What happens to your business accounts if you become unavailable?

Think of your accounting software, business bank account, hosting, domain name, invoicing tool and client portals. All separate services with their own login. Without a list, even someone keen to help has no idea where to begin.

Meanwhile no invoices go out, client emails go unanswered and suppliers do not know who to turn to. That costs revenue, and over time it also costs the trust of people you have worked with for years.

Goodwill is almost never the problem. What is usually missing is a full overview of your accounts and services. Often nobody has agreed who takes over, either. And nobody knows which client or payment comes first, and what can safely wait a few weeks.

For each account or service, write down what it is, what you use it for and what needs to happen if you are out of action for a while. Agree in advance who will pick it up, so that person does not have to guess later.

That does not mean handing everything over now. With PassMyBits you stay in control. Your trusted person first has to submit an activation request, and then a time lock runs. Until it has passed, you can cancel the request. So you get everything ready now, without anyone being able to get in straight away.