Running a company and working alone are two different things. Entrepreneurship is not as easy as I thought. Earlier when I was working alone as a pro-blogger, I didn’t had any minimum limit to make money online, but now at the starting of new month I’m bound to put a target for me in terms of revenue. Since I have to make lots of payments like office bills, employees salary and many more, my goals are set to high and every month I increment the goal by 10%.
Most of my clients payments are via Paypal and I have to open Paypal several times a day to check new payments and how my target and goals are doing.
Recently I got my hands on one of the very useful desktop tool Putler. Putler is an Adobe air appplication which works for Mac, windows and Linux. This application out PayPal into your desktop. It doesn’t mean you can receive or send money using it, but you can set goals and see all the transactions via your paypal account.
I downloaded this application and tried to use it, though at one point you might found it little geeky to use this application, as you will be needing Paypal API credentials. But they have already explained everything in the tutorial on how to get your Paypal API credentials and activate this free tool. <link>
Here is a screenshot of this application, which will give you much better idea about what Pulter is capable of.
Personally this desktop tools come out to be productive for me as I can see when I’m missing my target goals and can speed up the work according to that.
Few things before you download Putler:
- Your PayPal account should be Business / Premier Account
- Download software by Email Signup
This is something which I might not like, but again every good thing come with a price and in this case it’s coming in the form of Email capture.
Do let us know what do you think about this Paypal desktop application? Have you ever used it? if yes, do let us know your review.
Article by Harsh Agrawal
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The interface looks cool & loaded with feature.
Techno Pulse you should try this. If you are a heavy user of Paypal, you will love this.
I am not using Paypal Regularly, only use is for Infolinks Payment.
Anish bookmark this post, once you start getting money into your paypal account on daily basis, you will be needing this application.
seems like a nice tool.. might come in handy.. speaking about Adobe AIR apps, there is this app Polaris http://www.desktop-reporting.com/polaris.html which lets u view ur google analytics thingy on desktop.. u mite like it…
Nischal I’m using polaris and I have already reviewed it here at Shoutmeloud:
http://www.shoutmeloud.com/analyze-your-google-analytics-stats-straight-from-desktop-polaris-adobe-air-application.html
Thanks for heads up
Really useful app. Checking it right now. Thanks for posting about it.
Do give you feedback Mayur after using it.
Thank you for your review Harsh! I am glad Putler is giving you insights about your business. That’s precisely why we built it!
We also understand the “geeky” bit about requiring Paypal API. We will simplify the process in a future version.
:Nirav
I am using Windows 7 and this app is way 2 buggy. I can’t even run it since no settings are saved. How to proceed? Using Adobe Air 2 Beta.
Like I mentioned, there are known issues with AIR 2 beta and we will release a new build once AIR 2 final version will be out (in a couple of weeks actually). That should solve your problems.
Thank you for trying out Putler
I hope I can be in this pleasant situation of using Putler. That means I will be receiving paypal payments frequently. Unfortunately, that is not the case now.
The tools looks great and very useful for me.. Nice to know that you have started your own company. Whats your company’s website?
It’s nice to learn about this tool. I have little use for paypal now but my daughter is starting an online retail business soon. I’ll share it with her. Thanks!
Interesting but I am somewhat concerned about the “safety” of my password. Does this software need my password to access my account or is the API key enough? The email thing is kinda “blurry” but I can live with that. All in all, the tool seems to be a good one.
Playing with it now. Looks kewl. How do I get the history to show up in Recent Transactions ?