| It isn't possible to know just how many transactions were actually sale of goods rather than anything else. The only figure I vaguely remember is a Linden (don't even remember which one) said 0 - 1L made up something like 30% of transactions but a single figure total amount.
Some relevant (or not) figures.
At the beginning of sept 06 (Q4) there were less than 1 million accounts. Now there's around 17 mill.
Around 1/2m accounts spend money each month. The other half million don't even spend 1L.
Private estates have probably grown from around zero (I can't remember when they came in) to around 75% of the grid. I don't know how many of those are rental but they need to be paid for by the renters and I'll bet a large majority of them pay inworld rather than through paypal.
I would suggest that a lot of the increase comes from estate rentals rather than a flourishing economy.
This is like counting angels on a pinhead and if Hamlet had paid even little attention to any of the financial stuff/what's been happening on the grid down the years he'd be aware of this. Particularly my first paragraph. If LL don't even know why money is transferred between accounts then what hope does anyone else have? |