The world of gaming is a billion dollar industry that has quite simply never been as successful as it is right now. Yet it’s not just the developers making the money. In fact, there are now a plethora of ways to earn money by gaming beyond the traditional online poker and roulette games route. In fact, you may be surprised to learn that there now are a number of less obvious ways to make money from online gaming…
Trading/selling your account
If you’re a skilled gamer who’s getting a little bored with playing the same old game –why not sell your account? Websites like playerauctions.com, leagueoftrading.com and even eBay offer bored players the means through which to sell their account(s) quick and easily.
The process is simple: You simply list your account, complete with a description of all your accolades and bonuses you’ve unlocked. You then wait for someone to buy the account. It stands to reason that the more you’ve achieved on the account, the greater the amount you can ask for it. The most sought after accounts start at 1000 US dollars and normally sell very quickly.
Coaching
All gamers are different. Some want to gain a foothold on the leader board by purchasing an account. Other more studious gamers want to learn how to how play better with the help of others. If you’re one of the latter, you can do this by hiring an online coach to guide you through the game of your choice.
If on the other hand, you are master of your craft, you can make money by offering your services as a coach. High end coaches are pro gamers who can command anything from 30 to 100 US dollars per hour.
Esports
These pro gaming tournaments are where the gaming world’s cream of the crop goes to battle. Although prize money does vary, the winners of these events can leave with as much as 250,000 US dollars in prize money. Although pro gamers are the stars of the show, non-pros can also enter – normally for free.
YouTube
YouTube is full of gaming videos. The creators of these videos upload their content on a regular basis and the quality is usually top notch. The most popular gamers get paid millions to promote all sorts of products. And while making a living this way is arguably the toughest on this list to achieve, doing so is far from impossible.
Online game testing
While the idea of playing games for a living may sound like a kid’s pipe dream, there are a lucky few who get to do it in adulthood. Game testers must play the same part of a game over and over again for hours. The purpose of this is to scan every single second of footage for glitches and bugs.
Compared to some of the money-spinning methods on this list, online game testing is fairly easy to get into as a line of work, provided you don’t mind playing the same section of a game over and over.
