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I just had this rather wild idea. Would it be possible to have a "Yearly Premium Cost Estimator" at the bottom of a boards "statistics" page?

It could say something like: "Based on the last 90 days of activity the cost for your board to go Premium would cost $___.__ per year"

The blank would be filled in with the projected cost to maintain Premium Board status for a year based on the boards statistical activity over the last 90 days...

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Would this be for people who don't know how to do simple math?

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More like for those who hate doing math. emoticon

It would also be a nice tool to help board owners in their yearly planning and promotions when it comes to "goal setting."

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I suppose it could be helpful to show an estimation of how long premium might last with any particular combination of miscellaneous settings, assuming a board's activity doesn't change within that year.

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Question: What about brand new boards that could either grow quickly or fail, or boards that change their settings? A calculator could never account for that.

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One would hope that a board would grow and have a increase in activity. The estimated cost should be based on the last 90 days activity in my mind so that number/cost would tend to change over time at any rate...

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What about boards that are only 2 days old?

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New boards defined as any board that Runboard has in the "preview mode" would not see the estimator since they:

1. are in a "ad free" status during that time, and
2. do not have to have keywords or descriptions defined.

I think that covers the first 7 days or so in a boards existence.

From a programming pov I think it would be easier to start showing the estimator only after a board reaches the 30 day mark.

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#1 is moot at the moment since we don't currently display banner ads, and I don't know if/when that will change.

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From a programming pov I think it would be easier to start showing the estimator only after a board reaches the 30 day mark.



Possibly, or maybe 90. If we could do an 180-day average, that would be more accurate, although it would also be good to account for recent upswings and/or downswings in growth, if at all possible.

My main concern here is giving people the wrong impression of what to expect. If we quote someone a specific price for a year, they might take that as a fixed price rather than an estimated cost based on their previous activity, and I don't want anyone to feel as though they've been misled.

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I think the estimator should have a label or tag or disclaimer saying something like:

Yearly Projected Cost Estimator for Premium Board Status
Approximately $___.__ based on your current board statistics.
Changes in your board's activity and/or security settings WILL cause this number to change.

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