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Virtual Goods: Good for Business?
Kzero —
Authority: 491
An extract from a recent KZero report on B2B virtual goods: Whilst 2008 saw the emergence of the virtual worlds sector, 2009 has to be called the year of the virtual good. With online destinations such as social networks seeing a creation of brand-new revenue steams and virtual worlds ‘giving the users want they ...6 hours ago -
Little World Gifts – virtual goods on the iPhone
Kzero —
Authority: 491
Here’s an interesting concept from UK-based Little World Gifts . The company is developing a range of virtual goods available for gifting to others. The virtual goods are all 3D and allow the recipients to interact with them. The iPhone app is being released this month (ready for Xmas) and will also have Facebook ...6 hours ago -
SocialVibe’s Thanksgiving Feast Facebook Application Raises Money to Fight Hunger
Inside Facebook —
Authority: 666
SocialVibe works with brands to create ways for users to donate money to charity, where users engage in some sort of branded online experience, and the brand make a donation. And for Thanksgiving, SocialVibe has created a Facebook app that is a type of simple fundraising game, raising money for the United Nations ...18 hours ago -
IF: Facebook Talking to Developers About New Plans for Its Virtual Currency
Inside Social Games —
Authority: 635
Facebook first broached the idea of creating its own virtual currency for third-party developers back in December of 2007. The company has slowly rolled the “Credits” product out. First it introduced the currency for buying gifts in its own gift shop last November, then a tweak here and there , and ...1 day ago -
Facebook Talking to Developers About New Plans for Its Virtual Currency
Inside Facebook —
Authority: 666
Facebook first broached the idea of creating its own virtual currency for third-party developers back in December of 2007. The company has slowly rolled the “Credits” product out. First it introduced the currency for buying gifts in its own gift shop last November, then a tweak here and there , and ...1 day ago -
Playfish Preparing to Launch Poker Rivals, Its Newest Facebook Game
Inside Social Games —
Authority: 635
Fresh off its up-to-$400-million purchase by Electronic Arts , Playfish is getting ready to roll out a Facebook poker game, called Poker Rivals . Lots of people love to play poker online, and Zynga ’s Texas Hold’Em Poker has shown they’re willing to do it on Facebook without actual cash involved. Just a ...2 days ago -
The Latest Stats on Zynga: New Traffic, Revenue and a $1 Billion Valuation?
Inside Social Games —
Authority: 635
As the largest and most aggressive social gaming company on the market today, Zynga is a great target for rumor, speculation and criticism. And so we have a few more data points on it, both internal numbers and independent reports. Traffic – Last week, the company crossed the 200 million total monthly active ...3 days ago -
Universal Platforms for Virtual Goods and Social Currency
MobileBehavior —
Authority: 126
Social currency and virtual goods have kept online gamers locked in their basements for years. Then Facebook introduced us to the virtual gift, and digital birthday cakes became badges of honor. Now game dynamics are becoming an increasingly popular way to encourage behavior online and on mobile, turning life into ...3 days ago -
Another Zynga Milestone: 100M Monthly Uniques
Virtual Worlds News —
Authority: 463
Farmville developer Zynga lays claim today to another user milestone, this time announcing that more than 100 million unique users play its games every month. The company points to user stats for its two most recent launches, Café World and FishVille -- Café World, launched in September, has already surpassed 9 ...3 days ago -
Developer Spending on Facebook Ads Continues to Soar
Inside Facebook —
Authority: 666
This summer, Zynga CEO Mark Pincus made headlines when he said that Zynga spent a “couple million dollars” on FarmVille’s launch on Facebook. At the time, we’d been heading from many developers that their Facebook Ads spends were ramping up. Now, we’re seeing the trend continuing, with no signs of slowing ...3 days ago -
Social Gaming Roundup: Boku, iPhone Discovery, Pirates, and More
Inside Social Games —
Authority: 635
Boku Gets New Partners, Features, Languages - - Mobile payment provider Boku announced 12 new service partners this week: Zoosk , 6waves , Snap Interactive , Cie Studios , GameDuell , Cyberstep Communications , IGG , King.com , NHN USA , Ntreeve , Outspark , and Perfect World . Boku lets users purchase ...5 days ago -
ISG: Zynga Reaches 200M Monthly Active Users on Facebook, Spreads Beyond It
Inside Facebook —
Authority: 666
Zynga has hit a new milestone on Facebook, and meanwhile, it has just launched a couple ways to increase its presence on the web: A stand-alone site for its hit game FarmVille and a new browser toolbar for Mafia Wars. The San Francisco company now has more than 200 million total monthly active users on the site, ...6 days ago -
Inside Virtual Goods: What Portion of Social Gaming Revenues Come From Offers?
Inside Social Games —
Authority: 635
This is a post by both Justin Smith and Charles Hudson When we set out to write the Inside Virtual Goods: The US Virtual Goods Market 2009-2010 research report earlier this year, we wanted to gain a deeper understanding of the payments ecosystem throughout all popular virtual goods markets in the US, especially ...1 week ago -
Can the Advertising Offers Business Find Redemption In Social Networks?
Inside Facebook —
Authority: 666
The entire social gaming industry has been criticized in recent weeks for running deceptive advertising offers. But how bad has the problem been, really? After all, low-quality ads for weight loss, teeth whitening, and a range of other dubious promises run in major ad networks and appear on prominent web sites all ...1 week ago -
Offerpal releases policies for virtual goods offers
BizReport —
Authority: 589
When it comes to online advertising new avenues are constantly popping up. One of the newest avenues is the virtual goods/currency avenue, by which consumers accrue points or currency and then send the points send virtual - or sometimes real goods - to friends and family. The proliferation of these opportunities ...1 week ago -
Virtual Goods, Offers, and Scams: Part 1
ReveNews —
Authority: 459
There’s been alot of hype and debate around the concepts of virtual goods and offers due to a few high flying companies which have been media darlings. The highest profile company in question is Zynga, athough other social gaming sites and social networks have employed similar tactics. All have enormous user bases ...1 week ago -
Virtual Goods, Offers, and Scams: Part 1
Affiliate Marketing | Affiliate Networks —
Authority: 144
There’s been alot of hype and debate around the concepts of virtual goods and offers due to a few high flying companies which have been media darlings. The highest profile company in question is Zynga, athough other social gaming sites and social networks have employed similar tactics. All have enormous user bases ...1 week ago -
Hello Kitty Online, An MMO for a Younger Crowd, Is a Work In Progress
Inside Social Games —
Authority: 635
If there is any one Japanese, pop-culture icon that most people should be familiar with it is the cute cartoon cat, Hello Kitty. The downloadable title, Hello Kitty Online , published by Aeria Games , seems like a great fit for the franchise. To clarify, Hello Kitty Online (HKO) is not a true “social” game ...1 week ago -
The Facebook Apps That Gained the Most Daily Active Users This Past Week
Inside Facebook —
Authority: 666
We’ve just started publishing leaderboards of the Facebook applications with the most daily active users over on AppData . Just as we have been doing posts looking at which apps have gained the most monthly active users each week, we’re going to start doing posts looking at which apps have gained the most daily ...1 week ago -
FishVille: A Marinated Review
Inside Social Games —
Authority: 635
Okay, okay, it’s been more than a week since FishVille first launched . We were just marinating a formal review, that’s all. Frankly, even without a formal critique, the game has seen quite a bit of action, especially with the whole scammy offers fiasco that led to their removal, altogether, from Zynga games. ...1 week ago
