On Tuesday, May 5th, 2026, Linden Lab announced a new partnership with Essential Inventory to bring Second Life subscribers and users “more discovery, more rewards, and more ways to experience everything the grid has to offer”.
With this new partnership, Second Life Subscribers (Plus, Premium and Premium Plus) and user will be able to benefit from the following:
Second Life subscribers:
- Five curated gifts every month across a variety of categories – with the first gifts becoming available at 12:00 noon SLT on Tuesday, May 12th, 2026 at the ACCESS shopping event, and at the dedicated Essential Inventory Premium Gifts region.
- Early access to some of Second Life’s most popular shopping events – with the first early access opportunity being Sunday, May 10th, 2026 at the ACCESS shopping event.
All Second Life users:
- Access to a new publication – What’s Hot in Second Life – which will be published every Tuesday at 1:00 SLT.
- What’s Hot in Second Life is intended to be a curated guide highlighting “the most exciting and relevant content across the entire Second Life ecosystem”.
- The first issue is currently available on the Essential Inventory website.
More About Essential Inventory
Essential Inventory began as a community-driven discovery platform of the kind encouraged by the Second Life Creator Partnership Programme. Whilst there are few details relating to the group(s) running Essential Inventory, the website does include the following information:
- Founded in September 2022.
- Boasts 3 million views over a 20 month period, with 285,487 site sessions in August 2025.
- Has over 3,000+ e-mail subscribers.
- Offers paid advertising for brands, etc., including “social boost packages”.
- A “one-time free coverage” option to help promote a brand or event through Essential Inventory.
- A “free/paid recurring event coverage” option to promote recurring events through Essential Inventory.
To find out more, visit the site directly.
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