Can I get more than 512m of land with premium?

[LadyAngelDust]

I want some land, but I don't want to bleed money out for it. If I get a premium account can I buy a piece of land and use that without paying rent? Thanks so much!

[Syo Emerald]

No. Everything over the 512m will cost you extra money....not to forget that you will have to pay for the premium membership. If being on mainland, renting directly from LL and the other premium membership features aren't that interesting for you, you could get far more land for the amount of money you pay for the premium membership, if you use it to rent from another person.

[Qie Niangao]

Right, although among those "other premium membership features" are stipends, which dramatically offset the cost of premium membership, especially on the Annual billing plan.

The cost of tiering up from that initial premium bonus 512 sq.m. (or 560 if group-deeded) is absurdly steep, on a per sq.m. basis. Depending on one's faith in LL's continued solvency, adding some premium annual-plan alts to collect stipends and donate their bonus tier is about as cost-effective as any form of land ownership or rental.

[Vivienne Schell]

Of course you can. As a premium member you´ll get a Linden Home initially, which is 512 sqm. If you abandon this, you can buy some 512 sqm mainland parcel (NOT on a private island!) wherever you want, which will not cost you more land fees (only the purchase price). The purchase price is negotiable, you´ll buy the parcel from a fellow resident, not directly from Linden Lab. Pricing varies a lot, so better take a close look.

In case you buy a 1024 sqm parcel somewhere the 512 sqm premium bonus will be substracted, so that you will have to pay land fees for the additional 512 sqm only, NOT for the entire 1024 sqm! The premium 512 sqm bonus will always remain, regardless for which parcel size you go.

Like:

You buy: 2048 sqm

Premium Bunus: 512 sqm

You pay fees for: 1536 sqm

512 sqm parcels can be found best by the map (when you enable "show land for sale"). Or try the land auctions, wher Linden Lab auctions abandoned parcels directly. And remember that only MAINLAND parcels will do. And remember that you must abandon your Linden Home BEFORE you buy a parcel on mainland.