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Make Money Playing World of Warcraft
Sunday, November 4, 2007

If you want to make money playing games your best bet is World of Warcraft. According to a report issued by Blizzard entertainment, World of Warcraft has over 9 million players. With numbers like that it is possible to capitalize on this market and make a lot of money in the process.

There are several ways that World of Warcraft players earn real money just by playing the game. Here are a few ways that people make money in World of Warcraft:

Power leveling

"Power Leveling" is raising the levels of a customer's virtual character. This service is in high demand and some people charge up to $500 to power level some ones character. Other people will charge $150-$200 to get someone from level 1 to 50 in a short amount of time. If you are an experienced player you can power level people's characters and make good money by just playing the game.

Selling WOW Accounts

People buy World of Warcraft accounts to bypass the lower levels of the game and play the more exciting higher levels. The accounts are sold through sites such as accounts.net, which has level 70 accounts priced up to $1,300. This has amazing profit potential if you are good at playing the game and can to the high levels fast.

Selling World of Warcraft Gold

The currency in World of Warcraft is called "gold," which can be bought and sold for real money. The usual exchange rate is 100 gold for up to $7. There are a lot of ways to make gold on World of Warcraft, including selling rare items, increasing skills in your professions, and mastering the auction house. Some players claim to make 200 gold in less than an hour. Here are a few guides on how to make gold on World of Warcraft quickly:

Chtulhu's Gold Making Guide

How to Make Money in World of Warcraft

Gold Farming 5 Tips

World of Warcraft Gold Tips for the Poor Leatherworker

If you already spend most of your time playing video games, why not make some money while you're at it! While the lure of credit card offers will be tempting once you're making money, hold off until you see the rewards or cash back credit cards that you really want. If you have good credit, airline credit cards could be in your future!

Posted by Crystal 8:44 PM

Labels: play games

10 comments:

At November 6, 2007 4:25 AM swollenpickles said...: I've never actually played world of warcraft, but I've often thought that there was money to be made in it!
After seeing the WoW episode on Southpark I don't think I could bring myself to play the game! ;)
At November 6, 2007 9:46 AM bontb said...: Wish I could play more games and make money but I can't I blog too much lol
At November 7, 2007 1:52 AM bangalore said...: Wov, very nice article. Really liked it. There was just a small light on some corner of my mind to play this game, but now after your article, I'm illuminated... ha ha ha.
(bangalore)
At November 10, 2007 5:53 AM Runescape Money Maker said...: Not just wow, you can make money playing Runescape and many others
At November 12, 2007 1:46 PM The Monetizer said...: Very interesting, never even knew about this possibility for making money from a game. I heard about the girl who became a millionaire on Second Life, but it sounds like it took her a lot of work and a year or 2.
At December 20, 2007 7:34 AM Anonymous said...: You might want to add that all these ways are considered illegal (if you can use that word) by Blizzard (the producers). If you abuse your account in this way, you run a fairly high risk of getting your account canceled.
At December 21, 2007 7:34 AM Anonymous said...: You do need to be careful that you don't get banned. There are other ways that you can legally earn alot of money with wow leveling on world of warcraft.

Rene G.

http://www.wowlevelingpro.com
At January 23, 2008 6:20 AM WoW Gold said...: Excellent post - glad to see others plugging the value of the secondary market!
At January 28, 2008 10:43 AM Anonymous said...: A somewhat good way of making money in wow is to get full fishing and cooking skill and make rare potions and stuff, sell at ah for gold and then sell the gold online if you wish. Besides, who don't just love to fish, even online? ;)

http://www.wowfishingguide.net could help you getting your needed fishing skill :)
At June 4, 2008 6:40 AM Make WoW Gold said...: Gathering skills are the ticket to making gold. My mage has two (mining and herbalism) and I make sick gold quickly. Faster than daily quests!