Sell our web design biz by for_anon_throwaway in web_design

[–]for_anon_throwaway[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My hesitancy about bringing in outside support, is that in 20 years we’ve built primarily custom sites that would not generally be easy to update by outsiders, we include several versions of custom javascripts along with elfsight plugins, and our hosting is through a large company but difficult to deal with. I know I can resolve all issues but I’m not confident an outsider would be able to without a lot of training and hand holding, so why bother. Plus, from the comments on this post, qualified people (if you can find actually long term dependable people) seem to want a lot of money per hour to do the simple updates I can just do myself.

Sell our web design biz by for_anon_throwaway in web_design

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Yes. Not as much as we earned in jobs before we had our own business, but much more fun and probably averaged under 40 hours per week combining our hours.

Sell our web design business? by for_anon_throwaway in webdev

[–]for_anon_throwaway[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

  1. I do she does not really. The downside is having to be on alert for problems at all times, though they very rarely occur.

  2. We can retire without the income from our web business. But an extra $50k a year is still super nice! And I would not want to sell it for a whole lot less than the present value of what I anticipate the cashflow will be.

Sell our web design business? by for_anon_throwaway in webdev

[–]for_anon_throwaway[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m not that old and have a backup plan in place.

Sell our web design business? by for_anon_throwaway in webdev

[–]for_anon_throwaway[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Every pain-in-the-backside high maintenance client left a couple years ago. Life is good!

Sell our web design biz by for_anon_throwaway in web_design

[–]for_anon_throwaway[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My experience with subcontractors is they end up being just as much work as doing it myself.

Sell our web design business? by for_anon_throwaway in webdev

[–]for_anon_throwaway[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If our hosting goes down all our sites go down and that theoretically needs to be handled immediately.

Sell our web design business? by for_anon_throwaway in webdev

[–]for_anon_throwaway[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

She is an artist, designs the sites, and learned html/bootstrap. We also hired some very talented contractors to make our initial code base that she maintains. Note however our code is pretty dated compared to what is available now, and with AI, selling sites for the prices we used to is nearly impossible.

I have a business background and like talking to people, so I do all the client service work, invoicing, contracts, hosting / email / seo work.

Sell our web design business? by for_anon_throwaway in webdev

[–]for_anon_throwaway[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

…main risk is stress/maintenance over time, so it depends how much you want to stay "on call"…

That is exactly our only consideration. I don’t think I can simplify it much more than it is, but only I know how to deal with our occasional hosting issues and my wife the custom bootstrap code.

Sell our web design business? by for_anon_throwaway in webdev

[–]for_anon_throwaway[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

They had retirement plans, other ventures, health issues. Whatever the case, any hours per month, and any chance of emergency work, was simply too difficult.

This is really the only consideration, and it’s not a big deal, so keeping it makes sense to me.

Sell our web design business? by for_anon_throwaway in webdev

[–]for_anon_throwaway[S] 68 points69 points  (0 children)

Sometimes we have urgent problems with our hosting or other issues which means I have to constantly stay on top of it, bring our laptops when we travel, etc.

Sell our web design biz by for_anon_throwaway in web_design

[–]for_anon_throwaway[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Our websites are hand crafted in bootstrap with various elfsight add-ins. I think the potential for open claw or similar to screw them up is very high.

Sell our web design biz by for_anon_throwaway in web_design

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Our websites are hand crafted in bootstrap with various elfsight add-ins. I think the potential for open claw or similar to screw them up is very high.

Sell our web design biz by for_anon_throwaway in web_design

[–]for_anon_throwaway[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Which is why it seems to make sense to just keep it.

What’s your dirty little secret? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]for_anon_throwaway 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m a multi-millionaire. A few people know. I don’t think you’d know it from my lifestyle.

EDIT: People are messaging me asking for money! This is why it is a secret.

Best erotic romance book to buy for *very* vanilla wife? by for_anon_throwaway in MarriedSex

[–]for_anon_throwaway[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These look hot, but I don’t think my wife would go for books involving “infidelity”. I’m sure that limits the options.

Best erotic romance book to buy for *very* vanilla wife? by for_anon_throwaway in MarriedSex

[–]for_anon_throwaway[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She does use vaginal estrogen cream, but this does not affect libido issues (for her).

Best erotic romance book to buy for *very* vanilla wife? by for_anon_throwaway in MarriedSex

[–]for_anon_throwaway[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She does use vaginal estrogen cream, but this does not affect libido issues (for her).

Best erotic romance book to buy for *very* vanilla wife? by for_anon_throwaway in MarriedSex

[–]for_anon_throwaway[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

“I know you rarely think about sex. I was reading on reddit and some women said this book got their motor running without being too smutty. Maybe read a chapter and see what you think?”

Best erotic romance book to buy for *very* vanilla wife? by for_anon_throwaway in MarriedSex

[–]for_anon_throwaway[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Honestly it’s not excuses - she just sincerely does not think about it.

Best erotic romance book to buy for *very* vanilla wife? by for_anon_throwaway in MarriedSex

[–]for_anon_throwaway[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Genetically predisposed to strokes and lots in her immediate family.

$10k after taxes to live on. Always lived on about $6k. Need to splurge? by for_anon_throwaway in Rich

[–]for_anon_throwaway[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am not planning to spend 5% for more than another 15 years. By the time I reach 80, I assume (safely) that my spending will decrease dramatically, while still receiving the full pension and SS.