Happy Monday!
In any given week, roughly 60% of our users get a Safely Spend notification to tell them they’re close to overspending or have overspent. So here are 5 practical tips to save $50.
I’ve been a huge eBay fan for over 10 years. I’ve bought a car, sold a lot of musical instruments and generally think “eBay” first when I want to buy something.
It has always been a life saver for me when I’m running short on funds.
Over the years, I’ve learnt a few things about how to craft the perfect listing to maximise your sell price – so here are my top 5 tips.
Tax time brings a bit of stress and angst for most Australians. So much work to prepare and then… oh the mystery of how much you’ll even get back.
No wonder the advertising you see around tax time is all about speed – “next day returns” and “30 minute consultations” – however to get the best out of your tax return experience, preparation is key.
Here’s our top 5 list for spending that most people miss as possible deductions. But as always, do check with your tax agent before you submitting your return:
We’re very excited to announce the release of the Pocketbook mobile app on iPhone.
It’s been hard work for a few months, designing and building the app with the same ridiculous simplicity in mind as our website. We promise it will be the simplest spending and expense tracker, or budgeting app you’ve ever used.
You may even want to throw away your online banking apps too! … We have.
In a recent guest post at Women In the Black, I referred to the TED talk where ad exec Rory Sutherland suggested that – the simplest way to help people save is with a red button on the living room wall. It’s all about the simplicity of the interface.
So, in keeping to this thinking, we’ve built Safely Spend – a ridiculously simple approach to budgeting.
Why Safely Spend?
Budgeting is hard, and often individuals get too wound up abut the big daunting number in the future (output), rather what could be done week-to-week (input).
Many of you have overwhelmingly asked for more flexibility with categorisation.
You’ve asked for features like bulk categorisation, as well as renaming and deleting the categories in Pocketbook.
We’ve listened!
We had the privilege on Monday to speak to Jason Jordan (@jasonjordan) of Perth’s 6PR
Here’s the audio
PS. We’re still working on our radio voices. So please be gentle.
Bosco
You’ve asked us via our feedback tab why we haven’t supported your bank with feeds. We’re getting there as fast as we can. To help us prioritise, we thought we’d put together a little poll.
If you’re passionate about your bank being included, and want to stop using our manual account feature, get your friends to help!
It’s simple, the more Likes you get, the more likely we’ll do it next! Vote here.
Bosco