Jambool.com - A Virtual Goods Platform

We can define Social Gold as a virtual economy platform, the kind of which have become all the rage after online games such as “World Of Warcraft” skyrocketed in popularity, and then the "social" concept occupied center stage. Social Gold offers a platform whereby a scalable currency can be implemented along with an analytics platform for managing and optimizing this virtual economy.

Social Gold can be integrated with most major payment methods including PayPal and Google Checkout, and Amazon Payments are also taken into account. What’s more, recurring revenue can be set up by way of in-game subscriptions.

There is no need to discuss the advantages a platform like this one can have for the player. It suffices to say that it takes gaming to a whole new level, as a bigger degree of engagement is achieved. This particular payment solution is especially suited to some of the most popular games within the social scene such as Mafia Was and Lil’ Green Patch.

This is not the first platform of its kind to come along, and it is obvious that as long as Facebook keeps on going on strong (IE, for quite a bit yet) we are going to see the emergence of more like it. Hopefully, they will bring something new into the equation instead of hammering incessantly into the same space. Hopefully…

“Social Gold is a full feature virtual economy platform that developers can use to create their currency systems, monetize it using in-game payments by Social Gold, and manage and grow their economy using Social Gold virtual economy analytics. Social Gold was founded by veterans from Amazon.com -- people who built the foundational infrastructure for their e-commerce and web services, and who had gone on to build some of the most popular social games.”

Virtual currencies are becoming more and more commonplace. The more alternatives the users have the better off they are.

What advantages has it got over related platforms that do mostly the same?