The question was how to sell a wow account, it had nothing to do with relapsing or destroying it. Let’s re-rail the topic and get a professional response. (I have done this for a living.)

Ebay doesn’t work. Period. You need an alternative. playerauctions.com is a nice try, but no cigar. Registering to actually SELL there (not just buy) is difficult, the requirements are too high (scan or fax your ID), and takes too long. Don’t bother unless you’re a professional.

How to sell? Easy. Use a forum if you want to sell it on your own. If you don’t, then the question is where, not how. (accounts.net, toonstorm, kcjaccounts, etc., you’ll find plenty of resellers if you google it.)

Top forums are markeedragon, buysellmmo, and egamingsupply. Forums have fraud problems due to poorly written or poorly placed anti-fraud guides. If you want the best anti fraud guides in the industry, go to rpgreseller. If you take the time to learn how to trade safely, you’ll be ok. You can skip most of the information in the guides and condense it into a three step process.

1. Get their land line telephone number (not cell phone.) 2. Look up their address at 411.com using the reverse search tool. (save it) 3. Call them and make sure they pick up their phone.

Public record (the telephone book) verifies their identity and address. That is all that is needed to prosecute them in small claims court if they attempt to defraud you. They know this, and they really don’t want a criminal record. So if they’re a scammer, they aren’t going to verify. Do NOT send payment via Western Union. Use a postal money order. If someone defrauds you when paid with a POSTAL money order, it becomes a federal crime. – Money orders also require identification to cash. If you write a money order to Nancy Drew, her sister will be unable to cash it. Also, they will be receiving this at their address so you now have a positively identified name and address. Receiving mail at an address which is not your own, (eg. picking it out of your neighbor’s mailbox is also a federal crime.)

If you REALLY want something that will stand up in court (for expensive wow accounts) I recommend sending the buyer the password and login name only. Put a parental password on the account, keep it in your email address, and do not send registration information except via mail. (this opens up the option for them to play right away if they pay with something such as paypal, however, you can recall the account if they recall their payment. Sit tight for 45 days (the amount of time which a paypal dispute can be filed.) and then send them this information via tracked delivery. The post office will require ID check and signature for a few extra bucks.) I recommend things like this only for top accounts. I’ve sold some gaming accounts that were worth over $2,000. Most are only worth a few hundred.

Note on ebay selling, you actually can use ebay for wow accounts, but not for selling US wow accounts. If you have an EU wow account, you are welcome to sell it at ebay.de -A little nugget I picked up from the trading guides.posted by wow_accounts at 3:23 AM on March 31, 2008