Withdrawing money from sl?

[mimi Duffield]

I would like to withdraw money from sl to my rl account.i read that the only way was through a paypal transfer.my problem is payments are not yet allowed through paypal in my country.

is there another way to withdraw my money?

[KarenMichelle Lane]

You can request a bank transfer if you meet the minimum amount qualifications.

http://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Account-balance/ta-p/700015#Section_.5

Setting up process credit payments through a wire transfer

Under certain circumstances, you can request payment from Linden Lab to your bank via wire transfer. Please see the section on Process credit (withdrawal), above.

Note: Use a bank wire only under the following circumstances: PayPal will not permit payments to your country. You are expecting payment of $10,000 or more.

To set up Process Credit payments through bank wire transfer:

1. Go to the Second Life Support Portal and make sure you're logged in.
2. Click Submit a Support Case.
3. Under What type of problem are you having? select Billing.
4. From the Billing dropdown, select Request Payout via Wire Transfer.
5. Fill in the fields that appear and click Submit.

In order to send you a bank wire, we require some additional information about you. We are aware that this information is sensitive and confidential, and we protect it with the utmost confidence according to our Terms of Service and Community Standards.

When you create your support case, please provide the following:

• First Name
• Last Name
• Avatar Name
• Email
• Mailing Address
• Phone
• Requested amount
• Tax ID/SSN
• Bank account Number
• Bank name
• Bank address
• Bank contact
• ABA number
• IBAN number
• SWIFT number
• Special notes
• Please also send a legible scan of a photo ID and (if applicable) your business license or tax certificate

When the case is complete and submitted, we will conduct a review to determine your eligibility to receive a wire. All requests are processed in the order received.

Note: The decision to send a wire is at our sole discretion, and we make no guarantee that we will issue a wire to you. Incomplete submissions will be rejected.

Associated costs

There are some costs associated with payments via wire transfer:

• Linden Lab will deduct a $100 processing fee for a bank wire over $10,000, in addition to any fees charged by your financial institution.
• In cases where PayPal does not allow payments to be sent to your location, we will deduct a 1% fee for wires sent.

[Lindal Kidd]

No, not really.  As KarenMichelle says, you can get the money out with a wire transfer, but because of the high fees involved, this is seldom practical unless you are withdrawing a LOT of money ($10,000 USD or more).

Because of recent changes made by LL, the only way to change $L into $USD is via the Lindex, and the only way to transfer money from your $USD balance is with a verified PayPal account.

If you have a RL friend who you know and trust who uses SL, it might be possible to pay her your $L in exchange for real world cash, but I REALLY can't recommend this highly unofficial and risky method.

[MartinRJ Fayray]

@Lindal you can withdraw money to *any* paypal account afaik (not limited to verified accounts).