With the Zbucks, users will be able to purchase.
Users can purchase them using PayPal or credit card at a rate of about $10 for 2,000 Zbucks. They join a growing group of other tween sites with paid virtual economies as well (Club Penguin, Habbo Hotel, Gaia). The site is now letting users purchase batches of “Zbucks”, their virtual curency, instead of having to earn them. Zwinky is not only making money from the Zbucks, but also through sponsorships and sales made through the virtual goods.. Zwinky is now expanding the service to their users pocketbooks, or rather those of their parents. With the Zbucks, users will be able to purchase their own avatar accessories or furnish their virtual rooms in Zwinktopia.
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