FarmVille Cash

FarmVille Cash (also known as FarmVille Dollars, FarmVille Bucks, FarmCash) is currency used to purchase exclusive items such as Flamingos and Gnomes. It can be purchased with real-world money, and will also be slowly given to a player over time when reaching higher levels.

FarmVille Cash can be earned by spending real-world money, either by using a PayPal account or credit card. They were formerly available by completing surveys. They are still available by levelling up (1 FarmVille Dollar per level). 1 FarmVille Dollar is a possible gift inside a Mystery Gift.

Online
Surveys, either free or otherwise, almost always required you to enter personal information and/or to spend time doing other tasks. For example, a survey may have asked you to download a certain program. This was not recommended, as it is unclear how safe these programs are.

Formerly, doing free surveys could have earned roughly between 4 and 10 FarmVille Dollars. The simpler surveys were quite easy to complete, but give less of a reward than others. More complex surveys will take more time and dedication to complete, but will reward the player better.

Cell phone
Formerly, a Cell phone survey (usually 40-55 FarmVille dollars) required a short quiz or survey to be completed and for a cell phone number to be provided. You would then receive a text message with a pin number that had to be entered on the FarmVille website. If you enter the pin you will be charged $9.99 a month for absolutely nothing (besides the 40-50 FarmVille cash you receive one time). It is not advised to use this method of obtaining FarmVille Dollars.

Troubleshooting
In some cases, FarmVille dollars are not awarded when they should be. If that happens, the player must contact Double Ding - the company Zynga uses to provide the 3rd party surveys. Double Ding would then communicate with the company you completed a survey for. This is not always reliable and could take a long period of time.

Spare Change
The Spare Change option uses money from a player's PayPal account to pay for the FarmVille dollars. It will not always be the best deal, but it will be a lot more secure.

Leveling up
A player will receive 1 FarmVille dollar whenever they increase a level. At the beginning of the game, a player has 5 FarmVille dollars. Because of the relatively slow flow of cash from levels, this is not a very effective way of earning FarmVille Cash.

Prizes
1 FV cash (also known as the 1 Free Cash), is a unique gift in Farmville.

There are only two ways to get the 1 FV cash gift:
 * The limited edition April Free Cash gift. It was available on 1st - 7st April, 2010 during the April Fool's Day Event.
 * Unique gift from the Mystery Gift only one time per every farmer.