I guess nobody is interested.
Life-time diamond membership option
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It used to be that diamond was life-time Platinum, but Chess.com can't afford it now at that price. Life-time diamond membership should sale for several thousand dollars.
immortalgamer wrote:
How bout it? Huge savings for a lifetime sponsorship of chess.com.
Not a bad idea -- some simply calculation like the average term of a user, then make them pay roughly that for a lifetime membership figuring either way you're getting at least par for the course.
I dunno how businesses figure prices like this, it's probably something a little more involved. I like the idea though.
Windows-7_ wrote:
It used to be that diamond was life-time Platinum, but Chess.com can't afford it now at that price. Life-time diamond membership should sale for several thousand dollars.
Brilliant!!!!!! I'm sure everybody is going to be fighting to be first in line to pay SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS for a life time membership. LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm basing my price estimate over this:
Lifetime from the time most can pay for it is about 70 years at most. 70 x $95.88=$6711.60 for lifetime. Given that Chess.com gives discounts for longer periods I would say $5000 is a reasonable price.
But more important is that longer subscriptions than 1 year are needed-chessgames.com gives out 2- and 3- year subscriptions.
Windows-7_ wrote:
I'm basing my price estimate over this:
Lifetime from the time most can pay for it is about 70 years at most. 70 x $95.88=$6711.60 for lifetime. Given that Chess.com gives discounts for longer periods I would say $5000 is a reasonable price.
But more important is that longer subscriptions than 1 year are needed-chessgames.com gives out 2- and 3- year subscriptions.
Nobody is going to pay 5,000 for a life time membership. Nobody is going to be on this site for fifty years.
Oct 20, 2010
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If I buy it, would it be like "chess.com--powered by jhbchess!".
What I really want is for chess.com to organize a chess tournament here in Houston. How much for that?
woodshover wrote:
Windows-7_ wrote:
I'm basing my price estimate over this:
Lifetime from the time most can pay for it is about 70 years at most. 70 x $95.88=$6711.60 for lifetime. Given that Chess.com gives discounts for longer periods I would say $5000 is a reasonable price.
But more important is that longer subscriptions than 1 year are needed-chessgames.com gives out 2- and 3- year subscriptions.
Nobody is going to pay 5,000 for a life time membership. Nobody is going to be on this site for fifty years.
Another reason why Chess.com doesn't sell these.
(@Beester:Please take that down!)
jhbchess wrote:
If I buy it, would it be like "chess.com--powered by jhbchess!". What I really want is for chess.com to organize a chess tournament here in Houston. How much for that?
Depends on the size of it. Interesting possible business. Tell erik about it.
Manack wrote:
Does it let me take back moves at any point in the game?
If you use the game type "takeback".
Windows-7_ wrote:
woodshover wrote:
Windows-7_ wrote:
I'm basing my price estimate over this:
Lifetime from the time most can pay for it is about 70 years at most. 70 x $95.88=$6711.60 for lifetime. Given that Chess.com gives discounts for longer periods I would say $5000 is a reasonable price.
But more important is that longer subscriptions than 1 year are needed-chessgames.com gives out 2- and 3- year subscriptions.
Nobody is going to pay 5,000 for a life time membership. Nobody is going to be on this site for fifty years.
Another reason why Chess.com doesn't sell these.
(@Beester:Please take that down!)
No club or organanization bases their cost of a life time membership on what the next 50 years of an annual membership would cost. The next FEW years yes, but NEVER anywhere near fifty.
Oct 20, 2010
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#18
My alumni association has the following pricing:
1 year $64
5 year $274 (like 1 year free)
lifetime $950 (seniors $475 -- wonder why 
) Lifetime =4*5 = 20 yr
But that's an alumni association, which is pretty much a known entity. Nobody can realistically predict what chess.com (or competing sites) will be like in 10 years, except they will probably be different from now. I think this option would have limited appeal.
Oct 20, 2010
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#19
Just seems like a nice way to generate some income for the holiday season...Say limit it to like 200 slots, and make it some requirement that you have to have been a member for at least a year already.
Then make it a good price
200 x 595 is 119,000
Seems worth it for the bandwidth usage of those people.
How bout it? Huge savings for a lifetime sponsorship of chess.com.