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Virtual Commerce

Delisting and and Reassessing

If you find yourself looking for old Burbclave Biz product listings on the SL Marketplace, you won’t be able to purchase them there. For now, my shop in Roclaren is the place to find them. They were all still magic box listings, and I’ve decided that the transition to direct delivery is as good as [...]

Can Virtual Worlds Survive the Great Recession?

It seems like everywhere you turn these days, there is another story about about old favorite sims that are closing or on the verge of doing so. In fact, New World Notes now has a sim deathwatch tag dedicated to this topic. This parallels what is happening outside of the confines of virtual space. I [...]

The Virtual Ecosystem Needs a Payment System that Supports Microtransactions

Recently, two articles have been published about things that would help the virtual community and potential business opportunities for Web developers supporting the virtual ecosystem. Pathfinder wrote about OpenSim’s need for DRM-free content and Web sites that sell similar mesh items. Hamlet recently wrote a story about a Groupon-style deal for IMVU and suggested that [...]

Ecommerce Team… It’s Not Just Me

The word of the day is validation. Anyone who has read through this blog has seen that I am no fan of the E-commerce Team running X Street SL. Apparently I am not alone. Here is an excellent post written by Snickers Snook on the problems that she sees with Second Life Marketplace. I am [...]