Prim banks

I've searched for this issue, and don't see it, so I apologize if someone has already asked/answered it.
My partner and I just bought a sim. The multiplier is 1.1. So I have two questions:
1) The previous owner set up a few parcels as prim banks. How do we "move" the prims out of those particular parcels to another so we can sell the parcels?
2) This may be answered by 1). We want to open a shopping area, but cannot make the parcels large enough to support the prims we'd like to offer. How can we "move" prims into those parcels?

Thanks so much for any responses, this is driving me nuts

you don't need to
check your available prim count in the "about land"
any parcels that you own in the same sim share their total prim count.

If a prim bonus factor has been set, it should be reflected in the prim count shown in the "about land" tab.

Prims are shared between all parcels of land owned in a sim by the same individual or group. Nothing needs to be "moved" and the parcels don't have to be connected. If you have a parcel in the NW corner of the sim that supports 350 prims, and another in the SE corner that supports 350 prims, and you could put 700 prims on the one and none on the other.

there is alot of confusion about the prim bonus that most residents and alot of owners don`t understand

the KB is as vague about it aswell so i`ll try to put it in a simple nutshell

prim bonus is an easy way to increase individual parcel prim count (edit befor being lynched )
individual as in stand alone plots (small/large/joined split etc), prim bonus is sim wide and can NOT be set to individual plots

4096sqm - 937 prims
prim bonus of 1.1
4096 - 1030 prims

so how does it work and where do those prims come from???

region has a fixed amount of prims, 15000
giving a prim bonus of 1.1 would put the sim at 16500

as sims can`t have more then 15000, 1500 prims need to be "reserved"

"reserving" prims is pritty simple, the amount of prims the bonus gives on the total region prim count MUST be "reserved" by an equal sized plot wich would support 1500 prims at the NORMAL 1.0 bonus count
so to have a prim bonus of 1.1, the sim owner has to keep 6553sqm of land EMPTY(or 1500 prims unused) so these prims can be "used" on other parcels

IF there is no land kept free for this prim "reserve" and all parcels will be used, there is a chance the region will be full (15000 used prims) but under land objects it will still show you haven`t used all prims

these "reserve" plots can be any where on the island, it can be used on larger sized plots so things can be placed on it while keeping an eye out on prim usage (total - reserved = free) as it`s all about non used prims "some where"

prim bonus of 2.0 means that half the island must be empty so those prims can be used on the other half wich is used but with twice the normal allowed prims


prim bonus works if u want to have open areas like water and don`t want/allow people to build on it but still use the sim to the max
downside is that everything gets more expensive with the same amount of land as you pay "extra" for the prim bonus wich render other pieces of land useless


hope this clears up abit what`s up with the prim bonus deal

edit for typo`s

Ah, thank you so much, I get it!