Secondlife and starting a business

[SystemParanoia]

are any phers running a business and making actual real money im this program ?

ive been reading up on it, but im unsure if its worth the bother ? or is it a proverbial goldmine ?

like it was for this chinese lady ?
http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?in_artic...

[Eric Mc]

What do you intend to sell?

How do you expect to be paid?

[SystemParanoia]

i have NO idea!

probably do somthnig with a cousin of mine. shes currently working as an interior designer.

theres an ingame currency. linden dollars

i think $200 linden dollars is worth $1 us dollar and can be converted at any time.

i was just generally asking though to see if anyones taken the plunge and actually made anythnig ?

ETA

current exchange rate is LD $280.5 - US $1

http://www.slexchange.com/modules.php?name=Currenc...

Edited by SystemParanoia on Friday 8th February 13:35

[Piglet]

Jesus, this must be a first - virtual reality gets to the business forum

[SystemParanoia]

looking at that slexchange website... i think you can do spread betting with the linden currency

could be a nice earner ? VR stockbroker?

[Eric Mc]

Before you get into any enterprise you MUST be clear in your mind what you intend to do.

The internet is not some magic force where unusual or different rules apply.

The fundamentals of business are the same whether in a virtual world or a real one.

[SystemParanoia]

fair enuff.. guess ill just have to do some reasearch.

i was really just posting to see if anyone is currently trading through this medium to get some idea of possible hoops that may have to be jumpped through.

thats all.

[JustinP1]

Eric Mc said:

Before you get into any enterprise you MUST be clear in your mind what you intend to do.

The internet is not some magic force where unusual or different rules apply.

The fundamentals of business are the same whether in a virtual world or a real one.

I would agree.

However, on an amusing and quite ironic note I am not sure whether you know, but from what I have seen of Second Life it is a bit of a magic force where very unusual rules apply as you can move impossibly heavy object, fly around unaided and do any number of things that Newton would turn in his grave over!

That said, I will never be swapping my money for an invented currency anytime...

[Webber3]

SystemParanoia said:

are any phers running a business and making actual real money im this program ?

ive been reading up on it, but im unsure if its worth the bother ? or is it a proverbial goldmine ?

like it was for this chinese lady ?
http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?in_artic...

I remember reading about some chinese guy employing a team of programmers to design secondlife houses. He was making serious money selling this virtual property through eBay I think.

[polus]

How many topics have been on this board (and others) where the business plan is to make money? Excellent idea, wish Id have thought about it.

[Ordinary Bloke]

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