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Ask HN: An idea to build a marketplace for game accounts, is it legal?

by folkster on 2/28/12, 4:47 AM with 4 comments

I just came up with an idea of game account marketplace website(e.g. WOW accounts) to build in my spare time.

Idea: The sellers submit userid and password, plus a description/screenshot of the account(e.g. level,items in the account ) to the website and price it(e.g. $10). The buyers can browse through the site filtered by the descriptions (e.g. level >20) and buy it, then the userid and password is sent to the buyer.

However, I am not sure if it is legal to do it or not.(assume all sellers are legitimate/not scam)

Any advice is appreciated. Thanks in advance.

  • by saulkw on 2/28/12, 5:32 AM

    How would you weed out the scammers? Would be fairly easy to doctor a screenshot to have more items/levels etc.
  • by Steqheu on 2/28/12, 4:52 AM

    Can you elaborate a little more on your idea?