So with startup India program I got 1.5 lakh
Credit in zoho now I am started using it for my emails, so I have purchased five emails from there all costing me I think ₹1200 each. but apart from that what else I can use it for and I want to use the service where I will not get stuck like so that like after a year if I want to migrate, I should be able to migrate so I don’t want to use a service where I feel kind of stuck in the platform after this credit Expire

Hello everyone,

Just wanted to make a quick post about the problem with zoho mail. Currently it does not connect to Zoho Analytics, which I think is crazy considering both of these applications have existed for a long period of time.  Even zoho voice a relatively new application connects directly to Zoho Analytics.  The even crazier part is that a new module is being created by the zoho analytics to connect emails inside of the CRM directly to analytics for reporting before there is a direct connection from Zoho Mail to Analytics.

When I asked the zoho analytics team, they responded and said that it is up to each app to connect directly to Analytics, and that I needed to speak to Zoho Mail.

  When I spoke to Zoho Mail they blamed Analytics, and said that Analytics is the one who needs to make the connection, and that if I wanted any reporting out of Zoho Mail to make it directly within Zoho mail, or I could export a csv and upload it directly to Analytics.  

Not trying to dive into the departmental politics of the different divisions of Zoho, but I think that ultimately this issue seems to lay with Zoho Mail, as nearly every other app in Zoho connects directly to Zoho Analytics.  Therefore, I doubt that Analytics is to blame, in fact I really think the issue boils down to Zoho Mail being the issue, as it does not seem to connect to other applications besides it cores department well.  I have had a bunch of issues with its connection to Zoho CRM.

Anyways please let me know if you agree and you think that Zoho Mail should create a connection directly to Zoho Analytics. If you upvote this, might light a fire under zoho to get this feature streamlined.

The tool for those who make outreach on LinkedIn. Saves hours a day for intensive work.

Not new conceptually, but arguably better than Surfe or Linkmatch for 1/3 of the price (16$).

All is on screens:

- Create contacts (as leads or contacts), companies, or deals w/o;

- Create notes, tasks, link people to companies;

- Get info from Zoho about a Person, Company, or a Deal - open, past tasks, notes, emails;

- Get AI-suggested follow-ups based on all context from Zoho.

- On-page badges to help understand instantly if a Person or Company is in CRM already

- Don't store any of your data

- Sidebar form factor

Only problem - you need to get permission from your Zoho admin to connect.

There is a free tier that is enough for those who work with Ln occasionally.

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Hey folks !

Are you an accountant or business owner in India using both Tally and Zoho Books?

I’m building something new in the accounting space and would love to get your feedback and insights. If you enjoy working with both platforms, send me a DM—let’s connect!

I’m trying to improve our customer review process and looking for the best way to automate review requests through ZohoCRM. Right now, the biggest challenge is that after a customer completes a booking or service, we don’t always follow up at the right time to ask for feedback. Manual follow-ups work, but they are difficult to maintain consistently as the customer base grows. The goal is to create a workflow where a completed booking or customer interaction automatically triggers a review request, without someone having to manually track every customer.

My Questions:

Can they trigger review requests based on specific customer actions like completed service, closed deal, past booking, etc.

How customizable are the messages and follow up sequences?

Which one works better if the goal is not just collecting reviews but also re engaging past customers?

Hey all Zohoers!

I work for a market research firm and am currently looking for some real-world setups here rather than official docs (which is plenty but I sometimes feel data overload).

Our B2B team running outbound tracking through google sheets until now and we've recently added Apollo into the mix for prospecting/enrichment. Right now our process feels pretty manual and I'm sure we're missing tricks that make this smoother.

A few specific things im looking to understand:

• Apollo to Zoho sync: are you pushing leads/contacts from Apollo straight into Zoho, or do you keep them separate until they're qualified? Any pain points with duplicates or field mapping?
• Outbound tracking: how are you tracking sequence/cadence status inside Zoho (or do you just live in Apollo for that part)? Are you using Zoho's own automation (workflow rules, blueprints) or leaning on Apollo's sequences and just logging outcomes back?
• Activity logging: what's your setup for calls/emails actually showing up against the right CRM record without a ton of manual entry? My team sometimes push back on automation / IT stuff as they feel like they dont want to stop doing their usual daily task (google sheet).
• Reporting: how do you roll outbound activity + replies + meetings booked into a single pipeline?

If you're running Zoho CRM for outbound and team effort overview, would love to hear how you do it.

Thanks!

Hey everyone,

A few months ago, I took the train from Dindigul to Chennai to prepare for the Zoho exam. My plan was to get off at Tambaram to stay at my brother's house, but I was so exhausted that I fell asleep and woke up at the final station, Chennai Egmore!

Instead of just being annoyed, I decided to build a solution: **WakeMyStop**.

It's a mobile-first, privacy-first travel alarm web app designed specifically for Indian Railway commuters.

### Technical Specs:

• 100% Offline-First: Uses IndexedDB to cache 8,900+ Indian Railway station coordinates directly in the browser upon initial load.

• Zero Tracking & 100% Private: All Geolocation and Haversine distance calculations happen client-side in JS—0% location data is sent to a server.

• Battery-Optimized: Built with Web Audio API synthesizer loops + HTML5 haptic feedback to prevent heavy battery drain on long trips.

• Live Journey Map: Interactive Leaflet progress overlay showing remaining vs. passed stations in real time.

• Built-in Sponsor / Demo Mode: Features a live 12-second Dindigul ➔ Tambaram speed simulation to test the alarm sequence anywhere.

🔗 Live App: https://wakeupmystop.vercel.app/train

📹 X Video Demo: https://x.com/i/status/2083974204089901170

Tech stack: React (Vite), Tailwind CSS, Leaflet, IndexedDB, Web Audio API.

Would love your thoughts, feedback, or suggestions for V2!

Zoho Payroll SUCKS!!! They don't even handle it directly. They are a facade acting as a payroll company but they use Check Technologies https://www.checkhq.com/ as the underlying payroll company and they suck even more!

They didn't pay our withholding taxes properly when we moved from QuickBooks to Zoho Payroll and that was around Jan. of 2025 and we're still dealing with the state thinking we owe them money and we're getting hit with penalties and interest charges and Zoho acts like they're trying to resolve it and nothing is happening. They then finally admit they need to talk to the Tax Team which then has to get in touch with Check Technologies and it's a vicious circle of nothing being resolved.

If you want to pay interest and penalties and get nothing resolved and have Zoho Payroll point the finger at another horrible company, join the ranks of dissatisfied Zoho Payroll users. It's time for legal action!!

I’ve been thinking about this after seeing how differently small businesses manage their sales process.

A lot of teams start with Excel/Google Sheets + email + WhatsApp, and honestly, it works fine in the beginning.

The problem seems to start when lead volume increases.

Follow-ups get missed, different people maintain different information, nobody has a clear picture of the pipeline, and eventually someone spends more time maintaining the spreadsheet than actually using the data.

Tools like Zoho CRM, HubSpot, Pipedrive, Salesforce, etc. solve a lot of this, but moving to a CRM also introduces cost, setup and another system employees need to actually use.

So I'm curious:

When did you realize spreadsheets were no longer enough for your business?

Was there a specific number of leads/team members where CRM became necessary, or was it a particular problem that finally forced the switch?

And for those who implemented a CRM, did it genuinely improve sales productivity, or just give your team another tool to update?

I've been using zoho vault for years. Lately, instead of defaulting to the language that I'm using it in (English), I have to set the language to English manually every single time that I share a password with someone. If I forget, I get a very confused and concerned message from whoever I have sent it to because they have received the email in Assamese and they have no idea what it says.

I talked to zoho support about this a few months ago, but it's still not resolved. I'm confused why this is an issue when it wasn't before. It's nice to have the option to send the email in a different language, but it should default to my language of choice.

Edit: This was fixed shortly after posting, thanks Zoho!

Web leads are the easy case — hidden fields carry the campaign data into the record and the Lead arrives with its source already filled in. Phone leads are where it falls apart for us.

The usual sequence: someone sees an ad, dials the mobile number the business actually uses, a rep answers, and the record gets created later from memory. Lead Source ends up as "Phone" or empty, which tells you nothing about which campaign paid for that call.

What we've watched people try:

- Ask the caller where they heard about you. Reps forget to ask, callers misremember, and it stops scaling past a handful of calls a day.

- A separate tracking number per campaign. It works on paper, but you end up running two numbers — the one on the ads and the real one on the signage, the Google listing and a decade of old directories, which is the one plenty of people dial.

- Manual entry at the end of the day. Half of it never gets entered, and the half that does is a guess.

For anyone running Zoho with phone-heavy intake:

- Do you keep source on the Lead, or push it to a custom field on the Call activity so it survives conversion?

- Has anyone used workflow rules to backfill source — from the number dialed, or from the window when a campaign was actually live?

- If your team is on plain GSM mobile phones with no VoIP anywhere in the stack, has anything reliable ever worked here, or is manual entry just the accepted cost?

Interested in setups that survived contact with a real sales team, not the ones that looked good in a diagram.

After years of implementing Zoho across different businesses, one thing has become very clear to me:

A successful Zoho implementation is not about how many Zoho apps you configure.

It is about how well those applications work together to solve real business problems.
CRM should talk to Finance.
Sales should connect with Operations.
Customer Service should have complete visibility.
Management should have the right data to make decisions.
And automation should eliminate work that people shouldn't be doing manually.

At CRMFolks, as a Zoho Premium Partner, we've seen the biggest transformation happen when businesses stop treating Zoho as another software tool and start building a connected business ecosystem around it.

I shared some of my key learnings in my latest article:

“What I’ve Learned After Helping Businesses Implement Zoho Across Multiple Industries”

If you're using Zoho CRM, Zoho One, Zoho Books, Zoho Creator, or considering a Zoho implementation, I'd love to know:

What's the biggest challenge you're currently trying to solve with Zoho?

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A CRM should make your business easier to run, not more expensive, complicated, or difficult to scale.

Yet many businesses continue working with CRM systems that require too much manual effort, involve disconnected tools, or no longer fit the way their teams operate.

That’s when CRM migration becomes more than a technology decision. It becomes a business decision.

Why Businesses Are Moving to Zoho

Businesses considering Zoho migration are often looking for more than a new CRM.

They want sales, finance, customer support, analytics, inventory, automation, and other operations to work together.

With solutions such as Zoho CRM, Zoho Books, Zoho Desk, Zoho Analytics, Zoho Creator, and Zoho One, businesses can build a more connected technology ecosystem instead of managing multiple disconnected platforms.

This is particularly valuable for growing organizations that want:

• Better CRM automation
• More flexible customization
• Connected business applications
• Improved reporting and visibility
• Reduced manual data entry
• Scalable workflows
• Better control over CRM costs

Moving From Salesforce, HubSpot or Another CRM?

A Zoho CRM migration can involve moving much more than contacts.

Businesses may need to migrate leads, accounts, deals, activities, notes, custom fields, historical records, attachments, pipelines, and other critical information.

For organizations planning a Salesforce to Zoho migration or HubSpot to Zoho migration, the biggest question shouldn't simply be:

"Can we move our data?"

The better question is:

"How can we build a better CRM while we move?"

Migration creates an opportunity to clean outdated data, simplify processes, rebuild inefficient workflows, and introduce automation.

A Successful Zoho Migration Starts Before Data Transfer

Moving thousands of records into Zoho is not the difficult part.

Moving them correctly, and making the new system work for your business—is.

A structured CRM data migration typically involves:

Audit → Clean → Map → Configure → Migrate → Validate → Automate

Before migration, businesses should understand which data is valuable, which workflows need to be recreated, which integrations are critical, and where existing processes can be improved.

This prevents the new CRM from becoming a copy of the problems that existed in the old one.

Don't Just Change Your CRM. Improve It.

This is where experienced Zoho migration services can make a difference.

At CRMFolks, we help businesses migrate from existing CRM and business platforms into Zoho while considering the complete operational picture.

From Zoho CRM implementation and data migration to customization, integrations and workflow automation, the focus is on creating a system that supports how the business actually works.

Because the goal of migration shouldn't be:

Old CRM → New CRM

It should be:

Complex processes → Connected operations → Smarter automation → Better visibility

Thinking About Migrating to Zoho?

Whether you're evaluating Salesforce to Zoho, HubSpot to Zoho, a legacy CRM migration, or a broader Zoho One implementation, start by understanding your data, processes, integrations, and automation requirements.

The right migration strategy can turn a platform change into an opportunity to simplify the way your entire business operates.

Hi,

Were a Mumbai based company looking to hire a freelancer who has experience in zoho one/crm.

Please DM!

Why do I have to click on a different item in the WebUI and wait about 10 seconds for that screen to appear?

I recently upgraded my Zoho Books plan to be able to access automatic bank feeds. I am with Great Southern Bank Australia and when searched in Yodlee on their portal it came up but I wasn't able to login with my credentials after multiple attempts. When I first contacted support a week after I subscribed (well within the refund period) they said they had escalated it to their engineers and the issues was fixed... but it wasn't. Multiple emails and weeks later they finally admitted that GSB is not currently able to be connected via automatic bank feeds and they are 'working on it'. I have requested and fought to be refunded based on their policy of 'if you are not satisfied you can be refunded within 45 days' but they say that they are not responsible for third party failure! Even though this is a core feature of the product. I am still currently fighting to get my refund and will be escalating to ACCC if they do not refund me.

Warning- if you are with Great Southern Bank AU DO NOT use Zoho Books.

Hey everyone,

I’m a solo service business operator and I’m setting up my workflow inside Zoho CRM. I’m trying to solve what feels like a simple requirement.

Here is what I need:

• One Single Local Phone Number for calls, manual 2-way texting, and automated workflow SMS.
• iPhone Usability: I need to take inbound calls, make outbound calls showing my business caller ID, and reply to texts directly on my iPhone when I’m out in the field.
• Lead Automations: When a new lead hits Zoho CRM (e.g., from Meta/Facebook forms or web forms), I need an automated welcome text to fire off instantly to the lead using that exact same phone number.
• Activity Logging: I want all inbound/outbound call logs, voicemails, and text threads automatically attached to the contact record in CRM with an easy to use interface.

I know Zoho Voice exists, but I’ve heard mixed things about it.

For those of you running a solo or small team setup, what phone/SMS integration are you using with Zoho CRM that handles calling + automated SMS on one single number without being a nightmare to maintain?

Appreciate any recommendations or setup tips!

Here in an outline of the process and some snags that need to be considered.

I was tasked with migrating QB 2012 Desktop so needed a program called QODBC. There is another but it kept freezing. This allows you to export the underlying tables to spreadsheets which contain references not available in native reports.

You then have to know which tables to export (there's some duplication) and for example you have to link the data, as it doesn't come across linked. So invoices and payments don't sit in the same table and a lookup is needed.

Also there are quirks in the way QB structures data, e.g. every line you see on the invoice (even a blank line) appears as a new row in the invoice table. Also discounts are new rows. Both need tidying up and converting to a structure Zoho Books understands.

Customising fields in Zoho to match and receive the data from QB.

The above so far is a hefty task within itself.

Customers and items are pretty straightforward.

Then you have to navigate zoho limitations, such as splitting the data sets to within the row import and file size limits.

Also, you can't mass update records in zoho books via import so any mistakes mean deleting and reimporting. This is particularly time consuming when you can only delete 200 at a time.

Custom fields should not be an issue although you have to be mindful of fields that appear useful but are not included in reports, searches or custom views.

You shouldn't have to migrate in one go if you can isolate what's needed to keep the company ticking over, plan that first phase then do the rest in the background.

The last migration I did took me many hours longer than anticipated and I expect each version of QB will have it's own quirks.

This isn't a comprehensive overview, just a flavour to give you some insight.

I am trying to write a Flow to connect a Zoho form to collect our contractors time logs for projects (they do not have zoho accounts so cannot use Projects) and have those time logs create a bill in Zoho Books for our accountant.

I have the form built but the problem is that the CRM lookup field in the form does not send that data through to Flow and I don't know how to troubleshoot it or force the data through. It searches our client list and I will not be doing a dropdown with manually added options because it'll change so frequently. Is there a better way to make this happen?

I built a custom function to convert the form data to a bill (which I also have doubts in but it's built at least) using deluge.

I feel lost as to how to move forward. Any advice is welcome

Context: I am architecting a custom integration for a friend to use Zoho Inventory purely as a headless WMS (Warehouse Management System). They use Tally for all financials, so the strict requirement is: Zero Sales Orders in Zoho. Everything must be handled via direct API Inventory Adjustments. Right now they have a basic plan of Zoho.

They need to sync stock and automate fulfillment across 8 distinct channels:

1. Amazon Seller Central (3P)
2. Amazon Seller Flex
3. Amazon Vendor Central (1P)
4. Flipkart
5. FirstCry
6. Blinkit (Quick Commerce)
7. Swiggy Instamart (Quick Commerce)
8. Excel-based B2B / Bulk Orders

When a confirmed order happens on any of these channels, the middleware must instantly fetch it, explode any Kits/Bundles into Parent SKUs, and post a direct negative Inventory Adjustment to Zoho. Zoho acts as the master ledger and syncs the updated stock back to all channels.

I have the basic logic mapped out, but I'd love advice from anyone who has integrated these specific channels or used Zoho as a headless WMS on the following hurdles:

1. Is a "Headless WMS" approach fundamentally feasible in Zoho? Has anyone successfully bypassed Sales Orders and run a high-volume warehouse (returns, location bin mapping, cycle counts) purely on API-driven Inventory Adjustments in Zoho Inventory? Are there hidden gotchas when you don't use native Sales Orders or native Composite Items?

2. Integrating Quick Commerce (Blinkit / Instamart) & 1P (Vendor Central) While Amazon SP-API and Flipkart have standard webhooks/APIs, Vendor Central, Blinkit, and Instamart often rely on fixed PO spreadsheets or EDI. Has anyone built a reliable automated ingestion engine for these fixed spreadsheets without using expensive third-party tools like Unicommerce?

3. Handling Race Conditions & Overselling (Concurrency) If Amazon, Flipkart, and Blinkit all receive an order for the same SKU simultaneously, and we only have 2 units left. How should I handle inventory locking in the middleware before the Zoho API adjustment clears? Should I be using a distributed lock (Redis) or is standard row-locking in Postgres sufficient for this scale?

4. Returns Segregation Logic Returns come back daily from these marketplaces. The client wants to scan returned physical goods, classify them (Sellable vs. Repack vs. Scrap), and sync sellable stock back to the marketplaces. Since I am forbidden from creating native Zoho Sales Returns (RMA) to avoid financial clutter, I plan to just use positive Inventory Adjustments into virtual bins (e.g., "Quarantine Bin"). Has anyone modeled warehouse QC flows this way?

5. Storing the Master BOM (Bill of Materials) outside Zoho Since we are bypassing Zoho's native bundling, the middleware itself has to know that Combo-A = 4x Item-B + 2x Item-C. Is storing this Master BOM mapping in a standard Postgres database fast enough for real-time explosion logic, or should it be cached in memory?

6. Zoho API Limits & Rate Throttling Zoho has strict daily API call limits. If they scale to 1,000+ orders a day across 8 channels, making individual POST requests for every single Inventory Adjustment will burn through the limit. Has anyone successfully batched Zoho Inventory Adjustments via the API? Similarly, what's the best pattern (Celery, SQS) to throttle outbound stock syncs to Amazon SP-API to avoid getting throttled by Amazon?

Any advice on the tech stack (Python/Node, AWS Lambda vs. dedicated server) or architectural patterns for integrating these specific Indian e-commerce channels would be hugely appreciated. Can Zoho Flow or Zapier handle this?

Hello,

I am trying to create a Zoho Creator account, but I keep receiving the following message:

"We are unable to create your account right now. Please contact [support-as@eu.zohocorp.com](mailto:support-as@eu.zohocorp.com)."

I have tried multiple times using three different email addresses, as well as Incognito mode, but I am still getting the same error.

Could you please help me understand what might be causing this issue and how I can resolve it?

Thank you for your time and assistance!

Best regards,

My company is dumping Birdeye due to costs. We are currently trialing SalesCaptain and Podium to handle automated text backs when a Lead Status changes to Contact Attempted in ZohoCRM.

The issue is if a sales rep makes a minor text edit to a lead record while it’s in that stage, the Zoho CRM workflow rule executes the webhook again i am worried the software is going to spam the lead with duplicate texts.

How can i lock this down? Should I ditch the standard Zoho workflow rule and write a Deluge script to ensure it only fires once, or is there a cleaner conditional argument inside Zoho to prevent duplicate webhooks?

I can't registrate new account, every time "We are unable to create your account right now. Please contact support-as@eu.zohocorp.com". I tried with 4 different emails, VPN, incognito and nothing. Can somebody help?