Is having more than one premium account in Second Life worth it?

[aliensalmon]

I've been musing lately whether to upgrade one of my alts to premium. I dunno...more land and stipends seem nice....

 

[Cristalle]

Yes, people have multiple premium accounts.

 

[Clara D.]

I used to do it to both have the extra stipends and to work around the weird jumps in tier.

Dunno if it's still worth it or not with the changes in pricing though.

 

[Fionalein]

I used to do it to both have the extra stipends and to work around the weird jumps in tier.

Dunno if it's still worth it or not with the changes in pricing though.

guess it depends on which perks you value

 

[Clara D.]

guess it depends on which perks you value

The lame freebies and the "Premium" sandboxes weren't much of a draw.

 

[Knutz Scorpio]

At one time I had five premium accounts using them to have a 2816 sq.m mainland parcel tear free, and I did very little shopping and used most of the stipends towards future premium renewal (annual). Maybe I saved a little but it was a lot of hassle logging in and out of five accounts to gather up funds, and I'd save even less now (if anything) since the price increase for premium.

Now only reason I'd go multiple premiums is if I wanted multiple Linden Homes, like if I wanted a Victorian without letting go of my Traditional

 

[Summer Haas]

It depends on where you are at tier wise. In the past when premium was $72 a year, you would get $62 back in Linden Dollars. At $99 you are losing about $38 per year. If you can offset that by lowering tier, then it's still quite worth it.

 

[Clara D.]

It depends on where you are at tier wise. In the past when premium was $72 a year, you would get $62 back in Linden Dollars. At $99 you are losing about $38 per year. If you can offset that by lowering tier, then it's still quite worth it.

OH HAI SUMMER!

 

[Noodles]

I used to do it to both have the extra stipends and to work around the weird jumps in tier.

Dunno if it's still worth it or not with the changes in pricing though.

I currently have 4 premium accounts, but with the new pricing, I will probably dump back down to one. I primarily have multiple alts for cheaper land with the group bonus, but I am just not in world enough to need that land and the stipend doesn't even come close to covering the fee anymore.

 

[Imnotgoing Sideways]

Same as above. I keep a second Premium account to fill the gap between a half and a full mainland sim's worth of tier. (^_^)

 

[Beebo Brink]

I currently have 4 premium accounts, but with the new pricing, I will probably dump back down to one. I primarily have multiple alts for cheaper land with the group bonus, but I am just not in world enough to need that land and the stipend doesn't even come close to covering the fee anymore.

I had three Premium accounts for the same reason, and my plan for 2020 was to drop down to one and just keep a toehold in SL. But two renew dates just rolled by and I didn't have the energy to go inworld to pick up my belongings and dump land, and put a new house somewhere smaller. Instead I cashed out all my Lindens, and paid the $30 difference to keep the annual premium going for those two accounts.

So now I have yet another year in which to procrastinate downsizing.

 

[Noodles]

I had three Premium accounts for the same reason, and my plan for 2020 was to drop down to one and just keep a toehold in SL. But two renew dates just rolled by and I didn't have the energy to go inworld to pick up my belongings and dump land, and put a new house somewhere smaller. Instead I cashed out all my Lindens, and paid the $30 difference to keep the annual premium going for those two accounts.

So now I have yet another year in which to procrastinate downsizing.

I honestly wonder if the price hike will bite them in the end like this.

I doubt you and I are the only people with this mind set. So they go from 7 x $72/year between the two of us, to maybe 2x $99/year.

That's quite a drop. And it's just us. Now multiply that out across others who see the new rate and rethink their land alts.

 

[Knutz Scorpio]

I cut back to just one premium account well before the price hike. But the new price has definitely made me decide against getting another premium, latest case was when I wanted a mainland parcel for an alt and I just rented one instead buying it from LL like I had done in the past.

On the official SL forum I've seen many cases where someone has upgraded an alt to try for another Linden Home of a different type in more desirable locations, they're calling this Game of Homes.

 

[Ailsa Muliaina]

I'm sure there are sweet spots where an account or several are worth it. I couldn't trust LL with a full year's money, so I cashed it out and spent it all (literally!) on art materials. I regret nothing *cackles gleefully* I sold my mainland and that money stayed in SL to cover at least 6 months of my rental. Which is good because as soon as the first lot of LL price changes hit, my shop sales went from reliable profit each month to barely anything. It's starting to climb again now, but it was kinda disheartening for a while. I don't think I'd be turning much profit if I'd stayed on premium this year, the rental is much less pressure.

 

[Val]

It really is only worth it for the land because with only one account - the price for more of tier rakes up quickly. I have 3 and my husband has 2 and this is all for land.

 

[Lewis Luminos]

I think it is, up to a point. I did the maths when I extended my land (I have about 6,000sq.m) and the most economical way for me was two premium accounts with group bonus, and pay monthly tier fee on the rest. I looked into making a third alt premium but the saving on tier was less than the cost of premium, so three wasn't worth it for me.

 

[Argent Stonecutter]

It depends on where you are at tier wise. In the past when premium was $72 a year, you would get $62 back in Linden Dollars. At $99 you are losing about $38 per year. If you can offset that by lowering tier, then it's still quite worth it.

Unless you had a grandfathered L$500/week account which got you 90-something bucks annually. Which means I'm going from a USD 20-something profit to maybe breaking even.

I have three Basics (which still get L$50 a week, if I remember to log in) that I could upgrade to L$500/week accounts but I think I'll leave them there. At L$300 a week I couldn't see it at all.

Game of Homes.

Magnificent!

 

[Free]

they're calling this Game of Homes.

I'd recommend avoiding the final season.

 

[Maitimo]

I'd recommend avoiding the final season.

That's ages away. They haven't even started Season 2 yet (though it looks like they might, Soon™ ).

 

[Summer Haas]

Unless you had a grandfathered L$500/week account which got you 90-something bucks annually. Which means I'm going from a USD 20-something profit to maybe breaking even.

I have three Basics (which still get L$50 a week, if I remember to log in) that I could upgrade to L$500/week accounts but I think I'll leave them there. At L$300 a week I couldn't see it at all.


Magnificent!

Fun fact, my original account is grandfathered in like this and you were the first person I ever spoke to in SL. First purchase I ever made with my 50L newbie money was the Otter Monitor