Linden Lab have once again made a discount offer to entice people to engage with Premium Membership in Second Life : Don’t Miss This Limited-Time Sale on Premium Membership!
You know how this goes, Linden Lab offer a discount on quarterly membership and throw in a gift. However, in a bid to ensure we’re all paying attention, Linden Lab have changed the offer!
If you’ve been waiting to upgrade to a Premium account, now is a great time, because today we’re kicking off a great new sale: from today until April 13, 2015, you can upgrade to Premium subscription for less than $5 for your first month! That’s a 50% discount off the regular rate, and this offer won’t last long. Upgrade today and start enjoying Premium benefits at our lowest-ever monthly rate.
Wait, what? Let’s check the small print on this :
TERMS & CONDITIONS FOR 50% DISCOUNT This limited-time discount offer is available only for purchases of memberships on the Monthly billing plan. Discount will be applied to the first monthly billing cycle only, and all future charges will be at the regular Premium price ($9.95 USD, excluding VAT where applicable). Sign-up bonus will be paid upon 45 consecutive days of membership. To qualify, Second Life members must have an active Basic account or create a new Second Life account. Discount offer begins on Friday the 3rd of April at 8:00 am Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) and expires on Monday the 13th of April 2015 at 8:00 am Pacific Daylight Time (PDT).
So this offer is based on monthly membership, rather than the traditional quarterly offer and there’s no gift!
Whether this will appeal to people is obviously unclear, but for those who were pondering whether or not to go premium on a monthly plan, now would probably be the time to do it.
Premium Membership in Second Life offers a few perks, such as :
- Weekly Stipend of 300 Linden Dollars
- Exclusive Experience: Magellan’s Grid Hunt
- Exclusive Activities: Dune Buggy Racing in Racer’s Gulch
- Expanded support, including Live Chat
Then there’s the choice of whether you want to use 512m of mainland for no extra cost beyond the purchase of a parcel or whether you want to get yourself a Linden Home instead.
On top of that, new premium members can receive a signup bonus of 1,000 Linden Dollars if they keep their premium membership for two months at least, with the bonus being paid after 45 days.
Premium Membership is a much discussed topic regarding whether or not it’s worth it. I’m certainly not going to answer that definitively, my answer as to the value of premium membership is that it depends what you want to do in Second Life. There are pro’s and cons to premium membership, it’s really a matter of individual choice.
However it’s good to see Linden Lab exploring different offers, rather than sticking to the same script.