If you are deciding weather or not to purchase any MMORPG gold, (Such as, World of Warcraft, Warhammer gold, or Final Fantasy “Gil”) from a third-party online gold vender, do yourself a favor and take the time to learn how to buy gaming gold safely and lessen the risk of getting yourself banned from the game, or worse yet, ripped off by the vendor.
Purchasing MMORPG currency online can be an unpredictable endeavor since most game publishers prohibit the activity (World of Warcraft is famous for their threat of expulsion for players using real-world currency to purchase virtual World of Warcraft gold), and only a handful of MMO gold websites have a solid reputation for delivering the goods as promised in a timely manner.
That leaves you, as if by flipping a coin, trying to discern the honest fledgling sites from the scam artists from among the thousands of sites offering their golden services — all of whom are competing for your hard earned cash and credit card information (the latter being especially vulnerable to misuse by unscrupulous and fraudulent online virtual gold suppliers).
The first thing you can easily do is to compare the different gold-mining websites by visiting them. This will eliminate many of the choices as it will be painfully obvious which sites were just thrown together and which ones are truly designed and maintained by professionals. This alone isn’t enough to determine their validity but it will help you weed out the fly by night rackets.
While you are visiting the different sites, take notes of their pricing, range of product, and site functionality which you will use later to make your final decision.
Obviously the next thing you will want to do is to get your hands dirty doing some serious research on the sites you haven’t already eliminated. Searching Google for “the best MMO gold sites” isn’t good enough. The first ten relevant Google return pages will be filled with biased affiliate review sites with glowing reviews of their affiliate hosts.
Therefore, you must dig. Search for relevant gaming blogs and forums. Search the posts of these forums and get the benefit of the experience of others. Weigh the information you obtain as fairly as you are able, even the best sites will receive some criticism.
Only after your homework is done should you attempt to make the purchase.
When making any MMO gold purchases, it is wise to buy in smaller quantities so you don’t raise the suspicions of the game moderators and create unwanted scrutiny of your account. Infrequent accruals are less likely to raise any red flags than if you continually make daily exchanges.
Finally, keep it to yourself. Don’t discuss your gaming gold transactions with others, on or off-line, and especially not within the game. Others may not share your views on side-stepping the game publisher’s terms of use agreement or share your enthusiasm for your suddenly acquired game wealth. Loose lips sink ships, and it may not be the actual person you told who ends up getting your game account pulled.