up an LLC for your business name. Then you can do all of your payments through that. It makes good sense whether or not you're revealing your real name, in fact. (I don't think you have to have an official LLC to do it, either.) It's just easier to keep track of expenses for taxes & bookkeeping if you keep things separate. Wow -- I feel like I've just been told Santa Claus isn't real. I did wonder once -- we had a disagreement online when I had PMT and I said to Stuart -- wow, James argues like me with PMT -- but he's a dude. It sucks that you had to do this -- you're a damn good writer and you deserve to be paid for your work -- not your gender. Now I'm thinking back to you saying I should use a different name when you were designing my new theme. I assumed you meant my name sucked -- but I had no idea why. But I'm LMAO at Akemi feeling cheated. When she interviewed you -- she described you and James as handsome and I was wondering how she knew that, since you don't use your pics online. I think you've just fallen off her eligible men shelf. @Sonia -- Yes, that is another issue! Chatting over the phone can burn a lot of time. Email goes straight to the point. But I understand that some people are slow typers or can't get their thoughts across