Mike... writes:
> i had a good look at it, its not free except as a beginner without any
> rights.
It's free. The Basic membership is free, and that allows you do to everything
except own (virtual) land. The vast majority of the service's twelve million
members are Basic members.
Members who pay $6 a month in fees can own virtual land (although they must
also pay an additional fee to the operator based on the amount of land they
own). Only a very small fraction of the membership has this type of of plan.
> Ive read the claims of users making millions, I found it
> doubtful enough to not persue trying to make money from it.
An extremely small minority of members make enough from in-world businesses to
support themselves in the real world, usually through land speculation or
manufacturing (creating virtual objects and selling them, writing scripts and
selling them, etc.). The land speculation is comparable to playing the stock
market, and the other activities are nothing more than standard sale of
products and services, as in the real world.
There are some people in Third World countries who support their families with
Second Life. Although it's difficult to make large sums of money in the game,
a hard-working creator of objects or scripts can generate a small income, and
in a country where a few U.S. dollars is a lot of money, this can support a
family. The advantage to Second Life is that it is accessible from anywhere
and the overhead required to start is extremely low. |