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    I strongly disagree. One decent job, doing websites for small business is for kids. If you only need to do a website and get cash, but you'll be managing business relations, handling support, taxes, probably not everyone will pay so you'll have to persuade them and get into very unpleasant arguments (one client was calling me every day because i closed his website and domain that he didnt paid for after 6 months asking for money). Been there, it's really pathetic and stressfull work, even if you love coding. Commented Jan 11, 2011 at 0:33
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    Prime reason you should never purchase the domain/hosting for them. All expenses should be on their credit card, with you advising them how to do it. Web Development DOES NOT have to mean Web Hosting. Taxes is always an issue in one for or another, so I don't think that rates a mention. Commented Jan 11, 2011 at 1:17
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    seriously wonderful answer. Web dev for small business might be lowly work, but it's a cash cow. Plus, if you can get over your ego and use Wordpress and plugins for 99% of your work, you can work less, charge less and earn more. Commented Jan 11, 2011 at 7:21
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    Yup, most businesses are overjoyed with what can be done by you just setting up a slightly custom Wordpress site correctly for them. Commented Jan 11, 2011 at 7:23
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    This will probably end up being more of a burden than anything else. Small business's usually view a website as a check mark on their to do list and aren't willing to spend decent cash on anything. Commented Feb 12, 2011 at 23:14