PRO: Long established company with a large user base. Your money is actually backed up by real gold. Easy to get an account. People are willing to pay a premium for egold at about 10% above value. CON: Egold is the preffered method for the HYIP crowd as you cannot reverse a transaction. The biggest con is that you cannot withdraw money without using a third party and as a result you pay extra fees and even get scammed. I have only found 1 decent website where you can use your egold to buy mainstream products. I think the company itself is very reliable, but I also think egold is used by a lot of scammers as transactions can't be reversed or disputed. Recommendation: get an account, after all it is free, but also get a paypal account.