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Javien, GCG Partner for MMO Total Commerce Solution

Javien Digital Payment Solutions has announced a partnership with MMO customer service provider Game Center Group to offer Javien’s Total Commerce Solution to MMOs in need of subscription, billing, and virtual merchandise management.

San Diego-based Game Center Group provides game companies assistance on a range of issues, providing everything from technical and in-game support to helping streamline processes for quality assurance and agent/community management.

Javien’s Total Commerce Solution platform will allow Game Center Group to offer alternative payment methods including virtual tokens, and specialized accounts (parent-child sponsorships, prepaid wallets, etc.) to its customers, enabling the company to expand its offerings and billing model with micropayments.

Game Center Group’s clients include real money trading company Live Gamer and developer/publisher SouthPeak Games.

“Whether it’s putting the transaction piece into the game itself, setting up different billing methods or enabling various currency conversions, our customers find it difficult to accomplish it on their own – now we can tell them they don’t have to,” said Game Center Group IT manager Jeffrey Bard. “The best way to provide the support and service our customers needed for this was to partner with an expert. After an evaluation of possible e-commerce solutions, Javien’s technology was clearly the best – the most flexible in terms of billing options and the company’s deep experience with small transactions was critical as the industry is moving toward micropayments.”

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