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Play the Daily Chance. Yeah, it may be just 5 Gaia Gold or a cheap item or two, but it all really adds up! If you got only 5 Gaia Gold a day for a month you'd get over 600 gold for a couple clicks.
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Sell what you get in Daily Chance back to the shops if it sells back to the shop for under 1,000 Gaia Gold. Usually the market is too erratic on these items to bother with selling them any other way. Auction more expensive items off with shop sellback value as your starting bid.
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The simplest way to get lots of Gold

The simplest way to get lots of Gold

Bump, post and chat like mad! Everything you type in and send on Gaia Online is worth something. People are especially happy when you bump their sales threads in the marketplace forum. Some even give free things to persistent bumpers!
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Visit the arenas and vote honestly. Don't forget to comment! Voting and commenting in the arenas will grant you free Gaia Gold.
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Make a journal and post in it- that's worth Gaia Gold, too. Maybe write about your journey to get gold? Have fun with it!
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Comment on others' journals and profiles for gold. A quick "hi there" is all it takes to score some free, fast Gaia Gold.
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Cards and slots- gamble until you're rich!

Cards and slots- gamble until you're rich!

Play the casino games with any tokens won in daily chance. Casino prizes are hard to sell but are worth money. You could also always sell the tokens you win, though tokens generally sell for less than 1 gold each.
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Go fishing with bait won in Daily Chance and sell your fish to Old Man Logan. Trading up fish for bigger fish is not cost effective, so don't bother doing that.
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Visit Gaia Towns to collect fast Gaia Gold. Rattle bushes and trees to find hidden gold. Don't bother with paper- it's worthless.
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The pictured items once were cheap...

The pictured items once were cheap...

Use your Gaia Gold to buy last month's Collectible items and hold on to it. They will rise in value over time.
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If you have an old Gaia item worth a LOT (hundreds of thousands or more), go to the sales forum and trade down for other collectible letters and items. This grows your profits as each items will increase in value!
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Visit the sponsors. Sure, Gaia is selling out, but most of them do pay off and many sponsor games can be played endlessly for at least 100 Gaia Gold a play.
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Play each of the games on Gaia 3 times a day to gain free gold. Even if you suck at the games, some gold is better than no gold!
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Look for items being sold below shop sellback value in the marketplace and buy them. Then sell these items back to the shops for profit.
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Try trading old collectible items down for lots of new collectible items and possibly a small amount of Gaia Gold. This will create an unending cycle of collectible items you can sell for a lot of gold later. This takes a lot of patience, however.
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Help a newbie with advice and kind words (but no handouts). Good karma brings good luck and good luck means even more money!