About 130 other workers work for is Wow7gold, an Internet based company that makes more than £1m or $1.2 million a year selling in-game advantages to World of Warcraft players.
Researcher Richard Heeks at Manchester University, estimated 400,000 Asian workers are now employed in gold farming in a trade worth up to £700m or $879 million a year.
Li Hua one of the worker for gold farming in china earns £80-£120 ($80-150) a month.
Another, Eva Yuan, a 26 year-old graduate from a university who also speaks three different languages and earns up to £250 ($300.00) a month with the same conditions as Li Hua.
"virtual sweatshops" ?
"virtual division of labor"?
"power leveling"
"play money"?
World of Warcraft’s subscriptions alone went from 10m to more than 11m during 2008.
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