Introduction: Realife Plus will fail if it will not be free to play. This is a social world which will be based on socializing, therefore it requires a large player base to function. If the player base is low, it will only get lower. Here are some tips to make sure realife plus succeed by taking other companies by example.

#1 No Feature Limitations

Most virtual worlds fail because they decided to limit a free user from using any features. This does nothing but annoy a player, ultimately not making them stay long enough to even consider paying for the game. Also, this is not good for those who join the virtual world with their friends. The friend that is paying for the game will have a good time, but their rest will not. Making everyone leave all together.

VIP Membership
Restricting PMs
Interaction Limitations
Emote Limitations
Access Limitations
Restricting VIOP


#2 Earning Fake Money

Real money should always be more valuable than fake money. Meaning, that fake money should take days to obtain. If fake money is too easy obtain, no one will ever pay for the game. Earning money overtime by just being in the game, is a great way to slowly earn fake money and have players be part of the community at the same time.

There should also be tasks or quests for earning fake money, which would be fun but not easy. These tasks or quests should not remove players from the community, like Secrets and Trivia did in vSide. There should be bonuses for having to make money by working with a team, since this is a virtual world based on community.

In addition, their must be daily rewards because this keeps the community active. The invite a friend feature is also a very successful way to encourage players to advertise a game and improve it's community, while giving free users the credit that they deserve.

Trivia
Hidden Secrets


#3 Real Money Benefits

Paying customers should not step over non-paying customers. However, they should not have to deal with grinding for cash unlike non-paying customers. So clearly, they would obtain items much sooner than a non-paying customer would. Another great way to make money is with character slots. We should start with two, but then users could buy more slots with real cash if they like.

Name changing is another great way to earn real money, since not everyone will be happy with their name. Notice how these features do not effect anyone's experience, it only improves it.