Second Life moves into the virtual goods market business - VentureBeat
Wed, Jan 21st, 2009
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Diving into one of the hot business models for virtual labs, Linden Lab said today it has acquired two virtual goods markets that sell items for the denizens of its Second Life virtual world.
Linden Lab has bought Xstreet SL and OnRez, two burgeoning online markets that sell hundreds of thousands of virtual goods to Second Life players, including clothes and accessories for their virtual characters, property and surroundings.
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