“I think that one of the reasons Silicon Valley creates so many entrepreneurs is, you work next to someone who has started a company and you say to yourself. “That guy has been successful and he’s a dumb shit.”

 -Nolan Bushnell, Founder Atari, Chuck E. Cheese and many many others

I have many competitors in the online small business accounting world.  The big gorilla is still in packaged software, Quickbooks, Peachtree & MYOB.  Luckily many people don’t like paying high prices or dealing with updates, operating systems, backup or networking so the online space and cloud computing is growing.  Two competitors to numia.biz I can recommend here are:

                       Clarity Accounting              LessAccounting

They both charge about $10 or more a month (vs. our FREE one) but I like their look, ease of use, intuitive feel and features which numia.biz has yet to incorporate (but will sooner or later).  So go ahead, explore us all and pick the one that’s best for you.  Just remember to use one that allows you to export your data in case you want to switch to another.  Try not to get locked into proprietary formats.

Lastly, check out Compete.com.  This site allows you to see how many unique visitors your web site is getting vs. your competition!

More visitors = more customers.

Site                                                    March 2009 Average Daily Visitors

• numia.biz                                                                  286
• Clarity Accounting                                                   6,731
• LessAccounting                                                      17,001
• NetSuite*                                                              1,200,846

As you can see, numia.biz has some catching up to do.  Anyone know SEO?

* NetSuite provides online accounting for larger firms.