Course Project: Second Life

Day 13

    Last time I talked about the different items on sale within SL discussing my thoughts and observations as to why the users would be interested in purchasing them. Today I want to expand on that by talking about the process of buying and seelling virtual goods within SL. In order to purchase anything within the world of Second Life you need to have the standard form of currency for the virtual world. You cannot simply go in with currency from your country if origin first you must buy the in world currency called Linden dollars. I believe the developers choose this route because dealing with various different currencies ans exchange rates would of ended up being to difficult. This way everyon within the virtual world goes and buys Linden dollars with their real money and then can proceed to purchase waht they want within Second Life without dealing  with figuring out how much 1 pound is in U.S. dollars. There are two ways of acquiring Linden Dollars one is through the use of the second life webpage were you click on BUYL$ at the top right corner of the screen. The other method is to purchase the Linden Dollars from within the game from anywhere within the world by clicking on BUYL$ from within the Second Life viewer screen. If you have not set up billing information the first time you buy Linden dollars you will have to fill it out before you can purchase any money.