How do people have so many bells!!!???

astraea

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So I am somewhat new to AC... I see people selling stuff for over a million bells!!! how do people even get that much money?! The most money I make is just from catching beetles on the island... Is there some sort of cheat that gets you millions of bells? Lol I am just really confused.
 
Some people spend a lot of time on the island. About 3 or 4 hours a day. I have loads of bells from trades and selling. It depends what people are willing to buy for and sell for.
 
probably either duping, hours on the island doing beetle hunting, selling turnips, selling villagers, trades, etc.
 
Oh, same question I had when I first entered this forum. Everyone sold villagers for 30M and I was like... "wow, they've been playing this game for a long time, right?" but then I realized... the fastest way to earn in-game bells is to sell things in the forums! I sold some of my flowers and got like 8M! :D I was so happy! Hope it works for you, try to breed hybrids and sell them in the forums!
 
Thanks to everyone!!!! I am enlightened :3 lol although, what is "duping" ? and I can only manage to make one or two hybrids every now and then, so how do people create enough to make money off of them?

Thanks again!!! :)
 
...although, what is "duping" ?...

It's short for "duplicating," creating two items from one through an exploit in the game. It's frowned-upon on these forums, so don't go asking about it. Besides, it's easy enough to make money through 'legal' means- which others have mentioned.

If you typically play alone, going to the island in the evening and catching beetles can earn you a few million easily. You can get even more using the Lazy Camper method.

If you check these forums often, you can earn quite a bit of money by selling hybrids/furniture that people want. You can also make tons by buying Turnips and checking to see who has a town with a high selling rate during the week. (You can always buy from Joan at around ~100 Bells, and find sale prices upwards of 500 Bells.)
 
TBT.

The more you post, the more TBT you earn.

Every 100 TBT can be sold for 4-5 million in game bells ^^
 
I was wondering this too! There are so many villagers I want but don't even have 1 million bells to bid :S
 
I just sell my TBT. I don't use them, so it's nice to trade them for in game bells.
 
before using wifi with acnl i got all my money from island farming (catching big beetles), but nowadays my bells come from the stalk market, tbt exchange and selling my villagers!
 
easy -- they cheat, steal, and lie! not a good idea to do, but it works

or if your not a cheater, you simply have a lot of time on your hands and you are dedicated to beetle and shark hunting, and you love business and do it a lot so that you can sell/ trade.

also, TT (time traveling) to the beginning of a month to get interest. not really cheating, but its an easy way, but it comes at a price, by ruining the town you once loved ;_;
 
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Interesting! I dunno how I feel about cheating... but I really appreciate everyone's answers! It's so crazy because I see all these ppl will millions and millions! I did, thanks to yall, sell some of my TBT and made some good money off of that, so thanks! :3
 
I have tons of bells and they came from bug collecting first. Than perfect fruit selling and than turnip sells. Having a good group of friends that shares when they have premium fruit or good turnip prices helps. You have to share back when you have good prices.
Funded 2 towns with full houses before I tried turnip selling.

I also have an extra town that just grows perfect fruit. If I have a good turnip price in that town I can leave it on that date.
Wait for my real town to get to Sunday. And than buy a lot.

I've never sold any villager or item online. Just traded or gave it away for free.
Don't have a clue how to copy and would never use a cheat device.
 
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