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Authorized Affiliate and Advertising Policy

One of my dreams has always been to use my passion for working with numbers to earn a modest living by helping others -- namely low-to-middle income families -- to learn how to accurately forecast the financial and emotional consequences of their decisions (to think for themselves instead of relying on self-serving sellers to do their thinking for them).

What's ironic is that the biggest obstacle to realizing my dream has always been that I could never bring myself to charge a reoccurring fee to people who could least afford it. After all, I'm trying to help them reduce their financial obligations, not create another one. And therein lies the beauty of this website.

Since this website is supported by compensated advertising instead of membership fees, visitors who are open and receptive to my teachings can access the tools and information for free. And, if they are putting what they are learning into practice, they will be the least likely of visitors to leave the site by way of advertisements.

On the other hand, the visitors who have no interest in my teachings are often quickest to leave the site by way of advertisements -- some of which departures result in me being compensated by the advertiser for traffic, leads, or sales that originated from my site. And the cool part about that is ...

The visitors who are not interested in my teachings are actually helping to pay for the financial educations of those who are!

Wanting to remain a trusted source for unbiased and helpful information, I created this page to disclose the compensated advertising on my site fully.

Affiliate Versus Contextual Advertising

Affiliate ads are ads that I place on the site myself. In most cases, I choose to be an affiliate of certain advertisers based on the following criterion:

Either I use the advertised product or service myself, or they have been favorably reviewed by those that do.
The product or service helps to solve a problem brought to light in a particular article, calculator, or section.

The following are companies or products that I am an authorized affiliate for:

Swan Bitcoin: A financial services company that helps you learn about Bitcoin and assist you in buying Bitcoin as cheaply and easily as possible.
48Days: Book by Dan Miller entitled, "48 Days to a Work You Love".
Mathway: Full-feature version of the free algebra calculator.
SiteSell Inc.: The online business building tool I used to create this website.
You Need A Budget: Software with apps to help you better manage your money.

If you do business with any of the above companies and have a bad experience, please contact me and let me know. Every company makes mistakes now and again, but if I get numerous complaints, I will remove their ads from the site.

Contextual ads are ads that I don't have any control over what ads appear (distinguishable by "AdChoices" or just "ads"). These ads are served from ad exchange companies that attempt to deliver ads to pages based on the topic of the page.

The following are ad exchanges and delivery networks that serve ads to my site:

Ezoic
Google Ads
Yahoo/Bing Network

Ads Do Not Bias The Tools and Information

It is important to point out that I build pages and calculators for this website to serve the needs of my site visitors, which means that the compensated advertising that appears on this site does not influence the content. I always give my honest opinions, findings, beliefs, and experiences -- no matter what ads appear on which pages.

If you have any questions or concerns about the compensated advertising on this site, please feel free to contact me at any time.

Dan Peterson
free-online-calculator-use.com

the plus (+) icon to expand a feature guide.

Site Menu Button

Located in the upper left-hand corner of the window.
this button should slide out a scrollable Menu from left. here to open it.
If you expand the Search Calculator Titles section and start typing in the search field, a list should be appear, populated with button links to any calculators that match the character string you typed.
a menu heading containing a plus (+) icon should expand the links it contains (e.g., Top Ten ...). Clicking or tapping a minus (-) icon should collapse the list.
The Menu contains three category headings:
- Financial Calculators
- Other Calculators
- Site Information
the button links beneath the headings will take you to that page.
the Close button to hide the menu.

Favorites Button

If you are using the latest version of your preferred web browser software (and one that supports Local Storage), this feature allows you quickly navigate to your favorite calculators on the site.

Located in the upper left-hand corner of the window ("Favs" on smartphones).
this button should slide out a scrollable Favorites panel from left. here to open it.
the Add button to add the page you are on to your Favorites list.
the Remove button to remove the page you are on from your Favorites list.
the button links under My Favorites to go to that page.
or tap the Close Favorites button to hide the Favorites panel.

Saving Entries and Notes

What

If you are using the latest version of your preferred web browser software (and one that supports Local Storage), this feature allows you to save your entries in between visits.

Why

If you have wanted to use one of my more entry intensive calculators (budgeting, consolidation, etc.), but you don't have time to complete all of the entries, you can now save what you have and pick up where you left off on your next visit.

How

On each calculator page you will see a tab labeled "Data" (under the page header on small-screen devices, right column on wide-screen devices).

Data tab will display a form wherein you can save named sets of entries for the calculator, as well any notes and ideas that come to mind while using the calculator.

To backup your saved entries in case they get lost, the "Data" form includes a button labeled "Backup Data". this button will expand a form wherein you can load your data into a text field. You can then copy the data and save it to a text-only document (Notepad on Windows or TextEdit on Mac) on your hard drive. That way, if your data goes missing, you can reload your data from your saved backup file. You can also use this Backup feature to transfer your saved data on the free site, to the Ad-Free Member Version.

Please refer to the "Help and Tools" instructions on a given calculator page for more specific instructions.

Disclaimer

Since your entries and notes are saved to your web browser on your device ...

You can only recall the saved entries and notes while using the same device and web browser you were using when you saved them.
I don't have access to your stored entries and notes for troubleshooting purposes.
If you upgrade your web browser, your saved notes and entries may be lost.

Calculator Preferences

Just above each calculator is a button labeled "Calculator Preferences". this button will expand the preferences options, which vary depending on the width of your screen:

Small and Large Screen Preferences

Show/Hide Keypads:
On small screens, each numeric entry field is followed by a grid icon. the icon will open a popup entry form designed for devices that don't include decimal points in their numeric keypads. This preference allows you to Show or Hide the grid icons.

Large Screen Only Preferences

Adjust Calculator Width:
Move the slider left and right to decrease or increase the width of the calculator to suit your preferences.
Note that some calculators will display a mobile optimized form at narrow calculator widths, and a desktop optimized form for wider calculator widths.
Also note that if you set the calculator to a very wide width, the "Help and Tools" panel will be hidden from view (useful if the "Help and Tools" panel is overlapping part of the calculator).
Stick/Unstick Tools:
If you would like to stop the "Help and Tools" panel from staying in view as you scroll the page, choose the Unstick preference.

My Dashboard

If you are using the latest version of your preferred web browser software (and one that supports Local Storage), your Dashboard allows you to view all of the following on one page.

Links to all of your Favorites.
All of your saved notes.
Links to all calculator that have saved entries.

Ad-Free Member Version

If you'd like to use an uncluttered, lightening fast version of this website, I invite you to subscribe to Ad-Free Member Version, which offers 2 levels.

Basic Level

Same as the free version you are using now, but without the ads. Cost: $6.97 per year.

Cloud Level

This version saves your entries and notes to a secure online database. This means ...

You can access your saved entries and notes from any device or web browser.
I have access to your saved data for troubleshooting purposes.
I back up your data on a regular basis.

The cost for the Cloud version is $12.97 per year.

Subscribe Here or get complete details here.

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