Using Paypal/ getting Premium Service

[Jesus1254789]

Hey guys! so i want to know more about this premium service. i would LOVE to have my own money and have land i would'nt mind paying for it i have money but do i have to be 18 :(

[lucagrabacr]

Info about premium membership can be found http://secondlife.com/premium/]here[/url]

 

And no, you don't have to be 18 AFAIK

[lucagrabacr]

Uhh sorry, I mean here: http://secondlife.com/premium/ on my mobile and can't edit my posts, sorry for double posting.

[Amethyst Jetaime]

You don't have to be 18 but your PayPal account must be backed by a credit card.  That is because if you don't have cash in your account when you are charged then LL won't get paid.  If PayPal  has to withdrawal from your bank account for the cash, it takes several days and LL will not be paid until the withdrawal clears your bank (like a check) and will not be paid if it does not clear. That is not acceptable to LL, they must be paid immediately when they charge your PayPal account and won't rely on you having to put the cash into your account.

Note that you only need a premium account if you buy mainland.  If you buy or rent land from a private estate a premium account is not required.  It may actually be cheaper for you to save the premium member fee and use it to buy lindens to pay tier on land located on a private island.  Also you can get land on a private island if you look around for only the cost of the first tier whereas mainland you have to pay for the land plus your first tier.

[Jennifer Boyle]

I use PayPal to pay LL, and PayPal takes the money from my bank account witjout any problems.

[161488303349]

you have to be 18 to have a paypal account as well. sorry

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some things you can do

1) get a parent/guardian to do for you. if they dont want you linking to their credit card direct from SL, and most dont, then they can set up a Paypal in their own name. then they can link that to SL to pay your premium with

can also cash out to the Paypal as well, if you ever makes any money

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2) other option is to get a VISA debit card. SL accepts some of them, but not all. bc not all VISA card issuers are equal. SL accept most/some bank issued VISA debit cards. some banks will want your parent/guardian to co-sign for the card tho

but when you get then you can use.  can just load money on it from your bank account and then use to make payments to SL. if you get a good bank then they will let you transfer money back off your debit card to your bank account

is pretty good them that do that way

the main advantage of debit card is that cant overspend on it. can only get off whatever is the balance