Buy cosmetics: online or in-world

Cosmetics are avatar decorations, a border drawn around your profile and feed picture, and you can buy them two ways: online with a card (handled by Stripe) or in-world with Linden dollars (L$) using your Primfeed HUD.

Written By Luke Rowley

Last updated About 2 hours ago

Both methods drop the cosmetic into your inventory, where you choose which one to wear. Cosmetics apply to your personal account only, not to a store or business page.

Tip: Prices shown on each cosmetic depend on your currency, which Primfeed detects automatically. When you shop from inside Second Life, prices are shown in L$.

Buy online with a card (Stripe)

  1. Open the Shop page (heading: "Shop").

  2. Find the cosmetic you want and click "Buy for [price]" on its card. (If you already own it, the button reads "Already in inventory" instead.)

  3. You're taken to Stripe Checkout to pay. This is a one-time payment, not a subscription.

  4. After payment, Stripe sends you back to Primfeed and the cosmetic is added to your inventory.

Tip: If you already own a cosmetic, checkout is blocked. The card shows "Already in inventory" rather than a buy button, so you can't pay for the same border twice.

Buy in-world with Linden dollars (L$)

Buying in-world uses your Primfeed HUD inside Second Life, so the payment comes straight from your avatar's L$ balance.

Click the payment terminal, and follow the steps to Cosmetics
If needed, accept the experience permissions. If you’ve already accepted once, a HUD will attach.
Select the cosmetic you would like to purchase, then click Purchase this cosmetic.
Primfeed sends a debit-permission request to your HUD in-world. The dialog shows "Waiting for debit permissions" while it waits.

Accept the debit permissions you receive in-world. Once you accept, the payment completes and the cosmetic is added to your inventory.

Wearing what you bought

Only one cosmetic can be worn at a time.

  1. Open Settings → Inventory.

  2. Click "Select" on the cosmetic you want to wear.

  3. To take it off, open the active cosmetic and click "Remove". This only un-equips it, so you still own it and can wear it again later.

See Activate cosmetics from your Inventory for the full inventory walkthrough.