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[–]rbobbyfull-stack 46 points47 points  (16 children)

I stalked your posts... and boy some folks don't understand that some websites are small standalone things that don't undergo constant maintenance.

+1 on the flute underline, super effective touch.

And funnily enough I was going to direct you to your own post about your brochure site business. Lol

How's that going by the way? How many clients are you up to? What are you charging them now? Any troubles? Nosey people need to know!!!!

[–]Citrous_Oyster[S] 118 points119 points  (15 children)

Thanks! :) business is exploding. I’ve networked with a few people who also run their own web agencies but they’re backend, so a few times a month I get some medium to large lump sum jobs that I pump out over a weekend for like $3k minimum. The that music teacher website you liked that you mentioned the flute, the SEO guy handling her business and website loved my work so much he reached out personally to have me make him websites for his clients. I got two this weekend I’m going to try and crank out for $3k each +$25 a month hosting.

I still charge $150 a month for subscription sites but some people don’t want them. They just wanna pay. I have over 40 monthly paying clients now and a number of lump sum clients I’m working on. I think I’ll be doing over $13k in lump sum jobs in the last 30 days. It helps I am insanely fast at coding static sites I can do a whole website in a day. I’ve only gotten better at my craft and people are starting to notice and want to work with me. I don’t do any advertising and I haven’t made my own sales calls in months. Network, find SEO people or other developers who have tons of work but no one to turn to. That SEO guy I mentioned said he’s had such a hard time finding quality developers that don’t use page builders. He’s willing to pay me whatever I ask because my sites are scoring 98-100 on page speeds and are beautiful and fully responsive. We are in demand. If you do phenomenal work, put yourself out there and show people what you can do. Building static sites is a very in demand skill, and building them well only makes you More valuable.

I’m also working on a web dev start up service that will help other developers build custom coded websites with ease to the point you can put together a whole website in 10 minutes and it’ll score 98-100 if you follow the optimization steps. Should be in beta in the next few weeks. The team and I are Super excited about it and there’s nothing like it on the market right now. I can’t wait to use it myself actually. I’ll keep y’all posted!

[–]rbobbyfull-stack 15 points16 points  (3 children)

Well well well... look who's been a busy beaver :)

Very well done. You should be very pleased with your success. Well deserved.

That was a lot of wells :)

btw... one reason you can be fast is low "overhead". I started a new corporate gig and have endured a 7 person "bug triage" meeting to review 7 bugs (captured in a spreadsheet and not TFS), one of which was a typo. I'd pull my hair out except I need every strand.

Do you see much need for database driven stuff with your clients/prospects (anything that needs persistent storage)?

[–]Citrous_Oyster[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Thanks! :) and no, for most of my Clients there’s no need for databases. It’s just easier without them. And I don’t take on those clients that do need them because they’re alot more work to build and maintain. Which will eat up my time building more sites. I stick to static informational. I don’t try to take every client or make everything. I do what I do well and stay within my niche.

[–]crimson117 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Do you use tfs for bugs/issue reporting?

What interface do business / testers use?

[–]rbobbyfull-stack -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yup tfs for bugs. Why they used a spreadsheet I don't know. I told them I'd start working on the bugs once they were logged. They'll figure it out eventually that I don't work on bugs that aren't logged... hehehehe.

[–]stazz268 1 point2 points  (1 child)

do you design the websites yourself or does your clients provide them?

[–]Citrous_Oyster[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I used to. Now I have a dedicated designer who I work with on all my projects now.

[–]Pristine_Purple9033 0 points1 point  (1 child)

That's awesome to hear about your success.

Are you building websites using WordPress or other CMS?

Cause I think clients don't like HTML pages that much.

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

Nope. I only build websites in htMl and css. Clients actually love it. They load instantly and look so much better. They don’t need a cms. I make all the updates for them. Which they like even more.

[–]ambrofelipe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve just DMed you. Check it out

[–]ArthurAardvark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

O.o dayumn. I needa talk to you and/or study up on your posts, that sounds amazing, congrats!

[–]UNN_Rickenbacker 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Who does your designs?

[–]Citrous_Oyster[S] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

I have about 3 designers who charge different rates and do different levels of work

[–]UNN_Rickenbacker 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Where‘d you get those? I tried working what you do before but I have absolutely no talent for design.

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

Found two of them on Reddit actually. One I saw posting on r/web_design and when I saw his site I reached out immediately. The other I made a post on that sub looking for a designer and posted my other work showing what I am expecting and the quality of work I do as a partner. and she reached out, had a good portfolio, and does fabtastic work for me.

[–]winniffy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you’re such a legend. sheeesh