Over on MyCustomer.com, there’s a great post titled “Twinity offers new forms of customer interaction“. There’s some great discussion there:

The company believes that modelling real locations is better for business than the ‘fantasy kingdom’ approach

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Twinity has a virtual economy, together with tools that enable commercial partners to open up virtual extensions of their real-life businesses, including VoIP communications.

This means it can serve as a sales channel that allows online shopping to be revitalised as a more social experience.

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“Twinity’s connection to the real world with a real community and trusted environment makes it an attractive platform for business. Companies that target the end consumer can interact with their consumers in a new dimension.”