In addition to these tips, I (and any volunteers) will compile a list of good resources on topics related to the Gaian economy. Be sure to check these out ^.^
HOW TO GET GOLD whee
POSTING
~The gold you get from posting decreases as time passes. For example, I get 50g for my first post of the day, but after posting for a while, I only get about 3g per post.
~However, once the gold-per-post decreases to, say, 2g/post, you can take a break from posting for a while, and the system will reset itself a little bit. For example, let's say my gold-per-post is 50-23-19-15-10-5-3-2-1-2-2-1 (or something like that), if I take breaks between posting, it's more like 50-23-19-15-10-5-2...19-15-10-5-2 and so on.
~The flood control on Gaia's main forums doesn't count in-guild posts, and vice versa. This means that you can post a message on the main forums and immediately post a message in the guilds without being delayed by the flood control.
~You can also get gold (including the bonus) for making a post in your Gaian Journal.
POLLING
~Like posting, the gold you get from polling decreases. This seems to be linked to how quickly you poll and your post count. A higher post count means that you can take more polls in a row while still earning good amounts of gold. For example, when I first started Gaia, only the first five polls or so gave me 10g; the rest didn't give me gold. Now, I can take more polls for the higher gold total per day.
~Spreading out your polls helps. For example, if I take, say, 10 polls in a minute, I would only get gold for every other one. If I wait a little while (say, a minute) between polls, I get gold for every poll until I hit my daily limit.
GAMES
~Word Bump and Jigsaw both grant gold and items, just for playing! With Word Bump, gold increases as you get to higher levels; with Jigsaw, gold gain depends on difficulty level and rate of completion (the more puzzles you do, the less gold you get).
~Word Bump gives out items for your avatar once you reach a certain level. Presumably, these items will get better as you reach higher and higher levels. I don't know whether it gives House items as well, but I've seen it give avatar items. As of July 16, 2007: Word Bump isn't giving out gold or items right now, but hopefully that'll be fixed soon. ^.^
~Jigsaw also grants items. I've seen only House items, so I don't know whether it grants clothes items as well. However, Jigsaw does give special portraits for your house - the portrait is the same picture as the puzzle you do! ^.^
~Towns now gives gold, too! Just shake the trees, shrubs, and rocks, and there's a chance that you can get a handful of gold.
~Tickets from the Casino games, credits from Word Bump, trash and bugs from Towns, and items from Word Bump/Jigsaw can be sold on the Marketplace or through the Exchange forum for gold.
OTHER
~Second bonuses (for posting, polling, journaling, and commenting) occur when you've gone 12 hours without doing an action.
~Lurking (going from page to page without really doing anything) will get you a bit of gold every minute or so; some say that it's every 10 seconds. On slower computers, you get gold per page, as long as you're cruising around Gaia or refreshing every now and then.
~Commenting on profiles also grants gold. Like with the polls and posting, the first comment of the day grants a "bonus" amount of gold.
~With Gaia Cash, you can pay real money for Cash-exclusive items and then sell them on the Marketplace. You can also use Cash to buy Monthly Collectibles and store items.
~If you're questing or otherwise saving up gold, your post count seems to grow more quickly if you don't pay attention to it ^.^
~One of the best and basic ways to earn gold is to poll, post, and move on. Luckily for us, in this guild every topic has a poll ^.^
~Another way to make gold is to sell off game items. Tickets, bugs, trash, flowers, and fish can all be sold on the Marketplace or in the Exchange forum.
~You can also get items (or gold if you sell them) from random events. The notification system for random events was been down for a while, but seems to be back. However, the admins seem to have not accounted for events lost while it was down. The good news is, you can recover your events by going
and doing as it says. These are event recovery links, and they will give you your missed items. If you haven't earned a random event, however, they will give no items.~Some people use the "buy low, sell high" method on the Marketplace or Exchange. This involves quite a bit of time, effort, and general knowledge of the Gaian economy - or sometimes just some luck. The admins are currently beta-testing the new Marketplace 3.0. Part of the new MP is a 2% fee or tax on the selling price of an item. So, if you're using the new MP instead of the Exchange forum, don't forget to take that into consideration.
MYTHS - THINGS THAT ARE NOT TRUE! scream
Debunked rumors. Feel free to PM me any myths you've heard about ^.^
note to self - find sources to cite
POSTING
~Longer posts get you more gold.
~The more gold you have stored, the more gold you get from posts.
~Post actions, such as rolling dice or random number generation, get you more gold.
~Formatted text gets you more gold.
~The flood control doesn't work between guilds. Besides being a separate flood control for both the main forum and the guild networks, there are separate flood controls for each guild.
~Posting images gives more gold.
POLLING
~Which option you pick in a poll (first, second, etc.) matters.
OTHERS
~The position of your avatar matters.
~The items on your avatar matters.
~More people on your Friends List means more gold.
