World of Warcraft Early Gold Farming

Preparation

1. Rent cheap apartments or defunct internet cafes in Tier-2/Tier-3 Chinese cities and buy second-hand PCs in bulk.
2. Source reliable Socks5 proxies to spoof US IP addresses, evading Blizzard's early region locks.
3. Open a dual-currency credit card and set up a verified PayPal account to receive USD.
4. Hire cheap local labor (unemployed youths who love gaming), provide room and board, and set up 3-shift (24/7) schedules.

Execution Steps

1. Power Leveling: Buy US WoW CD-Keys. Have your workers power-level characters to 60 as fast as possible. Choose optimal farming classes like Mages (for AOE grinding) or Hunters (for soloing elites).
2. Industrial Grinding: Assign workers to farm specific hotspots (Tyr's Hand, Hearthglen) or instance dungeons (Dire Maul, Zul'Farrak) in continuous 24/7 shifts, turning time directly into virtual gold.
3. Sales & Distribution: List the gold on massive early virtual item exchanges like IGE, or spam trade chat in Ironforge/Orgrimmar. Once a PayPal payment clears, deliver the gold in-game via mail or direct trade.

Exit Strategy

1. Constantly withdraw USD from PayPal to local Chinese banks or through gray-market money brokers to secure your real-world cash.
2. As Blizzard ramps up automated ban-waves ("massacres") around 2006-2007, and as thousands of copycat studios enter the market causing the price of gold to plummet, margins will collapse.
3. Shut down the studio before the middle of the Burning Crusade expansion (when inflation ruined the gold market). Roll your massive cash profits into real estate or stocks.