Linden Lab Official:Custom Name Program

Thank you for your interest in Second Life. Here's some information on the Custom Last Names program and what we require to create the name for you.

Custom 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.
• 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.
• Please note that to create additional accounts, you must use the 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 RegistrationAPI documentation before you submit a Custom Name request to be sure that you have the capabilities to use it to create additional accounts.
• 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

Please complete the requested information and submit a support ticket or email to: sldevnames@lists.lindenlab.com.

• Requested Last Name
• RL name of requestor
• SL name of requestor
• Email of requestor
• Date requested by__________

General Information about Custom Names

• 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 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.
• 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

• 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.
• $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.
• In some cases, a name may already exist and we will not be able to create it for you.

Vanity Name Form

Please complete the requested information and submit a support ticket or email to: sldevnames@lists.lindenlab.com.

• Requested Name
• RL name of requestor
• 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.