| Did you just start playing WoW or do you have a | | | | items have a buy-out price upto 10-20 times the price |
| brand new character and want to learn how to make | | | | an NPC vendor will buy from you. I personally set my |
| gold very quickly? This article is just for you! I feel it will | | | | prices as follows .... starting price 2x the NPC vendor |
| help a lot of noobs to get started and even some | | | | buy value (around 1.5-2.5s per stack) and a buyout |
| people that just started playing on the brand new | | | | price 5-6 times the NPC buy value unless all the |
| servers and wants to make gold quickly at the lower | | | | competitor sellers buyout prices are way above or |
| levels in the game! | | | | below that, then I set my buyouts at just below theirs. |
| Start as Skinner and a Herbalist or Miner for a while to | | | | A couple of hours work at toon level 6-8 will give you |
| gather resources. You may have to travel to a main | | | | 3-4 stacks of light leather, 2-3 stacks of herbs, 1-2 |
| town to learn these skills early - but its worth doing | | | | stacks or metals bars (yep, smelt them for mining |
| early. | | | | experience before selling them ... if you are "grey" on |
| Skinner as you will be killing many skinable mobs early | | | | smelting copper (ie no mining XP form it), sell the |
| on, and either Herbalist or Miner as the radar marker | | | | stacks of raw ore) and if you are working in an area |
| conflicts - you cant have both a Herbalist and Miner | | | | of humanoids 1-2 stacks of linen cloth. Dont waste |
| radar blip on. I have "toons" that are both Skinner, | | | | your linen on bandages (FirstAid) .. at least not yet. |
| Herbalist and Skinner, Miner ... I think the coin generated | | | | Don't waste bag storage space on grey usable items, |
| is a little better as a Miner (esp as you get occ. gem | | | | ruined pelts, broken teeth etc. unless you are filling up |
| drops in ore placements), but if you choose a dark-elf | | | | an inventory for the run home. Keep green items for |
| as a race go herbalist as the starting area has no | | | | Auction House sale if your toon (or an alt) doesnt need |
| mining resources - there may be an equivalent horde | | | | them. Always set auctions for 24 hours and put a |
| race ! | | | | buyout price about 4-6x the value to an NPC vendor |
| Collect 6 slot bags as quickly as possible ... some will | | | | (again check the Auction House current prices so you |
| drop as loot, others can be bought from tailors ... you | | | | Dont over or under value your items) ... the buyout |
| can do a /who and /tell and offer to buy COD (cash | | | | price allows impatient bidders a way of getting their |
| on delivery) via the mail system so you Dont have to | | | | items quickly - and your money faster. |
| buy from an NPC vendor or go to an Auction House | | | | Mail your major items to your mule for Auction House |
| before you are ready. | | | | Placement, dump the rest of the garbage ontot he |
| Have a "mule" sitting in your factions Auction House | | | | NPC vendor. Each stack will sell at Auction House for |
| Town (eg. Ironforge for Alliance) - create a character | | | | 5-10s per stack easily and up to 20s per stack if the |
| that is closest to the Auction House Town .. best a | | | | demand is right, low level "green" items 5-10s each. My |
| dwarf or gnome for easy access to Ironforge - | | | | first (and still main) toon never got anywhere near this |
| Humans need to travel via Stormwind and the | | | | cash return so early (mage, miner engineer) ... my |
| Underground tram system, Dark-Elves have to travel | | | | current level 10 gatherer is getting 1g per 2 hours of |
| via foot for about 20 minutes through dangerous | | | | game time (mixing it up with questing and general fun) |
| territory to get anywhere near Ironforge for the first | | | | .... a concentrated effort should nett close to 1g per |
| time ... place your character very near a mailbox that is | | | | hour - a huge return for a low level character . Dont |
| not busy. There are two mailboxes near the Auction | | | | choose your crafting profession too early ... you can |
| House in Ironforge - one is always crowded .. crowds | | | | always drop one of your gathering professions for a |
| = lag. Choose the one that is not busy for your log-in | | | | crafting profession once your cash flow is good. |
| log-out place. This mule you will post your stacks to for | | | | Buying unneeded items early eats money. |
| sale at the Auction House. | | | | Buying unneeded skills early eats money. |
| Keep notes of how much a stack of resources (light | | | | Enchanting eats money ! Engineering eats money! |
| leather from skinning, copper ore from mining, silverleaf | | | | Leatherworking, Blacksmithing and Tailoring can feed |
| and peace blossom from herbalism) sell to an NPC | | | | an enchanter, make reasonably good money from |
| vendor but Dont sell to the vendor. | | | | auctioned items later. |
| Check the Auction House prices using the search | | | | Alchemy can be fun and provide a good range of buff |
| facility and take note of the starting and buyout prices | | | | and regen. |
| for the stacks of resources you are selling. Many | | | | |