Full rebuild and server move, subscription billing, members-only trading touts and chat rooms, security response, and an AI pattern-analysis engine.
Client: Rick Ackerman · rickackerman.com · WordPress (Thesis / Focus)
The challenge
Rick’s Picks had outgrown an aging server, and its subscription billing was spread across Stripe, PayPal and Payflow. Then a marketing consultant launched a completely revamped site without testing it. The site crashed, and more than half of the paid subscribers were locked out. Security incidents added to the pressure on a business that depends on its members being able to get in.
What BLC built
- A full rebuild of the site and a move to a new server
- Membership and billing with aMember (Stripe, PayPal and Payflow)
- Members-only trading touts and three chat rooms
- Tout email notifications sent through Mailgun
- Security incident response
- An email move off Google Workspace
- An AI-search (GEO) audit and fixes
- The Hidden Pivot AI analysis engine
What the client says
There is no way my web-based service would even exist without the extraordinarily skillful and patient help of Dr. Catalucci over the years. Working as my webmaster for more than a decade, he has solved every problem thrown his way, from denial-of-service attacks to extremely fussy customers to debugging vexatious custom-code written by a third party.
A shining moment came when a marketing “expert” whom I’d paid $35,000 launched a completely revamped web site without testing it. My site crashed badly, and more than half of my paid subscribers were locked out. Rick’s Picks was in danger of capsizing, but Brian saved the day, working round-the-clock until the site was back up and running smoothly. It took diligence, enormous skill and keen business sense to accomplish this, and I doubt that anyone else could have performed so well under such pressure.
Rick Ackerman · Publisher, Rick’s Picks
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