Updated to cover additional LindeX fee changes.
On Monday, June 8th, Linden Lab announced a number of changes to fees charged for various services which are to start to be introduced from Monday, June 15th. These changes specifically apply to:
- Changes to the fees applicable to buying Linden Dollars.
- Reducing the tier charged for selected Private regions types.
- Increases to the amounts charged for selected Premium, and Premium Plus subscription payment plans.
The new region tier fees and minimum Linden Dollar order fee will come into effect from June 15th, 2026, and the new subscription fees take effect on applicable new and renewed subscriptions from Wednesday, July 8th, 2026.
LindeX fees for Purchasing Linden Dollars¹
| To June 15th, 2026 | From June 15th, 2026 | |
| Minimum fee for purchasing L$² | US $1.49 | US $0.49 |
| Maximum fee for purchasing L$ | US $14.99 | US29.99 |
Note on the Above:
- See this blog post for details.
- According to LL, this should apply to smaller Linden Dollar purchases (roughly equivalent to $15 USD or less). The Percentage for fee calculations is increasing from 10% to 11%.
Selected Private Region Tier Reductions
From Monday, June 15th, 2026, monthly tier fees on the following Private region types will change as indicated:
| Region Type | Monthly Tier to June 15th, 2026 |
Monthly Tier from June 15th, 2026 |
| Full Region with Land Capacity Bonus | US $239 | US $209 |
| Full Region 20K Land Capacity | US $209 | US $199 |
| Education (30K Land Capacity) | US $129 | US $105 |
There are no changes to Homestead or OpenSpace Private region tier, nor to Mainland fees.
Selected Subscription Fee Increases
From Wednesday, July 8th, 2026, the fee charged for Premium and Premium Plus subscriptions¹ will be changing:
| Subscription Plan | Currently | From July 8th, 2026³ |
| Premium MONTHLY | US $11.99 per month | US $12.99 per month |
| Premium QUARTERLY² | US $32.97 per quarter | US $35.97 per quarter |
| Premium ANNUAL | US $99.00 per annum | US $119.88 per annum |
| Premium Plus ANNUAL | US $249.00 per annum | US $287.88 per annum |
Notes on the Above
- Plus and Premium Plus No Stipend subscription fees remain unchanged.
- Premium Quarterly is no longer offered for new subscription members, who only have the options of Premium monthly or annual billing.
- The new charges take effect from the start of your next billing cycle after this date.
Inara Pey: Living in a Modemworld 
Unfortunately, the L$ purchase fee reduction isn’t all it seems, as Linden Lab put out a second post yesterday — https://community.secondlife.com/news/featured-news/second-life-pricing-updates-r11294/ — revealing that the percentage charged above the minimum will be 11% rather than 10%, and the maximum fee will rise from $14.99 to $29.99.
So everyone will be getting squeezed for more cash, even if (like me) they’ve downgraded to Basic.
I’ll admit that, in the grand scheme of things, it won’t impact me greatly, but that’s because I’m spending less in-world these days. But the way the Lab have framed this does leave a bad taste in the mouth.
(On a personal note, the real kicker for me is that these changes are coming into effect on my RL birthday. 🙁)
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Thanks, I didn’t receive notification of the other fee post – and failed to check the blog feed, so have now updated the post above.
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A 20% price increase on Premium!?!?
From US$50 for a last name, to this 20% gouging Premium price increase, to the even higher fees for L$ than the huge L$ buy fee increase of a couple years ago, LL doesn’t seem to have any awareness of today’s challenging economics. They just seem to want buckets of cash from us.
It might be time to give up my land.
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Welp that’s it for me then. I just upgraded to premium plus a month-ish ago, and I also just bought L’s. To double the price of maximum fees for buying L’s AND an additional 39 bucks per year for Premium Plus, I’m definitely out when my plus ends, and there will be no more buying L’s for me. SL has been fading for a while now for me, and the benefits do not equal the costs. My RL responsibilities and priorities and those expenses come first. So next year I’ll be saying goodbye to all the friends I’ve made over these past 20 years. I’m so SO beyond done at this point. I’ve just had enough. I hope LL is prepared for a mass exodus, cause I know I won’t be the only one among the masses who are going to be leaving. I guess they finally ran it into the ground.
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If they are going to increase the subscription prices, they should at least give us more groups or some sort of tangible value for the increase.
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That seems to be the main complaint around subscriptions, folks are expected to pay more for the same benefits. I suspect the Lab will respond with “well, we DID increase group slots last year” and point to the new gifts-and-exclusive-event-access that they announced a few months ago, but that’s not really much of an excuse.
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