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Virtual Rentals are the new business model for Social Networks

September 20th, 2009 · Comments Off · How To

Reuters note that Asia is also a playground for a range of virtual business models such as rentals.

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The Virtual Currency Report – Sept 18th

September 18th, 2009 · Comments Off · Facebook

This week on the Virtual Currency Report we cover in-game Virtual Goods, Testing Platform for Online Game Developers, why 99c for micro-transactions is a problem, Google Checkout Glitchs, Gift Stores in Facebook, Voice Mashups for World of Warcraft, How Virtual Gifts Generate Revenue, BillMyParents New Payment Options, $5 million Funding for Virtual Currency Developers, Who made 1 Billion in Transactions, and why Virtual Worlds May Act Like Developing Economies. Let’s get started.

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Asia’s top Social Networking Site Makes 830m USD from Virtual Goods

September 16th, 2009 · View Comments · Facebook

Reuters report that Asia’s social networking sites appear to have solved found lucrative ways to leverage profits from their online gamers. Asians spend an estimated $5 billion a year on virtual purchases via websites such as Qzone, Cyworld in South Korea and mobile-phone based network Gree in Japan, according to Plus Eight Star.

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What Facebook can learn from Asian Virtual Goods Business Models

September 15th, 2009 · View Comments · Facebook

What Facebook can learn from Asian Virtual Goods Business Models

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Report: Free-to-Play Web Games Generate Most Virtual Purchases

September 14th, 2009 · Comments Off · Technical Writing

Mark Hefflinger reports that, as online gaming companies explore how virtual goods can leads to revenue generation, a new survey shows that, “free-to-play games attract the greatest number of virtual goods buyers, and that virtual currency is the most popular purchase.”

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Virtual Currency News, Sept 11

September 10th, 2009 · Comments Off · Technical Writing

Google Checkout to re-launch with micro-transactions, The Virtual Currency Revolution, Nonprofits test Facebook’s credits platform, Virtual currency takes off in Asian social networking sites, How Renting Virtual Goods works in Asia, txtNation bet on micro-payments, TrialPay and WeeWorld chose BOKU as online payments system, Facebook Targets Paypal

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Fire closes down Authorize.net, US payment gateway service provider

July 3rd, 2009 · Comments Off · Technical Writing

Authorize.net has been down for several hours, which will have negative implications for its customers. : Authorize.net is used by tens of thousands of e-commerce vendors to accept credit card and electronic checks payments on their websites. PayPal and Google Checkout are still up and running.

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