Premium users are users who buy premium
But now, all players has free premium for a month...
...except new users who started after the new season started, who don't get the free 30 day premium trial
the premium account is very expensive,if it was cheaper more and more managers will buy premium account,but is very expensive.
for me it's very expensive and people of Romania,because in this time i don't work,is hard because of crisis and is difficult to catch a job.
even if i worked it's expensive for me,because in one month gain 145 Euro this is salary in Romania minimum.
and because is very expensive doesn't buy one,if is little cheaper 1 or 2 or 2.50 euro for one month,than more managers buy this premium and more money gain GOKICKOFF
This is a serious issue because of gross disparity in average/minimum wages among countries of the world. A worker
earning minimum wage in the UK or Australia makes over €15,000 annually while the same amount of work earns only €3,734 in Romania or €2,293 in Thailand.
One solution would be to charge a sliding scale based on the average GDP per capita worldwide (around US$11,000 = €8,250). Nations like Brazil or South Africa (whose GDP are very close to the world average) would pay a baseline price (around half of current price) and the price a manager would have to pay would be the ratio of their nation's GDP per capita and the world average. If implemented, it would look like this for some selected nations:
Nation GDP per capita* proposed annual price for premium membership**World Avg. €8,250 €20.00
Thailand €6,750 €16.36
UK €26,980 €65.40
USA €36,110 €87.54
Russia €12,515 €30.34
Romania €12,385 €30.00
Ivory Coast €1,178 €4.28
* Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)_per_capita**calculated as ratio of nation GDP per capita and world average x €20 (per year)
This would at least ensure that most of us have an equal chance to purchase a premium membership. It would also mean more people would purchase memberships which should translate into more money for GKO staff. For example, 100 Thai premium accounts @ €16.36 each per year is a lot more money than 10 premium accounts @ €40 per year. 100 x €16.36 = €1,636 while 10 x €40 = €400.
Of course,
for this to work there would have to be a way to verify the location of users. But then there is no longer an incentive to lie since premium users are allowed to manage teams in any country. It might very well make many managers who are already managing in foreign countries "come out of hiding" so to speak, register as premium users, and legitimize their status fully. Otherwise, I feel that only a small minority of GKO users will have premium accounts, and the GKO staff will be missing out on a lot of potential revenue.