Romance is turning ‘virtual’ this year with lovers around the World showing their affections by purchasing their partner everything from the Great Wall of China to the Playboy Mansion in the virtual world of Weblo.com and what could be more romantic than buying your lover their hometown or favorite vacation villa ?



The latest social networking site, Weblo.com offers properties, towns, cities, and domain names for sale, in a virtual version of the real world. Everything from the Empire State Building to Paris the city of love is being bought and traded for real money, with members making profits from transactions and advertising revenue generated by traffic to their cities, states and asset web pages.

Properties are already being re-sold for profit - the virtual mayor of Washington D.C. sold his city for a 300 per cent profit; the virtual mayor of Seattle recently sold his city for $2000 and made a $1960 profit. Small towns are inexpensive, selling for as little as five dollars, while famous properties start from one dollar. The first owner of the Empire State Building paid one dollar and re-sold it for $250, making this year’s Valentine’s gift a potential investment.

“Weblo is like Monopoly on steroids, and people around the World are having fun and making real money," says Rocky Mirza, CEO and co-founder of Weblo.com. “With Valentine’s Day coming up we’re seeing a growing number of people buying and trading assets to give as gifts to their partner. You can buy a place or property that’s personal to you, for example where you got engaged, while also offering the potential to earn money."

Members attract traffic to their Weblo.com websites with compelling content including photo galleries, forums, polls and videos. Members profit from advertising revenue generated from their sites. In addition, owners of cities, states and airports earn a percentage of all transactions within their territories.

For more information visit www.weblo.com