i would like to know how much it would be to purchase a full sim

[LadyYingSilverStar]

i jsut want to know how much a full sim would be  to purchase from linden labs.or whoever,  i want to do away  wiith paying teirs to someone :)

[Theresa Tennyson]

If you purchase a sim from Linden Lab you'll still have to pay tier, just directly to them. If you're still interested you can click on the "Buy Land" link on the SL web site or look in the forums to buy a sim from a private party.

[Rolig Loon]

Heheh.. You always pay land fees to someone.  After all, land doesn't come free.  Here are the monthly fees:

Cost	Sq. Meters	Amount of Land
USD 195.00/ month	65,536	Entire Region
USD 125.00/ month	32,768	1/2 Region
USD 75.00/ month	16,384	1/4 Region
USD 40.00/ month	8,192	1/8 Region
USD 25.00/ month	4,096	1/16 Region
USD 15.00/ month	2,048	1/32 Region
USD 8.00/ month	1,024	1/64 Region
USD 5.00/ month	512	1/128 Region
USD 0.00/ month	0	0/128 Region

Buying a sim also means paying the one-time purchase price from the previous owner or paying a setup fee for a new sim from LL.  Study this page carefully >>> http://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Buying-land/ta-p/700043

Then consider taking Lindal Kidd's free class in land ownership and management at CaledonOxbridge University this Friday evening.

[Madelaine McMasters]

Hi Ms. SilverStar,

You cannot avoid server rental fees (tier) in SL. The terminology can be confusing, but "purchase" in SL really means "right to rent" or "setup fee" and "tier" means "rent payment". On the mainland, you can "purchase" land from others or directly from LL. What you have paid for is the right to rent that particular parcel of virtual land, but you have not avoided the rental fees. Similarly, to rent a private region from LL you pay a one-time setup fee and rental fees thereafter. If you sublet a region or part of one from a third party supplier, the arrangement is much the same, involving an initial setup fee (which they may call the purchase price) followed by your monthly rent.

 

[Lindal Kidd]

If you buy a Mainland sim, Rolig's table is right...you'd pay the purchase cost, plus a monthly tier of $195 USD.

If you buy a private region from LL, the initial purchase cost is $1,000 USD, plus a monthly tier of $295 USD.

You can save quite a lot on that initial purchase cost by buying an existing region from a current owner.  See the Land forums, Full Private Regions For Sale  If you purchase one of these, do NOT pay the seller directly.  Follow the procedure outlined here: http://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Managing-Private-Regions/ta-p/700115#Section_.3

As the others have said, there is NO way to "buy land once and for all" and avoid paying maintenance fees.  You are, after all, renting server space when you "buy" virtual land.

...which brings up one way you CAN avoid ongoing fees:  Host a region on your own server or PC.  You can't do this in Second Life, but you can on some OpenSim grids, like OSGrid.