question about land limit

i heard that when i just become a premium user, there is a limit to the size of land which i can buy, which is 512 m2 of land. is it true?

And if it is true, how long more must i wait to buy a larger land?

As a plain Premium user, you can only buy and own up to 512sqm of land on the mainland.



If you want to own more than 512sqm of land you must pay a higher monthly fee. You can see the appropriate fee on the SL website at http://secondlife.com/whatis/landpricing.php , or you can just go ahead and try to buy the land in-world; SL will stop you and tell you how much your new monthly fee will become. You cannot gain more land by waiting any amount of time.

Yepyep..

This monthly fee for owning more than 512m2 of land is called tier.. You'll hear people talking about 'tiering up' and 'tiering down', which just means that they're changing to a different montly fee plan.

Yep Tier is like rent, you as a premium are paying rent for 512m of land already whether you own any or not, if you buy 513m you are 1m over and will pay 1024m tier, the amount keeps doubling in steps as to how much tier you pay per month, so it goes 512m, 1024m,2048m,4096m etc

http://secondlife.com/whatis/landpricing.php

Ohh. Thank alot

Btw, if i buy a land in-world. what must i look out for. i notice that there are prims, traffic and tier. Is tier payment decide by the land owner or Second Life?

And, can i modify a hilly land i buy from other owner to a flat land. Or, raise a land which is below sea level?

Maybe somebody else can point you to a good FAQ on Mainland vs Islands. The short, short story is that on mainland, you pay the Lindens (SL) and on islands, you pay the island owner and they pay the Lindens.

Mainland can be a bit crazy since it's open to everybody but you only have to follow the Lindens rules. Islands are a bit more organized (or themed or zoned) but you there is a level of governance between you and the Lindens. Also, you don't have to have a Premium account to rent land on an island. Both types of land have their pros & cons.

For tier and prims, there's a chart at https://support.secondlife.com/ics/support/KBAnswer.asp?questionID=3953 which shows how much you pay and how many prims you can use when you own various amounts of land..


Sometimes. On the mainland, you can terraform a spot to 4m above or below where the Lindens had it when the region was created. If it's a steep hill, you probably won't be able to make it all flat.

No, that's not right.

As a Premium member, you may buy up to 512 m2 of land *on the mainland* and you will not have to pay tier (a monthly upkeep fee) on that land. However, you can buy as much more land as you can afford...you will just have to pay tier on amounts over 512 m2. Tier is paid in $US.

You may rent land on a private estate from the estate owner. You don't even need a Premium membership to do this. If you have the money, you can even buy an entire private island of your own ($US 1,000, $295 per month) and rent parcels out to other residents.