Experiment 2 - Selling Enchanting Mats - Profit

I just went on my mage to check her auctions and all of her enchanting auctions sold within the 12 hour slot! So that is very good for sure. So this is the amount of gold she had, 30 gold. And now I have 73 gold. So my profit was 43 gold, which seems ok for low level enchanting items. However though, these mats were collected out of randomness board times by running the same instance over and over again. For a high level who wants quick cash I would say go for it, lowbies though will not be able to do this unless a high level runs them through repeatedly or you go in constant groups. Trust me I know level 70s have better ways to spend their time and get gold, but I wanted to throw this experiment out there.

A good thing to keep note of though, the higher the items are that are disenchanted the more money you will make. So starting out it will take some time, but at higher level you can make a decent income.

Experiment 2 - Selling Enchanting Mats

I finnally logged into my mage because I wanted to disenchant and see what I can sell the disenchanted items for. I was going to send this over to my bank toon, but instead I am going to just put the auctions up on my mage toon.

This mostly is accurate but like I said I won’t sell anything unless it equals its proper stack amount of 20. In a couple spots I couldn't make a stack of 20 with what I had, so I took a few shards/dust from my mages bank to make full stacks.

Here is the totals:

Strange Dust: 13 Stacks
Soul Dust: 1 Stack
Greater Magic Essence: 2 Stacks
Lesser Astral Essence: 4 Stacks
Lesser Mystic Essence: 1 Stack
Small Glimmering Shard: 1 Stack

Every server is different but here is my prices for the enchanting mats.
As well I sell all my items less than the buyer ahead of me to most of the time make it for my items do sell for sure...

Strange Dust: 2 Gold Buyout
Soul Dust: 2 Gold Buyout
Greater Magic Essence: 2 Gold Buyout
Lesser Astral Essence: 2 Gold Buyout
Lesser Mystic Essence: 2 Gold Buyout
Small Glimmering Shard: 90 Silver Buyout

So to keep track here she currently has: 31 Gold

I am going to put these up now and see how much money I get out of selling low level enchanting mats.

Experiment # 1 - Lets See How Much I Made (Conclusion)

Alright I am logged into my bank character. So good news, good news! All of my auctions I put in from the Stockades all sold within the 12 hour time slot. So now I am going to go through and see exactly how much I made.

Right now my bank alt has 8 gold, 32 silver...
And the grand total is... ***drum roll***... 41 Gold

So that means from selling cloth, 2 enchanting mats and 3 recipes I made a profit of 33 gold. That seems ok. But the fact it took me 20 minutes to go through on a level 70 was not that great, I had a rogue though. My boyfriend ran me through on an alt within 8 minutes, sometimes 10. So obviously the more you can pull and stuff makes it more worth it in my opinion anyways. The wool drops are big though so if you ever have other reasons for wanting wool that is a good place to go.

So, IMO Stockades is not worth the time unless A) You have the free time by running in there all the time with a group or alone. Or B) You can make large pulls which means more gold potential.
Anyhow I hope this experiment was enjoyed, I will be posting more at some point.

Experiment # 1 - Totals And Auction House

So I am over on my bank toon now. I am going to record his current amount of gold, cloth and the recipes from last time. After I get it all typed down again, then I will throw everything up in the AH and the AH auctions will be set for 12 hours only. With doing this I want to see exactly how much gold I will have made from the NUMEROUS runs on my paladin and rogue. I also want to see if I can sell it all in 12 hours.

So my bank alt currently has 8 gold.
And wool cloth is selling for 2 gold :O whoa, well this should get interesting.

Here is the totals again...
11 stacks of linen
24 stacks of wool cloth
4 stacks of silk
3 low level recipes

So I went lower than I had to, but wool cloth is low level and all. I put my wool cloth in for 90 silver at buy out price, and the auction is in for 12 hours.

Now for my linen cloth, linen was in pretty cheap for 33 silver so I put mine in for 30 buyout price for 12 hours.

Last but not least silk cloth... Well the silk is selling less then its starting price in the AH which sucks, but no matter what the price I am putting these auctions in. I put mine in for 35 silver buyout, also for 12 hours.

And now for the 3 recipes
Pattern: Fine Leather Pants: 80 Silver
Enchant Cloak Minor Agility: 80 Silver
Design: Pendant of the Agate Shield: 2 Gold

Ok, so I put everything on auction for 12 hours and I still have 8 gold because it was all put in for 12 hour auctions. I can just hope it all sells in 12 hours.

However the auctions are not over yet, the 21 greens I got off of my rogue are going into auction, well they might be that is. I have it all sent to my mage who is going to disenchant it. I will only sell those disenchanted items though if they equal a stack of dust/shards, if not then it will stay on my mage for a later time...

Here is what I got from disenchanting the 21 greens...
Strange Dust: 2 Stacks, 12 alone
Soul Dust: 4
Lesser Astral Essence: 7
Small Glimmering Shard: 4

So some of it is not quite a stack of items I have 2 stacks of Strange Dust that I am going to sell though.
I am over on my bank toon now, so Strange dust is selling for 2 gold 30 silver, I am putting both mine stacks in for 2 gold buyout and again for 12 hours. And my bank toon still has 8 gold. Another good tip about selling enchanting items is that there is no deposit price :D, the AH still gets price cut after them items sells for no deposit, anyway to save money is a good way!

Now onto something completely off topic here, I was very... very bored so... 3 days ago I solo ran Shadowfang Keep on my rogue about... 4 times maybe 5 I forget now. Well I sent all the stuff to my mage to be disenchanted. The magic items I picked up from The Stockades on my paladin was not recorded because he was in there a lot. This is a different gold experiment. So items well I forget where they all came from. I know enchanting is good money though, so this is my next experiment, that I will post more on later today or tomorrow...

Anyways as for the auctions I will sign back into my bank toon later today to see what sold and such and record the results here then.

Part Of Experiment Below

Well I have been awake for a hour now, just signing into WoW. Now currently my guild has been bored because we are waiting for Wrath of The Lich King, understandable. Well my boyfriend has a level 70 paladin, we tested his theory and can run the stockades in 8 minutes. That’s one damn slap in the face, well not really but I wish my rogue could do it that quick. In 2 days my boyfriend leveled my paladin 6 times. Crazy yes! Well my paladin currently has 32 gold, so I am sending all his cloth to my bank character, that I got from the stockades runs. Here is the cloth totals. 16 stacks of Wool Cloth, 2 Stacks of Silk Cloth, 8 stacks of Linen Cloth.

I have decided to make this easier I am going to send my cloth from my rogue over to my bank toon as well. Oh and my above post was wrote this morning after 2am but I was to tired to post it lol, so I am posting it this afternoon along with this one. Ok I have not talked about my hunter yet who is level... 14 she is new and random. Down in Westfall I picked up some limited supply recipes that I went to resell in the AH. I am checking now to see what she made. She currently has 4 gold, lets see what she has next. Damn only 2 sold, well she is up to 5 gold.

I don't plan on playing my hunter today but I am going to put up some auctions for her and see what happens. I am re putting up the 2 recipes that did not sell, 5 stacks of linen cloth and 2 10 slot bags. To save on auction house deposit fees I have been testing the 12 hour time slot, which I have done just now with my hunters auctions. These auctions won't make her rich, but gold is gold. And what I want to do (when I play her anyways) is see how much gold I can get on her.

Experiment # 1: The Stockades... Is There Much Gold Potential?

***Note this was typed early this morning in notepad, and I finished typing it up this morning/afternoon***

My 1st experiment is to see how much gold I can get out of this place using my level 70 rogue. However at some point today I may try it on my level 60 mage. I have been recording cloth drops, and amounts of greens roughly and gold if any, well silver giving me more gold, and blues, but no blues yet... My level 27 paladin also was in there quite a few times, so I am sending his cloth off as well to my bank toon.

Anyhow...

Out of all the instances I have seen The Stockades does not drop much for blues. Infact it rarely does drop a blue. There are greens that drop and a lot of cloth though. I would say it’s a good spot to cloth farm :D. However though everything is elite so you would need a group or be higher level if you want to solo it. This is wrote from this morning around 2am but I am posting it today lol.

So here is what I recorded, I did 3 runs on my rogue who is level 70.

Started: 2:18AM - End: 2:40AM. Total Time: 22 Minutes
Went In With: 52 Gold
Came Out With: 54 Gold
Sold Nothing
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Started: 2:42AM - End: 3:00AM. Total Time: 19 Minutes
Came Out With: 56 Gold
Sold Stuff, New Gold Price: 58 Gold
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Started: 3:06AM - End: 3:26AM. Total Time: 20 Minutes
Came Out With: 60 Gold
Sold Stuff, New Gold Price: 61 Gold
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I was gonna do more runs but to tired. So here is some totals.... So no blues :( but
got 21 greens! I know could sell them for pocket change but instead I am sending them away to my mage for they can be disenchanted.
For cloth I got 8 stacks of Wool, 3 stacks of linen and almost 2 of silk! Not bad for 3 runs. Plus 3 low recipes, leather and some scrap coarse stone. However though I am going to bed! In the morning I will post these auctions.

And before logging out I will record my gold which exactly is: 61 Gold, 28 Silver, 7 Copper...

It Is All In The Color...

If your new to WoW you may be wondering what the color code on the text means. Did I confuse you? Apologies if I did... Anyways this is important. Why? If you are not familiar with the color break down of items then you could throw away something of value. Chances of this happening are slim, but I have seen it happen.

So what am I talking about. Every time a item drops it will have either: grey text, white text, green text, blue text or purple text. Refer to the above picture of the grey text item if you are still confused.
These colors tell you if the item is garbage or an AH seller. And in some cases it could be an upgrade for your character.

Here is a breakdown

Grey Items: These items for the most part are useless, this does not mean you should not pick these items up though. At low levels, and even high you should pick these up if you got the bag space and turn around and sell it to vendor. In the beginning you may see a few copper and silver, at higher level though you get a lot of silver, and even up to 3 gold and more on some items. So though useless, I say keep them and collect some pocket change.

White Items: These items sometimes can be junk, depending on your character, but most white items can be used for quest, professions, sometimes low quality upgrades even. You could even sell some of it on the AH and possibly get more of a profit then selling to vendor. So before deciding myself, I carry those items, head to the AH and check prices. At this point you can decide if its worth selling on the AH or to vendor.

Green Items: Good quality items. Starting out at low level most characters are thrilled to see greens drop, that can benefit them anyways. Normally if a green is worthless to you, you can sell it on the AH for someone who can use it. Some greens are not worth selling IMO, so those I vendor trash. Now if you have an enchanter though, I'd say to send the items to your enchanter, they can disenchant the item and get dust or a shard for enchanting. Enchanting mats sell good on the AH most of the time. So selling the disenchant items is a good source of gold, or just keeping it for later enchants.

Blue Items: Rare items, can be worth lots of gold sometimes. However chances of selling these items in the AH sometimes are slim. Most blue items are BOP (Bind On Pickup) so that item will become soulbound to the character who gets it. Meaning if you want to sell it because its worthless to you, you only can to vendor. Or again keep in mind the enchanter can disenchant. There are some BOE (Bind On Equip) blue items but I do believe they have low drop rates. Either way though even if you get BOP items that are no good you can sell to vendor or like said before, send to enchanter.

Purple Items: Epic items. Well if I remember correctly you won't see these until level 30 maybe? I could be wrong on that. Chances are seem very slim to none that a BOE epic will drop but it can happen. Some of these can sell for hundreds to thousands... I got nothing more to say on these because I have always seen only BOP drops that were purple, no wait I guess one time I had a ring drop, took forever to sell though...

Anyways I know most people already knows this, but its here for the newbies and lowbies who may not know. As you quest it is important to know IMO, trashin a good item is sad when you could potentially sell if for lots of gold. Anyhow hope this helps :)

Just Wanna Say Hey For A Minute

Hi, my name is Lee and I started this blog because I love World of Warcraft. And trust me I know how hard it can be just to get your first gold. My first character and only character that has made it to 70 is my gnome rogue. My poor little fella did not get his first gold until level 20!. Yeah... Yeah I know sad. When I made my mage who is now level 60 she got her first gold at level 10. I was new on my rogue not sure how to get the gold and at the time I kept buying unnecessary upgrades that he really did not need.

I’m bit smarter now, thanks to research and help from friends. However though I want more gold. So I have decided that soon, not today, maybe tomorrow or next week I am going to buy Warcraft Wealth because I heard a lot of good things about it. I am going to buy it and follow the guide and post the gold I make and stuff right here. My rogue is poor currently because I have not been playing much, but soon he will have more gold again.

Anyways I am doing this in hopes this guide does prove to me it has potential. As I go I will post my results. I am also doing a side project, its taking kind of long at the moment due to some personal things with my family I need to take care of. So my side project could take another week, but I am going to try and get it done ASAP because I want to share it with anyone who reads my blog.

Why Is WoW Gold So Important?

Starting out in game WoW gold is not that important. Lets face it levels 1 - 10 all your doing anyways is getting your class training done mainly, secondly your profession training. Some people play this way and others buy weapons and armor from vendor, personally I think that is a waste of time. As you quest weapons and armor will fall that you can use. Some quest will reward you with decent armor and weapons as well.

As you level gold will become more important. Not just to satisfy some silly wants, but to make sure your needs are met in game. Ever since the new patch came out, lower level characters have been able to buy their first mount at level 30 instead of 40. This will cause more of a strain on low levels to get the gold needed for their first mount. There are many ways to make gold in WoW, however at low level you will not be able to do all of them.

The fact of the matter though is this, to train your characters class and professions you are going to need gold eventually, it will not always be cheap, higher level gets more expensive. There also is the issue of using flight paths, although they are not expensive by any means, starting out you are going to want to have some silver and copper to fly to wherever it is you are going. Mounts are another thing, level 30, 60 and 70 you can get mounts. Trust me mounts making questing a lot easier.

My pricing may be off slightly, but this is roughly the cost of mounts as you level.

Lots of things can get costly. A simple upgrade, maybe a new weapon, perhaps you want to play around with fireworks and other fun items. Even your repair bill to the Blacksmith is going to get even more costly. Eventually you may want potions and elixirs or the best enchants. It all cost gold. So this site is here to help you in the direction of getting more gold and getting the things you want.