Bodega, The Next Best Thing?

This is not a joke.

We posted this on Joking Gorilla instead of HungryPeople because we want it to be a light reading compared to the serious topics discussed in HungryPeople.

In our first article yesterday, we discussed ways on How To Become A Billionaire. Today, we show YOU one example that might just do the trick. If the management team of Bodega executes this right, they might be on to something BIG (hint: they might make big money).

There's a new exciting platform in town. Bodega hopes to help YOU turn your virtual goods into cash. Yes, YOU read that right. Bodega will work across different games and eventually most social networking sites to help YOU exchange or sell your virtual goods for the REAL THING – CASH.

This is actually the holy grail of the gaming industry. Though if YOU were a developer or new company, YOU would probably like to develop the next coolest game in town. Sooner or later, players will move on to the next coolest game and YOU need to come up with another cool thing.

Bodega is different. Whatever game players play, Bodega can help them transition by offering a platform where they can offer their current “status” and all that it entails to interested players and move on to the next catch. This will further enhance our gaming experience as this will enable “players” with cash to buy status or the virtual goods of already established players. Bodega hopes to be that platform.

This is an exciting opportunity and no company has yet gained market leadership on this point. Here's an interesting piece written by Jason Kincaid for TechCrunch that discusses this new gaming platform:

“As more games on the web begin to embrace virtual currency, users often run into the same problem: they’ve racked up mountains of whatever currency they’ve been playing with, but then don’t have a way to actually do anything with it outside of that game. Sure, they can always buy the latest tractor or weapon to arrive in their game, but at some point that gets old and they’re ready to cash out and move on to something new. Enter Bodega, a new platform that’s looking to help users swap virtual goods and currencies across different games, and even across different social networks.”

YOU can read the full article here.

One last thing, Joking Gorilla thinks the name Bodega is boring. Any suggestions?

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