🧭 ECONOMIC LEAKAGE CALCULATOR

(a SearchMarquette tool)

Every online purchase already creates value somewhere. This tool estimates how much of that value could instead circulate locally through commission-based recovery over time. Adjust your spending level to model long-term economic impact at the community scale.

🔎 WHAT THIS IS

This is not a spending tracker. It is a simple projection model showing how routine online shopping behavior can translate into long-term economic flow. The goal is to visualize how small percentage-based returns could accumulate at a community level over time.

📊 HOW IT WORKS

Enter your estimated monthly online spending
Select a time horizon
The model calculates total annual flow
It applies a 3% recovery estimate
It scales results to Marquette County households
It projects long-term cumulative impact

🧠 WHY THIS EXISTS

Most online transactions already generate commissions and referral value. The question is not whether that value exists — but where it ends up. This tool explores what happens if a portion of that value is redirected into local systems instead of external platforms.

🏡 LOCAL CONTEXT (MARQUETTE COUNTY)

This model uses Marquette County as a reference scale to illustrate how individual behavior aggregates into regional economic patterns. It is intended as a visualization tool, not a precise economic forecast.

⚠️ NOTE

All outputs are estimates based on simplified assumptions intended for illustrative modeling and community awareness.