The Jimdo blog for small businesses

The new EU requirement applies to online shops, bookings, and digital services. For Jimdo customers: we’re making sure the button is ready on your site in time. You run a coaching business, sell products online, or take bookings through your website — and you think the new EU withdrawal button rule only affects big e-commerce […]

…and is reinventing her business from scratch. Anyone who has ever built or restructured a business knows the feeling: too many ideas, too many possibilities, and the nagging question of where to even begin. That’s exactly where Kerstin Niedermayer finds herself. She’s a coach from Forstinning, Bavaria, currently in the process of reinventing her part-time [...

Invoice Terms for Freelancers: All Key Terms Simply Explained E-invoicing, GoBD, input tax deduction, small business regulation – anyone who becomes self-employed will sooner or later encounter terms that sound like someone invented them to discourage people from starting a business. But many of these terms aren’t optional. If you don’t know them, you risk […]

Sometimes a success story begins with an unexpected cancellation… When a colleague’s wedding photographer had to cancel the day before the wedding due to illness, Anke stepped in at the last minute. Originally, she had only brought her camera to photograph the champagne reception. In the end, she covered the wedding “all the way until […]

Payment links make getting paid simple: enter the amount, send the link, receive money. But as a freelancer, you’re right to ask: is a payment link enough – or do I need to write an invoice? The short answer: In most business situations, an invoice is required. A payment link is not a substitute for […]