Purchasing new accounts

[raikodin]

When setting up your multiboxing team, what is the easiest way to set up new accounts? I'll need a new registration key for each account and I'll also need to enable TBC for each account. Is it possible to purchase registration keys online from Blizzard? Is there any way to avoid having to purchase a new box of software from the store for each account?

Secondly, once I have purchased separate accounts, how easy is it to transfer characters from one account to another? I have heard that it is possible to transfer characters between accounts but that there are rules in place to safeguard against people using this to sell characters to others. Does anyone have any experience doing this? Do I simply need to be able to prove that the characters are being transfered between accounts all owned by the same person?

I'd like to add that I am very fond of dual-boxing.com! Since discovering it some time ago it really has helped to open up a brand new way to enjoy the game. Great work!

[Fragmad]

If all of your accounts are in the same name transfering chars should be smooth as butter.

I tryed to find a way to buy tbc online a while ago but didn't find anything, I know Blizz sold upgrades before but dunno about now. Why don't you want the boxes btw? It's epic to have 10+ wow boxes in your shelf. Myself got 9 legacy boxes (geek) :D

[raikodin]

If all of your accounts are in the same name transfering chars should be smooth as butter.
Well, I currently have 2 accounts and I'd like to set up a third. Then, I'd like to transfer 1 character from each of my existing accounts to the new account. Wondering how difficult that will be. I'll guess it's worth a shot.

[Xzin]

Buy the battlechests to get TBC and WoW together. Some online sellers also just sell the codes but I can't recommend any first hand.

Transferring is easy as long as the last names match up. If they don't then you may still be able to do so but will most likely need to send in some form of ID. All of the details are on the account management page on worldofwarcraft.com.

[Rickson9]

I didn't even bother buying a second box/game when I set up my second account. I simply went to www.worldofwarcraft.com and clicked on the "free 10-day trial" on the right-hand side. I then upgraded to a monthly fee and upgraded again to TBC. 2nd toon up and running.

[Sanctume]

I started with 2 account when WoW was release.
I have 2 level 70 on account 1, and a 1 70 on account 2.

I got my 3rd account 3 months ago. I tried to get the "online" codes and it was a hassle to get verified. I went to Best But the next day and bought a WoW + TBC $50 total. I did not realize there was a Battlechest set with both disc for $40. Too late, I opened and upgraded one of the trial accounts.

I paid $25 to xfer one level 70 from account 1 to account 2. The transfer was done from work, and done by the time I play in the evening.

About a month ago, I got my 4th account. By this time I have:
Account 1: 3x 70
Account 2: 1x 70
Account 3: 1x 70

I then xfer 1 level 70 from Account 1 to Account 4 for another $25. There was some minor glitch in the the Paid Char Transfer and it took less than 48 hours to get my xfer completed.

[Eteocles]

Go with boxes or battlechests. $20 WoW, $20 expansion(If anyone charges more fuck them; I know gamestop is still charging like 30-40 for BC while walmart sells both at $20, and some places have battlechests on sale for $30)

Main account clicks "Refer-a-Friend" link at Acct Management page, sends email to alt acct
Alt acct signs up for 10-day trial through the refer-a-friend link/code
Alt acct registers WoW box's CDKey = 1st month free after 10day trial is over
Alt acct passes 10 days + 1st month and pays for first PAID month = Main acct gets 1 month free via the Recruit-a-Friend setup.

Repeat for each account to ease the monetary burden ;) Boxless trials upgraded don't come with the free month that I know of so it's $15-20 wellspent and what you'd spend anyways on the monthly regardless, you just have physical CDkeys to prove your ownership with.

[Esca]

I setup my additional accounts using a Trial first to get the first 10 days free. After that Blizzard will let you pay them directly with a credit card to upgrade to a regular accont for 19.99 and then to TBC for an additonal 29.99.

If you don't have a credit card, want to use PayPal, or want to save a little money I can suggest www.offgamers.com ('http://www.offgamers.com/') . They were a reliable vendor. Their prices are a little lower than Blizzard and of course no taxes :) Someone else mentioned getting verified was a hassle. They asked for a scan of a picture ID. I sent it and they sent my keys right away. They are fine, but it is a hassle. I had some money on my PayPal balance I wanted to go ahead and use so I opted for them instead of paying Blizzard directly.

[raikodin]

Transferring is easy as long as the last names match up. If they don't then you may still be able to do so but will most likely need to send in some form of ID. All of the details are on the account management page on worldofwarcraft.com.The last name might be an issue. I purchased the second account from a friend and so the last names on the two accounts don't match. I am not sure that there's a way to change the name info. I'm a bit wary of contacting Blizzard about a transfer when they'll quickly discover I own two accounts with different names. Pretty sure that's against EULA (correct me if I'm wrong). Anyone have any insight into this?

Looks like the best approach is to just buy the battlechest. Thanks for all the replies so far!

[hxc]

The last name might be an issue. I purchased the second account from a friend and so the last names on the two accounts don't match. I am not sure that there's a way to change the name info. I'm a bit wary of contacting Blizzard about a transfer when they'll quickly discover I own two accounts with different names. Pretty sure that's against EULA (correct me if I'm wrong). Anyone have any insight into this?
Unless you're willing to risk losing every account you're multiboxing with, the best idea would be to ditch your friends account completely.

It's been said before in other poasts: as a multiboxer you are, without a doubt, going to attract attention and be reported at least once. If a GM sees 4 accounts in your name and 1 in a friends name, alarm bells are going to be ringing.

On the subject of buying WoW game keys online, I bought mine from an online-delivery site, they cost about £1 more than ordering the box online, but each of the keys were delivered within an hour of me ordering (first one needed phone verification which involved a 30sec phone call 15minutes after I ordered). I'll have a look through my emails and try to find the name of the website for you.

[Xzin]

The best approach, for the time being, is to start your own accounts rather than buying a friends.

Blizz (in my opinion) frowns upon this and will make it more problematic for you down the line.

[raikodin]

Rats... this sounds like bad news. Is there any way to legally transfer ownership of an account? E.g. if I purchase a new key for my friend's account and work with them to get the last name changed?

[kllrwlf]

Rats... this sounds like bad news. Is there any way to legally transfer ownership of an account? E.g. if I purchase a new key for my friend's account and work with them to get the last name changed?

No legal way of transferring between 2 people because selling, trading, giving away accounts is against TOS.

You're SOL.

Buy another account, have ALL the accounts with the same contact info.

[raikodin]

No legal way of transferring between 2 people because selling, trading, giving away accounts is against TOS.

You're SOL.

Buy another account, have ALL the accounts with the same contact info.Thank you all for the info. Sounds like I'll just need to ditch the extra account. It's better to find out now than from a GM so I appreciate the honest info.

[HPAVC]

For what its worth, I had a character transfered off my an account for my girlfriend with completely different credentials except the state of residence. It went through flawlessly. I also bought a new account and transfered an alt character off an account to the new account and I had the same name, mine, but different address since I started the original account and that went through fine.

Though none of the accounts where 20,000gp transfers, just dime a dozen warlocks.

[erinfudge]

The name on the account is the only part that has to match - not the billing, the address, etc.
Most likely you helped your gf set up her account, and your name was on it originally? If it transferred, for some reason the same name is on the account.
The billing info doesn't matter - the registered name is what they check, and it is checked by computer. If you attempt to transfer with a last name even one letter off it simply won't even start the transfer. It gives a message that the destination account is ineligible.

On the purchasing part... you can upgrade in account management without buying the box game, but unless you are outside the US, buying the game in store will be about $10 cheaper. I'd look for the battlechest with WoW and BC (and of course use refer a friend on yourself).

[Sejal]

Rats... this sounds like bad news. Is there any way to legally transfer ownership of an account? E.g. if I purchase a new key for my friend's account and work with them to get the last name changed?

No legal way of transferring between 2 people because selling, trading, giving away accounts is against TOS.

You're SOL.

Buy another account, have ALL the accounts with the same contact info.




actually thats wrong.





it states in the ToS that your friend can legally give you his account if he gives you everything, I.E. The actual box, CD Key, everything.

[Eteocles]

actually thats wrong.
it states in the ToS that your friend can legally give you his account if he gives you everything, I.E. The actual box, CD Key, everything.

orly? Please to be showing me this part, could be useful :p

[Biz]

The section you refer to is in the EULA, but it doesn't work like you think.

EULA 3.B
"You may permanently transfer all of your rights and obligations under the License Agreement to another by physically transferring the original media (e.g., the CD-ROM or DVD you purchased), all original packaging, and all Manuals or other documentation distributed with the Game; provided, however, that you permanently delete all copies and installations of the Game in your possession or control, and that the recipient agrees to the terms of this License Agreement."

The key is the term "all of your rights and obligations under..." Now read this:

TOS Section 3
"Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, you acknowledge and agree that you shall have no ownership or other property interest in the Account, and you further acknowledge and agree that all rights in and to the Account are and shall forever be owned by and inure to the benefit of Blizzard."

Here Blizz says that you do not own the account. You have no rights in the account. Because you have no rights in the account itself, transferring all your rights as provided in the EULA does not transfer the ability to use the account. Therefore, when you "sell" your account you don't really sell anything at all, and that's why Blizz will give it right back if you ask.

When you purchase WoW you purchase the discs and the right to install the game on your computer. Once you do that, BLizzard allows you to use an account to play on their server. It's easiest to think of your account and access to the Blizz server as a completely separate program that you can rent for $15 a month (Because that's what it really is). If you were renting a couch from Rent-A-Center you could "sell" it to a third party, but they wouldn't actually receive any rights in it. Same idea here.

Looking back that seems long-winded but I think the concept can be hard to understand. I work in software licensing and distribution so I'd like to think the above is fairly accurate.