Reverend Rar, it looks Lindens did some calculating too. Zee put numbers up: Land mass grew over 44%. The total number of regions owned by residents increased 44.2% over Q1 to just over 1.5 billion square meters. Our growth was due to the popularity of our newly launched “Openspace” land product along with a change in pricing to make the purchase of land more accessible to first time buyers. “Openspace” regions are full 65,000 square meter regions with an upfront fee of $250 and a recurring monthly fee of $75. We decreased the price for full regions by 40% to $1000 upfront (the recurring monthly fee remains $295). We also launched a new Land Store that instantly provisions new regions. Pricing changes plus a dramatically improved purchase experience fueled land sales in the quarter. On the other hand, premium subscriptions have remained flat since we decreased the stipend to L$ 300 per week in the second quarter of 2007. Prior to that the premium account essentially provided residents with a way to purchase L$ at a discounted rate. Because land represents nearly 8x more revenue to us than premium accounts, our focus has been on the launching of new land products rather than on enhancing the premium subscription. ...
And went to a hell of trouble to make them look nice (the graphs! ;)).
Land mass grew over 44%.
User Hours grew by 8.5% while peak concurrency grew modestly. (your bots?)
User-to-User Transactions grew over 14%.
Volume on the Lindex grew 5%.
The number of “profitable” inworld businesses grew by 9%
Reverend Rar, it looks
Wed, 07/09/2008 - 01:28 — Vint FalkenReverend Rar, it looks Lindens did some calculating too. Zee put numbers up:
Land mass grew over 44%. The total number of regions owned by residents increased 44.2% over Q1 to just over 1.5 billion square meters. Our growth was due to the popularity of our newly launched “Openspace” land product along with a change in pricing to make the purchase of land more accessible to first time buyers. “Openspace” regions are full 65,000 square meter regions with an upfront fee of $250 and a recurring monthly fee of $75. We decreased the price for full regions by 40% to $1000 upfront (the recurring monthly fee remains $295). We also launched a new Land Store that instantly provisions new regions. Pricing changes plus a dramatically improved purchase experience fueled land sales in the quarter. On the other hand, premium subscriptions have remained flat since we decreased the stipend to L$ 300 per week in the second quarter of 2007. Prior to that the premium account essentially provided residents with a way to purchase L$ at a discounted rate. Because land represents nearly 8x more revenue to us than premium accounts, our focus has been on the launching of new land products rather than on enhancing the premium subscription. ...
And went to a hell of trouble to make them look nice (the graphs! ;)).
Land mass grew over 44%.
User Hours grew by 8.5% while peak concurrency grew modestly. (your bots?)
User-to-User Transactions grew over 14%.
Volume on the Lindex grew 5%.
The number of “profitable” inworld businesses grew by 9%
From the official SL blog.