• you haven’t said what you’re actually offering.
• cold calls only for things that everyone needs, like copy paper, or when you can hire professional cold callers who will hang through a 1000 numbers in a week.
• only static sites ‘might’ be limiting, but it depends. Are you a great copywriter?

The minimum is the US federal rate. What’s fair is 50% on top of that, which brings it to 97 cents per mile. If you think that is too much, then buy a company vehicle.

No. Either he’s a W2 employee or contractor. You cannot be both.

Fire yourself first (internally). Because you failed at hiring. Then rebuild yourself. Move on.

This sounds like an employment scam. If determine when and where a contractor employee goes, you’re an EMPLoYER.