> If their website is a core part of their business, it's enormous - they're getting the peace of mind that if anything happens they have someone reliable they can call to get things fixed.
Good point! This is kind of what I was thinking: since they are a software company, the value of $1000/month is like you never have to worry about your company suddenly breaking.
> You've been doing it for a few months, so you have an idea of how disruptive it is, and having done it for free, the thought of $1000 for doing the same thing may sound nice now, but be sure to extrapolate it out another 6 months or so of being tethered 24x7 to work, and price it based on how you're going to feel then, not now.