The Virtual Goods Summit 2008 is a one-day conference focused on the emerging market opportunity for virtual goods and economies. This year’s conference will feature a blend of panel discussions and expert-led breakout sessions covering everything from getting started with virtual goods to maximizing the revenue opportunity around virtual goods and virtual economies. GigaOM readers can get $75 off a General Admission ticket by registering with the discount code “GIGAOM.” We’ll also be raffling off one free ticket. Tell us in the comments why you want to attend the conference and what you would get out of it. Leave us a comment by 8 p.m. PT on Oct. 6th and leave a valid email address so we can contact you if you win.
We just launched a virtual goods marketplace for sports fans at http://www.oneseason.com. It would be interesting to see/hear the directions others are taking with virtual economies as well as how they are dealing/responding with some of the challenges in relation to providing a transparent, fair market.
I would like to attend the Virtual Goods (VG) Summit to further my understanding of ways to monetize without the sole reliance on ad revenue. I believe that the easy cash ad revenues have offered since its inception has thwarted the development of novel ways to monetize in online ventures. VG have emerged as a promising alternative especially for Virtual Worlds (VW)/Social Networks which try to honor style, decency, safety, and relevance over ad intrusion, ad irrelevance, layout crowdedness, and redundancy.
I expect to learn how to implement VG in my VW, what metrics to rely on to measure growth and virality, and, most importantly, to network.
I hope to see you there
Rgs,
We have chosen our ticket winner. See you at the conference!