I love Gold.

I really do love Gold.

To be specific, I love the idea of game currency.

The sheer amount of video game players/addicts/farmers/workers that are present today give testament to the magnitude of what the Virtual Economy is and what it will continue to be for some time.



But where do I fit In?




I've been playing computer games since "Hugo's House of Horrors" on floppy disc,
And console games since I can remember.

I've spent months playing different console games (ff7 for instance) and consider myself a very accomplished Geek.



When I came into the role of serious Wow player,
The magnitude of what Virtual Currency is, was Greek to me.

I never really considered it as a serious job, let alone something that would compare to more than minimum wage on a moderate scale.




Today I'm going to give a little insight into Gold, and the safe sale and trade of it.


Vanilla Accounts: (Wow cd key and 30 free days playtime when activated)
I've mentioned "throwaway" Vanilla accounts and their usefulness,
But I don't think many people understand how to use them effectively.


I always suggest 1 Vanilla per 3 accounts, and a constant cycling of use of these accounts.

My number one rule for moving gold, NO TRADING.
Don't trade huge sums of gold to anyone, for any reason.
Any halfway intelligent buyer will have some form of guild vault system setup, or you can provide a guild vault.


All of this is done with the help of Vanilla alts.

So you have your Farmer account(s), and your Vanilla(s).

I do most of my selling on the farmers accounts, on lower level alts who control a Guild.
This guild also has many bank tabs (4 or 5 I think) that store my items.

As some of you know, I control a small army of bots, owning somewhere around 40 accounts and running upwards of a dozen or more in shifts, This calls for some serious Vanilla account usage.


I'd like to see more people thinking of other ways to move gold around instead of the quick and dirty level 1 trades.

How many legit trades of large sums of gold go on between two lvl 1 toons?

Think about it, I got alts on every server I farm on.

:)