Features
Everything you need.
Nothing you don't.
Canmers is invoicing for the people who actually sell the things — not an accounting platform with a friendly coat of paint. Here is every part of it, by category.
Orders & invoices
Writing the invoice is thirty seconds. Knowing who still owes you is the part that matters.
Auto-numbered invoices
Every business gets its own counter, so your numbering is yours alone. Set the starting number to continue straight on from your paper book — no two parallel systems.
Line items from your catalog
Pick a product and the unit and price fill themselves in. Change the quantity and you're done. One-off items can be typed in freehand without saving them to the catalog.
Nine order statuses
Created, Pending, Processing, Paid, Shipped, Completed, Returned, Refunded, and Cancelled. Change any order to any status — the order follows your business, not a workflow diagram.
Change status without opening the order
The status dropdown sits right in the order list, colour-coded. Run down the list on a Sunday evening and mark off what got paid.
Reasons recorded on cancel and return
Moving an order to Cancelled or Returned asks why, and stores your answer with the order. Six months later you'll still know.
Discount, tax and shipping — each with a note
Add a discount, HST, and shipping to any order, and write a short note beside each one, like “market-day discount” or “delivery to Paris ON”. Tax can be calculated before or after the discount.
Filters that stack
Combine status tabs (pick several at once), month, an exact date range, and a search across customer name and order number. Every filter lives in the web address, so “all my unpaid orders” can be a browser bookmark.
Totals that follow your filter
Orders found, total billed, and still owed sit above the table and recalculate for whatever you've filtered to — not just the rows on screen.
Full history on every order
Every save is recorded and compared: status changes, which fields changed and what they changed from and to, and how many line items were added, removed, or edited. Nothing is quietly overwritten.
Nine units of measure
kg, dozen, each, lb, bunch, box, litre, and tray — the units small businesses actually sell in.
Products
Save what you sell once. Every invoice afterwards is faster.
Your catalog
Name, description, sold-by unit, price per unit, and a default quantity for the amount people usually order.
Prices that update forward, not backward
Change a price and every future invoice picks it up. Invoices already written keep the price they were written at, so your records stay true to what you actually charged.
Search and pagination
Search by name or description. Handy once your list grows past a screen.
10 products on Free · 100 on Plus.
Customers
A customer list that tells you what each person is actually worth to you.
Address autocomplete
Start typing and pick the address from the list. Three keystrokes instead of a full line of typing, and no spelling mistakes on the delivery label.
Lifetime order history
Open a customer and see every order they have ever placed — number, date, status, and total — ending in a bold grand total.
Delivery map
PlusA map of the delivery address, right on the customer page. Genuinely useful when you're planning a delivery run.
Automatic customer numbers
Each customer gets the next number in your own sequence, so you can reference them the way you always have.
Search everything
Find a customer by name, address, phone, or email.
100 customers on Free · 1,000 on Plus.
Dashboard & insights
Four numbers in plain language, and three charts that show you your season.
Four numbers that matter
Owed this year · Paid this month · Orders this month · Need attention. Every one is a link — click the number and you land on exactly the orders behind it.
Orders, customers and revenue per day
Three bar charts for any month you choose, one bar per day. Hover for that day's figure. Revenue is counted on the day an order is marked Paid, so it reflects money actually collected.
Month-end projection
On a month in progress, Canmers shows what you're on track for by month end, based on the days so far.
Order pipeline
How this month's orders are spread across every status — where things are moving, and where they're stuck.
Month by month
Step back through previous months with one click. All three charts and the pipeline follow.
Print, PDF & email
Get the invoice to the customer the way that customer prefers.
A clean, print-ready invoice straight from your browser. No layout surprises.
Download as PDF
A US-Letter PDF, named with the order number and customer, ready to attach or file.
Email from your own address
One button opens your normal email app with the subject, message, and an itemised order summary already filled in. It arrives from your address, so replies come back to you — not to a noreply robot.
Status update emails
A second button tells a customer their order has shipped or been paid, using a separate template.
Editable email templates
PlusRewrite the subject and message, and drop in placeholders for the customer name, order number, date, total, status, delivery method, your business name, and a full itemised summary.
20 email sends a month on Free · unlimited on Plus.
Branding & your store
Set this up once and every invoice you ever write looks right.
Two receipt styles
Modern — clean and minimal. Classic — boxed and gridded, with an office-use block and footer lines, for anyone who wants the layout their paper book already had. A live preview sits beside the controls.
Your logo
PlusUpload it once; it appears on every invoice and in your sidebar.
Accent colour
Forest green, terracotta, crimson, or golden harvest. Free is fixed to forest green; Plus unlocks the full picker.
Your business details
Business name, tagline, phone, email, website, HST number, and address — all printed in the invoice header.
Six currencies
Canadian dollar, US dollar, euro, British pound, Australian dollar, and New Zealand dollar.
Tax and shipping defaults
Turn HST on, set the rate, and choose whether it applies before or after the discount. Set shipping as a flat amount or a percentage. These become the defaults on every new order, and you can still override any single order.
Control your invoice numbering
Set the next invoice number at any time — the feature that lets you move over from paper without starting your records again.
Team & permissions
Bring in your partner, your staff, or your bookkeeper — without handing over the keys.
Invite by email
Send an invitation, see who hasn't accepted yet, and change or remove access at any time.
Two roles, deliberately
Members write and edit orders, products, and customers. Admins can also delete records, manage the team, and handle billing. Two roles is enough for a small business; more would just be another thing to configure.
Deletion is admin-only
Nobody can quietly remove an order, a customer, or a product unless you made them an admin.
1 user on Free · 3 seats included with Plus, then $5 per extra seat.
Your data stays yours
No hostage-taking. If Canmers stops being useful to you, you leave with everything.
Export everything
One button downloads every order and every line item as a file you keep. Do it at the end of each season and file it with your books.
Your business is sealed off
Each business's records are separated at the database level. No other business can see your orders, your prices, or your customers.
Email goes out under your name
Because invoices are sent through your own email account, your customers deal with you — not with a platform standing in between.
What's in each plan
Free is a real plan, not a trial. There is no clock running on it.
Free
Plus
Invoices
Unlimited
Unlimited
Products
10
100
Customers
100
1,000
Email sends / month
20
Unlimited
Seats
1
3 (+$5)
Dashboard & charts
✓
✓
Order history / audit log
✓
✓
PDF export
✓
✓
Data export
✓
✓
Custom logo
—
✓
Full colour picker
—
✓
Editable email templates
—
✓
Delivery map
—
✓
Canmers footer
Shown
Removed
Priority support
—
✓
Plus is $6.99 USD a month, or $4.99 a month billed annually. Every plan starts with a 30-day free trial. Cancel any time. Full pricing comparison →
Items marked Plus above need a Plus plan. Everything else works on the free plan, forever.
Common questions
The things people ask before they sign up.
How much does Canmers cost?
The Free plan is free forever — it is a real plan, not a trial, and there is no time limit on it. Plus is $6.99 USD a month, or $59.88 a year (which works out to $4.99 a month) if you pay yearly. There are no setup fees, no per-invoice charges, and no per-feature add-ons.
Is there a free trial?
Yes. Every Plus subscription starts with a 30-day free trial, and you can cancel at any point during it from My Store → Billing. If you decide Plus is not for you, your account drops back to the Free plan rather than closing — your invoices, products and customers stay where they are.
Can I get my data out of Canmers?
Yes, on every plan including Free. One button on the Orders page downloads every order and every line item as a JSON file you keep, and any individual invoice can be saved as a PDF. Your records are not held hostage: if Canmers stops being useful to you, you leave with everything.
Does Canmers work offline?
No — Canmers runs in your web browser and needs an internet connection, which is also why there is nothing to install and nothing to update. It works on a phone, a tablet or a laptop, so the practical answer for a market day with poor signal is to print or download the invoices you need before you go.
Can Canmers handle HST?
Yes. Turn HST on in My Store → Settings, set your rate, and choose whether it is calculated before or after any discount. Your HST number prints in the invoice header, and the tax is shown as its own line on every invoice. The setting is a default, so you can still change or remove the tax on a single order.
How many people can use the same account?
The Free plan is for one user. Plus includes 3 seats, and you can add more for $5.00 per seat per month up to a maximum of 15. Everyone works in the same records, and you choose whether each person is an Admin or a Member — only Admins can delete records, manage the team, or change billing.
Know what it does, want to know how to do it? Read the step-by-step guide →
Four minutes to your first invoice
Create your account, add a few products, write an order. No card, no trial clock.