can i make L$ ingame?

It is possible to make money in sl, but its like living in a poor country where the exchange rate to the dollar is terrible.

I've only just started playing this game, and the most I can make in a day is about l$1000 aprox 3usd.

Id rather do a days work irl and get paid £150.

I think if you really put your heart into it you probally could make about $100 a week from it, but its going to take time and alot of hard work.

But how you should view the game as a place to have fun, or a profitable hobby. Dont think your going to make your millions here, because thats very unlikely.

I started playing SL on March 7th...did not know how to move correctly..could not do anything but sit in wonderment at everything...finally after 3 hours, I was able to purchase a cheap hair piece...no one told me they came in boxes...so for 20 minutes i was walking around SL with a rather unsightly,large box on my head and naked..everyone laughed who saw me..but offered no help..that is until Random Mortal appeared from no where...and spent over 2 hours helping me..i finally learned where my clothes went, how to get the hair out of the box and wear the hair with out the big square accessory..
He never laughed at me, until i made jokes about it..what else could i do, i was embarrassed at my ignorance.
I made myself a promise that day..if i continue the game, I will try to help new players..
and to my knowledge, i have kept that promise. 2 weeks ago, Random came to me, looking the same as he did 4 months ago..he deserved better..I spent 2 hours doing a body make over on him, took him shoppping for new prim hair, new prim skin, and a Made Men suit..and he looks good. and he loves his new look.
What I am trying to say is, help newbies, one day that newbie will be a little wealthier, and will remember the ones who helped them in their hard times starting a second life.
But now sadly, LL took away starting money, and dwell bonus's...which makes me wonder why anyone would pay more than 9.95 a month for a premium membership and use a 512sq meter lot..they get 1250 to upgrade and 500 a week....sim owners and others who are paying up to 195.00 a month, and have their dwell bonus's ripped from them. So now, I see an influx of newbies who become griefers, building things on other peoples land and leaving them..which will force some to file abuse reports on them. LL has really made a mistake..taking away the 250 start up..Give them the 250 startup cash, LL but not the stipends..they get that when they upgrade. I will help any newbie who asks...but if they are rude, etc..I will turn my back on them..my time is valuable..and i won't waste it on rude or obnoxious people.
my 6 cents worth (let me know when I reach 1 linden in comments, tax purposes you know ))

Hi,

I'm jessika Taggart, originally Caryn Gorky, and I have been a part of SL for almost a year. My original alt signed up earlier than that, but came to find out that the computer she owned was not able to run the complex graphics program. In August of 2005, she got a better computer and officially began. That's 11 months that I've been actively involved.

When I first heard about SL, I heard about it from a "Get Rich Pitch" that a friend had heard from a friend. As a group, many of us moved to SL. Some of my friends got involved with NASCAR. Some got involved with creative production of products. One of them now owns an island with another friend. Each of them took the "Get Rich Pitch" seriously enough to come to SL. Each of them discovered that getting rich quick on SL is a bit more difficult than the original pitch made it sound. Every single one of them took an active role, however, and decided to make SL work for them. I've heard primarily success stories from my original circle of friends.

I signed up to be with people. I've always been more about the community in any setting, and never minded sitting in a white backdrop with black text java scrolling "room" and chatting with friends. It was what I was best acclimated to, so when I moved with my group of friends, I sought out what I needed most... community. I believe my initial endeavors to join community was also as successful as their endeavors to make financial gain. I actually may be the one "richest" if you measure my needs and my sense of success in reaching my goals.

About six months into my time on SL, I had personal crisis in my first life. I found myself and my needs changing as a relative reaction to my personal crisis. I was more reclusive, needed time to think, sort out emotions, and less time with people. Where being an outgoing people person had been my MO, I changed gradually and approached new needs with zeal.

I have always enjoyed Paint Shop Pro. I bought it for myself at a time I participated in MSN and "siggies" were the hot item. People would paint in Paint Shop Pro the fanciest artworks and names, and colors, and glitter, and sparklies, and the list was endless. We did it because we liked creativity and we did it a bit competitively. There were groups on MSN that were specifically designed for such competition. I became engrossed in it several years ago, then it passed as a significant interest until recently when I realized those skills I'd taught myself back then could be modified slightly and uploaded into SL.

I did it because I loved it. I did it because I needed space and time to think. Painting an outfit allows my mind to dissassociate from stress for a while. I put up a few of those outfits for friends to see, and a few people paid for them. I made a few more. My motive remained a sense of stress release. When someone liked what I created, I gave it away or sold it with little need for profit. I developed a sense of what looked "right" in SL and what worked and didn't work. Some tricks of the trade for MSN didn't apply to SL. It took some time, and eventually I liked what I created.

I was encouraged to set up a small shop on land owned by a friend. I donated some of my earnings from the shop to help pay for the land, but my friend did not charge me a monthly or weekly rent per se. He was just trying to encourage my hobby and help me subsidize it. That was about four months ago. Now I continue to enjoy my hobby, but it has expanded beyond what I ever originally thought was possible. I have about fourteen outlets for my clothing, primarily women's designs with a few things for men thrown in now and then, and one clearance center where I sell retired items for 10 L only.

I never priced my items very high. My goal was still not to "Get Rich Quick" though I had heard that pitch like my friends had, over a year ago. I love to paint and disappear into the mental distancing that it allows. I bring those things to my shop jes`Teasing, and offer my things for sale to those who might enjoy the fruit of my creativity.

Some people are more motivated to profit. They work endless hours and employ great numbers. A few are actually successful to a point of what I might consider big money. To me, the bottom line is this. Do something you enjoy. Do it with a passion for the act itself. Find a way to enjoy your internet time. Some of you come online after working 8-12 hour work days. If you come online and are "working" online too, when are you relaxing or de-stressing. If your goal is money, you might be increasing your stress level. If your goal is enjoyment, pleasure, stress relief from a busy life, from kids, from parents, from the world beyond SL, then focus on your goal.

If you are like me and accidentally start making money, that will be reward too. To me, it's all in your attitude, and your sense of self. Make it worth the time you're here. Make it fun.

jessika Taggart @ jes`Teasing

There are no actual jobs in SL. Since avatars have no needs, there is no production, and hence, no way to make money that relies on game mechanics (there are no game mechanics).

From the first time I logged in, many many avatars and pcs ago, I have been enchanted by this world. Unfortunately at the same time I fell in love with this place I was in a pretty bad accident that managed to take not only my comfort but all of my time away in the form of men in white jackets claiming to want to help (yes I am bitter but as of this moment no Dr. is a friend of mine) ....so....almost no time could be spent here in this place I so adored save for a few good (and maybe overly medicated) weekends. I did manage to get my hands on a laptop here and there and have always kept up with the forums (never actually posting and probably for the better , I have seen the horrible things that can get said here sometimes) and that was about it with what I could do with SL ...almost nothing at all...zip.
In that time, that oh so little time, between a few good friends willing to help out an akward noob , a "job" per se that was more of a fun time that I also just happened to get paid for, and some very interesting nights that lead to a sudden influx of linden in a manner that could only be described as "what happens in SL stays in SL" I managed to pay a for the next year of premium service, get a nice skin, a pretty vast personal inventory, and the fact that money I would have had to pay for my premium I can now pay for things I need like daily meds and such.

So , yes in my humble opinion from a guy that has done the absolute least , you can make money in SL.
Be seeing you all in world very soon ; )
Sylvio