Guide to Getting RICH on Gaia:
>>Posting: Posting is one of the many ways you can naturally earn money on Gaia. You can post anywhere in the Gaia forums and even meet friends while doing it, AND it can help you get rich! But please, don't bump anywhere except your own threads when you're bored and in bumping contests, otherwise it's considered SPAMMING which is against Gaia's ToS!<<
>>Commenting: Make people feel wanted by commenting on their profiles. You can just normally comment, or you can start a discussion through commenting, which earns you more gold. Also, forwarded comments help, all though some people HATE them. I've made up to 2k on commenting alone in one day!<<
>>Rating: Some people, like me, are addicted to rating in the arenas for hours at a time, and some people, like me, make good money doing it! Up to 3k a day!<<
>>Contests: If you are good at anything, enter a contest. Whether it's an avatar, drawing, writing, or banner contest (there are more I was just listing examples), there is always PRIZE MONEY! I won my first 10k doing a writing contest and my second 10k doing a drawing-a-ninja contest!<<
>>Mini Shops: Create a shop in the mini-shops forums. You can sell just about anything ranging from drawings of avatars, personal requests, banners, and profile layouts. If you are a very good artist, you might make big Gaia money drawing some rich peoples avatars, like I did.<<
>>Donations: Posting and Commenting and Rating all day long sometimes can't match up to how much gold donations can get you! You can check out Gaia Charity. It's helpful and awesome, but whatever you do, DO NOT BEG!<<
>>Be wise with your money: The whole concept of "I want it NOW" and "I'm gonna get it FIRST!" are ruining some Gaian's online experience. Half of the time, when you buy something right when it comes out in the Marketplace, you are buying it a high price! This goes ESPECIALLY for E.Is! Some people are so eager and are wanting something right when it comes out, that they'll sell some good items to get it. For example, Kottan Bell! Some recent additions to the new Kottan Bell have created a havoc in the Gaia Community. Girls are buying this item like crazy! And they're making a HUGE mistake! The price is around 350k (this is of course going to change but I'm just giving an example), but what do you think it'll be in a couple days or a couple of weeks? That's right ladies, around 200k! Prices never go up by 200k for more than a month unless it's a super expensive item that not even I can afford like the Ninja Band! I'm sure it wouldn't kill you to wait a month to buy the item you really want. But don't wait too long, that is another mistake Gaians make. For example, the Reverse Panda Hat. Cool right? YES. It started off at 200k! Bad! Then it went down to 60K! Awesome! Then it blasted up to a near 400k! Horrible! Smart people wait til they think the item is at its lowest price, and that's when they buy it! Be one of the those smart people!<<
>>Hope it helped!<<
