Be a pop wizard!! (popex.com)

Member Name: gailsmith

Product:	popex.com
Date:	05/04/01 (103 review reads)
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Advantages: Just a bit of fun

Disadvantages: Can't get real money from it

I'm not sure if this is in the right category, but I couldn't find the one I wanted, so this will have to do!!
Anyway what I am giving my opinion on is a great site I have found,(Actually my son found it - thanks Nicky!)
Popex is all about buying and selling shares in pop music, well it's not actually the music but the artists.
Whether or not your into buying and selling shares you'll love this, you don't use real money, nor do you gain real money, you don't even win anything! It's great fun though, once you've signed up you are given £5,000 (don't forget this is only virtual!)to buy shares with.
Just go down the list of artists you can buy, it will say what they are selling at and how many shares you can afford to buy, you can buy as many or as little as you wish, if you want to spend all your money on one artist that's up to you, or you can just buy 1 share in an artist, I usually do this if I'm not too sure about them or it's all I can afford.
The shares go up and down depending on how well the artists are doing in real life.
They are updated all the time so you can see how well you are doing, if you find your shares going down and decide to sell make sure you keep them for 3 days to get full dividend, if you sell them too soon you will lose out, and you never know they may start to go back up!! although it's best to sell when they are high to make money.
It's best to try not to keep buying and selling too much, as for each transaction you make popex takes 5%.
You are paid your dividends each Friday, this goes into your account ( you always have to have a certain amount in your account- you cannot spend it all) so if you want to buy a share worth 3.15 and you have 4.15 you won't be able to buy it as you always need at least 2 in your account.
Before you buy into someone it is always best to look at their statistics to see how well they have been doing, it is really
easy to follow.
You need to have an e-mail address to sign up as you are given a password which is e-mailed to you immediatly, then you can start playing. you will be given a quite obscure password so make sure you write it down, as you could easily forget it!
There are nearly 60,000 people who have signed up with popex, at the top of your page it will tell you how well you are doing compared to everyone else, I am currently number 1649(not bad!)but my son is number 40!!
Obviously the longer you do it the more you will gain, as each week you are paid your dividends you can then buy more shares.
get your friends to join in as well and make up your own chart and see how well you can do against each other, to do this click on "my chums" on the grey bar at the bottom, then follow instructions.

If any of your friends sign up under you once you have joined you will earn a bonus for recommending them, so sign up get your friends to join and have fun!!!
If any-one is interested in signing up perhaps you could sign up under me, my user number is 56717. Thanks!!
The address to go to is: www.popex.com

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