ClearCheckbook 2010 Roundup

January 19th, 2011

ClearCheckbook has had a great 2010 and we look forward to making 2011 even better. In 2010 alone, we had more new signups than the previous 3 years combined, closing the year with around 147,000 users.

In 2010 we also released mobile apps for WebOS, Android and iPhone. These mobile apps have brought in over 45,000 new users alone. We know there are some feature requests and updates needed for the mobile apps and we will be addressing these in 2011.

What does 2011 hold in store for ClearCheckbook.com? We’re currently working on a complete overhaul and refresh to the site. We’ve been working on it for about a month and will continue putting more time and effort into it as we progress. This new refresh is taking many of the suggestions we’ve received over the last year into account while building the next version. Aside from new features and tweaks to the way current features work, we’re re-coding the site from the ground up to help make future growth easier.

The new site will visually look pretty similar and behave about the same as the current version, but everything will be quicker and much more intuitive. We know you’ve become adjusted to the way the current site works, so we are striving to keep things as similar as possible in the next version.

Along with a refresh of the website, we’re also working to release updated versions of all mobile apps in conjunction with the launch of the new site. This is a huge undertaking but we know it will pay off by making things even smoother between the website and mobile apps.

While I’m not going to start tossing out any kind of deadlines for the next version of the site yet, I just want to reassure you that ClearCheckbook is going strong and we’re going to continue to be an industry player and make money management even easier.

We haven’t been as active in the Support Forums because we’ve been focusing most of our resources on the development of the new site, but if you have any questions that go unanswered there, please don’t hesitate to send us an email by clicking on the Contact Us link at the bottom right side of the page. We always answer any email that requires a response.

Thank you for a great 2010 and we look forward to making 2011 and the upcoming years even more exciting.

Brandon O’Brien
Founder of ClearCheckbook.com

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Currency and CSV Importing Updates

January 19th, 2011

We have fixed an issue that was preventing currency conversions to take place in the search results. This has been taken care of and will now accurately convert to the global currency if you’re using multiple currencies and they both appear in the search results.

We’ve also updated the functionality for CSV imports so they can better handle uploads from Buxfer. If you are importing CSV files that you exported from Buxfer, you’ll need to remove the first line of the CSV file before importing it into ClearCheckbook (It should say something like: “All transactions for “). After that, please refer to the image below that displays what fields to match up with the Buxfer CSV file.

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Server / Network Interruptions

January 19th, 2011

I wanted to let everyone know we are aware of the recent service interruptions. This has been due to our server host messing with their internal network routing.

Due to these as well as other issues with our host, we will be moving our server to another hosting facility and purchasing another server to reduce any other downtime and improve redundancy.

Unfortunately our new hardware hasn’t arrived yet and we can’t move the existing server without the new one unless we took the site offline, which is obviously not ideal.

We will keep you posted when we know more about moving our server and the new hardware, but I wanted to let you know we are working on this to ensure it doesn’t happen again.

-Brandon

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About.com Reader’s Choice Awards

January 19th, 2011

I was just sent an email from about.com telling us we could have our users nominate ClearCheckbook for the 2011 About.com Reader’s Choice Awards in the Personal Finance category.

You can visit the following link and nominate ClearCheckbook for “Best Online Personal Finance Software” and “Best Mobile Personal Finance Software”:

Voting takes place through February 11th, 2011. There are no prizes or awards, simply bragging rights. It would be great to see how we stack up against the competition though.

The article is a little outdated (as it’s about 2.5 years old), but you can read About.com’s writeup on ClearCheckbook here:
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Citi® Platinum Select® MasterCard®

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7 Ways To Retire Rich and On Time

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