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by Xixi 6169 days ago
It's quite funny because before I clicked the link, I actually wondered if they were going to include the iTunes Store or the App Store as part of their "Virtual Goods". For after all, digital music and softwares are just that : virtual goods.

I actually spent some real USD in Second Life to buy decent clothes. That was for corporate use, with the company credit card. I discovered at that time that Second Life was a cheap and efficient way to organise online meetings (very decent VOIP, and the 3d-sound is a killer for large groups), but definitely not easy-to-use / intuitive.

For my not yet public startup we are actually thinking of going the Virtual Goods way... though I personally would prefer just charging users to use the product. Maybe I'm a bit old-school... well, anyway, the priority is to release the product.