The demand for strategies on how to effectively make gold on World of Warcraft is very high. Players are paying hundreds of real dollars to buy thousands of online gold. Gold-selling advertisers spend big bucks to drive traffic to their sites, but selling gold wrecks the in-game economy. Not to mention it's a violation of the Terms of Service and End-User License Agreement of the game, and can result in having the player account banned.
Because of the need for gold-making strategies, various gold guides have been created. These guides are the response to the illegal gold trade, and usually contain valid, useful information on how to LEGALLY make gold in the game. The prices of the guides vary wildly, from as little as $5 to as much as $50.
On the expensive end of the spectrum, the guides tend to be thick and pretty. But often the thickness comes in the form of filler. A 4-page list of what vendors sell what rare recipes is an easy way to 'bulk up' a guide, even though the value it offers is miniscule. Some guides make liberal use of graphics to increase their size without adding value.
Even though the expensive guides may be more fluff than they are worth, the content is usually still pretty good. The high-end guides have an obligation to keep their guides updated, which is necessary considering the number of changes that Blizzard has implemented in the game. Some of the cheaper guides will sometimes offer out-dated advice, such as farming Scarlet Monestary cemetary for green and blue drops to disenchant. (Blizzard nerfed that place a year ago, and the mobs only drop copper, but I still see guides that recommend that as a gold-making strategy).
The exception to that rule about cheap sites is http://www.makewowgold.com. It was always priced 'for the price of a burger'...much cheaper than many other strategy guides, yet is continuously updated. The author claims he just wanted to recover some costs for web-hosting and his time, not retire to the Caribbean.
But the competition for gold guides is so high now, and few of them contain 'new' information. They all contain the same tips, for the most part. Some are 'beefier' than others, but that just means that the guides are filled with strategies that are not as good. There are really only a few best practices. So, in the spirit of getting the information in the hands of the players reasonably, MakeWoWGold is providing a free username/password right on its main page.
This is the first time a Warcraft Gold Guide that once charged a fee is being offered for free. And while the site is not perfect, and is not huge, the core content is solid and worth a read. It covers the basics of Auction House sales, mobs to kill, Professions, etc. Its focus is educational...teaching players HOW to think about making gold, in addition to the basic "go here and kill X". There is a "Myth" section which helps correct some wrong-headed thinking that many players have about making gold.
One of the advantages to having a cheap, or even free wow gold guide is that most of the expensive guides offer money-back guarantees. So, if you read the free guide, and learn a bunch of strategies, then buy an expensive guide and it has mainly the same strategies, you can get a refund for the expensive guide...with a clean conscience, since it did not really teach you anything new. So if you think that those expensive guides really do have a secret that a free guide does not, you are a little safer to try them out since you have a legitimate reason to ask for a refund if there is really very little new information.
You can find out more by visiting http://www.makewowgold.com
Because of the need for gold-making strategies, various gold guides have been created. These guides are the response to the illegal gold trade, and usually contain valid, useful information on how to LEGALLY make gold in the game. The prices of the guides vary wildly, from as little as $5 to as much as $50.
On the expensive end of the spectrum, the guides tend to be thick and pretty. But often the thickness comes in the form of filler. A 4-page list of what vendors sell what rare recipes is an easy way to 'bulk up' a guide, even though the value it offers is miniscule. Some guides make liberal use of graphics to increase their size without adding value.
Even though the expensive guides may be more fluff than they are worth, the content is usually still pretty good. The high-end guides have an obligation to keep their guides updated, which is necessary considering the number of changes that Blizzard has implemented in the game. Some of the cheaper guides will sometimes offer out-dated advice, such as farming Scarlet Monestary cemetary for green and blue drops to disenchant. (Blizzard nerfed that place a year ago, and the mobs only drop copper, but I still see guides that recommend that as a gold-making strategy).
The exception to that rule about cheap sites is http://www.makewowgold.com. It was always priced 'for the price of a burger'...much cheaper than many other strategy guides, yet is continuously updated. The author claims he just wanted to recover some costs for web-hosting and his time, not retire to the Caribbean.
But the competition for gold guides is so high now, and few of them contain 'new' information. They all contain the same tips, for the most part. Some are 'beefier' than others, but that just means that the guides are filled with strategies that are not as good. There are really only a few best practices. So, in the spirit of getting the information in the hands of the players reasonably, MakeWoWGold is providing a free username/password right on its main page.
This is the first time a Warcraft Gold Guide that once charged a fee is being offered for free. And while the site is not perfect, and is not huge, the core content is solid and worth a read. It covers the basics of Auction House sales, mobs to kill, Professions, etc. Its focus is educational...teaching players HOW to think about making gold, in addition to the basic "go here and kill X". There is a "Myth" section which helps correct some wrong-headed thinking that many players have about making gold.
One of the advantages to having a cheap, or even free wow gold guide is that most of the expensive guides offer money-back guarantees. So, if you read the free guide, and learn a bunch of strategies, then buy an expensive guide and it has mainly the same strategies, you can get a refund for the expensive guide...with a clean conscience, since it did not really teach you anything new. So if you think that those expensive guides really do have a secret that a free guide does not, you are a little safer to try them out since you have a legitimate reason to ask for a refund if there is really very little new information.
You can find out more by visiting http://www.makewowgold.com
| George Halt is an author and website developer, with an interest in World of Warcraft. He is developing informational resources on a variety of guides abot WoW, including http://www.makewowgold.com and http://mage.best-free-information.com Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=George_Halt |  |
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