Systems and methods for selling virtual items on multiple online sales platforms simultaneously, the virtual items being useable within an online game

Abstract

Systems and methods for selling virtual items on multiple online sales platforms simultaneously are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: receive a sales request that indicates the selling user will be offering for sale a particular virtual item through at least two online sales platforms simultaneously; assign ownership of the particular virtual item temporarily to a holding account; generate sales listings of the particular virtual item for publications on the at least two online sales platforms; effectuate the publications of the sales listings; receive indications of offers to purchase the particular virtual item; determine an accepted offer that is accepted; notify the at least two online sales platforms of whether the offers have been accepted or denied; identify a buyer's account of the buying user; effectuate assignment of the ownership of the particular virtual item to the buyer's account.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A system configured for offering to sell virtual items on multiple online sales platforms, the system comprising:
 one or more hardware processors configured by machine-readable instructions to:
 manage user accounts for users in an online game, wherein individual user accounts are associated with individual users, wherein the individual users are associated with individual user inventories that can include one or more individual virtual items, wherein the users include a selling user associated with a seller's account and with a seller's inventory, wherein the seller's inventory includes a particular virtual item; 
 receive a sales request that indicates the selling user offers for sale the particular virtual item through at least two online sales platforms at the same time, wherein the at least two online sales platforms include a first online sales platform that allows purchases using a fiat currency and a second online sales platform that allows purchases using a cryptocurrency; 
 assign ownership of the particular virtual item temporarily to a holding account such that the selling user is unable to modify the ownership of the particular virtual item while the ownership of the particular virtual item is assigned to the holding account; 
 effectuate publications of one or more sales listings of the particular virtual item on the at least two online sales platforms; 
 receive indications of offers to purchase the particular virtual item, wherein the indications of the offers include a first indication of a first offer received through the first online sales platform and a second indication of a second offer received through the second online sales platform; 
 determine an accepted offer that is accepted, wherein the accepted offer is exactly one of the offers to purchase, wherein the accepted offer has been provided by a buying user, wherein the buying user is associated with a buyer's account; 
 effectuate assignment of the ownership of the particular virtual item to either the buying user or the buyer's account; and 
 transfer at least a portion of an amount of consideration received from the buying user to the selling user or to the seller's account. 
   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the virtual items are usable within an online game. 
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the one or more hardware processors are further configured to:
 notify the at least two online sales platforms of whether the offers have been accepted or denied.   
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the one or more sales listings include a first sales listing published on the first online sales platform and a second sales listing published on the second online sales platform. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 4 , wherein the one or more hardware processors are further configured by machine-readable instructions to:
 request, from the selling user, selling information related to the sale of the particular virtual item; and   generate the first sales listing and the second sales listing based on the selling information.   
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 3 , wherein the at least two online sales platforms deactivate the publications of the one or more sales listings, subsequent to notifications whether the offers have been accepted or denied. 
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein publication of the first sales listing effectuates an auction having a limited duration. 
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein effectuating the assignment of the ownership of the particular virtual item to the buyer's account includes assigning the ownership from the holding account to the buyer's account. 
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 5 , wherein generating the first and second sales listings of the particular virtual item includes converting price information to either the fiat currency or the cryptocurrency. 
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein assignments of the ownership of the particular virtual item are recorded on a decentralized database that stores a registry of assets and transactions, wherein the assets include the particular virtual item, wherein the decentralized database represents a blockchain. 
     
     
         11 . A method for offering to sell virtual items on multiple online sales platforms, the method comprising:
 managing user accounts for users in an online game, wherein individual user accounts are associated with individual users, wherein the individual users are associated with individual user inventories that can include one or more individual virtual items, wherein the users include a selling user associated with a seller's account and with a seller's inventory, wherein the seller's inventory includes a particular virtual item;   receiving a sales request that indicates the selling user offers for sale the particular virtual item through at least two online sales platforms at the same time, wherein the at least two online sales platforms include a first online sales platform that allows purchases using a fiat currency and a second online sales platform that allows purchases using a cryptocurrency;   assigning ownership of the particular virtual item temporarily to a holding account such that the selling user is unable to modify the ownership of the particular virtual item while the ownership of the particular virtual item is assigned to the holding account;   effectuating publications of one or more sales listings of the particular virtual item on the at least two online sales platforms;   receiving indications of offers to purchase the particular virtual item, wherein the indications of the offers include a first indication of a first offer received through the first online sales platform and a second indication of a second offer received through the second online sales platform;   determining an accepted offer that is accepted, wherein the accepted offer is exactly one of the offers to purchase, wherein the accepted offer has been provided by a buying user, wherein the buying user is associated with a buyer's account;   effectuating assignment of the ownership of the particular virtual item to either the buying user or the buyer's account; and   transferring at least a portion of an amount of consideration received from the buying user to the selling user or to the seller's account.   
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the virtual items are usable within an online game. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 11 , further comprising:
 notifying the at least two online sales platforms of whether the offers have been accepted or denied.   
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the one or more sales listings include a first sales listing published on the first online sales platform and a second sales listing published on the second online sales platform. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 14 , further comprising:
 requesting, from the selling user, selling information related to the sale of the particular virtual item; and   generating the first sales listing and the second sales listing based on the selling information.   
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein the at least two online sales platforms deactivate the publications of the one or more sales listings, subsequent to notifications whether the offers have been accepted or denied. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein publication of the first sales listing effectuates an auction having a limited duration. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein effectuating the assignment of the ownership of the particular virtual item to the buyer's account includes assigning the ownership from the holding account to the buyer's account. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 15 , wherein generating the first and second sales listings of the particular virtual item includes converting price information to either the fiat currency or the cryptocurrency. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein assignments of the ownership of the particular virtual item are recorded on a decentralized database that stores a registry of assets and transactions, wherein the assets include the particular virtual item, wherein the decentralized database represents a blockchain.