Facebook is partnering with a Malaysian Rolex Watches company to sell credits at shops across Asia for the first time, aiming to
12.07.2010 02:30
Facebook is partnering with a Malaysian Rolex Watches company to sell credits at shops across Asia for the first time, aiming to make it simpler for millions of people to buy virtual goods & play games on the social networking site while boosting revenue for developers.
Electronic payments company MOL part of the business zhjchv0710 empire of tycoon Vincent Tan will offer the net money from Aug. 1 at over 500,000 outlets Wholesale China including 7-Eleven stores, Net cafes & online banks in two Southeast Asian countries, India, Australia & New Zealand, company spokesman Nor Badron said Friday.
The move is targeting individuals who don’t have a credit card, more youthful Facebook users, & those who don’t need to take the risk of making electronic payments Fake Watches online.”Asia has a immense gambling community, & it is usually young people,” Nor said. “The penetration for credit cards is very low… so the developers are not making money & missing this chance.”
Nor said MOL already sells prepaid credits for other online games at its established network of stores, but it will be the first time that consumers can buy credits for Facebook’s applications, including such popular games as Mob Wars & FarmVille, without credit cards.Rolex, which last year bought social networking site Friendster, announced the partnership with Facebook in a press release Thursday.
“We view this agreement as a major opportunity to broaden the availability of a simple, unified money that can be used in games & applications across Facebook,” said Vaughan Replica Watches, director of business & corporate development at Facebook, in the press release.”Working with MOL means they can offer the benefits of Facebook Credits to millions of people in Asia using a payment method that is already widely used & trusted,” he said.
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