First time buyer seeking 20k or 30k private not grandfathered sim

[Nyxie Nebula]

I'm so sorry. I originally posted this in the wrong section. Rectifying my mistake. Apologies again.

 

 

Hello hello! 

Ok, so I've only had rental experience in SL so far, but I feel like I'm finally ready to dip my toe into the role of sim owner.

🫢*Gulps*

I am looking for a 20k or 30k private region that is not grandfathered (I had to look that one up lol). I don't have much to purchase the land with, so I humbly beg of you to be honest and reasonable about your selling price. I am hoping for a tier due date sometime during the first week of June. 

My inworld name is Nyxie Noxx (nyxie nebula). My avatar is usually logged on most of the day, but either way, if I'm afk, online or offline, you can just send me an IM. Any offlines I get will go straight to my email. Thank you for any help you can provide!

[Katherine Heartsong]

Hi Nyxie. For whatever reason, some folks trying to sell off a sim expect to get paid more for it than if you directly bought from Linden Labs yourself. My suggestion, and I haven't taken your plunge but have almost done it, is to simply go to the SL page about buying regions (below) and put in a ticket with the LL folks for a new parcel. I'd go that route (since it'll be a cheap as any other way) since you're dealing directly with LL. Good luck!

[Nyxie Nebula]

Hi Katherine! Thanks for responding to me. I really appreciate any help that I can get.

I guess the reason I wanted to go the resident-to-resident sim purchase route is that the transfer is only $100 versus the $349 new sim setup fee with LL. I know that the price of the sim is related to what the seller is willing to sell it for. But I'm really hoping on the kindness of strangers (very naive and wishful thinking I know lol) and that I can find someone that is reasonable and the sale price of their sim will be well under $250 to purchase it on top of the $100 transfer fee. Did I get that right or is it more than I thought? Sometimes this is so confusing lol. Please let me know. Thanks! ♥

Edited May 16, 2023 by Nyxie Nebula
clarification

[Katherine Heartsong]

My pleasure.

Please don't take anything I say as 100% accurate though, because I still consider myself a noob and learn new things every day here from more knowledgeable posters.

Yes, you might find a 20k/30k sim for sale at a price below the LL cost, so with the transfer fee under that $349, and in that case you're correct, it would be cheaper. The benefits of buying from LL will be having a say in it's placement, rating set by you, but I think most importantly would be naming rights. If you bought from another resident you'd wind up paying to do a name change or does that comer with the transfer?? Not sure.

Nope, you have the amount right. $349 though covers buying the sim, getting it turned on, named etc, but also the first month's tier fee. In the case of paying LL $349 for a 20k sim, that would be $140 to buy it, and then $209 for the first month.

Lots is confusing here. From BoM to land purchase to having three ways to rezz objects that look the same, to figuring out why two different dresses from the same designer has one showing weird skin, and the other has an auto alpha for your body, etc etc etc. Stick with it though, ask all the questions you need, join the groups you like and do not be afraid to stumble ... a lot. It does work out over time.

One question I do have .. why dive into a full sim? Have you though about maybe a 1/4 sim to start, or are you developing something large and need the full 20k and land size? You can lots on a 1/4 sim, for example. On my 1/8 I have my home, my gallery, my sailboat, a landscaped island to visit, and a skybox for my one renter, with land impact left over.

Edited May 16, 2023 by Katherine Heartsong

[Nyxie Nebula]

6 hours ago, Katherine Heartsong said:

The benefits of buying from LL will be having a say in it's placement, rating set by you, but I think most importantly would be naming rights. If you bought from another resident you'd wind up paying to do a name change or does that comer with the transfer?? Not sure.

Nope, you have the amount right. $349 though covers buying the sim, getting it turned on, named etc, but also the first month's tier fee. In the case of paying LL $349 for a 20k sim, that would be $140 to buy it, and then $209 for the first month.

Lots is confusing here. From BoM to land purchase to having three ways to rezz objects that look the same, to figuring out why two different dresses from the same designer has one showing weird skin, and the other has an auto alpha for your body, etc etc etc. Stick with it though, ask all the questions you need, join the groups you like and do not be afraid to stumble ... a lot. It does work out over time.

One question I do have .. why dive into a full sim? Have you though about maybe a 1/4 sim to start, or are you developing something large and need the full 20k and land size? You can lots on a 1/4 sim, for example. On my 1/8 I have my home, my gallery, my sailboat, a landscaped island to visit, and a skybox for my one renter, with land impact left over.

Thanks for letting me bounce stuff off you though. Noob or not, it's just nice to have a friendly word while doing this lol. 

Oh, I'm an old soul in SL. I've been here a while and know quite a bit. Except for this. I've only ever rented sims, etc. I've rented anywhere from 512 sqm to a full sim but owning is a whole other kettle of fish. It's a commitment. Renting you can move if you don't like your neighbor after 30 seconds lol. I honestly don't know why I held out owning a sim. With as many building projects as I do, having 20/30k prims would have made life a lot easier! Which is exactly what pushed me to finally buy. So....crossing my fingers that this goes ok!

Oh, one thing I did find out is that when you put in for the transfer, the buyer can request a new name and location change with the transfer request with no additional charges for that. At least that is my understanding from reading in the knowledge base. Gosh, I hope so!

 

As for showing weird skin things with certain mesh? THAT is so freaking annoying! May the alpha gods be ever in your favor!

 

Thanks again for responding!

 

 

[Nyxie Nebula]

Whelp. The more I researched, the more it actually did make more sense to just buy from LL. I just caught what you said, Katherine, about the setup fee including the first month's tier. D'oh! So yeah, this is kind of a no-brainer. Which just goes to show that I have even less than no brain haha. I'm setting my Alexa to remind me to buy a sim on June 4th, my grandma's birthday! Thanks and have a good one!