Comments on: Equities Exchange Opens for Business in Second Life

By: hey hey

hey hey — Tue, 12 Jul 2005 19:54:42 +0000

If this Cyberland land resale business is for real, then they could concievably raise enough capital to be on par with Anshe or any other land merchant. Anyone else a little worried?

By: Urizenus

Urizenus — Sun, 10 Jul 2005 19:14:04 +0000

When I said it was like GOM I was talking about the buy/sell utility and the market tracking graphics etc. Could it be a scam? Well, I wouldn’t bet the farm on something like this, but it’s fun to take chances on these virtual businesses (and we are only talking about a couple bucks). In the worst case I learn about online scams. In the best case you get to meet some cool people (that’s how I met RB, for example).

By: Afraidto Bebanned

Afraidto Bebanned — Sun, 10 Jul 2005 19:00:30 +0000

This isn’t like GOM at all.

The more you look into this scheme, the more you’ll realize that it’s probably a scam.

One piece of wisdom from the SL forum:
“Anyone who gives their money to an anonymous company run by an anonymous person is just .. well the biggest chump in the universe.”

Amen to that

By: RB

RB — Sun, 10 Jul 2005 09:56:02 +0000

I want in on the ground floor when you do the first IPO then. 1000′s should come from it, millions later on down the track. Herald investors become rich people. haha.

- RB.

By: Urizenus

Urizenus — Sun, 10 Jul 2005 08:27:54 +0000

RB, SL Exchange is more of a general marketplace. This is pretty much a pure stock exchange (albeit with only one corporation listed at the moment).

Hey, maybe the Herald should go public too!

By: RB

RB — Sun, 10 Jul 2005 02:55:38 +0000

Is this anything like S(L)Exchange.com ??

And yes it looks very similar to GOM.

- RB.

By: Matthias

Matthias — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 22:47:33 +0000

Good luck with this, guys

I personally just found out about this through the Herald, and have gotten quite interested in it. Let’s hope someone picks up my buy order soon!

By: Shaun Altman

Shaun Altman — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 22:27:52 +0000

Hi, thanks for the write-up! I just wanted to offer a little clarification on the topic of listing other companies besides Cyberland. I suppose that I should re-write that part of the FAQ to be a little clearer, but this is something that I definitely WANT to do!

In fact, the infrastructure to support this is already in place. There are just some issues to overcome first, both in the area of trust and in just finding SL companies which which seem to make sense to IPO. Obviously the vast majority of SL companies don’t have any need for this type of funding.

That said, I’m currently in discussions with four companies who seem to be good candidates for listing on the exchange. I don’t anticipate anything happening tomorrow, or next week, but I also don’t think it’s too far off.

Long-term, I would definitely like to see is a diverse marketplace, both in the companies on the exchange and also in the types of investments possible.

-Shaun