Let's prepare data (Customers, Invoices, Expenses and Estimates) to Export from Markate to QuickBooks successfully.
1. Export Customers
When you sync a new customer from Markate to QuickBooks Online (QBO), the customer profile will be created in QBO, establishing a linkage for all future invoices.
If you change a customer's display name in Markate, this update will also occur in QuickBooks Online the next time an invoice for that customer syncs.
- For syncing Customer successfully, go to your Markate account and then open New Customer page.
- Enter the Customer's info in the fields mentioned in the below table:
Company Name (if Commercial Customer) |
First and Last Name |
Mobile |
Contact Email |
Street Address |
City |
Zip / Postal Code |
Comments |
- Here's how you can enter the Customer's info in Markate so that it syncs to QBO successfully.

- Once Export Customers syncing happens, this is how Sync Log will show that the Customer linkage has been created to your QBO account successfully.

- Now, check in your QBO account in Customers list.
- You will find the newly created customer.
2. Export Invoices
- For syncing Invoice successfully, go to your Markate account and then open New Invoice page.
- Enter the Invoice details in the fields mentioned in the below table:
Customer |
Job Location |
Invoice Type |
Invoice# |
Date Issued |
Due Date |
Item |
Type |
Qty |
Price |
Tax |
Message to Customer |
- Here's how you can enter the Invoice details in Markate so that it syncs to QBO successfully.

- Once Export Invoice syncing happens, this is how Sync Log will show that the Invoice has been synced to your QBO account successfully.
- Now, check in your QBO account in Invoices list or where Invoices are attached to the Particular Customer for whom Invoice has been created.
- You will find the Invoice attached to the particular customer as well as under the Invoices list.
and
3. Export Expenses
- For syncing Expense successfully, go to your Markate account and then open Record Expense page or Record Mileage page.
- Enter the Expense details in the fields mentioned in the below table:
Donot mark 'Billable' checkbox as the feature is not supported in QBO.
Record Expense Fields:
Date |
Vendor |
Customer |
Employee |
Spent On |
Description/Notes |
Amount and Tax |
- Here's how you can enter the Expense details in Markate so that it syncs to QBO successfully.

Record Mileage Fields:
Date |
Vendor |
Customer |
Employee |
Distance |
Rate per Mile |
- Here's how you can enter the Mileage details in Markate so that it syncs to QBO successfully.
- Once Export Expense syncing happens, this is how Sync Log will show that the Expense has been synced to your QBO account successfully.
- Now, check in your QBO account in Expenses list.

4. Export Estimates
- For syncing Estimates successfully, go to your QBO account and then open Create Estimate page.
- Enter the Estimate details in the fields mentioned in the below table:
Customer |
Job Location |
Item |
Item Type |
Item Qty |
Item Price |
Item Discount |
Item Tax |
Message to Customer |
Instructions |
- Here's how you can enter the Standard Estimate details in Markate so that it syncs to QBO successfully.
- Once Export Estimate syncing happens, this is how Sync Log will show that the Estimate has been synced to your QBO account successfully.

- Now, check in your QBO account in Estimates list or where Estimates are attached to the Particular Customer for whom Estimate has been created.
- You will find the Estimate attached to the particular customer as well as under the Estimates list.
and
IMPORTANT:
Setting the Tax Rate:
To successfully sync the Invoice/Expense/Estimate, make sure the tax rate is set exactly same on both Markate and QBO.
TAX RATE in MARKATE:

TAX RATE in QBO is same as in MARKATE:
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