Which days and why?

I'm going to share a story today, and touch on a subject or two related.


In the last week, I've received some Donations from readers concerned with their level of security, and curious to learn about my tactics to filter, move, and sell gold.


I was presented with this situation the other morning...

For all intents and purposes, we will call the guy in question "tom",
Edited for dramatic effect as well. (lol)





Tom: Hi hack, Is there a ban wave or is it just me?

Me: I've seen nothing about a ban wave, What happened?



Tom: Well I sold xxx gold to an unknown buyer, He scammed me after I traded the gold.

Me: That sucks, You should stick with well known buyers



Tom: Well I was in a hurry and decided to take a risk

Me: Bummer!



Tom: So to make up for being scammed, I botted 24/7 on this toon and it got banned.

Me: Sounds like both of those actions were wrong. (I bet you know who you are by now)


............................................................................


This is a PRIME example of why patience is an important virtue for the serious gold farmer who has intentions of lasting in this field.
He did not tell me if he used a Vanilla account to trade said gold,
But I'm going to assume he did not, Based on his decision making previous to.





With most internet ventures, The quick buck is never the best.
Ask anyone else who makes real money from the trade,
Especially Brandon (owner of mmomimic).

Maximizing your income potential starts at the foundation,
Controlling your impulses, Keeping it out of your head and on to paper helps me a lot.

Many people get consumed by this job, It becomes more of a mental newspaper then a book with plans and goals and guidelines.



Some of you might know I always strongly suggest not mixing wow "playing" with farming as a job.

This is just another tool needed to solidify this is a job and not something to supply your main 80 with gold for icc25.

Part of making this a reality is being able to separate your love for the game and it's content with the need to upkeep and maintain accounts/gold/bots etc.




My Advice:

If you seriously want a botting operation that can pay some or all of your bills,
Be ready to single out one account you want to play, and STICK WITH IT.

Don't directly fund your playing account with ANY funds or items from your farmers.

Instead employ the guild vaults!
I know this might be hard for some of you that have mains already in guilds,
But with a tiny bit of creativity you can keep your playing account stocked and not throw up any red flags.


And again, With patience, GET SOME OF IT.
People get too emotionally wrapped up in this game, and this job, and forget it's still both of those things, A GAME, and A JOB.

I dunno about you guys, But games are supposed to be fun, and Jobs are supposed to be successful.

-hack



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