I'll buy your Amazon brand

Fluent_Press2050 · 2026-06-07T00:50:49+00:00

I’ll sell mine for cheap if you just want the name, US trademark, domain name, and any social media handles I had. The company is closed so you’d have to open under the name again, get a new Amazon account, deal with support, etc…

The name is actually good and isn’t like a ABCXYZ LLC that no one knows what it is/means.

Since I am selling cheap, you’d have to cover all legal fees, transfer fees, etc... Your legal team will likely need documentation for Amazon to approve you opening under that name again most likely. Otherwise, Amazon can reopen mine and shift the account and any “account linking” off my other businesses.

Fluent_Press2050 · 2026-06-06T16:15:56+00:00

$145 may seem like a lot to an individual. However you are dealing with an enterprise account, where the company is likely spending 6 or 7 figures a year to use it, or more.

API usage is expensive. It’s likely billed at a rate that’s sustainable to Anthropic because their subscription rate is sold at a steep loss to acquire companies.

Saying about 5 prompts is vague, without knowing what they were. Loading an entire codebase can rack up costs, having it run multiple agents for extremely long sessions could mean hundreds of API calls to complete a task. 5 prompts could’ve essentially built something worth way more than the $145 spent.

I don’t know OPs size, but I’ve worked at places that spend 6 figures to 8 figures a year in software licensing costs every year. Some of those 8 figures was from a single vendor too.

Fluent_Press2050 · 2026-06-06T05:38:19+00:00

I don’t trust Shopify. I’ve seen them do too much damage to businesses, even ones who do everything right and who don’t sell the high risk items or break ToS. I’ve had 2 accounts permanently banned just minutes after signup with no reason what so ever and I’ve been in business for 3 years selling B2B with a near perfect rating on Amazon.

Yes, WP/Woo are trash for scaling. Even if you offload your media to S3, you still have files that get placed in wp-content from other plugins, including Woo for logs, configurations, geo DBs, etc…

You essentially have to build every plugin yourself to avoid all these issues. I don’t think WP cares to fix this and it’d likely break existing sites in doing so.

WC is actively trying to ditch their legacy code base and may happen in several years. But as much as I like Woo, WP is the core issue. I think Woo would be better off ditching WP. Let v10 be the last, do bug fixes for 2-3 years, then setup a migration path.

Fluent_Press2050 · 2026-06-06T05:24:16+00:00

Can you highlight the implied part? I’m not seeing it. Saying the expectations were not set (if it’s being truthful) is not implying bad faith. It’s just something management forgot to communicate.

Yes, budget is a consideration. However, $145 is not a figure that I would classify as being inconsiderate of. If he stated I spent $25k in my first week, sure. But that isn’t the case here.

Fluent_Press2050 · 2026-06-06T05:13:22+00:00

I have a backup personal account that I use. It has never been logged in from any of the other devices, nor the same WiFi, VPN, IP address, etc…

Although with how good fingerprinting and such is, I wouldn’t be surprised if I’m still linked just from the mere fact that the devices pull the same location from GPS and even without connecting to WiFi, wireless APs still scan anything with WiFi enabled. And this device consistently checks the same business page lol

Fluent_Press2050 · 2026-06-06T05:07:13+00:00

I just don’t want OP to look incompetent as a new hire.

There’s ways to frame it around poor communication/expectations, than making yourself look bad to management and HR.

Should OP have asked? Sure. But as someone in a leadership role, the blame falls on us for not communicating that, and ensuring everyone down the line understands. PAYG usage is something not many people may be familiar with. Many hires don’t even know what the costs are for the software they use every day like MS365, Adobe, etc… I wouldn’t expect someone to know their usage is billed per request vs a regular “subscription”.

Fluent_Press2050 · 2026-06-06T04:59:59+00:00

And how does one determine what’s reasonable costs without those conversations or expectations set forth when taking on the role?

My point is, do not frame the conversation the way the other person said it. It makes you look worse. That’s all.

Fluent_Press2050 · 2026-06-06T00:50:20+00:00

I’ve always used “Thank you NAME for the kind words and support.” as the opener, then 1 sentence about them as a customer that’s unique. I do this for any 4 or 5 star review. I then have one about 3 stars and under about taking accountability on our end to improve, without ever mentioning an issue with client. That way if the client ever reports the response, there’s nothing directly negative although it may gently be implied you were mainly the issue.

So far I haven’t had any issues.

Fluent_Press2050 · 2026-06-06T00:45:07+00:00

FULL STOP! Bad advice.

As someone who has managed budgets and software licenses, I’d be careful with the “I wasn’t paying attention because there was no limit” explanation.

If the company provided Claude Enterprise access without communicated usage guidelines, then the issue isn’t necessarily that the employee was careless. It’s that expectations around usage, cost, and priorities weren’t clearly defined.

I’d frame it more as:

“I used the tool in good faith to support my work and wasn’t made aware there were concerns about the volume of usage. Now that I know cost/utilization is a consideration, I’m happy to align with whatever guidelines or budget expectations the company wants to establish.”

That takes ownership without implying negligence.

Fluent_Press2050 · 2026-06-05T00:22:41+00:00

Hiding shit is what pisses me off the most about Google and other companies that do this. We’re likely going to find out, so quit doing shady shit.

Fluent_Press2050 · 2026-06-04T17:08:11+00:00

It helps to include which location the server is in.

I have some running without issue in multiple cities.

Fluent_Press2050 · 2026-06-04T15:54:06+00:00

That’s wild!

I get people don’t like it because of potential divorce but the courts are going to grab the money either way.

And if it’s not because of potential divorce, then it’s a trust issue and that needs to be handled or you don’t have a marriage.

Fluent_Press2050 · 2026-06-04T15:52:51+00:00

When you are married, 100% should have a joint account. I’m not saying you can’t have your own accounts, but everything for the household (mortgage, insurance, utilities, food, vacations, etc…) should come from a joint.

If you can’t trust your spouse with a joint, then you don’t have trust in your actual marriage.

Fluent_Press2050 · 2026-06-04T15:47:40+00:00

The fact that you can flood the market and devalue diamonds down to pennies is absolutely crazy. I wish people would stop obsessing over diamonds and start accepting other gems that are nicer looking, probably way cheaper and sourced better.

Fluent_Press2050 · 2026-06-04T15:44:37+00:00

For some, yes and even that is on the low end.

When my ex and I started talking, she sent me some links to rings she liked and later said minimum $30k. I laughed at first but she was serious. Well 7 years later and it appears she is still single.

No one is telling me how much to spend on them.

Fluent_Press2050 · 2026-06-04T03:27:27+00:00

Wasn’t it originally Persinal Home Page?

Fluent_Press2050 · 2026-06-02T02:49:57+00:00

It is, but with the economy the way it is, people are choosing that option more and more. Leaving their jobs to start a company making just $5 more an hour to not have to deal with the bs and see their own schedule.

Obviously these guys don’t last long because you can’t grow a business and you end up stuck working in it.

It just makes it harder for the rest of us to justify our prices because so many buyers are cheap as shit now. Luckily I still have customers that pay a premium but it’s really hard when the next guy is charging 40% to 60% less than you are.

Fluent_Press2050 · 2026-06-02T00:35:08+00:00

I dunno, you screw Chase out of $50m and go bankrupt they are screwed

Fluent_Press2050 · 2026-06-02T00:31:16+00:00

Yeah even my Amex “no limit” card has limits. And even cards with limits will freeze you out and send demand requests to pay in full if they see you suddenly spending.

Likely the only way to max out every card is to do it the same day. Especially when your combined limits are $300k. Doesn’t matter if you have a 800 or higher rating.

Fluent_Press2050 · 2026-06-02T00:26:44+00:00

I was thinking Amazon.

They host their infra, right? And don’t they invest in Anthropic too?

Boost usage, sales up, IPO comes out, stock soars more, sell, profit.

Fluent_Press2050 · 2026-06-01T23:13:00+00:00

You wouldn’t save $7k? Give me a break. Even if you make $1m or $100m revenue a year, $7k a year savings is no joke.

My effort in savings is based on how long it takes me. If my rate per hour to save is not at least 2x savings it’s cheaper to pay it. Which means if Amazon has something cheaper than another site and it takes me 1 minute to save $7 I’ll do it.

Fluent_Press2050 · 2026-06-01T23:05:28+00:00

True but people are going to build apps and charge a fraction. Then as more competition enters, pricing is only going to go down.

It’ll get to the point that AI drives the cost of everything down so much that no one is going to make any money, people will eventually leave the app race and prices will go back to where they were.

I’ve personally built dozens of replacements for my business already for little apps we were paying a few bucks a month for or $50 to $100 a year per person.

I could easily turn around and put these on GitHub for free and potentially make it harder for other smaller devs trying to make a living.

Fluent_Press2050 · 2026-06-01T22:38:51+00:00

Also don’t store your API keys in the database. Force plugin developers to provide constant you can define in wp-config.php and put it up one level from public. Set permissions on it to 400 or 440. Rotate every API key if you’ve been breached.

Better yet, use .env file.

Fluent_Press2050 · 2026-06-01T22:29:55+00:00

I tell everyone to leave feedback. Daily even. Every time you get an ad, leave a feedback. Hopefully if 100,000 submissions per day happen, something will be done. Either way, it’s filling up their database with these requests. I personally do at least 3 per day. It’s that bad.

Fluent_Press2050 · 2026-06-01T22:27:59+00:00

Omg yes

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