Rainbow Daydreamer wrote:While I'm all for more people being allowed to play with the NC Mall, this idea seems a little odd. Isn't Neocash meant to be a way for people to donate money to the site? As such, why would anyone want a Realworld shop to act as middleman (and, presumably, take a cut of the money)?
And Paypal doesn't take a cut of the money? Of course they do. It's just a different middleman, selling in a shop. But if you can't use Paypal (no credit or debit card, especially if you're too young) then a cash card you can buy in shops is the next best thing. The economics of it are all very different, of course, since the "goods" in the cash shop are available in unlimited numbers- once TNT have "manufactured" one copy, then multiple copies cost nothing to them. They will have to factor in the cost of making the cards, and Target will want a cut for distributing and selling them, but obviously they think it's worth it because after that it's all pure profit; considering many of the target market are in an age group where buying from a shop with cash is fine but Paypal isn't an option it makes sense to have a scheme like this.
Plus, it means that a kid whose parents wouldn't otherwise want them to spend money online could spend their pocket money on a cash card instead of on chocolate, and the parents wouldn't know.
Rainbow Daydreamer wrote:Also, I've said this before and I'll say it again; for a site founded by two Brits, they sure care about the US about a thousand times more than they do us lot. You guys get EVERYTHING before we do/instead of us (I've got my fingers crossed it's the former, even though I won't be back in the UK until Christmas.)
When the two Brits moved to America and sold to an American, the focus was going to shift to the US, there was no doubt about it. It sucks, but it's the way it works, and now Adam and Donna don't even work in the US any more the site is getting progressively more American. Also, the US is a bigger market. Another factor is that Nexon already has the system set up for its cash cards in Target stores, and since they're working in partnership with TNT on the Neopets cash shop, it was an obvious step to take- I'm guessing Neo is piggybacking on top of the system Nexon have for their cash cards. Bearing in mind that even Canada doesn't have Nexon cash cards yet, according to Wikipedia, the UK will be a long long way behind.
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