However, not everything in FarmVille is an escape from the ordinary. You still need money for just about everything you do. You have to buy the seeds to plant, and you’ll even have to pay a small sum for each plot of land you plow. Coins are like candy, they love to give them out. You can win some in a raffle just by logging in each day. In Farmville, coins and Farmville Dollars are completely different types of money.  And sometimes, as if by magic, coins will pop out of the fields when you’re working the land, you don’t even need a metal detector. These mystery coins are worth 100 normal coins, and the bigger your farm, the more often these gifts pop out at you. If you can master how to earn Farmville Dollars you can really take this game to a new level.

Because you’ll be needing your coins for so much in FarmVille, you need to maximize the earning potential of your farm. The best way to do this is to figure out which crops pay out the most coins per hour. For example, strawberries sell for 35 coins per plot of land harvested and they take 4 hours to grow. Pumpkins, on the other hand, take 8 hours to grow and sell for 68 coins per plot of land harvested.

That means, for the same acreage planted, you’ll earn 8.75 coins per hour by planting strawberries, while the pumpkins will only get you 8.5 coins per hour. This may seem like a small difference, but these small amounts can add up fast. Of course, you won’t be getting your money’s worth unless you can harvest the crops as soon as they’re ready and immediately replant on that land.