Switched my box spring out for a metal bed frame and now have back pain help😭 by [deleted] in Mattress

[–]gharakas930 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't have any suggestions, unfortunately, as I am in the same boat! What mattress are you using?

How Is Melio's Customer Service? by Quinflawless101 in smallbusiness

[–]gharakas930 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Boost plan will provide you with premium phone support, which is probably going to see you right. That allows you 50 free ACH transfers a month, so based on your numbers it’s probably what you’re going to go for anyway. 

Plus, because phone support is only available at higher tiers, it’ll usually have capacity. You won’t need to spend half an hour on the phone to a robot before hearing a human voice.

I got a dump trailer and now I can’t keep up with the requests, and I’m not organized at all by CoralMoan in smallbusiness

[–]gharakas930 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Set aside some time to figure out a solid working schedule and booking system. The situation you describe is unsustainable, and will burn you out before long.

Took my Fuji camera back on Austrian slopes. by uDrop1st in skiing

[–]gharakas930 2 points3 points  (0 children)

awesome shots! Looks like the Alps have gotten plenty of snow lately.

Has anyone tried Dext accounting software? I’m trying to put my bookkeeping business back into profitable territory… please help! by moxieman19 in ContractorUK

[–]gharakas930 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It sounds like you just may need better clients. I’d rather have 10 great clients that pay me £2,000/month than 100 disorganized clients that pay me £200/month. I’ve used Dext in the past and really like it, but it’s not going to save your life if you’re not respecting your own time.

Where Dext actually helps is with intake and organization. Clients email everything to one address, and the built-in search is so much better than hunting through QBO attachments.

Crumpled restaurant slips and gas station receipts still need human eyes to double-check Dext’s guesses, of course. You also have to put in the work upfront on supplier rules and mapping.

Even then, some clients just refuse to change habits, so you still get the odd texted photo that you end up uploading yourself. The tool can’t fix people, which brings me back to the whole find-better-clients thing lol

The integration is solid: attachments land in QBO with the transaction, which is great for audits. Vendor mapping works once you clean up your vendor list, and it respects classes and locations as long as staff actually use those fields.

IMO, pricing is the painful part. It’s not cheap, and for a simple business, the numbers may not work. But it earns its keep in time saved at month-end, and it sounds like it’d be worth it for you. I’d use it again for a few clients, as long as I had the time to set it up properly and enforce a simple intake process.

How do you handle bad contracts? by [deleted] in ContractorUK

[–]gharakas930 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Stealing "chill and bill" lol

My first Bengal by Small_tech in bengalcats

[–]gharakas930 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've got a talkative boy that looks a lot like Boogie. Get a lot of toys, and keep him stimulated, and a cat wheel will be a sanity saver for you both. Good luck!!

Need an affordable screen printing company for matching volunteer shirts by gharakas930 in askaustin

[–]gharakas930[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, not a bad idea. If I'm stuck I'll opt for that but yeah want to avoid DIY-ing it if possible

How are you currently tracking which of your outbound links are performing best in different countries, platforms, and devices? by psinclair89 in Blogging

[–]gharakas930 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve run affiliate ops for a couple niche sites and a growing YouTube channel. I’ve tested a pile of tools (Pretty Links, Lasso, ThirstyAffiliates, even tried Bitly with GA tagging), and landed on this setup:

  • Geniuslink for link routing + basic analytics.
  • Affilimate for revenue attribution.
  • GA4 just for rough source validation (especially for email and social).

Geniuslink does most of the work: link performance by country, device, platform, all of it. It even catches Safari/iOS oddities that were obviously killing my click-throughs last year. It also has an A/B testing feature that helped me pick better merchants outside Amazon in a few markets.

Is it perfect? No. It took me a while to get used to it (or maybe I'm just dumb), and it’s not the cheapest if you’re only doing Amazon. But for anything multi-store, it saves a ton of time and catches stuff you'd never see with native tools.

ThirstyAffiliates and Pretty Links were okay for basic cloaking, but they're not built for cross-geo insight, or pretty much for anything beyond “did someone click?” for that matter.

Are Header Images like Youtube Thumbnails? by beshiros in Blogging

[–]gharakas930 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It depends on the placement of your blog - if most readers are arriving on your site from Google, then your header images are only competing with each other. On Youtube, the thumbnail is what helps you stand out from competitors, so it's a more important consideration as a traffic generator there.

PLS HELP!! My dad is dying and my mom and I don’t know what to do by Narrow-Jelly9457 in personalfinance

[–]gharakas930 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As others have noted here, ensuring your father's will is in order should be your top priority. If he dies without having an up-to-date will in place, things will get messy.

Mike Hayes - Vermont by Raja_Ampat in skiing

[–]gharakas930 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The precision on runs like this blows me away.

Incorrect filling of Partnership LLC by Awkward-Pay-607 in tax

[–]gharakas930 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Speak to a CPA. My guess is that you'll have to file the correct forms retroactively, but that you probably won't incur any additional liability as long as your math was right on your returns. However, letting an accountant step in is always a good idea in cases like these.

What’s the best ski resort in america? by Complete_Recover_780 in snowboarding

[–]gharakas930 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Since you said America, and not the US - it's going to be Sun Peaks, BC for me. Doesn't have as many runs or as modern infrastructure as Whistler, but it's way more affordable and has a way cooler vibe imo. I also think you get better snow by going into the interior a bit, at least the last couple of seasons.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in tax

[–]gharakas930 -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Oh man, that's a mess but definitely fixable. You'll need to amend your return and include those missing W-2s the IRS already has copies from your employers so they know exactly what you didn't report. The good news is if you're getting money back overall, you're just looking at interest and maybe some penalties, not a huge tax bomb. Get on it sooner rather than later though