Benson Gravois Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 What does it cost to buy your own sim? And the monthly costs or tier fees or what ever they are called? And can you pick where your sim is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleMe Jewell Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Benson Gravois said: What does it cost to buy your own sim? And the monthly costs or tier fees or what ever they are called? And can you pick where your sim is? Yes you can pick where you want you region -- mostly. If against another, the other region owner must okay it. Other stuff answered below. From your Dashboard page: That page: Edited January 8, 2022 by LittleMe Jewell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micaela Amore Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 Be aware that if you are from a VAT paying country, this is added to your monthly rent. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maitimo Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 You can also - if you're lucky enough to find one for sale - buy an entire mainland region at the bargain price of $175 per month (plus the cost of a premium account). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alwin Alcott Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 3 hours ago, Micaela Amore said: Be aware that if you are from a VAT paying country, this is added to your monthly rent. monthly maintenance fee 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alwin Alcott Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 2 hours ago, Maitimo said: You can also - if you're lucky enough to find one for sale - buy an entire mainland region at the bargain price of $175 per month (plus the cost of a premium account). true, but not have any ability that a estate region has. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echelon Alcott Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 4 hours ago, Maitimo said: You can also - if you're lucky enough to find one for sale - buy an entire mainland region at the bargain price of $175 per month (plus the cost of a premium account). In addition to the full range of estate tools, as mentioned by Alwin, IMO private regions offer better performance (less lag) compared to mainland regions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucia Nightfire Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quistess Alpha Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 (edited) 6 hours ago, Maitimo said: You can also - if you're lucky enough to find one for sale - buy an entire mainland region at the bargain price of $175 per month (plus the cost of a premium account). You don't have to be that lucky, there are several mostly empty regions for sale at the moment. Qoolbeens is the only name that comes to me off the top of my head, but I know there are others. Edited January 9, 2022 by Quistess Alpha Qoolbeens has an odd spelling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucia Nightfire Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 10 minutes ago, Quistess Alpha said: You don't have to be that lucky, there are several mostly empty regions for sale at the moment. Qoolbeens is the only name that comes to me off the top of my head, but I know there are others. It's been available since June 2011... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigmoe Whitfield Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 Also you must own a full sim, to own a homestead. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sid Nagy Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 (edited) And don't think to lightly about the monthly costs. One month a bit short on your cash? All the work you put into developing the region is down the drain. The region will be reclaimed (just as every other size of land). Best is to have a well worked out plan first and a successful one on top of that. Edited January 10, 2022 by Sid Nagy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Rhiadra Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 On 1/8/2022 at 8:16 PM, Echelon Alcott said: In addition to the full range of estate tools, as mentioned by Alwin, IMO private regions offer better performance (less lag) compared to mainland regions. Why is that? Because detached? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sid Nagy Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 (edited) A mainland region has to communicate with 9 surrounding sims regions. A freestanding region with 0 of them. That should make a difference, especially when the surrounding sims regions are somewhat packed with stuff. Not that I'm a specialist in the techniques used in SL, but it would make sense right? Edited January 10, 2022 by Sid Nagy 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arduenn Schwartzman Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 (edited) 43 minutes ago, Sid Nagy said: somewhat packed with stuff This is a gross understatement. Think breedables farms in neighboring sims that will grind yours to an almost complete halt. I always test the efficiency and speed in a sim by rezzing out a cheap 10-L$ Klondike Solitair game (great investment) and hit the reset button to see how fast the game resets and reshuffles the cards. Even in your average laggy sim region (sales event, crowded music venue), this thing resets within a second. On the mainland, in the proximity of breeding farms, I often experienced half-a-bleeding-minute. Maybe not all mainland regions are bad. But it's a winning or losing lottery ticket at any given time, and the situation may change any time as well. Also, be aware that, whenever you decide to rent a private island region from a third party, said party may some day between tomorrow and a few years from now, unexpectedly disappear, and your region with your contents with it. If you require guaranteed continuity, better go to the https://land.secondlife.com/en-US/ page and rent directly from them. Edited January 10, 2022 by Arduenn Schwartzman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sid Nagy Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 (edited) The server your region shares with other regions is a factor too as far as I know, and those don't need to be neighboring regions. Edited January 10, 2022 by Sid Nagy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigmoe Whitfield Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 5 hours ago, Sid Nagy said: The server your region shares with other regions is a factor too as far as I know, and those don't need to be neighboring regions. yep, you can have a sim and the person you know could have a sim, vastly far from each other and actually on the same host. or you can own 2+ regions and each of them be on different hosts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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