Heralding New Groups

Using Second Life groups can make property management a nightmare or a dream.

Getting a group is fairly easy, per the SL wiki. All you really need is $100L and an open group slot. You can make as many groups as you like - all you need is open slots and cash.

The hardest permanent step is choosing a name. To do a first rate job at this, brainstorm a lot of group names. Appealing and useful names for large groups, like store groups and club members will want simplicity, emotion, positioning, maybe some humor or slang in them. You want to pick a group name and role titles that your members will want to keep a long time. Last, and most important, ask friends and acquaintances which names they like or not.

Group names are unique, like web addresses. After you have a handful of good candidates, search SL Groups to see if your top choices are already used. You can't buy a group name that already exists, but you can make one that is off by as little as one symbol: if "Heralds" is taken, "*Heralds*", " Heralds" (with a leading space), "heralds" and "HERALDS!" might still be available.

When you have a top choice name, try to buy it for $100L thru your groups menu. (Typo experts, triple check your spelling before you click "apply".) You will find out if your name is not available now. Hidden groups can't be found in search. If that happens, choose another name, (take your time on this if you want) and try again.

When you are successful, you are the new owner of a group of one. Now, quick, invite another avatar to join (wiki here) to six your group, because a group that has one or no members for two days gets deleted. Invite them as members. You can always upgrade them later when you refine your group.

And you want to keep this new group, right?

Yours, Arth.

P.S.
Buying and renting land is a little harder. The hardest part is finding a good deal on a property you like. Count on spending some time on this, and there are lots of sites, blogs and advice on this out there. Not being a property owner, I'm not the best to herald this.

Making your group work for you land is even harder. This I can herald soon.