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  1. The 'web portals' exist already by 1sockchuck · · Score: 2, Interesting · on The Life of the Chinese Gold Farmer
    eBay no longer handles gold game trading (see earlier discussion on this topic). But there are several peer-to-peer exchanges for games, including the venture-backed Sparter and a more modest effort called Iron Prairie. These services allow buyers and sellers to trade directly with one another, providing the opportunity to cut out middlemen like IGE. In the early going, it looks like a lot of the inventory in these exchanges is supplied by IGE resellers and other aggregators, but there's some individual sellers as well.

  2. The 'web portals' exist already by 1sockchuck · · Score: 2, Interesting · on The Life of the Chinese Gold Farmer
    eBay no longer handles gold game trading (see earlier discussion on this topic). But there are several peer-to-peer exchanges for games, including the venture-backed Sparter and a more modest effort called Iron Prairie. These services allow buyers and sellers to trade directly with one another, providing the opportunity to cut out middlemen like IGE. In the early going, it looks like a lot of the inventory in these exchanges is supplied by IGE resellers and other aggregators, but there's some individual sellers as well.

  3. Directory of Virtual Marketplaces by 1sockchuck · · Score: 2, Informative · on eBay Delisting All Auctions for Virtual Property

    Virtual Economies is an MMO resource site that includes a directory of online marketplaces dealing in real-money trading of virtual assets. It also has links to services that try to track pricing trends.

  4. Directory of Virtual Marketplaces by 1sockchuck · · Score: 2, Informative · on eBay Delisting All Auctions for Virtual Property

    Virtual Economies is an MMO resource site that includes a directory of online marketplaces dealing in real-money trading of virtual assets. It also has links to services that try to track pricing trends.

  5. Other Auction Price Information Services by miller60 · · Score: 2, Interesting · on Price Comparison Shopping in MMORPG
    There are a number of services emerging to offer price information on online games. I've put together a list of links for anyone interested. Initially, most of the services offering pricing info on MMOG assets based their data on sales they aggregated on eBay. Among these are Advanced Economic Research Systems, which has been quoted in a lot of news stories about the dollar volume of game asset trading on eBay. These services usually involved fees. There are also desktop software products that can generate detailed reports from eBay information.

    Auction sites like IGE offer affiliate programs, allowing gaming web sites to make cash by referring potential buyers. This may become the business model for Eye on MOGs and similar sites. Several sites have offered Everquest info for some time, including EQEcon and EQ Prices, although I gather they're less critical since Sony opened its new "official" auctions at Station Exchange.