Paying for everything from virtual furniture for your Gaia House to virtual auto parts for your Gaia Car just got easier for the under-18 set on Gaia Online.

Virtual Piggy announced today that its payment system could now be used to make purchases within Gaia Online, one of the world’s largest online communities. Now members will be able to use Virtual Piggy to buy Gaia Cash, the coin of the realm in this Internet community that claims more than 26 million registered users.

A few facts about Gaia Online:

• Gaia Online was founded in 2003
• Over one million posts are made to Gaia Online daily
• Gaia Online has 7 million unique users each month
• The company was awarded the Mashable Best User Experience Award in 2010

Founded in 2008, Virtual Piggy presented at FinovateEurope 2013 in February, earning a “Best in Show” award. Video of Virtual Piggy’s award-winning demo will be available soon.