These forums are CLOSED. Please visit the new forums HERE. Welcome to the Second Life Forums Archive These forums are CLOSED. Please visit the new forums HERE or search the achive: Make money like in IMVU Dove Randt. Well I used to play in IMVU, until I heard from a friend about Secondlife and I was hooked. Well For all of you who dont know what IMVU is, its a chat program similar to Secondlife except when you chat your stationary and you have to jump around to different spots on furniture in order to move.

That was the bad part about IMVU. But you had an avatar and you could dress them up and socialize with others which was ok until I discovered secondlife I could actually walk around. But, what was good about IMVU was that you could have different ways of earning credits money in IMVU , and not spend a dime.

What is was is they had a new products page in their shopping catalog and you would earn money daily by visiting. Another way was a game called freespin, wherein you make up to credits if you line up the symbols on the slot machine, but it wasn't gambling because you could only do it daily as well.

Also you could earn money by subscribing to their facebook account. Now my point to this whole ramble is why doesn't Secondlife have some method of earning money like that. Why does the Secondlife economy only work on money we pay into it, with IMVU that money I mentioned above wasn't given by other residents it was given by the IMVU creators.

I honestly believe many people give up on secondlife because you cannot make any money if you have no credit card or some method of buying money and the jobs within do not pay out even minimum wage. I think that if the Lindins actually gave us other methods to make money out of their pockets yes I realize secondlife thrives on the money we put into it , then maybe more people would stay and actually eventually put their own money into it. People don't get the full glory of secondlife because they quit when they see it is really hard.

Anyway I am done ranting, what do you think?

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But then I change avs pretty often too, so often, I look nothing like my avatar. Could you cash out the imvu credits for RL currency? Could you use RL cash to buy credits? If you say no to either of these, then that is your answer.

Especially the first one. In SL we can cash out the L's for RL currency. Why would LL want to make it easy for people to make real money?

I got a few thousand Linden Dollars a couple of times, and still get Linden Dollars from Linden Labs on a weekly basis. And I can cash out these Linden dollars as well. Not on some shady website of which I'll never know if it will hack me or not, but right here on the second life website itself. I think you should go back to IMVU. Get laid Pep, you really do have a negative attitude and it reflects poorly on your personality.

You asked a stupid question. I think these methods were all used to get SL off the ground, I dont know much about IMVU but I imagine its different to SL in the way that SL has always worked with a view to the money being exchangeable with RL, and giving it out too freely would effect its value, once SL's popularity was assured these things were removed to prevent that.

Thats less than the cost for 1 month of Warcraft. Or maybe a 4 at McDonald's if you Super Size it? There is so much free content available -- quality free content -- that nobody reall NEEDS money in SL. And therefore, if not being able to make any money, without putting out some effort or buying it, is what is causing people to leave, then my personal opinion is 'good riddance'.

If they are not satisfied with the current freebies and do not want to put real money into SL, then they can put in effort and learn a skill that will allow them to sell something. Pep "How many ducks make three? I met most of the people I know in Second Life through these forums.

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I learned most of what I know of Second Life through these forums. When I couldn't get inworld, these forums were the next best thing. And sometimes these forums WERE the best thing. It is interesting that Anshe has now relegated Second Life to second place on her website, with IMVU taking over at 01, and Entropia still at Now, if only IMVU players could make money like in SL, that would be something.

There are some roleplay places which allow things to be bought in roleplay dollars. So no money in no money out. You do get goods though so I guess if you sold those in SL at large, it could be money out.

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If they are transferable. I think the original post missed out something important.. In IMVU there are two kinds of money, "credits" and "predits".

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Predits can be used just like credits to buy things, and as a creator you can't choose which you get. But predits received by a creator can't be cashed out; they can only be used to get dev tokens, the IMVU equivalent of paying upload fees. It makes the market for creators rather harsher but helps to bring new users into the world.

It's a tradeoff, I think, and creators would be really angry if it were introduced to SL at this late stage. I'm with LittleMe and Czari: FREEBIES If you honestly can't find hundreds of thousands of freebies in SL, Dove, you're doing something wrong. You need to do more than sit on a poseball and chat. Go out and find stuff. It is much more expensive for someone say from another country to buy lindins, they have to use the exchange rate and sometimes it favours you sometimes it is almost 20 dollars more just for the same amount of lindins Rhaorth Antonelli Registered User Join date: Dove Randt Now my point to this whole ramble is why doesn't Secondlife have some method of earning money like that.

They are taking away the forums Rhaorth Antonelli Could you cash out the imvu credits for RL currency? Actually you could and also at start up of IMVU you got i think credits to get yourself started. Marcush Nemeth Registered User Join date: Marcush Nemeth I got a few thousand Linden Dollars a couple of times, and still get Linden Dollars from Linden Labs on a weekly basis.

Yes but you are premium right.. I used IMVU for ages and i never had an issue buying credits, they had their own site which was very very reliable to buy them, but i didn't need to because i could earn them just as easy. Pserendipity Daniels Assume sarcasm as default Join date: Dove Randt Anyway I am done ranting, what do you think?

Pserendipity Daniels I think you should go back to IMVU. Dove Randt Get laid Pep, you really do have a negative attitude and it reflects poorly on your personality You asked a stupid question. Pserendipity Daniels You asked a stupid question. The only question that is stupid is the one not asked. Dove Randt The only question that is stupid is the one not asked. That saying obviously loses something in translation.

Dove Randt I honestly believe many people give up on secondlife because you cannot make any money if you have no credit card or some method of buying money and the jobs within do not pay out even minimum wage. Craig Altman Second Life Resident Join date: Damanios Thetan looking in Join date: Yes, those options also exist in SL, except they are not given by LL, but they are given by other residents for fulfilling a for them useful function. People get paid for a host of 'jobs' in SL.

Just a few examples: The pay is basically based on amount of effort and skill required. Low skill jobs like standing on a pose stand require huge amounts of time for little money. Remember that RL skills also translate to SL. If you're good at organizing and managing, then you can even find a job doing that like managing a live music artist or club for instance.

There is no real 'job market' in SL, so often it's not that easy to find one of these jobs. But if you ask around a bit, especially with friends who have one of these jobs, you should be able to find one. Tod69 Talamasca The Human Tripod ; Join date: Czari Zenovka I've Had it With "PC"!

LittleMe Jewell There is so much free content available -- quality free content -- that nobody reall NEEDS money in SL. When I first heard about SL, then subsequently joined, I had no idea whatsoever about the "economy" in SL. I joined simply to role play in a 3D environment. When I began seeing nicer clothes, hair, skin, etc.

The money earned within game stayed in game to purchase in-game items. No cashing out for real money. Thousands of people play EQ, SWG, WOW, and games that operate on a similar pricing structure from all over the world.

The way SL operates with its economy sets it apart on that factor alone. Seven Okelli last days of pompeii Join date: Pserendipity Daniels Pep "How many ducks make three?

Rock Vacirca riches to rags Join date: Darien Caldwell Registered User Join date: Oryx Tempel Registered User Join date: Dove Randt It is much more expensive for someone say from another country to buy lindins, they have to use the exchange rate and sometimes it favours you sometimes it is almost 20 dollars more just for the same amount of lindins Not only semi-literate but completely ignorant of currency markets? Well, it's not surprising, but maybe you could get a job as a banker in the US.