So, what do you guys do to make money?

[LouLou422]

I usually make money by doing my normal rounds in the town, like selling fossils, stray flowers, pretty much anything I don't want, then I go on to fishing, so really, fishing is my main money maker!

But I was wondering what you guys do? Just so I can get some more bells in my pocket ^_^ I've been thinking about selling, trading or maybe even giving away the villagers that move out? That or starting up a little shop, but I'm less inclined to do that one

Also, I don't really know how the TBT bells work, how I can give them to people to items or art, and I was wondering if I could some how convert them into actual bells?

 

[Bcat]

I earn bells in-game mainly by beetle hunting and I also sell fruit.
tbt 101: tbt is the currency of the forum it can be used to buy collectibles, start a group, bigger avatars and sigs that kind of thing. You earn it by posting and it's really highly valued by some people and I've bought and sold several rare dlc with it. You can also buy sigs and art with it. People are buying and selling it for ingame bells all the time conversion rate is about 2.5 mil per 100 tbt. I made about 6 million bells selling it. There's a tutorial for how to transfer it to other users under faq. Hope I helped!

 

[LambdaDelta]

solo in-game, beetle/shark hunting on the island mainly

online, mainly from selling rare(ish) items in my shop (unorderable furniture/wallpaper/flooring/clothing items, fossils, legit art, and villager pics)

 

[thatawkwardkid]

I drop items behind the town tree, mainly things that could make me money such as gyroids, fossils, ores, rare items and occasionally random stuff and I keep those stuff there till I feel like theres too much and sell them ar the end. I usually make around 200,000 bells.

I recently discovered selling villagers (I only sold 1 villager and It went HORRIBLY! I feel like I accidentally scamed someone ) So hopefully next time goes better.

I rarely bug farm since its boring and you only make money if you have the Bell Boom Ordinance in place which I only do from mid-Autumn to mid-February.

I dont sell turnips too often since it sort of requires patience and I don't like doing this method.

So as long as I don't spend too much I usually have a decent amount of bells in my savings.

 

[Swiftstream]

Heh.

I despise turnips and beetle catching.
I used to grind hours on the island to catch beetles, just to pay off my house loan.

Now I usually sell stuff, or convert my tbt bells.

 

[MayorSaki]

I catch bugs and fish in the evening c:

 

[Victor S Court]

I usually go to the island at night and catch bugs and fish! They're a little hard to catch but it's worth it!

 

[CloudMoonZ]

2/3's of my money came from Turnips and out of pure generosity from my friends~
1/3 of it came from bug catching and villager auctions

Right now I have 60+ mil in the bank~!

 

[LouLou422]

I earn bells in-game mainly by beetle hunting and I also sell fruit.
tbt 101: tbt is the currency of the forum it can be used to buy collectibles, start a group, bigger avatars and sigs that kind of thing. You earn it by posting and it's really highly valued by some people and I've bought and sold several rare dlc with it. You can also buy sigs and art with it. People are buying and selling it for ingame bells all the time conversion rate is about 2.5 mil per 100 tbt. I made about 6 million bells selling it. There's a tutorial for how to transfer it to other users under faq. Hope I helped!

Yeah, you did help thanks! Well, considering how many TBT Bells I have right now, I'd have no problem progressing in the game :')

- - - Post Merge - - -

2/3's of my money came from Turnips and out of pure generosity from my friends~
1/3 of it came from bug catching and villager auctions

Right now I have 60+ mil in the bank~!

Wow, 60 mil?? Just the other day I only hit 1 mil, and that went quickly because I had to pay my home loan!

 

[Fairytale]

Selling villagers.

- - - Post Merge - - -

I have only 900k now

 

[neon-tetra]

I used to go to the island and catch bugs or sharks to sell to retail. You can usually get approximately 1 mill for each trip, but more recently I'm selling turnips. Depending on what price you buy or sell for, you can earn 10 million bells if you fill up all your locker and pocket space.

 

[SableShy]

I draw art for people on here and occassionally auction tier 1 villagers from my cycling town but.
I mostly just take bell commissions.

I have like 12mil I think. yesterday I had 15 but i'm working on paying off my house so

 

[Kazunari]

I got 12mil bells from selling TBT bells to my friend Nage. c:
Aside from that, I usually just go to the island after 7pm and catch beetles or sharks for bells.

 

[Yui Z]

My friends often invite me to go beetle farming with them, so I agree. I go with them for the laughs, rather than the bonus bells really. I often get tips from turnip sellers too.

 

[Wholockian]

Villager selling XD

 

[PaperLuigi3]

Well, typically to make money I paint address numbers on others' curbs, as well as collecting rare SNES and NES games and then reselling for the prices they should be sold at.

 

[Candy83]

I usually make money by doing my normal rounds in the town, like selling fossils, stray flowers, pretty much anything I don't want, then I go on to fishing, so really, fishing is my main money maker!

But I was wondering what you guys do? Just so I can get some more bells in my pocket ^_^ I've been thinking about selling, trading or maybe even giving away the villagers that move out? That or starting up a little shop, but I'm less inclined to do that one

Also, I don't really know how the TBT bells work, how I can give them to people to items or art, and I was wondering if I could some how convert them into actual bells?

Turnips.

By them at a bells price in the 90s; sell them above 450 bells each.

 

[jmeleigh23]

If I want to make a lot of money, beetle hunting on the island is number one! Otherwise I do the same as you by selling fossils and stuff! Sometimes if I'm real desperate, I'll fish all day, collect all the seashells and all the fruit.

 

[Wobblegong]

Expensive beetles and fish on the island, definitely! Once I got the hang of it (why do you flee my heavy-footfalled love, golden stag?!) I found it to be the least patient way to riches. Though, I think I was heavily influenced by starting my file during deep winter. Without time travel there wasn't much else I could DO with myself each day to make bells hand over fist. Maybe if I'd started during the warmer months where I had wildlife options besides sea butterflies and mole crickets....

I also just think the island is fun in general. Not the tours, but hanging out on the beach and harvesting wildlife is pretty high on the list of things I enjoy.

Never messed with turnips and I haven't sold stuff to other players yet. Might change the latter of those at some point, but I suspect my main money will continue to be fishfriends and shiny beetles for quite awhile yet.

 

[Bowie]

I just go to Tortimer Island most of the time. I know what time the rarest bugs and fish are out, so, I just stroll around patiently.