Evolving items, regular item design contests.

[Forestdancer]

Gaia holds these contests to have users submit ideas in hopes their design will be picked to be made into a pixelated item. It is held for evolving items, regular items, and even monthly collectibles in rare occasions.

The hard truth is all you get is your name in the description of the item, which hardly read in some cases. No prize, no gold, just your name in the item description.

For example the OOkami armor. It looks nice and was designed by a gaian, for free. Absolutely no reward, not even the very item they designed after the item is made. Free labor for a name in the description.

[Xenni]

The people who enter already know that, they enter because they want to get their item onto Gaia, not because they want a huge gold prize.