Play a game for money! Is it possible?… Surprisingly, yes, you can get paid playing video games online. This is perfect for those who love gaming and earning at the same time. This will not make you rich, but, still, it is a fun way to earn online.
How does it work?
It is simple, they show ads on the game site where you play. These game sites are paid from their advertisers, and they need a lot of traffic for visitors to stay on their sites. And a great way to attract visitors is by giving visitors a percentage of the money earned from advertising through playing online games. To make things short, they serve ads, they get paid, you get paid also, every body happy!
But some of these games are actually selling items in exchange for cash, an online game very famous for it is World of Warcraft where they also sells item on Ebay.
So, lets take a look on some of top 10 lists games that pay when you play.
1 – Gamesville
Founded in 1995, Boston based Gamesville.com is the premier destination for online casual games. Like TV game shows, our game shows are free to play, give winners prizes, and are supported by sponsors. But unlike TV – where only a handful of players play while the rest of the world watches – at Gamesville, everyone can play and win.
2 – Zapak
Zapak.com is India’s premier portal for casual games! Think of a game, they got it! From world-class shoot-em-ups to games with an Indian flavor!
3 – Exodus3000
Exodus 3000 is a multi-player RPG strategy game where the stage is set roughly 1000 years into the future, after the planet earth has been rendered uninhabitable due to a catastrophic event.
4 – SecondLife
Anshe Chungthe who is a SL property developer was recently announced the worlds first millionaire, with income earned entirely from virtual world profit, she has made $250 million Linden which can be exchange for $1 million dollars in the real world. Second Life is a world of almost 2 million people where your avatar (your three dimensional character) can meet and chat with other people.
You can make money by buying and selling land (Virtual real estate), creating and selling content, clothing, gadgets, hosting and performing at events, Game shows, rock concerts and a whole bunch of different ways including sitting on camping chairs! Yes, store owners will pay you to for sitting on camping chairs near their store, because other people may come to hang out with you and the more people gather the better for the store owner, as it means some of those people may buy stuff from the store.
5 – Gamersaloon
Online community for online video gamers to compete in head 2 head tournaments, multiplayer, and clan matches for real cash prizes.
6 – Play and Win
You can play many fun and entertaining games like Backgammon, Bingo and Mahjongat at PlayAndWin.co.uk for free. You can earn tokens, which can be used for drawings for the various Jackpots.
7 – Paid game player
Paid game player is an online destination for casual and skill gaming. they have great online games like Diner Dash, Chocolatier, Wedding Dash & Dream Chronicles.
8 – Pogo
There are two ways to win money in this free gaming site; you can play daily prize drawings which works by trading in your earned tokens from playing games for a chance to win the drawing that pays up to $1000, or you can Play any game with a Jackpot and win up to $4,999 instantly and if you play well you get bonus spins
9 – Bingo zone
Its a free to play bingo site that has games that start every few minutes around the clock, 24/7. prizes start at $1.00 and increase until there’s a winner .
10 – Clip2Play
Most of the games are flash games here and you compete against others in their daily tournaments. 50 people (the winners) are awarded each day. Each person you refer will earn you 10 points which can be redeemed for cash.
Nice post, I used to be an item seller and that’s how I earn money. But of course u should have a very strong in-game character so that harvesting is easy.
i’ve heard that there is a job where in all you need to do is play game and looks for bugs (software bugs) — more like a quality tester I think 🙂
why did I mention it? well, it was one of my dream job before as a gamer.. hahahah.. now all I wanted is just to a create a game ^_^
If you are a die hard diablo fans you can actually earn real money from it… blizzard has launch its very own item shop for diablo III. And this is my next project, I have been playing diablo since 1999 🙂