WoW: Realm Transfers Interview @ Gamespot

Gamespot talks with Blizzard's lead producer Shane Dabiri about the upcoming realm transfer system that will offer players the option to pay to transfer their characters from one realm to another.<blockquote><em><b>GS</b>: Speaking of the fee, Blizzard is charging $25 per character transfer. Is this to prevent people from abusing the feature? Will you be able to transfer a character as much as you want, so long as you're willing to pay $25 each time? And what sorts of transfer restrictions are there in general?<br><br><b>SD</b>: A character can only be transferred to a new realm once every six months, and once completed, a character transfer cannot be reversed. Also, there will be both character and realm restrictions. For example, you will need to be at least level 10 to transfer realms, and youa "!ll only be able to carry over a certain amount of gold. The cap is set at 300 gold for characters between levels 10 and 30, 1,000 gold for characters between levels 31 and 50, and characters at level 51 and above can bring a maximum of 5,000 gold. </em></blockquote><a href="http://www.gamespot.com/news/6153087.html" target="_blank">More...</a>
Source: Gamespot