BlueDreamer

If things worked at the start maybe something changed at the client side? Maybe the client is under a lot of pressure and is having problems coping with everything. But like my old man used to say "a busy man always has time". I think it may be time to write to your client, set out your expectations and tell them if they can't meet reasonable expectations you will terminate the job.

LOL all too true. I've had more than one client over the years who paid an arm and a leg like that only to not get their monies worth and jump ship to us.

Welcome to the forum! Another opportunity is to participate in various Wordpress related forums, Slack channels etc - anywhere where WP developers gather. The trick here is to get known for offering advice, solving issues and so on. Once you get known and build a good reputation it's more than possible people will approach you, or you can prove your abilities when bidding for work. This approach has served me well with the CMS I use (going back 20+ years!). Also don't rule out going to any real world gatherings/conventions you can attend. Look for local groups that have things like speaker evenings, there may be one or two down your way.

Yep those factors are all bone fide. I've been freelancing for 20+ years, now semi retired, so in my experience here's a few more: Private vs business clients can be a thing, I've always offered reduced rates for private customers, businesses usually have bigger budgets. Complexity can have an effect, even for a "small" site, it's easier to build a news portal than an fully featured ecommerce site. The platform you build on can be huge factor, if you use something like Wordpress it doesn't take much time to add a theme and a bunch of plugins to get most functionality in place at a lower price (although custom work will be extra). Conversely if you build on a "start from a blank sheet" system like Craft or ExpressionEngine everything is tailored to the clients publishing and managing process so naturally takes longer to build. Accessibility can take up development time, especially if the site has to adhere to certain minimum guidelines, along with client training if needed. Performance is another thing that's often overlooked. A good developer will spend time during the build to ensure good performance from the start, if you go to the cheaper end performance is often overlooked so you end up spending extra later "fixing" what shouldn't need to be fixed. Ask what kind of support is available and how quickly would they respond. Things can happen, even with the best developers. What is always worth doing is asking for references from the developer, look at the sites they have built, but even more valuable are references from their customers. I had a bunch of customers whom I could put potential clients in touch with directly to vouch for my work and services. Sometimes it can be beneficial to have an experienced 3rd party developer to cast an eye over things to spot any potential issues, it'll cost a few hours of their time but could save you more in the long run.

If it's an alias domain the Cpanel account should already have a different primary domain assigned to it, which is likely the web site. If you remove the alias it won't affect the domain that the web site runs on.

I've not done it but here's how I would approach it. Backup your email folders for the email account you want to move Delete the relevant email account/forwarders/filters Detach/remove the alias domain Create a new Cpanel account for the domain Create a new email account for the domain Upload backed up email folders to the appropriate location In theory it should just work since the domains DNS is already mapped to the server.

Yeh it's an interesting thing to try and make a point about! Instead of saying "we don't offer addons" maybe a better approach would be to promote as "no frills servers giving you total control of what you install on them" (or wording to that effect). In essence you are offering a foundation to build on. For dashboards I think it would be a good idea to provide and overview of what can be done there with some sample screenshots.

Glad it helped! About the addons you don't offer, I get the idea of simple service which is great. I have spent a lot of time in the last 25 years sourcing hosting for clients and hosting extras are one of the things I look for, even if they can be added at a later date. The point is that I didn't find any information to tell me you don't do any addons which confused me a bit, maybe your text copy needs to update to reflect that?

Visiting from Middle England... Load time is fine Favicon file is missing? Some images need optimising as they look overweight... - gunner-1.png - Untitled.png - tether.png - usdc.png Main CSS file (2.93mb, 256kb transferred) seems heavier than necessary? For such a site I'd expect 100kb tops for optimised CSS Content wise the Dedi servers landing page the intro text has blue underlined text which I assumed would be clickable links but they're not. VPS is missing information on what addons your provide, such as control panels, security, backups, normally with VPS I'd expect to purchase extras. Of if you don't offer addons maybe worth telling people?

Good luck with the upgrade, may you suffer no PHP wobblies!

It seems to have made him smile a bit more! Certainly if Mercedes have a bad race it may provide Ferrari with a chance to win. I have to say Antonelli is impressive at the moment, he's got a good car and the thirst to win.

"Vitamin N" - like that! @maverick09 well done, it seems you have indeed said no, well done. Let that client bother someone else.

Welcome to the forums. Finding work is hard nowadays, it's not like back in the 1990's/early 2000's when there was so much work I had to turn a lot away! Here's a few things I'd suggest: Make sure your site can be found for searches such as "wordpress niagra-on-the-lake", your speciality and location Try some adverts in local publications, I have, in the past, posted an advert to our local magazine (in the UK!) that gets delivered free to about 10k homes in the surrounding area, that's bought me a few jobs at a very low cost. If you aren't doing so already the WP community is huge so getting involved there a bit can get your name out a bit. Offer some WP things, a plugin maybe or a theme or two. extend your arsenal a bit and offer services for one or more other CMS's, WP runs about 40% of sites but not the other 60% so there is always another market to tap into.

^ Very good point! Yep, why not give the 14 day trial a go so you can see how it works and whether it might fit. As you mentioned cost can be an issue, especially with "per seat" ripoff pricing which haunts many online services nowadays. When I've looked at similar situations in the past it often boils down to a cheaper one size fits all approach vs a few separate systems that offer something better even if slighly more expensive . Have you looked at using multiple systems but reducing the number of them where payment is necessary?

That site is a new one on me, they seem to be UK/EU (Poland?) based and fairly new, seems like they've taken the leap for what you want. Personally it looks worth testing out but would you want to put your eggs in one basket?