| Gold selling sites seem to be all the rage. What a lot | | | | the current going rate. That rate fluctuates on a daily |
| of people don't understand is you can make money | | | | basis, but it's a good starting point. Be realistic with |
| doing what you already do in World of Warcraft. And | | | | the list: if you're level 58, fel iron is potentially minable, |
| if you mine? It's easy money anyone level five or | | | | but you're not going to be able to do so without |
| higher can make. | | | | spending most of your time killing angry beasts. |
| Most people think of epic gems, titansteel, and | | | | Now that you have your list, go mine! Give yourself a |
| eternals to make money, but the fact is, people | | | | time limit, nothing will burn you out faster than |
| need what comes from mining at any level. So, if | | | | spending 8 hours mining simply to sell on the |
| you're level 10, and worrying about that mount that's | | | | auctionhouse. An hour of mining for one or more |
| coming up at 20, you can easily make up that money | | | | ores should give you enough stuff to auction. |
| before you get there, simply by using the mining skill | | | | When you get ready to auctiuon off your mining |
| you already have. | | | | materials, consider how you want to sell them. Not |
| If you want to make money, the first thing you | | | | everything should be sold in full stacks. People need |
| should do is head to the auction house. Once there, | | | | one or two items as often as they need 10 or 20. As |
| look under trade goods and see what sorts of metal, | | | | a rule of thumb, bars should be sold in ones, twos, |
| stone, and gems are up for auction. Bars and ore are | | | | fives, tens, and stacks, and ore in multiples of 5. |
| always popular, people who don't mine (or don't want | | | | Multiples of five lets jewelcrafters prospect. Gems |
| to smelt) will buy the bars, and those skilling up | | | | should be sold in singles or pairs, and stone should be |
| mining, or prospecting for gems will buy your ore. | | | | sold in even amounts, or tens and full stacks. The |
| Gems are also popular, especially if you have a | | | | more you sell, the more you'll get used to what sells |
| surplus of any gem that can be cut, so Outland and | | | | and what doesn't on your server. |
| Northrend gems. Stone may or may not be popular, | | | | Pricing can take a while to get figured out; prices are |
| it all depends on the stone you have. Rough stone is | | | | different on the weekends than week days, and can |
| plentiful, but dense stone, and even coarse stone can | | | | also vary from one faction to the other. You'll want |
| sell for quite a bit. | | | | to undercut your competitors, so you stuff will sell |
| Once you've browsed the auction house, pull up a | | | | sooner, but not by so much that you end up |
| text file or piece of paper, and take note of the | | | | dragging the prices way down. A few silver should be |
| things you're able to mine up and put for auction, and | | | | enough. |