Comments on: Facebook Expands Virtual Goods Business with Licensed Music and Sports Gifts

By: Charity Gifts on Facebook offer Alternative for Christmas

Charity Gifts on Facebook offer Alternative for Christmas — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:02:00 +0000

[...] your credit runs out, but for those really really special friends I’m into facebook’s (newly expanded) gift area where you can give music, or charity gifts. Hit your causes app, go to gifts and [...]

By: Charity Gifts on Facebook offer Alternative for Christmas | m1m2creative

Charity Gifts on Facebook offer Alternative for Christmas | m1m2creative — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:51:30 +0000

By: A Look at Causes’ New Nonprofit Partner Center

A Look at Causes’ New Nonprofit Partner Center — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:08:21 +0000

[...] As regards the first point, the company has been very smart in timing the release of these tools to coincide with the America’s Giving Challenge. Causes are competing for daily prizes and an overall prize based on number of donations, and it has already raised $1 million. Additionally, the donation page itself has been revamped. Causes can now do more to customize the graphic or photo to accompany donations of various amounts. Administrators can tailor the donation page for each Cause by creating up to 5 of these “Donor Choices.” Previously, the only customized graphics which accompanied donations (or named gifts) were the Charity Gifts, arranged by Causes headquarters and certain nonprofit partners. The Donor Choices now give every Cause the opportunity to create these icons to help users understand the value of their donation. Some gifts from organizations on Causes have also begun appearing in Facebook’s virtual gifts store. [...]

By: Virtual Greats Supplying Licensed Virtual Goods to Facebook, App Developers

Virtual Greats Supplying Licensed Virtual Goods to Facebook, App Developers — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:01:44 +0000

[...] Facebook expanded its inventory of virtual goods in the Facebook Gift Shop once again, this time adding licensed music and sports-themed virtual gifts. Facebook signed an agreement with Lala.com for rights to distribute “web-only” and [...]

By: Add Me As a Frenemy: MySpace and Facebook Discuss Sharing Content

Add Me As a Frenemy: MySpace and Facebook Discuss Sharing Content — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:09:28 +0000

[...] has looked into some sort of music streaming service, the closest thing to materialize, yet, is a virtual song gift that people can give each other through music company [...]

By: Virtual Currency – Media Types for Online Games Applications | The Adsmarket Blog

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:03:27 +0000

[...] I wanted to share with you a fast-growing media channel that you MUST use or at least try, for your upcoming campaign – Virtual Currency. (If you don’t know much about virtual currency yet, I won’t go into it here, but two sites I like explain it really well. Click here or here.) [...]

By: Jen

Jen — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:28:41 +0000

They shut down the gifting app I had made without even giving me a warning. I’m really upset about this. My app was really popular and now it is gone. I don’t understand why they can’t expand their virtual gifts, while leaving the app I created alone! Ugh!