Well then ya just hang onto it I guess 
Well now I see that people earn money in game and can use it to buy everything in the shop. Just didn’t know about that.
To buy shop stuff. I bought TWW with gold, as well as a bunch of shop t-mog and pets. I haven’t bought anything of the shop with money besides realm transfers.
Yes, although it’s never been publicly disclosed, it is based on supply and demand. If the number of Token buyers paying in gold is less than the number of Token buyers paying $20, the gold price for a $20 Token goes down and vice-versa. In the concept image below, there are four time-periods in the queue and as time moves from left-to-right the price is increasing because in each successive period there are more AH buyers than Cash Shop buyers.
You can see the impact of a bunch of people trading gold for bNet balance on the very last day the Gilded Brutosaur was available.
| Date | Day | Price (gold) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6-Jan-2025 | Mon | 301,695 | |
| 7-Jan-2025 | Tue | 323,975 | ← Last minutes for Gilded Brutosaur on Shop |
| 8-Jan-2025 | Wed | 283,084 |
This was also a very simple & accurate summary…
It’s actually really interesting. Thanks for posting.