Making Money in Virtual Space

You don’t even have to be real anymore to make a million dollars. Anshe Chung a former school teacher who used to live in Hubei, China become Second Life’s first Virtual Millionaire.

Second LIfe which is an online community where you basically build a life and interact with those around you is becomming all the rage for stay at home moms, internet gurus and geeks, and even car companies.

That’s right, both Ford and Toyota have real estate in Second LIfe world and sell cars, virtually. You can own one for a little over a real dollar.

Anshe Chung is a millionaire there, meaning she has enough virtual dollars that she can actually convert into real dollars by selling them to others in the virtual space. She did it by being a land baron. Building real estate, or server space.

See, theres money to be had everywhere. You just have to be a little creative sometimes.

For more on Anshe Chung go to cnn money’s write-up on her

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