RockYou Pets Becomes First hi5 App to Launch with Virtual Currency Integration

rockyoupetshi5 has undergone a lot of transformation lately. With 63 million users around the world, the global social network has refocused its efforts on a “social entertainment” game portal model, created a universal virtual currency for app developers, and signed up payment partners.

Now, the company has announced the launch of its first developer partner to integrate hi5 Coins: RockYou Pets. RockYou Pets will be distributed through the hi5 Games channel and exclusively accept hi5 Coins for the hi5 version of the game.

“This deal advances our partnership by allowing RockYou and hi5 to directly monetize user engagement through hi5 Coins, the virtual currency hi5 users are already accustomed to spending in a variety of ways on our site, “said Anil Dharni, vice president of products at hi5. By providing partners with the ability to integrate our payments infrastructure into their applications, hi5 is creating a great new monetization option for application developers.”

A robust ecosystem of third party applications accepting hi5 Coins could help drive big revenue growth for the company. hi5 says that RockYou is “the first of several OpenSocial partners” to gain access to the new hi5 APIs that provide broader access to hi5’s user base and “better overall monetization potential.”

Just this week, Facebook confirmed to Inside Facebook that it is launching an alpha test integrating its virtual currency with Facebook Platform application developers. However, that effort has yet to launch.

For now, hi5 continues its efforts to drive more monetization programs through games. Recently, it announced a deal with Mochi Media as well to monetize through in-game ads.

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17 Responses to “RockYou Pets Becomes First hi5 App to Launch with Virtual Currency Integration”

  1. RockYou Pets Becomes First hi5 App to Launch with Virtual Currency … | In-game marketing news says:

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  2. charles palma says:

    Is it worth purchasing hi5 virtual currency?

  3. alan says:

    como puedo consegir mucho dinero para rock you pets

  4. ligiengte says:

    hi

  5. elif says:

    canılşlafş

  6. allen says:

    hi how are you doing today

  7. adriana says:

    hi.i can not access my pet.why?what hapened with him?

  8. Anibal says:

    hello… I just wanna know why I can’t play rockyoupets in mi HI5 acc??; simply I see nothing when I’m in =(

    HELP ME!!!
    I think my pet has already dead =(

    ————————————————
    Hola… Quiero saber porque no puedo jugar rockyoupets en mi cuenta de Hi5 ??; simplemente no veo nada cuando entro =(

    AYUDENME!!!
    Creo que mi mascota ya se ha muerto =(

  9. adriana says:

    …..

  10. bianka says:

    oigan no puedo entrar ami mascotita creo ke lla se murio

  11. laura rodriguez says:

    mi pet ,know yes mi pets die

  12. KarenBehrens says:

    I have not been able to get on play with my pet on my space. Whats wrong

  13. monserrath says:

    yo kiero entrar a jugar com mi gatito y no puedo nada

    =(

  14. hotstuff says:

    my poor kitty is probably dead it says technical error

  15. YO says:

    ELIMINARON LA APLICACION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Y YO QUE TENIA COMO $20000

  16. D & J says:

    y love you

  17. AnonimUs says:

    dc nu merge pe hi5? as vrea sa il joc ;)

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