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Insights, tutorials, and updates from the Socket team.

Why Time Based Billing Is Flawed for Accountants and Bookkeepers, and What to Do Instead
Jonathan Gaunt
PricingBillingProfitability & Growth

Clients don’t buy hours, they buy outcomes. Discover how accountants and bookkeepers can shift from time-based billing to value-driven pricing that rewards expertise, efficiency, and results.

New in Socket: Built-in CSAT surveys, now available to all users
Amy Mall
Customer Satisfaction

Socket CSAT Surveys are your built-in feedback tool, designed to help you measure client satisfaction quickly and consistently.

We're Award Winning! Socket Wins Two Awards in the Xero Global App Awards 2025

Socket wins two Xero Practice App of the Year awards in the Xero 2025 global app awards.

Compliance Made Clear: Understanding the Rules that Build Professional Trust in the UK

Compliance expert Ian Waters covers the core requirements for accountants, including ethics, the law, and areas of regulation that all accountants and bookkeepers need to be aware of.

Pricing Psychology for Accountants and Bookkeepers: Do You Really Want to Charge Hourly?
Jonathan Gaunt
PricingProfitability & Growth

Stop leaving money on the table with our guide to pricing psychology for accountants and bookkeepers. Discover how smart pricing tiers with subtle pricing strategies can make clients choose your services with confidence.

Huge News: Socket Is a Finalist in the Xero Global App Awards 2025 🎉

We’re beyond excited to share that Socket has been named a finalist in three categories of the Xero Global App Awards 2025!

How to Price Your Accounting Services: A Step-by-Step Framework for Accountants and Bookkeepers

Learn how to price accounting and bookkeeping services with a step-by-step framework covering salary, overheads, profit, and value-based pricing.

The Power Duo You Already Knew You Needed: Socket x Adfin Integration
Jonathan Gaunt
IntegrationsBilling

Integrating Socket and Adfin means seamless multi-method payments to your Socket proposals, so your clients can sign and pay all in one platform. No tool switching, no missed payments.

Why We Don’t Recommend PDFs for Sales, or as Your Source of Truth

In this post, we unpack why Socket doesn’t recommend using PDFs as the main format for proposals (hint: they’re static, hard to keep in sync, and offer no visibility into client engagement) and what you gain by switching to a dynamic, online experience.

Why Does Private Equity Love the Accounting Sector?
Jonathan Gaunt
Profitability & Growth

Behind the scenes, private equity (PE) is transforming the UK’s accounting and bookkeeping sector, quickly, and at scale. But, being independent doesn’t mean being left behind. In this first edition of our new article series, we break down the reasons behind this big shift in the accounting and bookkeeping sector.

The Socket x Adfin Integration is in Beta Testing

Socket, the purpose-built client engagement platform for accounting and bookkeeping practices, has started beta testing their integration with Adfin, the intelligent payments platform also designed for accountants and bookkeepers.

How do we move so quickly? Socket's methodology for fast software development

In this post Rich shares Socket's approach to speedy software development, outlining how we structure the team and our work for faster results, plus our thoughts on AI tools and the future of software integrations.

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