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Zoho partner for Miami · led from Glendale, CA

Miami Zoho partner for companies that sell in two languages

One CRM for the buyer in Doral and the distributor in Bogotá, with quotes, invoices and follow-ups in English or Spanish.

Miami firms often run Latin American accounts from WhatsApp chats, an English-only HubSpot portal and a freight spreadsheet one coordinator understands. We pull that into Zoho, set up for Florida sales tax, and our LA team supports you on Eastern Time.

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01The short answer

Why do Miami companies move to Zoho?

Because their customers sit in more than one country. A Miami sales team quotes in dollars to a buyer in Panama, chases a payment in Colombia and answers a hotel group in Spanish before lunch, and most CRMs bought for US-only selling make each of those steps a workaround.

Zoho runs in Spanish and English for the same company, handles several currencies in the CRM and in Zoho Books, and ties each sale to stock, invoices and support, so an importer or a condo developer stops copying data between four tools.

It is not always right. If your marketing lives on HubSpot’s content tools and you sell only in English on short cycles, staying can make sense, and we will say so.

Time zone
Eastern Time, three hours ahead of Glendale; both observe daylight saving, so the gap stays fixed
Main industries
Latin America trade, air and sea logistics, real estate and development, hospitality and cruise, healthcare
State rules to plan for
No personal income tax, Florida corporate income tax, sales tax plus a county surtax, reemployment tax, Florida Information Protection Act
How we work with you
Our LA team works with Miami companies by video, in English or Spanish where we can, with on-site visits when a project needs them

02From Doral to the bay

Which Zoho setup fits each part of Miami?

Warehouses west of the airport and galleries in Wynwood need very different first builds. Choose a district to see its trades and the apps we would open with. Market context only, never a client list.

Rough sketch of the bay side, not to scale.

Brickell

Known forInternational and private banking, wealth managers, law and accounting firms serving Latin American families, and fintech startups along Brickell Avenue.

Where we would startA client onboarding flow in Zoho Creator that gathers passports, proof of address and source-of-funds papers in either language, then opens the household record in Zoho CRM.

Zoho CreatorZoho CRMZoho Sign

Downtown and PortMiami

Known forThe cruise terminals and cargo docks on Dodge Island, the shipping agents, provisioners and tour operators that serve them.

Where we would startFor suppliers to cruise lines, a vessel-call calendar in Zoho CRM with orders tied to each sailing. For tour operators, bookings and guide schedules in Zoho Bookings.

Zoho CRMZoho BookingsZoho Books

Doral

Known forWarehouses, importers and exporters, electronics and consumer goods distributors shipping south, and a large Venezuelan and Colombian business community.

Where we would startPrice lists per country in Zoho Inventory, sales orders raised from the CRM deal, and export invoices in Zoho Books in the buyer’s currency and language.

Zoho InventoryZoho CRMZoho Books

Miami International Airport area

Known forAir cargo handlers, freight forwarders, customs brokers and perishables importers moving flowers, seafood and produce from Latin America.

Where we would startA shipment tracker in Zoho Creator: air waybill, customs status, cold-chain notes and delivery proof on one record, with the customer told by email or WhatsApp at each step.

Zoho CreatorZoho DeskZoho Books

Wynwood and the Design District

Known forGalleries, creative and marketing agencies, restaurants and nightlife in Wynwood, and luxury fashion, furniture and design showrooms a few blocks north.

Where we would startFor agencies, client retainers in Zoho Projects billed through Zoho Books. For showrooms, a collector and client book in Zoho CRM with private viewing appointments.

Zoho ProjectsZoho CRMZoho Bookings

Coral Gables

Known forLatin America regional headquarters of multinational companies, consulates and trade offices, the University of Miami, and architecture and insurance firms.

Where we would startZoho CRM territories by country, with Zoho Analytics showing each market’s pipeline in dollars for the regional director and in local currency for the country lead.

Zoho CRMZoho Analytics

03Six Miami jobs

Zoho CRM or HubSpot for the way Miami sells?

HubSpot is what Miami teams most often ask to leave, usually once they ship, invoice and sell abroad. It still wins where content marketing is the whole game.

  1. Quoting a distributor in Colombia in dollars and pesos

    Zoho CRMDeals and quotes carry their own currency, and the order flows into Zoho Books and Zoho Inventory without a second entry.

    HubSpotMulti-currency deals exist, but stock and export invoices usually live in another system you have to connect.

  2. Pre-construction condo sales to foreign buyers

    Zoho CRMA units module with floor, view and price, deposit milestones per buyer, and the purchase contract sent through Zoho Sign.

    HubSpotGood at capturing the inquiry; tracking units and deposit schedules tends to end up back in a spreadsheet.

  3. Shipment updates for an airport freight forwarder

    Zoho CRMLinked to a Zoho Creator tracker, so the account manager sees every open shipment and its customs status on the customer record.

    HubSpotCustom objects can hold shipments on higher tiers, but the operations screens still need building.

  4. Bilingual email campaigns for English and Spanish lists

    Zoho CRMZoho Marketing Automation sends each contact the version that matches their language field.

    HubSpotHandles multi-language emails well too. Either tool works once contacts carry a clean language field.

  5. Blog-led lead generation for a Wynwood startup

    Zoho CRMForms, landing pages and Zoho Sites cover the basics.

    HubSpotIts content, SEO and landing page tools are polished. If inbound content is your whole engine, it is hard to beat.

  6. Group sales for a South Beach hotel or event venue

    Zoho CRMRoom blocks, event dates and deposits as linked records, with invoices raised in Zoho Books when the contract is signed.

    HubSpotWorks for the pipeline, though blocks, dates and deposits need custom setup and a separate billing tool.

Weighing it up? Read how a HubSpot to Zoho CRM migration runs or the side-by-side Zoho CRM vs HubSpot comparison.

04Florida rules in the setup

Which Florida rules shape a Miami Zoho setup?

Fewer payroll rules than most states, more sales tax detail than people expect. Florida skips a wage tax but adds a county surtax on sales, so the work sits in Zoho Books more than in HR.

Sales tax plus the county surtax One tax group per Florida county you deliver to, so a sale to Broward and a sale to Miami-Dade each pick up the right combined rate.The Miami-Dade rate is used for every Florida order, wherever the truck goes.
Export sales leaving the country Export customers carry an exemption setting and shipping papers attached to the invoice, ready if the state asks why no tax was charged.Exemption proof is spread across email threads with the forwarder.
No state tax on wages, staff in other states Zoho People records each person’s work state, so the payroll provider withholds only where a remote hire lives outside Florida.Out-of-state hires are noticed when a tax notice arrives.
Reemployment tax reports Hire dates, separation reasons and seasonal contracts kept on the employee file, so the quarterly wage report and any claim response go quickly.Separation details live in a manager’s memory and a few texts.
Florida Information Protection Act Passport scans and bank details behind role-based access, with an audit trail showing who opened which client file.ID copies forwarded between personal inboxes and saved to desktops.
Real estate licences and local business tax receipts Each agent’s Florida licence number and expiry on their profile, plus the company’s city and county business tax receipts with renewal reminders.Renewal dates sit on a sticky note until a deadline is missed.
Deciding what the rule requires Your CPA and attorney set the rule. We build exactly what they decide into Zoho.No difference: the judgement belongs to your advisors either way.

This shows how we configure Zoho, not legal or tax advice. Florida rates, surtaxes and filing rules change, so your CPA or attorney confirms each one before it goes live.

05Your priorities

What matters most to your team?

A Doral distributor and a Brickell wealth manager rarely need the same bundle. Slide each priority to how much it matters to you; the bars only reflect your choices.

  • Keep the monthly bill per seat low
  • Go live before the next busy season
  • Sales, stock and billing already linked
  • One report across every country we sell to

06Glendale to Miami

How do we work with Miami teams?

Our LA team, led from Glendale, runs Miami projects by video in your working hours and flies out for on-site work when the project calls for it. Senior people join the first call and stay on the build.

There is no Miami address behind this page. Teams here already meet colleagues in Bogotá or São Paulo over video daily, so a remote partner fits the routine.

Glendale, CAPacific Time
Miami, FLEastern Time

Miami is three hours ahead of Glendale, so an afternoon call on your side is a late-morning one on ours.

  • Afternoons that work for both coastsBooking between noon and 5 pm Miami time keeps us inside our day and leaves your mornings for Latin American calls. Support also covers US Pacific and CET hours.
  • A first workshop that follows one export orderFor a Doral distributor, we trace a single order from the WhatsApp inquiry to the quote, the pick ticket, the export invoice and the payment, and mark every step that still happens by hand.
  • Hurricane season in the planZoho runs in the cloud, so records stay reachable if your building closes for a storm, and we keep go-lives away from peak storm weeks.

07Licences and our fee

What would Zoho cost a Miami distributor?

Take a 20-person import and distribution company with 8 people selling. Zoho CRM Enterprise for the sellers, Zoho Inventory, Zoho Books and three Zoho Desk agents come to $481 a month on yearly plans, billed by Zoho.

Zoho CRM costs $14, $23, $40 or $52 per user per month billed yearly; Enterprise adds the territory rules a multi-country team wants. Zoho One is $37 per employee on the all-employee plan ($740 a month here) or $90 per user on the flexible plan, and pays off once HR and marketing join.

Our fee is a fixed price in a BRD you sign before the build. The first discovery call costs nothing; a large HubSpot portal or years of export history may need a paid scoping stage, approved by you first.

Zoho licences, per month20 staff · 8 sellers · yearly billingSample

App and planUnitMonthly
Zoho CRM Enterprise × 8$40 / user$320
Zoho Inventory Premium$79 / org$79
Zoho Books Professional$40 / org$40
Zoho Desk Standard × 3$14 / agent$42
Paid to Zoho$481 / mo

For comparison, Zoho One for all 20 employees at $37 is $740 a month. Florida sales tax not included.

08Four steps

How does a Miami move to Zoho begin?

With your markets and languages. We map who you sell to and in which currency before we touch a single field.

  1. Discovery callThirty minutes on Eastern Time: your countries, your current tools and where orders get stuck.
  2. Language and data reviewWe look through your HubSpot portal or workbooks for language fields, currencies and duplicate contacts across countries.
  3. Signed BRDApps, Florida tax groups, templates in each language, data to bring over, our fixed fee and a date per phase.
  4. Move and go-liveTest imports, training in English or Spanish, and the old portal left read-only until your team is comfortable.

09Miami questions

What do Miami companies ask before switching?

Spanish, currencies, storms and Florida sales tax come up most. Bring anything else to the call.

Can our Spanish-speaking staff use Zoho in Spanish?

Yes. Each user picks their own interface language, so a coordinator can work in Spanish while the CFO reads the same records in English. Quotes, invoices and emails can go out in the customer's language from templates we set up for both.

Do you come to Miami for workshops?

We are led from Glendale and run most sessions by video during Miami business hours. When go-live training or a warehouse walkthrough is better in person, we plan the trip and write it into the BRD first.

Can Zoho CRM quote customers in more than one currency?

Yes. You set US dollars as the home currency and add the currencies your buyers pay in. Each deal and quote keeps its own currency, and reports convert totals back to dollars for management.

How does Zoho Books handle Florida sales tax and the Miami-Dade surtax?

We create a tax group for each county you deliver to, combining the state rate with that county's surtax, and mark export and resale customers as exempt with their certificates attached. Your CPA checks the rates before the first invoice.

What happens to our records during a hurricane?

Zoho is hosted in Zoho's own data centers, not on a server in your building, so staff can keep working from any device with a connection if the premises close. We also avoid scheduling a go-live in the middle of a storm watch.

Can WhatsApp conversations reach Zoho?

Yes. Zoho SalesIQ and Zoho CRM connect to a WhatsApp Business account, so chats with buyers in Latin America attach to the right contact instead of staying on one salesperson's phone.

How long does moving off HubSpot take for a Miami company?

It depends on the size of the portal, the workflows inside it and how much cleanup the language and country fields need. We review it, run test imports and agree the timeline in the BRD before anything moves.

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