ACCPAC offers tickets-to-ride at Disney World, Vic Falls

Following the launch of the latest release of Simply Accounting Pro, ACCPAC Africa is offering resellers an opportunity to win a one-week holiday for two at Disney World in Orlando, Florida, US. This offer includes return air tickets, airport taxes, accommodation, car hire, access to theme parks and R5 000 in spending money.

Those not lucky enough to win the big prize still have up to four chances to win a three day vacation in Victoria Falls, including flights, taxes, accommodation (with breakfast), free entrance to the "Falls" park and R1 000 in spending money. "Guests will stay at the Royal Livingstone Hotel and have access to facilities such as abseiling, white water rafting and bungy jumping," says Ann Cumming, marketing manager at ACCPAC Africa.

Dubbed the 'Ticket-to-ride' competition, the rules are that each and every sale of Simply Accounting Pro 9.0 between now and the end of November 2002 entitles the reseller to fill in an entry form. At the end of the competition, the five resellers with the most sales will win the prizes, with the top performer getting the trip to Disney World.

The competition was launched during ACCPAC's recently completed national road show where Simply Accounting Pro 9.0 was demonstrated to resellers "The response was very positive. Many people were more interested in the product and reseller programme than the prizes," says Cumming.

According to ACCPAC Africa, the benefits to becoming an authorised ACCPAC Simply Certified Reseller (SCR) include discounts on retail prices, telephonic support, company listings on ACCPAC's Web site and training workshops.

"Resellers are also given details of the many Simply Accounting add-on products that extend the functionality of the basic product and provide additional potential revenue streams," Cumming comments.

These add-ons include report writers, contact management systems, payroll systems and niche products targeted at specific industries, such as manufacturing.

"SCRs are also supplied with promotional material to assist in selling the products, including 30-day trial versions which enable potential customers to make informed decisions.

Simply Accounting Pro 9.0 combines the essential accounting modules into a single package and incorporates enhancements over previous versions. The product also includes the Daily Business Manager, which is designed to aggregate and organise the most critical daily management tasks.

"From this control centre, users can store notes and reminders and attach them to specific dates on the calendar. This is suitable for timely collections, tax filings and staying up-to-date with general accounting tasks," she says.

The new module also scans the accounting database for time-sensitive issues and notifies the user of all the important accounting tasks that need attention.

"These include payments due, discounts available to be taken as well as cheques and invoices due to be printed and posted. In addition, a batch-processing feature enables users to process multiple transactions at once, instead of going through repeated individual processing. All the tasks can be launched directly from the control centre, saving time and increasing overall productivity."

A complete listing of the new enhancements in Simply Accounting and Simply Accounting Pro version 9.0, and further details on the competition can be found at www.accpac.co.za.