{"id":5055,"date":"2015-06-15T22:06:44","date_gmt":"2015-06-15T21:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=5055"},"modified":"2015-06-15T22:06:44","modified_gmt":"2015-06-15T21:06:44","slug":"lindex-to-be-only-authorised-place-to-purchase-linden-dollars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=5055","title":{"rendered":"LindeX To Be Only Authorised Place To Purchase Linden Dollars"},"content":{"rendered":"

Linden Lab have announced that they are Concluding the Authorized L$ Reseller Pilot Program<\/a>\u00a0:<\/p>\n

In 2013, we introduced a pilot program<\/a> for Authorized Linden Dollar (L$) Resellers. This pilot program was designed to give Second Life Residents additional options for purchasing Linden Dollars, particularly for those based outside the US.<\/em><\/p>\n

Since then, we have expanded the payment options for Second Life users, and today, you can easily purchase L$ in more countries than ever before, using a credit card, PayPal, or Skrill, which supports a wide range of payment methods. We\u2019ve found that these options support the vast majority of Second Life users, and we have therefore made the business decision to close the Authorized Linden Dollar Reseller pilot program.<\/em><\/p>\n

We are contacting program participants directly to detail the next steps for them, and they will have approximately six weeks to sell off their L$ inventory.<\/em><\/p>\n

As of August 1, 2015, the Authorized L$ Reseller pilot program will be closed, and the LindeX will be the only authorized place to purchase L$.<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What this means is, if you have been purchasing Linden Dollars from companies other than Linden Lab, you will not be allowed to do so from August 1st 2015.<\/p>\n

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So far I haven’t seen any statements from companies such as VirWox<\/a>, who were one of the authorised resellers. However there has certainly been recent activity in terms of people buying Linden Dollars on their site.<\/p>\n

In the blog post Linden Lab point out that people can buy Linden Dollars on the LindeX with Paypal, Credit Card or Skrill. When the authorised reseller program was setup, Skrill was not an option.<\/p>\n

Back in January of this year, Skrill announced that\u00a0Skrill Connects with Linden Lab to Expand Payment Options for Second Life<\/a>\u00a0. As part of their announcement they included the following :<\/p>\n

“At Linden Lab we are constantly looking for new ways to provide exceptional service to our customers. By integrating with Skrill, we\u2019ve expanded the options for Second Life users to process their online payments, which is a critical piece of our product,\u201d said Malcolm Dunne, CFO, Linden Lab. \u201cWe\u2019re excited to offer this new functionality, giving our customers anothersecure, quick, and convenient way to participate in the Second Life economy.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’m sure there will be some people who are disappointed regarding this decision. I know that people were disappointed when Linden Lab disallowed selling Linden Dollars on third party\u00a0exchanges.<\/p>\n

However the addition of Skrill has opened more doors when it come to purchasing Linden Dollars. Will people have problems buying Linden Dollars going forward? I honestly don’t know but hopefully people will raise any concerns early and in a constructive manner.<\/p>\n

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