How Is WoW Gold Delivered? Delivery Methods Compared

By FastWoWGold Team · Last updated: October 26, 2026

Short answer: we deliver by hand in game, and you pick one of four methods: Face to Face, Mail, Guild or Auction House Buyout. Face to Face and Guild usually take 1-30 minutes after payment. Mail and Auction House Buyout take about 1 extra hour because of how the game handles them. We never need your login.

Pick a method at checkout, or change it on the Trade page once your payment is confirmed. Which methods you get depends on the game.

Methods compared

All four are safe. The ranking is by how little you deal with our trader. See Is it safe? for the full picture, including the account risks.

Face to Face

1. Pay and finish the email and phone verification.
2. On the Trade page, pick Face to Face and enter your character name exactly as it is in game.
3. Switch on "Ready to receive gold now" and log in.
4. Our trader opens a trade. Check the name matches exactly, since look-alike names are a common trick (see Scam alerts).
5. Accept the trade. Don't give anything back, and don't talk about buying gold in chat.

Can't stay online? Switch to Mail or Auction House Buyout on the Trade page.

Mail

1. Pick Mail on the Trade page and enter the receiving character.
2. We send the gold. In-game mail takes about an hour.
3. Take the gold from the message at any mailbox.

Nothing after the expected time? Contact us and we'll follow up or re-send.

Guild

1. Pick Guild and enter your character and the exact guild name.
2. If our trader needs to join the guild, an officer invites them. This is the step that can add time.
3. Our trader deposits the gold. Withdraw it under your guild's own permissions.

Auction House Buyout

1. Pick Auction House Buyout on the Trade page.
2. List a tradable item (not bound, not grey or white quality) with a buyout at the price on your order page.
3. Enter your character, the item name and the price exactly as listed.
4. We buy it, and the game mails you the sale gold. That takes about 1 hour.
5. Collect it from your mailbox. The auction house fee comes out of the sale, and you pay it.

Don't cancel the listing until we've bought it.

Which games support which methods?

Retail vs Classic

The four methods work the same on every version, but two things differ:

• Faction and realm matter more in Classic. You can generally only trade and mail with your own faction and realm. A wrong faction or realm is the most common cause of delays.
• Guild banks aren't in every Classic version. That's why the method list differs by game.

More on how gold works in each version: WoW gold guide.

After delivery

• Check the amount when the gold arrives.
• Never return gold to our trader or anyone claiming to be us. We'll never ask for it back.
• Keep the gold on the character that received it. Takeback cover doesn't include gold traded to another character.
• Don't talk about buying gold in game.
• Rate your order once it shows Completed.

If the publisher takes back gold we delivered, we'll resend it or refund the amount removed, as long as you send us the notice within 7 days.

Delivery failed or late?

Usual causes: wrong character, faction or realm; payment not cleared; a quick phone check; or we couldn't reach you in game. Your order shows Delivering while we work on it (see order status).

Contact us and we'll fix the details or switch your method. If we can't deliver, you can get a refund before delivery, or a partial refund for the undelivered part. See the refund policy.

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