Earning gold on Elder Scrolls Online, like in many MMORPGs, can be very tedious. Sometimes players don't want to spend time farming mobs all day just so they can earn enough money to purchase something special. Luckily, there are always many places to purchase in game gold with real life money online. However, there's a risk that you could get your account hacked by a shady gold vendor, and no one wants that. So how does one stay secure when purchasing gold online?

The first thing you want to do is shop around and see exactly what all options are out there. Not only is this a good way to find the best price, it's also a good way to get a feel for the different businesses offering gold selling services. Look around for different websites until you've gotten a nice handful of different results. Or you just check at our price comparison service to see which shop offer the best elderscrolls online gold price.

Afterwards, start scrutinizing them to see if they're someone that can be trusted. Is the server secure? Does the website have a good layout? Does the site receive good rating from reliable review and rating website like Bizrate or MMOBUX? Does the site provide good live support online? A lot of sites won't have those things, but that doesn't necessarily mean they're completely untrustworthy. Having those things are good indicators that they take themselves seriously and they aren't just some fly by night service that will take your gold, disappear, and months later hack your account.

Check the website's history to see how long's it's been around. Services like archive.org and domaintools.com will give you a good idea of how long they've been in business. Once you've narrowed your selection down a little bit, make sure the service you're planning on doing business with is using a trusted third party payment processer, such as PayPal. Never give credit card information directly to gold vendors. Many irreputable companies will try to ask your Elder Scrolls Online account information. Avoid that at all cost. If you have to create an account on the gold vendor's page, make sure to use a different password and username than the one you've used in the game. Following these steps won't guarantee your safety, but it will take steps to better protect it.

Making sure your account doesn't get hacked is just one half of your security concern, though. You want to make sure that Bethesda doesn't know you're buying gold, or else you might get it taken away or even have your account banned completely. It's common to ask our peers for recommendations, so some people will want to ask the friends they play with in-game. Finding a good gold vendor through word of mouth isn't bad, since you trust a human being more than an advertisement. However, it's important to never talk about buying gold in game with anyone, even if you're communicating to them through whisper chat. Bethesda will have access to read everything you say.

If they're you're friend it's best to use a third party chat service online outside the game. If you don't know anyone who purchases gold, try finding a third party website like MMOBUX.com to see which is the recommended shop to purchase the elder scrolls online gold.

There are a lot of places to purchase gold for Elder Scrolls Online, just make sure to stay safe while you do so.