What is tier?

In Second Life, every plot of land has an ongoing land fee attached to it. This is called `tier`. This fee covers ongoing expenses related to keeping the land in place, such as the cost for the servers themselves and our support staff.

On the Azure Islands, we charge tier per square meter of land, so you do not pay for land tier you don't use.

How is tier collected?

On the edge of each property in our estate is a tier meter. The meter will be facing your property directly. This meter will display the current time remaining on the property. You may also left-click the meter to learn your time remaining in further detail, as well as the cost of tier per week in L$.

Right-clicking on the Payment Terminal and selecting the "Pay..." option will allow you to add time to your Tier balance. Each button on the list corresponds to a week, so that the first button is for one week, the second for two, etc.

You may pay by week, by month, by day or even by second if you choose to, depending on how much you choose to pay. The meter will calculate how much time to add on to your lease. You may add up to eight weeks on the meter at a time, any money spent over this max will be refunded to you automatically.

How much is tier?

The rates of the Azure Islands are up to 40% less than those of Linden Lab, as you do not need a Premium account to own a lot with us. Our prices work on a curve, with the more land you own in one type of plan the lower it will become for all your properties.

These are the prices per week in USD, which is calculated to L$ by the terminals when you pay them based upon the current market exchange rate.

For example, if you owned four 2048 square meter lots in the Azure estate and they were all double the number of prims normally given, the total you would be paying is $19.21 USD per week, as listed in the Azure X2 column. Our terminals automatically adjust price based upon how much land you own to match this chart.

This website lists the tier prices for each parcel that is availible directly from us.

What is the difference between Azure and Nova?

Azure Islands is our premiere zoned estate, featuring both Residential and Commercial zones to accommodate you best. The Nova Estate is provided for customers who wish to live in a mixed community with relaxed zoning.

With land providing double prims, you will receive twice the amount of prims than normal. A 512 sqm lot normally receives 117 prims, versus 234 prims in a double prim zone. Prices are adjusted accordingly for this.

What happens if I don't pay?

We have a 7 day grace period, during which you should recieve several messages informing you that you are carrying a negative balance. If at the end of the week if we do not hear from you and the balance is in excess of seven days the land will be reclaimed. If you have a problem paying, please contact us immedietely.

What if I am paying for a block of Tier with Linden Lab already?

Unfortunately we cannot use the tier you hold with Linden Lab, as we do not receive money for it. However, since land on the Azure Islands does not require tier from Linden Lab, this means you can 'Tier down' to take advantage of our competitive pricing.

How can my partner or a group-owned parcel pay Tier?

Groups may pay for tier by contacting us by either email or sending an instant message to Support Azure. We will need a list of up to five people who you wish to be allowed access to the meter and pay tier, as well as the location of your property. You may also request your partner or a friend to pay for tier even if the land is not deeded to group.

Why does my meter not recognize me?

This will happen if your land has been deeded to group and you have not contacted us. There are other situations this may also occur. If you see an error message telling you the land is owned by someone else or it does not recognize you, simply press the 'Error?' button in the message box to alert us.

It is strongly suggested you also contact us right away via email or an instant message to Support Azure so we may promptly handle this.

Why does my Tier rate shift around?

Our Tier rates are fixed in USD$ rather than in L$, as shown in the table above. When the conversion rate on LindeX shifts, your tier may raise or lower depending on the value of L$. Your tier will always remain the same in USD$ value. You may check the current exchange rates on the Second Life website for reference.

When you purchase multiple lots from us, your price will follow the chart listed above. Owning more Azure 2X land, for example, may mean all tier meters you pay will be lowered to match the chart. When you sell a lot, your price will raise accordingly to match the chart.

If you have group deeded land recently, please speak to us right away as this may also change your tier with us until you contact us.

Please contact us if you have any other issues with your tier.

I'd like to pay with PayPal, do you accept it?

Yes. Please contact us with your Second Life name and we will send you a PayPal Invoice for 30 days tier. PayPal payments incur a fee of US$0.30 and 2.9% which will be added to the total, Australian residents will need to pay a GST of 10% on any PayPal purchases.

When you have filled a PayPal payment, it will be applied to your property within 24 hours.