Weblo.com Fact Sheet For Media
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What is Weblo.com? |
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Weblo.com is a virtual duplication of the world based on real-world properties, people, Internet domains and events
Part parallel universe, part social network, part massive multi-player online role playing game (MMORPG), part business opportunity, part daydream – Weblo.com is unlike anything that currently exists
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What are the different activities I can do on Weblo.com? |
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On Weblo.com members participate in a virtual universe where they have the potential to earn money through purchasing properties and domains as well as managing celebrities; the Weblo community includes forums, chat, social networks and page creation.
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How do I register? |
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To register, visit Weblo.com and click the Join now (soon to be Join Now) button in the upper right hand corner.
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What are the levels of membership? |
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There are five levels of registration at Weblo.com: Basic, Bronze, Silver, Gold and VIP. Different membership levels offer discounts on certain purchases, define earning potential and determine some Weblo activities; for example Silver members and above have the opportunity to sell products in auctions.
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What differentiates Weblo.com from MMORPGs? |
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Many online sites or games allow people to imagine, create or build their own universe. Only Weblo.com gives people the ability to create their own universe and actually profit from it. Imagine community meets commerce.
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How do I log-in? |
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Log-in by clicking the “sign in” tab on Weblo.com.
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Do I have to pay to be a member of Weblo.com? |
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No. Basic membership is free. Upgraded memberships begin at $4.95/month or $45 annually for Bronze, $9.95/month or $89 annually for Silver, $19.95/month or $179 annually for Gold and $29.95/month or $269 annually for VIP.
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How is Weblo.com different from online gambling sites? |
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No. Weblo.com is an online virtual world where people can buy and sell properties and domains, as well as manage celebrities. The user spends money to purchase assets and can not lose money from those purchases; however, there is the possibility for the user to earn money on their assets.
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How can people earn money? |
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Users have the opportunity to earn money through various means such as:
o Weblo.com places ads on every site; member receives a percentage of the pay-per-click revenue generated from their pages based on their membership level
o Sell or auction your purchased assets for higher prices and earn profits
o Develop affiliate marketing and revenue share plans as they filter through Weblo.com domains
o Become a mayor, governor or president and earn money from territory commission; you hold tax revenue shares of any city, state and/or country you own
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Are there limits to how much or little a person needs to purchase or sell on Weblo.com? |
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No, members can determine how much they purchase.
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Do you have to be a member of Weblo.com to go on the site? |
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You can browse the site without being a registered member, but in order to buy or sell properties and manage celebrities you must register.
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What can people do with their purchases after they own them? |
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It is up to each individual in Weblo.com to decide how they want to create their opportunities, market their own properties, and manage their own wealth.
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What can a person do when they are managing a celeb? |
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Once you own the rights to managing a celebrity, the first step is to build a page for the celebrity. You can upload a variety of items such as videos, interviews, pictures, gossips, news, blogs and a lot more. The Weblo.com page creation wizard will walk users through this process if needed.
Security/Site Management
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How are you ensuring people’s identity will be secure? |
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We do not sell the list of registered users, we offer double opt-in and do not share people’s personal information. It is up to each individual to decide what they want to post on their pages and if they want to share their personal details.
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How are you managing the content people post? |
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Weblo.com will maintain a team to moderate the site and has implemented a complaint procedure online so that if there is illegal content the offending member’s site will be shut down and, where appropriate, the member profile will be closed.
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Is it legal to play Weblo.com in the U.S. and Canada?
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Are you reporting the revenue people earn from the game to the IRS?
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Weblo.com is not responsible for issuing anything to members or to governments with respect to the money earned. Members are responsible for reporting extra income earned if their countries require it.
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Have you checked with federal and state authorities to ensure Weblo.com is legal to play?
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Yes, we have a team of lawyers that we have been working with to ensure that Weblo.com meets all current state and federal requirements.
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Rocky Mirza
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How did you come up with Weblo.com idea?
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Like a lot of great ideas, we came up with the idea when spending time with friends. We asked ourselves ”Why can’t the average Internet user make money like big companies do?” We started talking about this and thought there had to be a way to make this happen – a virtual world where people have a second chance to make the changes they would like. From there, we came up with the idea for Weblo.com, a virtual world that will share the ad revenue with its users, unlike traditional Internet companies.
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You made your money by building a gambling Web site, how is Weblo.com different from gambling?
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Weblo.com is an online virtual world where people can buy and sell properties and domains, as well as manage celebrities. The user spends money to purchase assets and can not lose money from those purchases – they only spend what they put into the game; however, there is the possibility for the user to earn money on their assets.
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Branding/Open Sourcing
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What is Open Source Branding?
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Open Source Branding is the process of applying the principle of Open Source – software that is intended to be freely shared, modified and redistributed by others – to branding and marketing strategies to encourage continual development and improvement of a company image or product. We believe Open Source Branding fosters greater brand loyalty by welcoming consumer ownership of the brand.
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Isn’t Open Source Branding risky, it goes against the “rules” of branding?
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It is, but that is the point! We want consumers to shape the identity of the brand based on their feelings and preferences. Weblo users will define the content on Weblo.com so it makes sense to have these same users help define the brand.
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What controls are you putting in place to maintain some sort of brand identity?
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Weblo.com is a virtual community built by our members. Our idea is to extend that concept further into our branding. Open Source Branding takes marketing to a whole new level. As users participate in the continual development of our logo, slogan and advertisements, the expression of our identity will evolve. The most popular logos, slogans and ads – as voted by users – will automatically be uploaded to Weblo.com and become the new look of Weblo.com. With the creativity and unlimited potential of our users, our brand will be the first to constantly change and grow from the best contributions.
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Is Weblo.com supporting this with advertising outside of the site?
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Our efforts have been focused on PR and Viral marketing efforts.
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