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Sat, Aug 20 2011 | 5 Comments

AvWorlds

US$45 a month for a 24,000-prim region on the startup AvWorlds grid, $100 setup fee.

Other prices available for differently sized regions:

  • Basic Region: $45.00 per month for 12,000 prims and up to 40 visitors
  • Standard Region: $65.00 per month for 24,000 prims and up to 40 visitors
  • Professional Region: $100.00 per month for 45,000 prims and up to 80 or more visitors
Premium account required to own land — $5 per month, or $48 if billed annually. Premium account holders also get a free quarter-region land parcel- 16,384 square meters, 1,500 prims.

Free residential plots also available,  4,096 square meters, 375 prims (1/16 region size) on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Grid will primarily be a social grid, with in-world commerce using the OMC currency from Virwox, and role playing areas. To protect in-world content, there will be no hypergrid teleports allowed to or from other grids, no OAR region backups for region owners, no “God powers” for region owners, and no self-connected regions hosted on users’ own computers or servers. In addition, there will be a website to advertise products for sale by on-grid merchants, but buyers will be sent directly to the in-world stores, to protect the value of the virtual land.

The grid’s focus will be on stability, with each region allocated its own processor.


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  • http://tgib.co.uk/ Vanish

    AvWorlds seems to be renting its regions from Dreamland Metaverse, so why anyone wants to rent from them (without hypergrid, god powers, oar backups) instead of directly from Dreamland Metaverse is beyond me. It should be noted that the grid first made headlines by announcing the highest prices on the market for their regions, citing "protecting" the "value" for estate owners as its reasons. This strategy was abandoned shortly thereafter, probably due to its very limited success. From the few quotes and comments of the grid owner, it appears that some of the workings of OpenSim are quite lost on him.

    Personal opinion: There's no reason to rent regions from this grid instead of renting regions from its own host and become part of the wider hypergrid.

  • http://www.hypergridbusiness.com Maria Korolov

    Renting a land on a grid versus getting hosting from an OpenSim hosting provider is a little like the difference between taking a cruise on a cruise ship or renting and sailing your own boat.

    Commercial grids provide added value beyond just the bare OpenSim installation — training for new users, community events, plazas and other common areas, shopping districts, groups, currency and economy, role playing games and other activities.

    A better question is how AvWorlds compares to other grids — how rich, involved or diverse is its user base? What unique events, games, shopping destinations or virtual experiences does the grid offer? How warm and welcoming is its community? Is the grid able to attract top brands and celebrities?

    Right now, AvWorlds is still new and looking for its niche.

  • http://www.facebook.com/avworlds AvWorlds Metaverse

    Well the prices as you see are the same as our host provider. Using a third party gives me more time to work on the other areas of the grid. Our Hosting provider is also one of the CORE DEVELOPERS of Open Sim. We also offer a community and our own currency.
    Our current currency features enables our residents to buy, sell or even exchange the AV$s to dollars sent directly to your paypal account or you can also keep a US$ balance under your AvWorlds Account! Plus we have made arrangements for events and much more! You can message people you can hyperteleport to other worlds and you can make MONEY on our grid!

    So for the same price Dreamland Metaverse charges you; we can give you much more plus the services of Dreamland Metaverse which is a well respected company and very much knowledgeable.
    Yes we are a start up but we have achieved alot since opening day and we are always going to be in a constant mode of searching for progress and innovations.

    AvWorlds is hypergrid enabled and we offer a complete ESTATE MANAGEMENT TOOL plus alot more features that most grids do not have yet completed.

    Thanks
    Alex AvWorlds
    AvWorlds CEO.

  • http://www.facebook.com/avworlds AvWorlds Metaverse

    The high pricing was abandoned because I personally saw that Open Sim is not yet a complete and fully functional source code.Therefore to compete we would have to do two things. Either complete the Open Sim code ourselves or go along with our core developer while he completes it for us.
    I lowered the prices but I still included a step that makes having a region in AvWorlds not approachable to all our residents. In order to qualify to buy a region in AvWorlds such user needs to have a PREMIUM account. This will preclude some residents from acquiring a region. Making the land market still balanced. Yes I still think having a well balanced land market is essential for a grids economy. I have also required a SET UP fee but for now its not being required.

    As a grid we offer a variety of regions types even GRID SERVICES! So we are not really the same as Avination or Inworldz or other grids.
    We offer regions in OSGRID also and MINI GRIDS (stand alone regions) that can be modified into mega regions or 4 separate regions. And yes off course if you wish to be part of a community; you can also have that in AvWorlds.
    Thanks
    Alex AvWorlds
    AvWorlds CEO.

  • http://www.facebook.com/avworlds AvWorlds Metaverse

    There is a correction to be made on the text above. We no longer use VIRWOX currency. We have our own now name is AV. 1 AV$ is equal to 1 linden$.