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Why not just use the Intuit Anywhere platform?

That's not a bad idea, however the customer wished to use Quickbooks WebConnector because that is what their Quickbooks consulting agency recommended.

That may be the case, but what you are proposing is already addressed by the Intuit Anywhere Platform. You can use their APIs to import customer, invoice, product data, etc. And it supports both QB desktop and QB Online.

It doesn't really solve the same problem.

IAP allows SaaS providers to provide their "App" via the quickbooks "App Store". That is great if your a SaaS provider, someone like Freshbooks.

What IAP doesn't allow is using its APIs via your own custom in house application that you don't plan to publish on their "App store". If your using QB desktop your only real option is web connector hell.

> What IAP doesn't allow is using its APIs via your own custom in house application that you don't plan to publish on their "App store".

You don't have to publish on their app store.

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