WoW Gametime Token to be set at 30k gold.

[The Glitch]

Starting Gold price is 30k for the US region, from tomorrow.

Update: The WoW Token will be going live in the Americas region (North America, Latin America, Australia, and New Zealand) on April 7 when maintenance concludes, at approximately 10 a.m. PDT. The WoW Token will be available for $20 USD/$25 AUD from the in-game Shop, and will be set at a starting price of 30,000 gold in the Auction House across the Americas region. From that point forward, the gold price will automatically fluctuate based on player supply and demand. To start we’ll be limiting the number of Token purchases to 10 within a 30-day period, but this limit may be adjusted over time. While Tokens will be available immediately from the Shop, please note that there may be a delay before Tokens put up for sale on the Auction House become available for purchase with gold.

We’ll announce additional regional details closer to the launch of the WoW Token in other regions.

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/18390557/

Tokens starting at 35k gold for Europe regions April 21st.

The WoW Token will be going live in the Europe game region on April 21 at approximately 5 p.m. CEST. The WoW Token will be available for 20 EUR (15 GBP) from the in-game Shop, and will be set at a starting price of 35,000 gold in the Auction House across the Europe region. From that point forward, the gold price will automatically fluctuate based on player supply and demand. To start we’ll be limiting the number of Token purchases from the Shop to 10 within a 30-day period, and the limit on Tokens purchased for gold will be set higher—though keep in mind these limits may be adjusted over time. While Tokens will be available immediately from the Shop, please note that there may be a delay before Tokens put up for sale on the Auction House become available for purchase with gold.

Using WoW Token Game Time with a Recurring Subscription
You can redeem WoW Tokens while you have an active recurring subscription—there’s no need to suspend your subscription or resubscribe. Your recurring subscription will automatically pause when your currently paid-for subscription period ends (e.g. for monthly subscribers, at the end of your current 30-day period), and all redeemed WoW Token game time will be applied next. Note that you can have multiple WoW Tokens redeemed on your account at any given time. Once any accumulated WoW Token game time expires, your recurring subscription will automatically pick up where it left off.

Region-wide Exchange
As discussed in our original announcement, each game region (Americas, Europe, Korea, Taiwan, and China) will have its own shared WoW Token exchange.

Once purchased, a Token can then be put up for sale in a region-wide exchange via a new Game Time tab in the Auction House. While the rest of the Auction House will remain realm-based, a region-wide WoW Token exchange will provide the largest possible pool of prospective buyers and ensures everyone has access to a vibrant, active Token marketplace. In the Americas, Europe, Korea, and Taiwan, players who purchase a WoW Token from the Auction House will be able to redeem it for 30 days of game time.

Going for Gold
Because the Token exchange has to start somewhere, we will be setting the initial gold value of the WoW Token ourselves. The starting gold value in each region will be based on several factors, including regional in-game economies, but ultimately our goal is to select a fair and reasonable starting price. After that, the Token’s gold value will be determined dynamically based primarily on player supply and demand. Simply put, if more WoW Tokens are being listed than are being purchased, the price will automatically drift downward over time. If people are purchasing Tokens from the Auction House faster than they’re being put up for sale, then prices will go up accordingly. As a reminder, to help make sure players can trade WoW Tokens confidently, once a Token sells, the seller will receive the amount of gold they were quoted at the time they listed their Token.

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Pretty cheap and i expect it to go even cheaper if i'd start playing again i would deff buy my gametime with tokens.

[anon5123]

Neat.

30k/month seems manageable.

[IIamaKing]

Called it. I could only laugh at the folks who thought it would be 100k+. Blizzard wants players to be able to buy them with gold so there is a demand to buy them with cash. Very few people have the gold bank to pay 100k a month.

[The Glitch]

Indeed it seems like a reasonable starting point, guess we will see which way it goes over time

[Adoxe]

Called it. I could only laugh at the folks who thought it would be 100k+. Blizzard wants players to be able to buy them with gold so there is a demand to buy them with cash. Very few people have the gold bank to pay 100k a month.

Pretty much. Glad to see we were right.

[Baconeggcheese]

Called it. I could only laugh at the folks who thought it would be 100k+. Blizzard wants players to be able to buy them with gold so there is a demand to buy them with cash. Very few people have the gold bank to pay 100k a month.

There were people like that? Everyone and their mother I saw thought it'd be somewhere in the 20-40k range.

Seemed really obvious it'd be 30k with the current price of gold.

[Deleted]

Did a quick search on google and it seems that the gold sellers sell 40k for 20$ on average, and im pretty sure in Eu we'll have to pay 20 euro for a token, really manageable, i see peoples trading tokens for gold.

[Jewsco]

There were people like that? Everyone and their mother I saw thought it'd be somewhere in the 20-40k range.

Seemed really obvious it'd be 30k with the current price of gold.

Did you look at the multiple threads on this?
Many a person said it would be 50k to over 100k.
Even when we told them gold selling places were much cheaper.
Yes the smart people were in the 20k to 30k range but many a person said much more and I bet not a one of them will say they were wrong.

[Gorsameth]

With a single alchemy/jw character and a single level 3 barn i make 10-15k a week. So is half of wow going to be playing for free from now on?

At this rate I dont think supply will be able to keep up with demand at all

[Zantos]

I wander how drastically the price will change tomorrow and in what direction. I am sure it wont stay at 30k for long.

[The Stormbringer]

Nope, not buying a token. Until the price gets closer to 60k I won't bother selling it, it just isn't worth $20.

[The Glitch]

I wander how drastically the price will change tomorrow and in what direction. I am sure it wont stay at 30k for long.

Do you think it will go up or down?

[Mafic]

Too high, but at least Blizz made it realistic as possible.

[Zantos]

With a single alchemy/jw character and a single level 3 barn i make 10-15k a week. So is half of wow going to be playing for free from now on?

At this rate I dont think supply will be able to keep up with demand at all

Of course half of the player base wont be playing for free. Just as you said, the supply wont keep up with the demand. And once the price gets too be too high because of it, demand will trickle down as well. I am not exactly sure just how many people will buy a token to sell. Especially if gold sellers can give more gold for the same price.

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Do you think it will go up or down?

Hard to tell. It depends on two things. First, how many people plan to buy the token to sell, and second, how many people will buy it. At 30k quite a few will buy it. If the supply cannot keep up, the price will go up. Once it hits a certain point, then the demand will drop down. I am thinking it will go up initially, but only so far.

[anon5123]

Did a quick search on google and it seems that the gold sellers sell 40k for 20$ on average, and im pretty sure in Eu we'll have to pay 20 euro for a token, really manageable, i see peoples trading tokens for gold.

You can't trade tokens, only sell them on AH.

[Zantos]

Nope, not buying a token. Until the price gets closer to 60k I won't bother selling it, it just isn't worth $20.

Not sure many people will buy it for that much, so you may be out of luck there. Most people seem to only want to pay between 15k-35k.

[The Glitch]

Of course half of the player base wont be playing for free. Just as you said, the supply wont keep up with the demand. And once the price gets too be too high because of it, demand will trickle down as well. I am not exactly sure just how many people will buy a token to sell. Especially if gold sellers can give more gold for the same price.

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Hard to tell. It depends on two things. First, how many people plan to buy the token to sell, and second, how many people will buy it. At 30k quite a few will buy it. If the supply cannot keep up, the price will go up. Once it hits a certain point, then the demand will drop down. I am thinking it will go up initially, but only so far.

Thank you, you make good points.

I think 30k is reasonable, but i wouldn't buy a token with real cash for 30k gold, I'm not hurting for gold though, so I guess I shall wait and see what the demand is like!

[Huehuecoyotl]

So WoW is going F2P then? Given that I had over a million gold 2 expansions ago, and could make more than the cost of the token in a week, I would never need to pay for a subscription again. If I actually wanted to play, of course.

Or there are going to be 1000s of these tokens brought for gold that then sit there not being bought. Which then drives the cost of the token up to hundreds of thousands of gold, to balance things out. Which seems the more likely outcome to me.

It is going to be very interesting to watch how this effects the economy over the next few months. In the Chinese curse sense of the word.

[Archmage Alodi]

no more game card fee , Yay!