腾讯从1999年起进军即时通讯行业，与其他即时通讯软件不同，他开辟了通过出售增强QQ形象的虚拟商品和服务来赚钱的先河。

Tencent started in instant messaging in 1999 and unlike nearly everyone else, figured out a way to make money from it by selling virtual goods and services to enhance your avatar.

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目前约有三分之二的中国互联网用户使用腾讯的即时消息系统。该公司出售的Q币已被其它公司接受为支付手段，并被用来出售换取实体货币。

Tencent's messaging system is used by an estimated two-thirds of Chinese Internet users and its QQ Coins have been accepted as payment by other companies as well as sold for legal tender.

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