Well ive got about 2+ years experience with selling accounts, and scamming.
The two go hand in hand like pb & j.
But you want to get PAID phat for your Game Account.
Heres a List of things that will help ease the process of selling, and hopefully prevent you from getting scammed.
( Things you will need )
- Markeedragon.com Forum Account ( its free )
- Trust Who Verification ( not required, but it helps ALOT to weed out the scammers from the legit dealers. )
-Verified Paypal Account.
- Grammar Skills.
- Patience
What to do:
Step 1: Now that you've got this Phat new MD Forum Account, you wanna make a post on how you want to sell the account you have.
Make it have a flashy title like (EDIT: Ty Royal for posting this)> ( < WTS [H] Rogue | 5.3k GS | Proto-drakes | T9 + S7 Gear | Alts + More!|> )
Make sure to include Screen shots of the character your selling, and a mywowarmory.com link to your chracter. ( NEVER POST YOUR WOWARMORY.COM ARMORY, BLIZZ CHECKS MD FORUMS AN SOMETIMES BANS ACCOUNTS THAT ARE BEING SOLD SO ALWAYS USE MYWOWARMORY.COM! until you get pmed or are asked by a potential buyer. )
Dont forget, Blotch out the character name in paint or photoshop, to protect your characters idenity!. I know people who have made this mistake an lost an account with rare mounts and Warglaives of Azzinoth.
No the owner QQ's to no end. ( dont be a fool )
Step 2. Make The post Look Proffesional.
- include stats
- Titles
- rare Mounts
- Rare Acheivements
- Gearscore ( it helps to show your char is a badass in the battlefield )
Once all this is all written, make sure near the end of the post add your aim name or msn e-mail so users can contact you with offers, and underneath that put " Post Here Before Contacting " So you can see who is trying to buy it from you, if they have no positive ratings, then dont even acknowledge them! 99% of the time if they have no pos. rating, or havent been a member for longer than 6 months they're trying to scam you )
Step 3: How To Make The Deal Succesfully.
- Make sure your buyer is willing to receive a phone call from you on their home number, ( you can check if its theyre number through yellowpages.com )
If the Buyer isnt willing to do anything over the phone, find a new buyer !
( THERE IS NO REASON SOMONE SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ANSWER THEYRE HOUSE PHONE TO VERIFY THEY ARE WHO THEY SAY THEY ARE )
- Also Ask for theyre Paypal e-mail and check to see if they are verified by paypal. It helps to get a copy of their ID to be able to match the name and address to their paypal. For Most people this shouldnt be an issue.
- Now once youve verified that the buyer is who they say they are, You can proceed to the very delicate part of the deal.
Step 4. HOW TO TRADE THE INFO FOR MONEY!
create a money request and send it to the paypal you want to receive money from (do not under any circumstances just go "kk, here is my paypal, please send me XXX" - you will get scammed for "item not received".
Now in the details of the transaction on paypal make sure to add this
"digital delivery of an intangible world of warcraft item - by accepting, buyer waives paypal buyer protection policy"
So in the off chance they try to scam you and Dispute the payment, paypal will lean in your favor, an let you keep the $$.
If they ask for info first, dont be afraid to give them the username and pass ( granted they are Trust Who verified ) if theyre not trust who verified, get the payment first , then give them the info )
Well This is my Guide, its never steered me wrong, took alot of trial an error in the Selling world to get this far an not get scammed
Thanks go to Markeedragon.com
And Marcklam of MD for the Paypal Payment Description