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About Hippo Technologies
Hippo Technologies is a software and technology company based wholly within the virtual world of Second Life®. Second Life is unique among online worlds in that it boasts a fully-functional economy, with hundreds of thousands of US$ worth of transactions taking place every day across a wide range of business activities.
Businesses, whether they operate in the real world or the virtual one, require first-class business tools. Hippo Technologies has the reputation as the leading provider of tools for a wide variety of business applications within Second Life and our various products are used by thousands of Second Life businesses and individuals.
Staff
Hippo Technologies draws upon a staff team with a wide variety of backgrounds and experience. From systems analysis to database systems, from web design to user interface expertise, we have been able to leverage a wide skill-base to ensure that our software is not only carefully programmed, but designed and laid out with an eye for the user experience. Our Founder and Chief Technologist has over twenty years of programming experience and has worked for a variety of large companies and organisations.
Ethos
Hippo Technologies believes that good software design is all about the person. It doesn’t matter how many clever features a business tool has, unless it has been carefully designed, it will be confusing and awkward to use. Ensuring that our software is both powerful and intuitive to use is paramount to everything we do.
Products
Hippo Technologies’ product range consists of several major pieces of software. Unlike our competitors we believe in keeping in constant development, we are not happy to rest on our laurels and let a product fall out of date. All of our software comes free updates for life. Our products are designed to work together, complement one another and integrate perfectly.
Testimonials
Here is what customers have had to say about our major product lines:
hippoRENT
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“There’s no way I could improve on this. Seriously. I tried - and discarded - several renting systems for my purposes before I found HippoTech.” — Luc Aubret
“I was considering buying other more expensive rental systems and I am truly glad I didn’t! This is the best one by far. The networking feature alone is what got me. I love how it integrates everything. Don’t buy the other ones!” — Dano Fugazi
“I can’t believe I spent more than double this price for a much weaker product. Highly recommended to anyone.” — Jeffrey Weka
“This is absolutely a phenomenal product. Price, features, functionality just plain an incredible product. At this price you should buy it for “just in case you want to set something to rent someday”.” — Brodie Rothschild
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hippoVEND
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“I have done a lot of searching before I purchased this product. What sealed my choice was how quick the responses were back to the questions a bunch of us from my group had about this product. That shows a merchant who is ready to stand behind his/her product 100%.This is an awesome product, and I highly recommend it. It’s also very easy to upgrade.” — Bri McMahon
“I have been vending for about two years now on SL. I was a loyal customer to the leading server based vending system all that time, nothing could sway me to change. So I purchased hippoVEND because I use their HippoTech rental boxes already, and think they are great, never a problem with them. This system is excellent. You have SO many options with what you can do with sorting your items- and the records of sales, you can see at a glance where you sell and where you do not. Setting up vendors takes me half the time it did before. No notecards to edit, no server ID numbers to paste...and from the website you can update all your vendors and SEE what’s online and what is not. Compared to what I have been using this seems so much more advanced. And since it does not use in game “keys” for server/vendor communication, no more updates killing my sales!” — Andie Ramona
“I am not normally one to write reviews, but this vendor system oozes professionalism. Having tried and given up on JEVN and Apez I have finally found a system with all the bells and whistles I need and easy to setup. So much better than the competition!” — Jemima Boucher
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hippoTELL
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“Stellar products, for a fraction of what the crappy alternatives cost. We use all the Hippo Technologies products, every one, and couldn’t be more happy or satisfied with performance or features.” — Samos Brissot
“Easy to use and the web interface is great. I updated via my browser and a few seconds later it was displayed in world. The notecards were explanatory and overall it’s just a great product!” — Hazel Kyrgyz
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hippoUPDATE
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“I’ve used several update servers in SL and this has to be by far the best one I’ve ever used.” — Yolaman Allandale
“This is simply amazing ... Andy is truly amazing ... And the website interface you can use to send out your products too. Well, it is simply incredible. As well as this, the customer service is unbeatable. Absolutely perfect.” — Tribal Toland
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hippoSECURE
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“Having tried (and rejected) most of the security system “brands” in Second Life, I was pleased to see HippoTech release hippoSECURE. It does everything I want a security system to do, is priced sensibly, and integrates beautifully with my hippoRENT rental system ... my tenants are now able to leave in griefer-free peace..” — Johnny Jedburgh
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hippoVISIT
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“Excellent system. Works great! Another fantastic Hippo product. Very easy to set up and use. Definately recommend this product.” — Kira Rosewood
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hippoTELEPORT
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“Absolutely Fabulous! Smooth TP from floor to floor. No bouncing around like some scripts. So easy to set up. I am going to recommend this to all my clients.” — Star Fairymeadow
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hippoGROUPS
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“hippoGROUPS is a terrific product for anyone looking for a group messaging product that can be completely managed from the web and offers excellent performance and versatility. People who use other Hippo Technologies solutions, such as hippoRENT or hippoVISIT will like the fact that this solution offers tight integration with other Hippo products. This version can also be upgraded to support up to unlimited groups and messages.” — Valiant Westland
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