Prices should be reduced for...

[Kaimetsu]

They could put small ads on the site, and ads in the non-paying accounts somehow (maybe back in the pm windows). They just can't get good advertising (from actually talking with companies) because of where they are located.

Well, the only reason Neopets players click 'em is because they get paid to do so in Neopoints.

Neopets is far from single player.. there is a battledome, and chats, and if you want to do anything, you have to interact with other people. (buying from users shops, trading items with users, using the auctions, etc)

I've played it for a few months, yet I've never gained a friend from it or whatever. The names at the top of shop windows might as well not be there, because you don't care who you're buying from/selling to. There's no sense of community.

I dunno, there's plenty of ways to make money from advertising. Obviously if neopets is able to buy all that stuff, pay staff, have merchandise, etc, then advertising can't be that measily.

They probably don't have to pay as much for servers, either. Communicating via a website is far less bandwidth-intensive than a constant-connection game.