| Can You Make Real Money in Second Life? | | | | Now, let's face it, most of us are not particularly |
| With Second Life becoming a booming virtual | | | | skilled at design and/or scripting, as the majority |
| environment, with over 2 million users worldwide | | | | of Second Life players simply play for their |
| (if we credit the game's statistics), it was | | | | entertainment. But if you manage to skill up a bit |
| inevitable that real life profit would be produced | | | | and try out a few designs of your own, who |
| sooner or later, using the game itself. But since | | | | knows, your items might sell like lemonade on a |
| you might not be familiar with Second Life's | | | | hot August afternoon, earning you a nice profit. |
| economy system, let me give you a short | | | | You can also ask someone skilled in design and |
| overview on it | | | | scripting to create an item for you, either freely |
| Second Life - Economy | | | | or for a fee after which you can sell that item for |
| The economy of second life is based around the | | | | your own profit. Last but not least, a common |
| Linden Dollar (L$) which has a rate of around 270 | | | | practice that translates into good real money is |
| L$ to one US Dollars. This means that if you have | | | | buying cheap (or getting free) items and reselling |
| 270 Linden Dollars in game, you can cash in $1 | | | | them for profit. |
| "IRL" (in real life). Of course, this looks like | | | | Second Life - Making Money by Buying and Selling |
| peanuts, but considering the fact that the game | | | | Real Estate |
| allows you to make millions of Linden Dollars if | | | | The virtual real estate market in Second Life is, |
| you're a dedicated and skilled Resident, you can | | | | to its credit, pretty close to what you can find in |
| easily see how making real money in Second Life | | | | the real world. Although everyone starts out with |
| became a reality. | | | | a patch of land, a clever real estate management |
| Second Life - Making Money by "Crafting" and | | | | campaign can soon earn you several acres in the |
| Selling Items | | | | Grid and allow you to build property, or simply |
| Second Life features a powerful and flexible item | | | | resell an area that increased its value for a profit. |
| building tool which basically allows you to create | | | | Reportedly, several virtual real estate "moguls" in |
| everything you could possibly imagine (with some | | | | Second Life earn millions of Linden Dollars in game |
| logical restrictions) and then use it as an item in | | | | (translating them to thousand of US Dollars in real |
| game. Obviously this takes a bit of skill and some | | | | life) after succeeding in building a real estate |
| failed attempts before you'll be able to make | | | | empire. If you're clever and inspired enough to |
| some nice items that you can sell. In addition, if | | | | buy and sell property in Second Life at the right |
| you're familiar with programming and scripting, | | | | time, there's a good chance you can net in a |
| you can enhance these items by giving them | | | | good income from the game and it can even be |
| behaviors. For example, you can create a ball | | | | good practice before starting out an actual real |
| using the item editor, then slap a script to it that | | | | estate career. |
| makes it bounce or swirl around just for fun. | | | | |