| Position Type | Full-Time |
| Company Information | VZones is a 2.5 dimensional cartoony virtual world platform for engaging entertaining online interaction, which we achieve by offering a wide range of activities in a community setting. VZones was launched in 1995 and the more than half of our original members still call VZones their virtual home today.
The average VZones’ user is a woman in her mid 30’s, has been a member for 10 years, has two avatars, and spends more than 3.4 hours a day in his/her virtual home engaging in multiple activities including communicating with friends, attending events, decorating apartments, playing games and discussing real-world issues. VZones consists of three unique virtual worlds including: newHorizones, Dreamscape and Seducity. In each world, users interact with each other via voice and interactive text. In addition to being the longest-standing virtual world on the web, VZones works daily to broaden its scope and now appeals to a new generation of users. Each new customer who becomes an "in-world" member has the opportunity to choose from several activities including: • Strategic games • Creating and selling virtual goods • Clue-based quests • Picture-based activities • Sporting events and activities • Community-building • Holiday events • Political discussions and debates • Foreign language lessons? VZones’ broad spectrum of users includes an exceptionally diverse range of members including teachers, stockbrokers, musicians, artists, computer programmers, students, producers and many more. While the majority of our members are females in their mid-30’s, the range spans from late teens to mid-60’s. VZones was developed by Fujitsu in 1995 and later sold to David Andrews. In October 2006 VZones was purchased by its current CEO, Justine Reichman. |
| Position Information | I'm trying to put out a call for a software development CTO for Stratagem
Corporation/VZones/World's Away. We are the great-granddaddy of all of the MMORPGs that we all know and play to excess today, having started way back in the CompuServe days of 1995. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WorldsAway What's needed is someone with skills in C/C++, MySQL, and getting around in a Linux environment. We're looking for someone who is capable of diving in and getting to root of any and all problems. Someone who is solutions oriented. Please contact me offlist if you are at all interested. I'm looking to take on a partner here for equity. Please contact me with any questions at justine@vzones.comThanks so much. Look forward to hearing from you. |
| Expertise Desired | Engineering - Other Information Technology Internet / E-commerce Product Development |
| Position Industry | Internet / E-Commerce |
| Compensation | 0 - 0 Salary + Equity |
| Compensation Negotiable | Yes |
| Company | VZones.com |
| Primary Industry | Internet / E-Commerce |
| Description |
The virtual goods market is growing exponentially. Mediapost reports that the virtual goods market doubled in 2009, reaching $1 billion in revenue with growth expected to continue to $32.5 billion this year. Key drivers for revenue are microtransactions, subscriptions, and advertising/sponsorships. Microtransactions alone are expected to grow from slightly over $1 billion in 2008 to $17.3 billion in 2015 and will account for approximately 86 percent of all revenue generated by virtual worlds. ThinkEquity expects sales of virtual goods in the U.S. to almost double this year, to $1.6 billion and women 35 and older (our audience) is expected to account for the majority of this growth. Billions of people are accessing their |
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| Expiration Date | 1/5/2011 12:00:00 AM |
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| Posted By | Justine Reichman |
