The world of Webkinz

When the Ganz gift company developed their soft toy line Webkinz they had no idea that they were opening the doors for a multi-million dollar franchise. With over 2 million Webkinz sold, there was a time when there was a shortage of Webkinz in the market. But before we discuss the creation of Webkinz any further the first thing to discuss is what a Webkinz is? A Webkinz is a stuffed toy available in a variety of avatars, but the fact that a Webkinz can be a Kangaroo, Butterfly, or Duck is nothing special. What is different is that a Webkinz comes with a small tag with a number on it. A Webkinz owner can use the special number to register with the Webkinz website.
Once a Webkinz owner signs himself up the owner gets access to the world of Webkinz. There are currently over one million registered users on the Webkinz website. Every time a Webkinz owner registers with the site he is given a virtual pet. The owner of the Webkinz can then assign his virtual pet a name, gender and also choose an avatar. Essentially a user ‘adopts’ a virtual pet online. Once a Webkinz owner has adopted a pet online, a Webkinz owner is given a room, and some virtual furniture to decorate the room. Each virtual pet has its own sets of advantages and disadvantages, and must be fed using a special food item assigned to it.
A person buying more than one Webkinz can register with the site, and adopt pets in addition to his existing pets. On adopting ten virtual pets a Webkinz owner gets a special bed called a “super bed” and also gets 2000 of the virtual currency called Kinzcash. Also a Webkinz owner gets a “rare item” on addition of every subsequent pet after the first.
Just like the real world, all activity on the website is centred on spending and earning of Kinzcash. Users can use Kinzcash to buy items, have their pet examined if its gets sick (yeah the pets actually get sick) and to curry favour with other online players. In addition to making the virtual world similar to the real world, online pets have various properties attributed to them.
Adopted pets have a happiness meter, a health meter, and a hunger meter. So in essence a Webkinz owner has to log on to the website regularly to play and entertain the pet. If the levels of any of the previously mentioned meters fall the pet takes ill and has to be taken to ‘Dr. Quacks’ for treatment, however taking the pet to Dr. Quacks usually costs Kinzcash.
Unlike other sites a Webkinz virtual pet can never die, it can get sick but it can never die. The current membership duration is one year, after the first year a user gets a 30 day grace period in which a member is expected to renew his/her membership (only real cash accepted!). People with more than one Webkinz can usually enjoy longer duration of membership as they have more than one adopted pet.

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