What type of IT software would be best for me - small business selling eggs.?

I have a small business selling fresh eggs to local people. People pay either monthly, or a lump sum then have fresh eggs delivered to them. Most just deposit the cash into my bank account then ring me to let me know they have paid. I then write out a receipt and put it in the post.





I am getting more and more customers and more and more hens! writing things down in my little book is getting to be a bit too much.





1. I want to be able to keep track of who has paid what. It would be helpful if my friend who lives on the other side of town could also have access because he helps me when I balance the books.





2. I want to be able to keep track of customer information, names addresses, phone numbers etc. Some notes like, no eggs for Mrs M next week and reminder that Mr x has not paid for the last 3 weeks.





3. I want to be able to email all of them at the same time sometimes, like last week when someone needed a new home for puppies.





I would be so grateful for any help and tips.





Thanks for answers.


|||Microsoft Word and Excel. You can do charts and stuff in excel have addresses and how many eggs ordered in a spreadsheet. Then combining the info in that you can do a mail merge with a letter you wrote in Word to make a personalized letter to each customer :) Hope thats what you're looking for.|||you need at least little knowledge on programming .


also you need a data base to keep your costumers information.


anyhow the simplest you can do is visual basic for code programming and microsoft access for database.


visual studio is something powerful for this purpose.





i can help you.|||An easy to use database like Filemaker or Bento http://www.filemaker.com/ could let you create customer accounts and link in every detail you have about your business, ad let you email them from within the application. (Bento is cheapest and easiest, but is Mac-only)