Difference between revisions of "Linden Lab Official:Custom Name Program"

Latest revision as of 12:02, 10 October 2024

NOTE: This is an official Second Life API provided and documented by Linden Lab. Its use is subject to the API Terms of Use.

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The custom name program enables qualified users to pay for special custom user names.

General information

Custom name requests may not be ordered on behalf of, or billed to, a second party. First party requests only please.
It may take up to four weeks to fulfill a custom name request, although we are usually able to do this within 2 weeks. You will be notified if the name is approved, and again when it is created and your account billed.
Please make sure that the Second Life account you intend to own the custom name has complete billing information or enough funds so that your account does not become delinquent when the custom name is billed.
Names must have at least two (2) characters; there is no real maximum. Only alphanumeric characters are allowed; no punctuation or special characters. Names are case-sensitive, so carefully review upper/lower case!
Linden Lab cannot transfer content to new accounts.
All requests are processed in the order of their arrival.
We regret that we cannot provide you with status information about your request.

Caveats

Important: This program is not an avenue for changing your current SL name.

A custom name request that appears to be an infringement of copyrights or trademarks will not be approved. If you have permission to use a copyrighted name or mark, you must submit proof with your request.

Custom surnames

Upon creation of a custom surname, the account designated as owner will be billed a US$500 setup fee plus the first annual US$500 fee. On each anniversary date, the owner will be billed US$500 to retain custom surname ownership. Last names must clearly be an organizational or corporate name, and distinguished from personal last names (surnames). For example, "Smith" is not acceptable, but "SmithCorp," "SmithInc," "SmithProducts" or "SmithConstruction" are. Linden Lab will consider names that are clearly made up or composite (for example, "SecondLife" or "Agilent").

To create additional accounts, the custom surname owner must apply for and use the Registration API. You may create as many additional accounts as you need (the initial limit is 500 per day, but you may request a higher limit).
At this time we do not provide bulk account registration for your custom surname. You must use the Reg API.
Review the Registration API documentation before you submit a custom surname request to be sure that you have the capabilities to create additional accounts.
The custom surname owner to be billed must be the same account to apply for the Reg API.
Approved non-profit and educational requests will receive a 30% discount on these fees.

Request procedure

Please complete the requested information and email to regAPI@lindenlab.com.

Requested Surname:
RL name of Surname owner:
SL name of Surname owner/RegAPI applicant:
Email of requestor:
Contact information pertaining to copyright or trademark:

Suggestions

Verify that you can use the Reg API to create accounts. The problem may be your capabilities URL or your Reg API script.
If you're using a Reg API account to create accounts using a custom name and can't see the Custom Last Name in the names list, you're probably not using the account that was the billing account for the Custom Last Name. You will need to request a new Reg API account with the same account as was the billing account for the Custom Last Name.
If you want to only display your custom name, you'll have to write code to parse the name list we return or to force your custom name as the last name choice for the registrant.
URI_GET_LAST_NAMES returns an associative array where the keys are the ids and the values are the last names. The PHP asort function sorts based on the values:

 $last_names = llsd_get(URI_GET_LAST_NAMES);
 asort($last_names);

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-Thank you for your interest in Second Life.  Here is information about the Custom Last Names program and what we require to create the name for you.
+{{Multi-lang}}
+{{Supported API}}
+{{:API Portal/navigation|reg}}
+The custom name program enables qualified users to pay for special custom user names.
-*Upon creation of this Custom Name, the account given will be billed $1000. On the anniversary date, you will be billed $500 to renew the account.
+__TOC__
-*Last names must clearly be an organizational or corporate name, and distinguished from personal last names (Surnames). For example, Smith is not acceptable, but SmithCorp, SmithInc, Smith_Products, SmithConstruction, etc. are.   Names that are clearly composite (SecondLife) or made up (Agilent) will be considered.
+<br clear="all"/>
-*Please note that to create additional accounts, you must use the [http://secondlifegrid.net/programs/api/reg RegistrationAPI]. You may create as many additional accounts as you need (the initial limit of 200 per day, but you can request a higher limit). You may want to review the [http://secondlifegrid.net/programs/api/reg RegistrationAPI] documentation before you submit a Custom Name request to be sure that you have the capabilities to use it to create additional accounts.
+== General information==
-*Content cannot be transferred to this account by Linden Lab.
-*Last names must have at least 2 characters; all characters in a name must be alphanumeric; no punctuation may be included.  The name will be created with capital letters you designate in your request, so please carefully review upper/lower case!
-*Please note that it may take up to 4 weeks to create the last name and account, although we are usually able to do this within 2 weeks.  You will be notified if the name is approved, and again when it is created and your account billed.
-*Please make sure you have billing information in the account you specify as the requestor, below, or it will become delinquent, substantially complicating transfer of the account.  Alternatively, make sure the account has enough funds to cover $1000.
-*Please specify as requestor the name you want to use to mange creation of accounts using the Registration API.
-*Linden Lab cannot provide invoices for custom names; your credit card billing statement is proof of payment.
-''''Custom Last Name Form'''
+* Custom name requests may not be ordered on behalf of, or billed to, a second party. First party requests only please.
+* It may take up to '''four weeks''' to fulfill a custom name request, although we are usually able to do this within 2 weeks.  You will be notified if the name is approved, and again when it is created and your account billed.
+* Please make sure that the Second Life account you intend to own the custom name has complete billing information or enough funds so that your account does not become delinquent when the custom name is billed.
+* Names must have at least two (2) characters; there is no real maximum. Only alphanumeric characters are allowed; no punctuation or special characters.  Names are case-sensitive, so carefully review upper/lower case!
+* Linden Lab cannot transfer content to new accounts.
+* All requests are processed in the order of their arrival.
+* We regret that we cannot provide you with status information about your request.
-Please complete the requested information and submit a support ticket or email to: sldevnames@lists.lindenlab.com.
+=== Caveats ===
-*Requested Last Name
+{{KBcaution|This program is not an avenue for changing your current SL name. }}
-*RL name of requestor
-*SL name of requestor
-*Email of requestor
-*Date requested by__________
-'''General Information about Custom Names'''
+A custom name request that appears to be an infringement of copyrights or trademarks will not be approved.  If you have permission to use a copyrighted name or mark, you must submit proof with your request.
-*Please note that it may take up to 4 weeks to create the last name and account, although we are usually able to do this within 2 weeks.  You will be notified if the name is approved, and again when it is created and your account billed.
+==Custom surnames==
-*Please make sure that the SL account has completed billing information or enough funds so that your account does not become delinquent when the custom name is billed.
+Upon creation of a custom surname, the account designated as owner will be billed a US$500 setup fee plus the first annual US$500 fee. On each anniversary date, the owner will be billed US$500 to retain custom surname ownership. Last names must clearly be an organizational or corporate name, and distinguished from personal last names (surnames). For example, "Smith" is not acceptable, but "SmithCorp," "SmithInc," "SmithProducts" or "SmithConstruction" are.  Linden Lab will consider names that are clearly made up or composite (for example, "SecondLife" or "Agilent").
-*Names must have at least 2 characters; all characters in a name must be alphanumeric; no punctuation may be included.  The name will be created with capital letters you designate in your request, so please carefully review upper/lower case!
-*Content cannot be transferred to this account by Linden Lab.
-*Linden Lab cannot provide invoices for custom names; your credit card billing statement is proof of payment.
-'''Custom (Vanity) Names'''
+* To create additional accounts, the custom surname owner must apply for and use the [[Registration API]].  You may create as many additional accounts as you need (the initial limit is 500 per day, but you may request a higher limit).
+* At this time we do not provide bulk account registration for your custom surname.  You must use the Reg API.
+* Review the [[Registration API]] documentation before you submit a custom surname request to be sure that you have the capabilities to create additional accounts.
+* The custom surname owner to be billed '''must''' be the same account to apply for the Reg API.
+* Approved non-profit and educational requests will receive a 30% discount on these fees.
-*At this time, vanity names are available at Linden Lab's discretion, generally for events that involve major press or tv coverage, or in our estimation provide significant publicity value, such as nationwide TV coverage.
+=== Request procedure ===
-*$100 will be billed to your account on creation of the name, and you will be billed $50 on the anniversary date to renew this account.
+Please complete the requested information and email to '''regAPI@lindenlab.com'''.
-*In some cases, a name may already exist and we will not be able to create it for you.
+# Requested Surname:
+# RL name of Surname owner:
+# SL name of Surname owner/RegAPI applicant:
+# Email of requestor:
+# Contact information pertaining to copyright or trademark:
-'''Vanity Name Form'''
+=== Suggestions===
+* Verify that you can use the Reg API to create accounts.  The problem may be your capabilities URL or your Reg API script.
+* If you're using a Reg API account to create accounts using a custom name and can't see the Custom Last Name in the names list, you're probably not using the account that was the billing account for the Custom Last Name.  You will need to request a new Reg API account with the same account as was the billing account for the Custom Last Name.
+*  If you want to only display your custom name, you'll have to write code to parse the name list we return or to force your custom name as the last name choice for the registrant.
+* URI_GET_LAST_NAMES returns an associative array where the keys are the ids and the values are the last names. The PHP '''asort''' function sorts based on the values:
-Please complete the requested information and submit a support ticket or email to: sldevnames@lists.lindenlab.com.
+  $last_names = llsd_get(URI_GET_LAST_NAMES);
+  asort($last_names);
-*Requested Name
+[[Category:Reg API]]
-*RL name of requestor
+[[Category:Web Service APIs]]
-*SL name of requestor
-*Email of requestor
-*Event or reason for name (size of event, accompanying publicity/audience)
-*Requested delivery date__________
-We look forward to seeing you inworld.