I haven't gone on my WoW account in about 2 months. Sure I've logged on a few times if my friends ask me to, but even they quit the game so I don't have anyone to play with. I really don't see myself coming back to the game AT ALL so I want to get rid of it.

I don't know if this would be the right place to ask, but I'm wondering you guys know any sites where I could throw it onto the black market of MMORPGs. Otherwise that account is just going to sit there for nothing, I'd like to at least make a few bucks off of it =P.

VIB

Brazil3567 Posts

May 26 2011 19:33 GMT

Ebay is very common for that.

zZygote

Canada898 Posts

May 26 2011 19:34 GMT

I think there's a site called mmobay where you can sell it off. Not entirely sure of how it works; however, my friend has recently sold his account there.

Word of warning though, it's against the TOS I believe to sell your WoW account, so if you're doing it, keep it on the down-low.

Kangg

United States128 Posts

May 26 2011 19:35 GMT

craigslist and ebay, sold my account that way

samgold

United States30 Posts

May 26 2011 19:37 GMT

Semtext

Germany287 Posts

May 26 2011 19:41 GMT

if you put it on ebay, make sure to censor the name out of any screenshot, and dont tell which server it is on. and use another contact email than the one you use for the wow account.

i dont know what it was, but my ex-gf didnt do any of those when she wanted to sell her acc on ebay and the acc got immediatedly locked down, not even 24 hours after the auction was up.

Backpack

United States1776 Posts

May 26 2011 19:42 GMT

I don't think there is anyway to desync it from a battle.net account though, so if you do end up selling, you'll also be selling any starcraft/diablo/wc3 games that are attached to your bnet account.

Snuggles

United States1865 Posts

May 26 2011 19:51 GMT

On May 27 2011 04:42 Backpack wrote:
I don't think there is anyway to desync it from a battle.net account though, so if you do end up selling, you'll also be selling any starcraft/diablo/wc3 games that are attached to your bnet account.

Yeah I just realized that after I posted this blog. If I'm lucky I can just transfer my character to another account by using the same name like in the old days but I don't know if I can do that with the current B.Net.

But if my character is worth maybe $300+ with the games on it, it might be worth selling it all and rebuying a Starcraft 2 account. I'm going to look into the sites that you guys have mentioned, thanks.

Chef

10810 Posts

May 26 2011 19:53 GMT

If you have an SC2 account and whatever isn't all of it connected to your name address and phone number? I dunno if I'd want to give someone that account

redFF

United States3910 Posts

May 26 2011 19:55 GMT

#10

I played for 5 years, killing nearly every boss in the game while it was the highest tier of content(never did old naxx or sunwell). Lich King was fun but Cataclysm was just a huge let-down for me and was very easy. Quit in January and haven't looked back. The first few weeks were harder then i thought they would be, but once you're done you're done.
Congratulations on beating the habit.
Also craigslist, although I'm not sure how legal selling your account is.

Mute

United States67 Posts

May 26 2011 20:02 GMT

#11

When I played WOW, I bought, traded, and sold my accounts on Markeedragon. Not sure if it is still up and going, but it worked really well for me.

Snuggles

United States1865 Posts

May 26 2011 20:05 GMT

#12

On May 27 2011 04:53 Chef wrote:
If you have an SC2 account and whatever isn't all of it connected to your name address and phone number? I dunno if I'd want to give someone that account

Yeah but you can edit that out and put in a fake address. I looked through the sites mentioned and it seems like well geared PvP characters with 2200 weapons and achievements are significantly more valuable than PvE characters, plus I have multiple 85 characters so this can turn out to be really profitable lol like I'm guessing $500 for a quick sell or $800+ for its value (I could use a new comp hehe).

The only problem is that it doesn't seem like many people are buying or maybe I'm just not noticing something =P.

And its not hard to quit a game that just stops being fun =(

Mattes

Germany1116 Posts

May 26 2011 20:07 GMT

#13

Congrats on quitting.

Tried it 2-3 times in the last years but always came back to it.
Now i'm "clean" for >3 months with no incentive to go back. Game is deinstalled, former wow-friends are in contact through msn, icq, skype and so on.
Looking back on its, its strange how one could invest that much time in something that was 2 years ago not even half the game anyone I once startet to play.

I did think of selling the account, but by now its probably not worth very much (yeah it got server 1st titles and some special mounts, but i quit in the middle of cata hc-progress) and i kind of like the rest if my battle-net-account >_>

nevertheless, thumbs up for quitting for good

Antoine

United States7481 Posts

May 26 2011 20:11 GMT

#14

characters don't sell for anywhere near what they used to, just fyi

Fallen33

United States596 Posts

May 26 2011 20:14 GMT

#15

good luck sir, may the force be with you

love.less

United Kingdom293 Posts

May 26 2011 20:20 GMT

#16

characters used to sell because of the grind involved in getting high end gear up until wrath you basically get nothing now because its fast and easy to get geared up
also it does no harm sitting there doing nothing you might want to come back one day=]

Snuggles

United States1865 Posts

May 26 2011 20:27 GMT

#17

On May 27 2011 05:20 love.less wrote:
characters used to sell because of the grind involved in getting high end gear up until wrath you basically get nothing now because its fast and easy to get geared up
also it does no harm sitting there doing nothing you might want to come back one day=]

I think that's mainly for the PvE side of things. PvP is still a grind and unattainable for players who can't perform in arena. But yeah the market sure does look stale... but I don't think it'd hurt to just throw my account up and see what happens.

But one disturbing thing that caught my eye was the Starcraft 2 section of MMObay =_=. They're selling a service to promote your account to diamond and masters for like $70! Really sad to see something like that when most of our members here are capable of getting into those leagues lol.

Omnipresent

United States871 Posts

May 26 2011 20:28 GMT

#18

I quit towards the end of wrath, and I had a hard time finding anyone to buy my account for a reasonable price. Most websites wanted to pay me less than what I paid for the three expansions, Ebay is really aggressive about removing wow accounts, and every forum/trading site I found was full of scammers.

Your best bet is to keep the account in case you ever come back. Liquidate your inventory (none of your gear/flasks/crafting materials will be worth anything by the time you come back anyway) and try to sell your gold to a reputable vendor.

qdenser

Canada133 Posts

May 26 2011 20:29 GMT

#19

good now you can start playing brood war like me when i got bored with wow

Bertyo

United States29 Posts

May 26 2011 20:38 GMT

#20

Lots and lots of people have been quitting WoW, so accounts are worth a ton less. The best place to sell your account is to one of the repped buyers on here http://vbforums.mmobay.net/wow-usa-accounts-auctions-buy-sell/

Make sure they have good reputation though, as a lot of people will try to scam you.

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