Well you can make money with Diablo 3 - But it's not something any child can do if we're talking about real - sustained - constant inflow of cash. I will share what I am willing to share on this matter.
Career Mode - Pays the bills: You want to have a strong background and education in economics and markets - d3 auctionhouse-rmah- and various websites work a bit like the stock market. If you want to make a career out of this you
will have needed to have invested many hours and learning in the virtual items department which includes several relevant business related fields. It is something you want to spend 10-16 hours a day devoting your time to the entrepreneurial
function of your business. Time investment is an absolute must which is against what makes botting - botting. You need to determine if you want to focus on the market itself or just let several bots run and do the selling daily. Do not expect to make
100,000 next year without working obscene hours and putting in vast infrastructure. Don't let anyone fool you - it takes a lot of work and you're going to want to specialize in it.
Buck on the side mode: Standard mode of botting for cash - Players may make a few hundred to a few thousand dollars total in their life off of Diablo 3. This cash on the side mode - is the ultimate outcome of most serious botters. You might put 1 hour a day in - collecting and selling items - and that is the end of your time investment. I consider myself buck on the side but have great aspirations to move up. I started selling gold at 20$ a million and sold over 100m at this rate. A week or two earlier it was 500$ usd a million - the game had just started. Currently gold is only worth 81 cents or so and thus around 50 on secondary sites give or take. You might sell what you find or you might go the next step and wait for patches and excessive use of the community to unload your gold at the appropriate value. I don't recomend holding hundreds of million in gold - instead I would suggest investing in items.
Other people just bot - because they can - same guys might use autoaim in call of duty.
Now anyone can say what they want - but millionaires typically are not made overnight and their are many facets of the diablo market. I know people who have made thousands simply buying gold and selling that gold 80 cents higher the next week as was the case with 1.0.4 - I thought gold would keep crahsing - when it raised a dollar I kicked myself as my buddy laughed.
Your best odds are years of education in games - virtual economies and virtual currencies as well as a strong background in college-level business and economics. Now you can be a star without these - but it is much less likely.
You need to decide how far you want to go and you need the education to back it up. If you started botting just this year - without the appropriate backgrounds - I do not believe your dreams will be fulfilled.
Anyone can run the bot - Anyone can make a bit of money from the bot - Not everyone will be able to make a career from botting.
You will learn plenty on the path; but you'll want years of prior education in the appropriate fields if you want to make it big. Ever seen a millionaire made from video game items?
Markee Dragon Show with Marcus Eikenberryinreallife - YouTube
This man can give you rudimentary tips for the business of gaming - as well as some horror stories.
He started selling items in ultima online and is actually one of the grandfathers of online item sales - If you're looking for the godfather - here he is
Once he made his buck and his life around transactions the games companies didn't like - he went legitimate and now only sells cd-keys for games
whose developers have warranted these second hand sales.
People have made a living from video games - but you need to make it your life - you need to take it serious - your involvement will be reflected in your profits.
Edit: It is important to note - You need to know at any time the carpet can be pulled from under your feat - If you want to make start a gaming career from botting - know that you will always need to know - what games next - you will want to capitalize on fresh games which just hit the market - demonbuddy could be shut down at any time for various reasons - You need to plan a life around it to make it a career- You cannot dilly-daly career mode you want that 16 hours a day to build your empire.