Lindens for Free - are they worth it?

If you enter Second Life from a position of affluence in "Real Life", you'll have a premium account and be able to afford to buy Linden currency - just 1US$ buys you about 260L - it's too easy.

Some, however, are not wealthy, or would rather not spend real money in a "Game", so look for Lindens by working or hunting for free L$/camping places. This can be fun, though generally to accumulate a significant amount of SL currency you have to be persistent! If you're eager to buy items in SL and not get Lindens the easy but expensive way, here are some possibilities.

Many locations, to boost traffic, have buttons or voters which allow you to get 1 or 2L per day. There are various kinds of "camping" (staying at a place for a small amount of money), then there are Money HUDs and the "Profile Pick" PPRS systems which pay you regularly to keep a location in your "Picks" section in your profile (these boards are less common now, but I've made 1000s of Lindens from them!).

For a while I made a notecard to store 20 or so of these locations for all my Avatars to visit, so I could make 50-150L per day on average. Then, using a Bletaverse cone to TP from place to place for 2L/place (10 min wait) I chanced upon Antdog Gears' "Freebies Directory" collection/group home base.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Blackmount/235/222/73

What this enterprising SL denizen, Antdog319 Gearz, has done is collect MANY more Free L$ earning locations and ideas (including the handy Travel Money HUD) into one place, where you can get his notecards, folders of links and any new ideas he finds, by being in his Group. While it costs 30L to join, I found that with 1 Avatar I could make 40L immediately, and have found with my group of Avatars and friends, a higher daily free L$ target can easily be achieved.

New Avatars have openings for special beginners earners like the Wolfhaven Money Trees and some kinds of one-off voters, so help newcomers or new Alts get started well.

If that's fun fundraising, and it works, it can be handy - however sometimes the time involved makes it seem not quite worth it if 8US$ can get me over 2000L instantly, rather than a week of careful accumulation!!

IM or see me in-world for other secrets including the lucrative weekly use of B-Places voting!!

Your fellow explorer in SL,
FreonFractal