Users: overall public
Model: free to the PayMyTime email user
Use: Clicking the “Time Evaluator” button on the PayMytTme email toolbar highlights the specific mail received in the inbox on the right side of the email and shows an informed estimate of the value in terms of money for the time needed to read the email. This value is calculated based on the hourly value set by the specific PayMyTime user, multiplied by the estimated time to read it and formulate a reply.
Scope: With Time Evaluator, for each email we have in the inbox we will know exactly what the dollar value of the time we have to “invest” or “give away”, etc., etc. to read each mail. The base values (ie 200 $ hour) are set the first opening of the platform via tutorial and/or in the settings menu.
With this value PMT will calculate how much time is needed to read a specific email in the inbox (included attachments) and using the hourly value of the time of the reader, will report on the “Time Evaluator“ column what the dollar value of the time needed to open and read each email. With this information the user can make a more informed prioritization and decide whether to open and read the email, to wait until he will have the time to give away, or, more importantly to ask to be paid or reimbursed the estimated amount (through the PayMyTime basic version) from the sender before opening and reading the email thus opening a new transaction on the PMT platform.