Manage payments, create and track invoices, and provide customer support on your website for free with BoxBilling.
BoxBilling (opens in new tab) is an open-source billing program that’s entirely free to use. It can process payments for your ecommerce platform or small business, automatically create and track invoices and orders, and manage customer support tickets.
The program can be challenging to install, requiring some basic knowledge of MySQL and FTP transfers, but is completely free and excellent at what it does. Follow the steps in this guide to set up BoxBilling for your website, and get an in-depth look at what BoxBilling can do for your small business.
Since BoxBilling is a web-based application, it can be tricky to install manually if you don’t have great technical skills. Fortunately, you can bypass part of the installation process by purchasing hosting with Hostinger and using Hostinger’s Auto Installer.
Hostinger offers hosting for as little as $1.99/month, and provides free integration with various web applications, including BoxBilling. Once you’ve bought web hosting (opens in new tab) and a domain (opens in new tab), simply log in to Hostinger and navigate to Hosting > Manage.
In the Manage menu, scroll down to the Website heading and click on the Auto Installer widget.
In the Auto Installer, click Other and select BoxBilling from the dropdown list. You will see the following screen:
Use your company name in the Website name field, and input your Hostinger password. Then click Advanced and fill in the subdirectory. Add a password for the database, too.
The database is a MySQL database, which Hostinger will create automatically for you. If you’re unfamiliar with MySQL and want to learn more, Hostinger provides an excellent guide on its website called What is MySQL? (opens in new tab).
Once you’ve filled in all appropriate fields, click Next, leave the next page as is, then hit Submit. If you did everything correctly up to this point, you should see a new line for BoxBilling under installed apps.
