Originally Posted by Ralath
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Are you an economist? ^_~
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No. But, I did do my masters thesis on a subject heavily related to e-commerce but more specifically, trading of currency for virtual property and its sociological effect, growth, and methodology.
I actually did an interview with one of the largest and most successful v-prop retailers!
He didnt reveal his trade secrets, I had to get those from gold farmers themselves. All of the "good stuff" came from small organizations (5-20) man workforces heavily based out of china.
Although to us, it seems like farming gold for a living is a giant waste of time, but let me tell you, they can turn a good sized USD based profit like you wouldnt believe.
It's actually projected that the v-prop trade will be an billion dollar industry by 2010 (this was back in 2000). Who knows?