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by Mike Schramm 
Aug 7th 2006 at 10:15PM
Your gear starting to smell from overuse? Your weapons rusting up because you can't afford new ones? Your mount looking a little rickety (or nonexistent because you haven't seen 100g yet)? Worry not! We're here to help. Here's five easy (and TOS-compliant) ways to rake in the moolah.1. Get some greedy professions. If I could tell people two things about professions, I would say: always take First Aid asap, and, if you want to make money, get herbalism and skinning. Those two, skinning especially, are your best bet at making tons of cash on the Auction House. Leather is used by almost all the professions (not just leather workers), and as any alchemist will tell you, even though Silverleaf literally grows on trees, there's never enough of it around to make the potions you need. Some people will say enchanting or mining, but for the first, I'd rather auction my green items off seperately, and in the second case, well, maybe that's just my personal taste. Mining seems to sell well on the AH, too. And speaking of the AH,
2. Get real familiar with the Auction House. Don't ever sell anything to a vendor unless you really, really need the space in your bags, because even stuff that seems worthless to you can usually find a buyer on the AH. Twinkers are looking for good low level items all the time, and even fish scales are used by Shamans as reagents. If you're serious about making gold, you've probably already done this by now, but make yourself a level one alt, get him or her to a city with an auction house, and park them there, then mail things to them from your other characters. One more note about the Auction House...
3. Get Auctioneer. This is a no brainer-- if you haven't heard of this wonderful addon yet, then it's no wonder you don't have your mount. Once you've installed it, run to the nearest AH, let it do a scan, and boom, you've got all the AH prices cached on your computer. Then, when you're out in the world, you've got exactly what every single item in the game should sell for. Plus, when you have things to sell, Auctioneer will tell you the best price to put your items at so they'll sell and you'll make money. Usually, you can sell a little higher than the price Auctioneer puts your items at (especially in the high levels, this can squeeze you a few more gold), but there's nothing easier than just throwing all your extra stuff on the AH, and letting Auctioneer set them up for you. And having Auctioneer around will help you...
4. Look for deals everywhere. Don't ninja anything, but there's no shame in casually announcing, as your party makes their way to SM, that you're saving for your mount, and so you'll be rolling on everything that no one needs. When you get quest rewards, most of that stuff is soulbound, so if you're offered a choice of two things you can't use as a reward, always take the most expensive item. And watch vendor prices, too-- every once in a while, Traveling Salesman Antonio Perelli (or any of the other NPC vendors) will be selling a potion that's selling for a few gold more on the AH.
5. Play! Finally, the best way to conjure up more gold also happens to be the best way to conjure up experience-- get out there and kill stuff. Any looting at all is better than standing around Orgimmar telling Chuck Norris jokes. Of course, you should choose where you're killing stuff, too. If you're just grinding for XP, pick humanoid mobs-- they drop much more money, and usually better items. And if you can get a group together, an instance run is (literally) a goldmine for hard-to-find items.
But above all, the best way to make a lot of gold quickly is just to have fun playing the game. Do what you want, enjoy it, and before you'll know it, you'll have the epic mount you so desperately desire. Just in time to start saving for flying mounts...
Filed under: Herbalism, Skinning, Items, Tips, How-tos, Economy, Making money
Reader Comments (Page 2 of 2)
Dreazzon Jul 18th 2007 4:07PM
It is also easy to earn money whit skinning and leatherworking, you can sell you leatherwork to others, and sell your skin.
colinjohnedwards Jun 19th 2010 4:10PM
this is a bull shit guide the reson u guys aint got cash is cos these people want u to do herb gathering mining skining etc then every1 does it an puts it on ah an these guys buy it off ah an make twink items with it an then they buy the rest off ah an repost it for double they do i t a peek times when all are on then what happens u buy those gear they make giving ur money back that they gave u + extra this is why u dont have gold auctoneer is crap addon they tell u to get it cos its crap im sorry but it is what u realy need my friends is enchanting blacksmiting leatherwork tailering they cost loads to get plans an skill up an u will be skint all the way but when its done ur gold will roll in 20g tip all the time thats not even from AH post, Work out what the "twink items" are (items people will pay alot for) an but mats at ah an then post for more im talking like 50g more a time here get an addon called auctionator u hold shift to undercut people u can set it to 1copper undercut also there are so many addons i cant list its important to get a bank alt an buy a guild bank for him to store all the cheap things so u can put on when the ah price is high u will take months doing this but 1g will become 100g an 100g 1k then 1k 10k but heres the but u should never have more then 10k for a long time because having 20k in you bag is wasted cos u could be buying 40 stack of abyss crystals at 30g an reposting them all for 40g at peak times or maybe buying mass frostlotus b4 the areana season starts frost drops to like 15-20g when the areana sesons on its 50g alot of profit hope this helps u guys out an please dont buy enchants till lvl 80 i see people buying them an never have gold this is why u buy mats from people that sell them for double an then u pay 10g tip to the people that enchant an post mats on for double so u pay twice not just enchanting all trade btw gathering profestions are only good to start with eg u low lvl just save g an use it to make more dont spend it if u not lvl 80 yet u should just lvl up doing quests as fast as possable have mining + skinning or herbalisam +skining never buy from ah only sell use quest greens not ah green or ah blues gears an dont buy enchants when u lvl 80 u should have at least 5-10k use it all on changing ur trades enchanting leatherwork inscription etc get a bank alt an read up on good auctioning addons things like postal (an open all mailbox button) or an autosell grey item addon or auto repair this will speed up to lvl 80 i use oglow too makes green items glow so i can find them easy to AH them all fast all it saves hrs the truth is many people lie even if u think ill farm somthing an check thottbot u will find most people say such an such is good place but if u check all the places out on thott u will find the 1 they said wernt good is the best eg some1 said been farming only got 2 in 30min i go there loads are dropping if u check these guys they are auctioning the items on ah to people that cant be bother to farm cos they had bad drop rates cos they were tole its better to farm here when its not its all lies people say! this is what i have leant so far i hope it realy helps u guys i know how bad g is to get at low lvl but try not to get ripped off buy the lvl 80s that been playing for years i know i do it i buy loads of mats to make things an ofcorse it makes the price go up in ah so when i post my items the mats that are left are more so people buy from me cos im cheap even though im making far more then they are saving also 1 last thing when u lvl 75+ do bg till 80 let it lvl u an use honor to buy gear then at 80 u will have almost a full set of epic gear should save u a packet so u can use that g u save to make more g on ah an ur imba profestions! gl all i wish u well x