Make Some Extra Cash While Playing World of Warcraft
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If you want to make money playing games, the best game you can play is World of Warcraft. It won't make you rich, but it's possible to earn some extra cash while doing something you enjoy. 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 GuideHow to Make Money in World of Warcraft
Gold Farming 5 Tips
World of Warcraft Gold Tips for the Poor Leatherworker
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! ;)
Wish I could play more games and make money but I can't I blog too much lol
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)
Not just wow, you can make money playing Runescape and many others
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.
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.
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
Excellent post - glad to see others plugging the value of the secondary market!
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 :)
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!
selling gold for actual money is ILLEGAL although it seems like it would work. Its in terms and conditions..
Try not to need to need money so bad to be ILLEGAL.
Although i think leveling isnt illegal!!
Sounds good!
Ok, selling/buying gold is not "ILLEGAL" (not yet anyway =P). You won't get arrested for it. Its against the Terms of Service you agree to to play the game. The worst that can happen is getting your WoW account banned. Which might be pretty bad for some of us but still not so bad as jail time.
illegal means its against the law. blizzard doesn't right the law.
if blizzard catches you cheating in their game,they can ban your character.
doesn't mean its illegal, just that its against the rules. ppl misuse the word illegal so much, you would think blizzard ran the government.
You guys are all wrong. It is actually illegal under U.S. law to sell gold because it violates copyright laws. Everything within the World of Warcraft is considered blizzard property. Therefore when you sell gold you are essentially selling something that you don't own the rights to you are only borrowing it from blizzard.