http://blog.jambool.com How to build Virtual Currency, Monetize it with Direct payments -- and always entertain users with a great Experience. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:32:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Today we announced a new partnership with GamerSafe, in which their community of over 10,000 online game developers and publishers will now have access to our in-Flash payments platform. Founded in 2009, GamerSafe is a powerful tool that allows developers and publishers to add high quality features into their online ... http://blog.jambool.com/index.php/2010/03/08/social-gold-in-app-payments-now-accessible-to-10000-developers-through-gamersafe/ We're excited to announce new speakers for our first-ever Cha-Ching! Workshop: Realizing Revenues Through Virtual Economies. Participating in a new panel discussion focused on monetization of virtual goods, this new group of speakers consists of Trip Hawkins, CEO of Digital Chocolate, Lee Clancy, Senior Vice President of Product Management and ... http://blog.jambool.com/index.php/2010/03/03/announcing-new-speakers-for-cha-ching-virtual-economies-workshop/ As part of our ongoing initiative to provide 100% coverage of currency and payments support everywhere in the world, we're proud to announce that the Social Gold platform now enables customers to purchase virtual goods in their local currencies. Currencies already live include Euros, Pounds, Swiss Francs, Danish and Norwegian ... http://blog.jambool.com/index.php/2010/02/26/announcing-our-expansion-of-local-currency-support-in-global-markets/ This year we're participating in full force at the 2nd Annual Flash Gaming Summit (www.flashgamingsummit.com). Hosted by Mochi Media, the Flash Gaming Summit brings together leaders in the industry to share insights and strategies for monetization, distribution and analytics.  Our co-founder and CEO, Vikas Gupta, will be speaking on a panel ... http://blog.jambool.com/index.php/2010/02/24/social-gold-speaking-and-sponsoring-the-flash-gaming-summit-march-8-2010/ Social Gold, the leading virtual currency and payments solution for thousands of online games and virtual worlds, recently announced a new workshop series focused on virtual currencies called “Cha-Ching” along with the launch of the Social Gold panel of virtual goods economists. Panelists include John Zdanowski, CFO of Avatar Reality, ... http://blog.jambool.com/index.php/2010/02/24/social-gold-announces-cha-ching-virtual-currency-workshop-series-with-virtual-economy-advisory-panel/ Social Gold and Women in Games International (WIGI) will be hosting its 3rd annual mixer at GDC 2010 on Wednesday, March 10 from 6:00pm – 9:00pm. This year’s industry exclusive VIP party will be will be held at one of the most unique venues in San Francisco — the California Historical ... http://blog.jambool.com/index.php/2010/02/23/social-gold-and-women-in-games-international-host-vip-mixer-at-gdc-2010/ The Social Gold team visited New York City last week as part of the Virtual Goods Conference at the Engage! Expo, held at theJacob K. Javits Center.  Sharing the spotlight with the 107th International Toy Fair, the Virtual Goods Conference gave us an opportunity not only to provide shelter to ... http://blog.jambool.com/index.php/2010/02/23/social-gold-takes-part-in-the-virtual-goods-conference-at-the-engage-expo/ Here's a quick intro to getting set up with payments within your flash games. Sign up and start making money today in your flash games! Social Gold: In Flash Payments Overview from Social Gold on Vimeo. http://blog.jambool.com/index.php/2010/02/21/social-gold-in-flash-quick-intro/ Monetizing your international user base is not an easy task. Having a global user base inherently means that a very diverse user base is involved. When you game is playable on social networks that reach players in multiple countries around the world, you are dealing with hundreds of countries, even ... http://blog.jambool.com/index.php/2010/02/18/why-are-international-payments-challenging/ At Social Gold we sit at the helm of the extremely fun space of virtual goods. It is a very new world, and publishers and platforms are all only beginning to see the revenue potential here. Today we want to share some interesting statistics we have observed on virtual goods. Traditional ... http://blog.jambool.com/index.php/2010/02/17/social-game-spending-behavior/