Comments on: It’s a numbers game http://blog.secondstyle.com/2006/10/its-a-numbers-game.html Clothes, and shoes, and hair, oh my! Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:22:01 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: theory.isthereason » Second Life gets millionth user = Increases in worth? http://blog.secondstyle.com/2006/10/its-a-numbers-game.html/comment-page-1#comment-532 theory.isthereason » Second Life gets millionth user = Increases in worth? Wed, 18 Oct 2006 21:02:15 +0000 http://blog.secondstyle.com/2006/10/its-a-numbers-game.html#comment-532 [...] Alright, so how do I make money in Second Life? Learn to build. I think that’s the most fundamental way to earn money virtually… by building interesting items useful to anyone. There’s a whole designer fashion industry in SL as reflected by the beavy of SL fashion mags available (e.g. SecondStyle and LindenLifestyles), but you can also make eBooks, music, vehicles, houses and so on. There’s a very good pricing guide on the Fashionista blog where author Celebrity Trollop graphed and analyzed economic data for September 2006, which included two new metrics, transaction count by amount and monthly Linden spending distribution. If you’re lost, the author essentially realizes two pricing points: “If you’re a content creator looking for some guidance about how much to charge for your designs, the sweet spot seems to be a price under L$200 [… and …] people who are on a budget are really on a budget, and those who aren’t tend to spend quite a bit more Lindens per month than the average user”. [...]

]]> By: Shep Korvin http://blog.secondstyle.com/2006/10/its-a-numbers-game.html/comment-page-1#comment-323 Shep Korvin Tue, 03 Oct 2006 14:43:52 +0000 http://blog.secondstyle.com/2006/10/its-a-numbers-game.html#comment-323 I take back my earlier comment. I'm awake now :) I take back my earlier comment. I’m awake now :)

]]> By: Celebrity Trollop http://blog.secondstyle.com/2006/10/its-a-numbers-game.html/comment-page-1#comment-322 Celebrity Trollop Tue, 03 Oct 2006 14:34:49 +0000 http://blog.secondstyle.com/2006/10/its-a-numbers-game.html#comment-322 Yeah, clearly there's a large population who only spends L$500 or less per month, but it seems to me that the largest group of spenders goes out to a max of about L$2000 and up to L$50,000. Yeah, clearly there’s a large population who only spends L$500 or less per month, but it seems to me that the largest group of spenders goes out to a max of about L$2000 and up to L$50,000.

]]> By: Men’s Second Style » SL by the Numbers http://blog.secondstyle.com/2006/10/its-a-numbers-game.html/comment-page-1#comment-321 Men’s Second Style » SL by the Numbers Tue, 03 Oct 2006 13:59:39 +0000 http://blog.secondstyle.com/2006/10/its-a-numbers-game.html#comment-321 [...] Celebrity Trollop’s post over at our sister site prompted me to take a look a the Second Life statistics page. Her entry is an interesting discussion about spending patterns and retail pricing. [...] [...] Celebrity Trollop’s post over at our sister site prompted me to take a look a the Second Life statistics page. Her entry is an interesting discussion about spending patterns and retail pricing. [...]

]]> By: Shep Korvin http://blog.secondstyle.com/2006/10/its-a-numbers-game.html/comment-page-1#comment-320 Shep Korvin Tue, 03 Oct 2006 08:53:19 +0000 http://blog.secondstyle.com/2006/10/its-a-numbers-game.html#comment-320 Interesting analysis :) Now, I may have the wrong end of the stick here (it's still early, and I haven't had my first coffee of the morning), but doesn't your L$200 sweetspot only work if these spenders only buy a single outfit per month? My own first instinct is that the $200 peak occurs thanks to the folks who still pick up a $50/week stipend ... average that over the course of a month, and you get a monthly all-in/all-out spending budget in the $200 ballpark. Interesting analysis :)

Now, I may have the wrong end of the stick here (it’s still early, and I haven’t had my first coffee of the morning), but doesn’t your L$200 sweetspot only work if these spenders only buy a single outfit per month?

My own first instinct is that the $200 peak occurs thanks to the folks who still pick up a $50/week stipend … average that over the course of a month, and you get a monthly all-in/all-out spending budget in the $200 ballpark.

]]> By: CronoCloud Creeggan http://blog.secondstyle.com/2006/10/its-a-numbers-game.html/comment-page-1#comment-317 CronoCloud Creeggan Tue, 03 Oct 2006 02:11:52 +0000 http://blog.secondstyle.com/2006/10/its-a-numbers-game.html#comment-317 The numbers make sense to me. For my sake The numbers make sense to me. For my sake

]]> By: Choice Sliter http://blog.secondstyle.com/2006/10/its-a-numbers-game.html/comment-page-1#comment-315 Choice Sliter Mon, 02 Oct 2006 23:48:26 +0000 http://blog.secondstyle.com/2006/10/its-a-numbers-game.html#comment-315 Wow. Lot's of food for thought. I found one thing quite puzzling, though. Assuming I am reading the data correctly, the spreadsheet for the monlthy customer spending distribution shows that only 84051 spent even L$1 during the month of September. Could that possiby be accurate? It seems like an incredibly small number of spenders versus the number of active residents (those who have logged in within the past 60 days). Wow. Lot’s of food for thought. I found one thing quite puzzling, though. Assuming I am reading the data correctly, the spreadsheet for the monlthy customer spending distribution shows that only 84051 spent even L$1 during the month of September. Could that possiby be accurate? It seems like an incredibly small number of spenders versus the number of active residents (those who have logged in within the past 60 days).

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