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Customer reviews: BOLD QuickBooks Sync

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Reviews (265)

Overall rating
3.3

What Merchants Think

The "BOLD QuickBooks Sync" app receives mixed reviews from its user base. Many merchants appreciate its basic functionalities and acknowledge responsive support, while others experience persistent issues, inefficiencies, and significant disruptions. Although there are merchants satisfied with its performance over years, recurring reports of critical errors and dissatisfaction with the recent switch to a paid model have marred its reputation.

Key Strengths

  • Effective syncing of sales and refund receipts directly into QuickBooks.
  • Valuable for saving time and integrating Shopify sales with QuickBooks.
  • Responsive and knowledgeable customer support when available.
  • Economical for users requiring basic synchronization features.

Common Concerns

  • Incomplete order imports and missing line items leading to accounting discrepancies.
  • Issues with inventory synchronization and product mapping between Shopify and QBO.
  • Lack of consistent customer support or help options for resolving issues.
  • Recent pricing changes and disabling of free features without sufficient notice.
  • Persistent synchronization errors affecting important business operations.

Final Thoughts

The "BOLD QuickBooks Sync" app performs essential integrations between Shopify and QuickBooks, meeting basic needs and being praised for its affordability and support in many cases. However, substantial reliability issues, insufficient functionality enhancements, and contentious pricing strategies have left a significant portion of users dissatisfied, urging potential users to evaluate their specific needs and support expectations before commitment.

Sump Alarm

Sep 23, 2024  on Shopify

At the end of the year, we exported all of the information from QuickBooks and compared it to the orders in Shopify. Out of 1,629 orders for the 12-month period, 183 of the orders were missing (11%). Of all the orders, several of them were "multiple line item" orders, where the customer purchased two separate items in the same order. For a number of those orders, only the first line item was present, creating yet another accounting clean up. The app does not provide the costs of the transaction for payment processing (i.e. payment processing fees from Stripe, Paypal, Shopify, etc), and at the end of any financial period all of the revenue and fees need to be reconciled. This app restricts the access to income accounts, expense accounts, and balance sheet accounts such that new accounts had to be created in order to be able to comply with the limits. We used this app from 2015 to 2024. Over time, we began to understand the accounting side as well as the issues with the app. From our experience with it, we have not seen any improvement in the Application or the UI since 2015, and this is September of 2024. There is no sense making a product that is not continuously improved. As I have gotten comfortable with the bookeeping side of the business, it has become a growing priority each time we close the books to replace this app. Today, we removed this app from both our Shopify websites. The only good thing I can say about the app is that it does post sales receipts and refund receipts into QuickBooks rather than a journal entry. Many of the apps do the posting in Journal Entries. I did like that sales receipts were sales receipts and refunds were refunds. Overall, I would not recommend the app until Bold makes the necessary improvements in reliability and accuracy. Scott S. Sump Alarm Inc.

MGA Distribution Ltd

Mar 17, 2024  on Shopify

Had a great experience! Paul scheduled a call with me despite Bold normally doing things via chat. He worked with me and followed up each day to make sure that the error had been corrected. He was very responsive

Wisconsin Cutlery and Kitchen Supply

Feb 08, 2024  on Shopify

This product does not work as promised. It has been a daily source of frustration since installing it. Some issues of note: -Product inventory does not get updated from QBO to Shopify, so even after receiving a purchase order in QBO, our inventory constantly reads zero or negative in Shopify. We have plenty of stock available. This makes inventory counting impossible, renders reports meaningless, and makes ordering difficult. -Price and cost fields are not mapped properly: sometimes, the price in Shopify is mapped to the cost in QBO - resulting in selling items at cost if our staff doesn't catch the error. We have more than 4000 SKUs - it is impossible for us to catch them all. Sometimes no price comes through to Shopify, other times, no cost. -Vendor fields aren't mapped properly: the Vendor in Shopify always defaults to your store's name, instead of the vendor in QBO from whom you buy the product. -Because you can't map anything manually - you just have to hope that correct products are aligned - if you sell something through Shopify that hasn't been mapped properly, instead of selling a catch-all item in QBO, Bold makes a second item. Much of our inventory was therefore erroneously duplicated in both QBO and Shopify. -Sometimes the sync option would cycle through in an hour, but at least twice it got caught somewhere in the midst of syncing and would sit, partially completed, for over a week. -No customer service or help options were available for us to ask questions. The amount of time we wasted chasing down these issues has led to a loss of revenue and time. This is not the product for anyone who wants to successfully and efficiently run a business.

Glenn Avenue Soap Company

Jan 10, 2024  on Shopify

We experienced a number of error is our daily synchronization reports related to tax authorities in states we do not do business in. After emailing tech support, Bryson was quick to respond to let me know there were some known bugs. He was able to correct the reporting for our account and we have not seen the errors since. Thanks!

Wears The Mountain

Jul 11, 2023  on Shopify

I am exceptionally frustrated with the way this organization changed it's pricing and disabled features with little to no notice. I have been using BOLD to sync my Shopify sales to Quickbooks through their free integration for quite some time (not a limited time free trial). I received an email Thursday, June 29th stating the free integration will be phased out, and all must switch to a paid plan. No problem, I get it. Things can't be free forever. Problem is, this was the beginning of the 4th of July holiday and retail rush, and we could not make a change immediately. By July 1st - 2 days after reciecing the email from Bold - over a holiday weekend, no less - our integration ceased working. This is exceptionally disruptive to our business, and I am very disheartened by the lack of consideration and communication for their small business users.

Snyder Performance Engineering

May 09, 2023  on Shopify

We have been using this for several years & haven't had any issues. This is a must have app for anyone running a Shopify store & using Quickbooks Online. Don't sleep on this app!!

LUV & BART

May 09, 2023  on Shopify

We have been using the Quickbooks integration for several years now and find it brilliant and seamless. Very efficient and easy to use.

Detalle Boutique

May 05, 2023  on Shopify

We have been using this app for 5 years and we work with it daily! it really saves us valuable time that they talk to each other. Seems like they are constantly improving the flows and making the two systems talk better to each other which we value!

Smoore Boutique

May 04, 2023  on Shopify

The best. Saves time so much!! Easy to learn to use and transition to! Def a great 0 to have with your store!

Frywall

May 04, 2023  on Shopify

We've been using Bold going on six years, and it's always worked like a charm. Once or twice minor issues arose when we introduced new products, but the Bold team quickly identified the root cause (our bad), and offered a solution. I'm really scratching my head about all the one-star reviews. There are a lot of challenges to managing an online store. Bold isn't one of them, at least in our experience.

VADE Nutrition

Mar 07, 2023  on Shopify

The app has historically worked well for us. There have been a few hiccups here and there, but the support team has been able to iron out the wrinkles. The app does a good job for the price.

Swolverine

May 11, 2022  on Shopify

If I could vote 0 stars.. I WOULD. For lack of a better word, this app SUCKS. It's the slowest things since dial-up and when you try to re-map or make a change with the sync, half the time it doesn't even load. I've been literally trying to switch a SKU mapping for two items. A SIMPLE AND QUICK TASK, and it has taken 3 days since the mapping won't load. And when it finally does, when you hit "edit" to change it, NOTHING HAPPENS. What a piece.

laytonlifestore

Sep 30, 2021  on Shopify

We were having some issues with exporting. I reached out to customer service and they were fantastic to work with. I worked with Nick, and he took care of us. Glad to know that there is a solid team able to help when needed. Thanks!

Fleetwood Digital

Mar 23, 2020  on Shopify

I have used the App well before Bold took it over. While it has some quirks, the low cost makes up for them. One thing that makes Bold stand out from others is knowledgable, and competent support. I had an issue that I could not solve. Jericho from Bold had it all fixed in about 30 minutes. I would highly recommend the App for anyone needing basic sync of customers and sales. Never did use the inventory to its fullest but there is also support for that aspect. For the reason that it is economical, and support is very good.

GSC

Oct 31, 2018  on Shopify

Sneaky way of doing business. Even after we pay other fees. You have lost my faith in your company and will not be continuing to use your APP. DO NOT USE THIS APP, they will probably start adding more fees to it once they lock you in.

Dapper Lighting

May 07, 2018  on Shopify

ABSOLUTE SCAM. Was originally advertised as a free service to sync from shopify to quickbooks. Now they are charging MORE than what it costs to have quickbooks every month. Absolute scam. Avoid at all costs.

Rarr

Oct 14, 2017  on Shopify

Was wary after some other reviews, but everything has synced very well with my store. Haven't had problems yet and is quite essential to my book keeping. RARR Sportswear www.rarr.com

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