If I become a premium member, can I sell my tier?

[lanceheart]

Hi everyone,
Noob here. If I go premium, I like the value of getting paid 300L per week with annual membership but I really don't need a house or land. Is there any way I can sell my premium tier or is that ok from TOS? Ie: I read in the forums I can donate my monthly premium land free tier to a group, if the members pay me lindens for reducing their RL money tier, is that legit? Would people even do that? I know the alternative is being a landlord but not sure I want to buy land and rent it and I know you can't rent your linden home. Thanks in advance for any advice.

[Rolig Loon]

"Tier" isn't something that you can sell.  In fact, it doesn't even exist unless you own land.  "Tier" is a level of liability for land use fees.  So, if you own up to 512 sq m of land on the Mainland, you have a tier liability of $5.  As a Premium member, you have a waiver that offsets $5 worth of liability.  (If it helps, think of what happens if you own land in RL.  You will get a property tax bill from the city that is proportional to the size of your lot.  If you have an exemption of some kind -- as a veteran or a homesteader, for example -- your exemption offsets some of that tax bill.  If you don't own land, so you don't have a tax bill, your exemption is pointless.)

If you don't intend to use your land fee waiver at all, I don't see much point in having a Premium membership.  You might as well downgrade to a Basic membership and save yourself the cost.  The other benefits of Premium membership can be handy, but their monetary value is much less than the cost of membership..

[Alwin Alcott]

there are groups inworld that give you a little fee when you set your free land "tier" to their group.

It's not really sell it, but it's a way for a group to get higher sqm for a lower price than upgrading their tier level in the accountpage.

And you have a little pocketmoney for it.

[Amethyst Jetaime]

You could buy a 512sqm lot on the mainland and rent it out to take advantage of the free tier you don't use.  You may want to put a low prim building on it or a skybox as someone renting such a small low prim place is likely to be a newb. 

Of course too there is the cost of the land itself, which is not free, and you may or may not recoup that cost as keeping it rented may be a problem depending on location and how nice the home is if you put one on it.  The better the location the more it will cost you.