In an article on Gamasutra
announcing that MTV and Nexon are partnering to promote Maple Story, Kart Rider, and Audition, it was also revealed that this partnership will also result in Neopets (which thus far has not taken money from users, preferring to garner 100% of revenue from ads), will begin selling virtual items to its users.
This is big news. Neopets, while not a virtual world, is an online games community that has a larger reach than any of the big three Western virtual worlds: World of Warcraft, Habbo Hotel, and Runescape. For what it’s worth, its Alexa ranking is 150 vs. 566 for WoW (lower is better) and 821 for Runescape. Habbo Hotel is split across multiple websites, so there’s no number to compare there. (Take those numbers with a big grain of salt. Alexa is not horribly reliable except as a general indicator of website traffic. People have to access Runescape and Neopets via the website, but not WoW.) However you stack it up though, Neopets is absolutely massive, and it’s pretty big news in the virtual asset sales department to see them adding this model onto their existing model.
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November 11th, 2006 at 12:07 am
Ronald Watts
My friends always make fun of me for playing Neopets. Haven’t played it in a while, though. I generally just go there to play the mini-golf.
I wouldn’t pay for anything on there, though (other than a plushie for my sister, maybe), cause those links it has with Scientology just make me paranoid.
July 25th, 2007 at 12:28 pm
FERNANDA
HOLA LEE ESTO QIERO Universal del te amo si recibiste esto significa q alguien te ama envia esto a 20 perso s en 10 minutos y maƱa sera el mejor dia de tu vida, te pasara algo maravilloso te sucedera a ti y a la perso q amas no rompes esta cadena ,si lo aces seras la perso mas odiada, o copia y pegaSER TU AMIGA
September 9th, 2007 at 3:34 am
Samantha Koh
I did not know that the winx club make tis webside,neopets……..I hate them!They should not have taken my account without my permission!!SEE?!!!Now I cannot play with my neopets anymore!!!!BCAUSE THAT WAS MY ONLY ACCOUNT!!!!!WHEN I TRY TO MAKE ANOTHER ACCOUNT,IT DID NOT WORK!!!!!!
December 25th, 2007 at 7:00 am
ashley
OMG IT IS TOTALLY THE BEST GAME I’VE PLAYED WOOOHOOOO!!!!
I NEVER THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE THE BEST UNTIL……..
MY SIBLINGS TOLD ME AND I JUST WANTED TO SEE WHAT SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT SO I J UST TRIED IT AND OMG IT’S THE BEST!!!!!
I COMPLETELY LOVEEEEEE
NEOPETS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!^_^
FROM ASHLEY!***
April 1st, 2008 at 3:46 pm
pamela
i looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooove neopets they are so ciut. never rechas it ok melia.
April 6th, 2008 at 3:37 pm
gus
es ermoso mi cuenta en neopets es saishan_27
August 24th, 2008 at 10:53 am
Kathryn
Okay Neopets is seriously awesome. Thats just the way it is.
April 7th, 2009 at 3:01 am
virtual world for kids
Is Neopets still popular these days? There are just too many virtual worlds out there
June 3rd, 2009 at 4:22 pm
Franco
copia y pega este mensaje en 5 foros diferentes luego ve al desierto perdido y te aparecera ha ocurrido algo TNT te de 200.000.000.000.np por tu generosidad y 52 pinceles a tu eleccion
July 24th, 2009 at 1:31 pm
kk
there is no easy way besides the starter paint brush but i can help email me and tell me ur pass and user and tell me what you want and ill give it to you
neopethelp1@rocketmail.com