first.
- Which QuickBooks?
- QuickBooks Online first. Desktop is on the list and will follow what the first pilots actually run on.
- Can I keep quoting in my own template?
- Yes. Quotations come out on your letterhead with your numbering. The document is yours; the drafting is what changes.
- What if I use Xero or something else?
- Tell us at the pilot call. The accounting seam is deliberately narrow, so a second target is work but not a rewrite.