The internet's most popular means test calculators are powered by the same engine that was originally created for LegalConsumer.com.
If you search for "bankruptcy calculator" or "means test calculator" on the web, you'll find one or more of the websites at the top of that list that are powered by the same engine that powers the LegalConsumer.com means test calculator.
The means test calculator can assume various "skins" or styles.
Here are three examples of the calculator on other sites, note how each is designed to blend with the website's style sheet and design parameters.
- The LegalConsumer.com Means Test Calculator
- The Arizona Means Test Calculator at the Law Offices of Barry W. Rorex
- The Nolo Means Test Calculator
- The Texas Means Test Calculator at the Texas Bankruptcy Law Firm of R.J.Atkinson.
- The Florida and Alabama Means Test Calculator the Law Offices of Eric Neiderlehrer
The Atkinson firm has operated a licensed version of the Texas Means Test Calculator for more than three years. They report that it is an excellent marketing tool that has helped their practice grow.
An interactive way to demonstrate that most people still qualify for bankruptcy under the new law, despite what they may have heard.
An astonishing percentage of the general public mistakenly thinks that bankruptcy is no longer available, because of something called the means test. As a practitioner, you know that's not true. But for most people, finding that out is just too intimidating.
A safe, convenient way for potential clients to explore their financial options
Offering a free anonymous means test calculator allows people, in the privacy of their own home, to begin to learn whether they might qualify for some sort of bankruptcy protection. Most people will find that they do -- and then they're just one click away from sending you an email with their means test information, soliciting your advice.
Engaging content keeps people on your site
Adding an interactive application like the bankruptcy means test calculator to your law firm's website engages people's interest and keeps them on your site longer. The average visitor to LegalConsumer.com lingers almost 10 minutes (most sites average 3 minutes or less). LegalConsumer enjoys an extremely low "bounce rate" (the percentage of people who leave after one page) of about 20% (50% or higher is the norm).
Connect with potential clients who are seriously considering bankruptcy, and may be candidates for Chapter 13
Providing helpful, interactive tools on your website is a great way to attract people who are serious about finding a solution to their financial difficulties. More than 300,000 people have already used the means test calculator to help them start sort out whether they should consider bankruptcy as an option.
While some users may decide to file on their own, many decide to hire a lawyer, after going through the means test and learning how much work is involved in filing for bankruptcy.
We handle all maintenance and updates
Maintenance and updates of the calculator are not your problem. All updates are handled automatically by us.
Whenever the trustee's office changes expense allowances or income standards, or if the Means Test form itself changes, the online calculator is updated on or before the effective date of those changes.
There are just a few steps in getting the calculator on your site, most of which requires very little effort from you.
At the bottom of this page, you'll find an easy way to ask us for an instant price quote. Once we get your request, we analyze how your site is put together and determine if there are any technical obstacles to integrating the calculator into your website.
If the job looks like it can be done (in most cases it can), we quote you a setup fee (generally about $300) and begin working. Calculator syndication requires very little effort on your part. Almost all the work is done on this end.
In this phase, we create a test version for you to review before you pay. We will need to work with the technical contact person(s) who actually run your website so we can make the syndicated version closely match your site's look and feel, and figure out where it will link from your site.
Once the calculator is ready to go, automatic billing of your credit card or bank account will be set up and billing commence. The calculator will continue live online as long as payments are current.
Put a live link from your home page to your new calculator. Go Live.
Once your calculator is up and running, you will receive a link to a secure control panel that lets you sign in and review the anonymous data people are entering on your site. Each means test is assigned a unique ID code but contains no personally identifiable information.
Your website patrons will be invited to submit their means test data to your firm, along with their name and contact information, so you can review it and follow up with them on their financial options going forward. (Typically, this feedback form includes a standard disclaimer that the submission of information to the law firm does not create a lawyer-client relationship, nor indicate any agreement on the firm's part to take on the user as a client.)
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