Land Purchase Criteria

Criteria for evaluating land purchase for Machinima Project:

1. What kind of Sim is it? Is the sim lag free?
2. What is the parcel size that we will need for a small build and 10 users? (512 m2 is the smallest plot.)
3. How many Prims are allowed on the parcel? (This is a separate land use fee also known as Tier Fee.)
4. Does the sim have a dedicated server? Who are our neighbors in the same grid because we'll be sharing server resources? Or does the sim specify the amount of script lag/m2?
5. Who's the sim owner? Only sim owner has the access to Region tools to trouble shoot lag. How they are charging for the sale fee and maintenance fee?

The complete ownership of a grid space (a region also know as island) costs $1675. The average price per square meters for an island is about 40/m2 at auction. But there's only large parcel on sale. Linden has banned First Land program that allows Premium account holder to purchase a 512 m2 plot at L$1/m2. We either have to purchase from Land Auction or other Residents. This is very much a bad news because we will have to spend more energy and time to figure what and where to buy. When I saw that ebay icon, I went a-ha. It totally signals that Linden wants to promote the bidding culture and reinforce the current "free market".

See pricing list.