About paid char transfers

[Mith]

So i'm hoping some of you here have some experience with this, i'm totally new to paid char transfers. What i'm curious about concerns transferring characters from one account to another.

I read blizz's faq on the subject and they specified 3 criteria to be eligible to transfer characters to different accounts:

1) You must be the subscriber on both accounts

2) Both accounts must have the same last name

3) You must know the answer to the secret question of the destination account



Where i'm still fuzzy is on point 1. Do i have to be the original subscriber on the account? or simply the person paying the bill currently? The situation is this, last year my brother started to sub an account but he got bored w/ the game at like lvl 29 on his war and dropped his sub. Now, i have his access info etc, know his secret question, and we share the same last name, so if i reactivate his account do you guys think it will be possible to transfer one of my characters over to his account from one of my original accounts?

[Sanctume]

Iirc, you have to have the Billing Account on both--your credit card is the same/same billing address/same billing name, not the original.

Same last names makes sense too for family related accounts.

And yes, the secret password for the account being transferred into is required.

[Mith]

alright, that makes me feel like i can do it. I'll get the process started today and report on my findings.



~ mith

[Majestic_Clown]

quoted from the FAQ

Regarding transfer requests from one account to another account, note that you may only request character transfers from one account where you are the subscriber to another account where you are the subscriber. Any attempt to transfer a character from an account where you are not the subscriber could be considered a violation of the World of Warcraft Terms of Use and could lead to Blizzard taking disciplinary action against your account, including, but not limited to warnings, temporary account suspension, or permanent account suspension, as determined by Blizzard.

The ownership details must match otherwise it is a violation of the EULA/TOS, yes the last name on the registered account owners need to match for this to take place, if your willing to take the risk of not being found out by Account admin then go for it

[zanthor]

You must be the subscriber on both accounts simply means the same as the second that your last name has to be the same...

Billing info is not required to be identical. I pay for 3 of my accounts with my bank card and the 4th bills to my paypal, I moved a character from a bank card billed account to my paypal billed account with no problems.

[Mith]

Ah but see the thing is i am the subsciber now on both accounts. The only difference between the two now is the original name on the account (my brother's name). But since we are both of the same last name i thought i'd risk it an see if i could get the transfer approved.



Much to my chagrin, i realized the toon i'm trying to move is the guild leader of my shaman trio's guild >< so i'll have to wait till i get home tonight to see if i can finalize the process. :cursing:

[Majestic_Clown]

Yes Zanthor you are correct.

Full ownership details need to match, within family with last name (surname) or friends with same last name (surname) is risk-eh!

[mlwhitt]

I moved some characters from one account to another without any problems. The first account was one I set up for my wife who NEVER one time used it so I took it over. That account has her name on it and the other my name. I moved some characters from the account that is in my name to the one that is in her name. Honestly though they are both my accounts, and she never touched them. I was a bit concerned when I first did it because even that being the case I was afraid I would get a ban because of the first name, but that didn't happen.

As long as the last name is the same, and the contact location is the same you should be good. I don't think they look at the billing information as I use a mixture of credit cards and time cards for my 3 accounts.

[Mith]

awesome,

thanks for that info mlwhitt, it puts my mind greatly at ease. :thumbsup:

[Sanctume]

Even if it's not the same last name, you can just say just got married / civil union.