bluejay
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log your first payment
record a payment you already made to a vendor, contractor, or one-off helper — rent, a tool you bought, a check you wrote.
4 steps·~2 min - 02
post payments to your books
every payment you log here can post to sycamore as a journal entry — that's how it lands on your p&l and tax-form summary.
3 steps·~2 min - 03
use your catfish vendors as payees
if you've already added a supplier to catfish, bluejay's payee picker pulls them in automatically — no re-typing names, addresses, or terms.
3 steps·~2 min - 04
tag a contractor for 1099 tracking
if a payee is a 1099 contractor, mark them so every payment rolls up to their year-to-date total. once they cross $600, sweetgum flags them for a 1099 at year-end.
3 steps·~2 min - 05
pin a recurring vendor payment
when bluejay sees the same vendor + same amount + same cadence, it offers to pin it as a recurring pattern. that gets you a reminder on the day it's due so it doesn't slip.
3 steps·~2 min - 06
why bluejay doesn't move money for you yet
wymzy is a router, not a bank. originating ach or holding balances are regulated activities — we won't ship them ourselves. bluejay is the dashboard layer over the providers who do.
3 steps·~2 min - 07
pick the right category — bluejay's 8 expense buckets
every payment lands in one of eight categories. the category determines which expense account it posts to in sycamore — which determines where it lands on your p&l and your tax form.
3 steps·~2 min - 08
pick the right payment method (provider)
bluejay tracks how the money moved — zelle, check, cash, ach, card. the method drives reconciliation later (matching bluejay against your bank statement).
3 steps·~2 min - 09
find a payment fast
the bluejay list has filter chips for category, status (synced / awaiting), and time window. the search box matches payee, memo, and external reference (check number, transaction id).
3 steps·~2 min - 10
edit or void a payment after the fact
wrong category, wrong amount, wrong payee — easy to mistype. open the payment, edit the field, save. if it's already synced to sycamore, the journal entry updates with it.
3 steps·~2 min - 11
reconcile bluejay against your bank statement
once a month, sit down with your bank statement and your bluejay list side-by-side. for each statement line, match a bluejay row. anything unmatched goes one of two ways — log it now, or research it.
3 steps·~2 min - 12
log an owner draw (paying yourself)
when you transfer money from the business account to your personal account, that's an owner draw — not an expense. tagging it correctly keeps your p&l clean.
3 steps·~2 min
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