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by Sigmund Leominster, News Editor The Virtual World Exchange (VirWoX) is a virtual currency exchange owned by the German company, Virtual World Services, GmbH.  The company has just released news of passing a significant milestone. According to their website, VirWoX has now reached over 5,000 registered users and a trading volume of 1 million Euros […]

With only 3 days left to vote, the top candidates for SLENTRE.COM’s 2008 SLentrepreneur of the Year are neck and neck. Currently there are 4 nominees all within about 10 votes of one another, so every vote counts.

    Editorial By Feldpar Epstein It’s rare to hear about real life business success stories in Second Life. The big ticket names – Pontiac, Adidas, Reebok, AOL, BMW, Aloft – seem to come – and then go. More to the point, they rush in with a big, splashy musical number and then take one […]

By Cybergrrl Oh Getting to Know Rolig Loon, Clothing Designer “I started about ten months ago, making simple things like T-shirts for myself. They were pretty bad, but the experience piqued my imagination,” says Rolig Loon, a clothing designer who opened her first in-world shop on Elysian Isle and has recently opened a second, larger […]

By Sigmund Leominster Early on Monday 24th March, 2008, Linden Lab’s official blog posted a link to their new Brand Center. Described as information on “how Residents can promote their own brands, products and activities in the Second Life world and use appropriate logos to enhance their message,” residents and journalists can now learn how […]

I was contacted by SL Business Magazine publisher and creator Hunter Glass, aka Ben Moyer, a few weeks ago and learned he was publishing Volume 2 of his popular business themed magazine. I was eager to ask him what he had learned from his first experience publishing an SL magazine as early as 2006 and […]

When I visited Vette’s Boutique, I was surprised by the small but exquisitely detailed and crafted clothing. A British woman in her early twenties, Vette DeCuir joined Second Life in July 2007 after reading an article about designers applying their knowledge successfully in SL. Ms. DeCuir is studying Fashion and Graphic Design at a British […]

Cheyenne Palisades Answers Your Business Questions “I’m new to Second Life and eager to make money. How much can I make, and how fast, and most importantly, what should I do?” —Eager Beaver in Ahern

By Avarie Parker   Several months ago I was fortunate enough to come across Peter in a Second Life Dublin club simulation. Through the course of our conversation, I learned of his impressive translation experience and further, that he’d applied these skills with his own online translation business, Babel Translations (http://slurl.com/secondlife/Beachwood/182/223/76). His company has been […]

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