Beginner Guide To The World of Warcraft Auction House
After more than three years of experience, I learned many gold tips, and I am here to share with you one method that will help you get started.
When I walked into Darnassus Auction House for the first time on my first toon ever, I was astounded by the traffic flow of items. Something just clicked in that moment; the simple rule of ‘buying low and selling high’ popped into my mind.
There was one predicament though, I gambled on the items that I purchased. I never knew if a profit could be made from any of the items that I bought. Surprisingly, I was still making a profit.
I made a level 1 character; I ran her to the nearest Major city and just sat her in the Auction House. I would logon to this alt 2-3 times a day to buy/sell in the Auction House.
As time went by, my brain became more familiar with the items, I was remembering item prices and I was profiting a lot faster. When my main character turned level 40, my alt had turned 30 silvers into more than 100 gold.
Most of my purchases from the Auction House were not weapons or armors. I avoided them because they usually have large deposit fees, so if they don’t sell, the deposit fee is lost.
Enchanting mats were my main target as they don’t have any deposit fee, funny at the time I didn’t even know what enchanting mats were, I just knew I could make a fortune off of them.
When the addon Auctioneer came out, it saved me so much time. I did not have to sort through pages of Auctions; the addon automatically scans the entire Auction House and provide you with recommended list of items.
I bought a lot of items that never ended up selling. One case that I still remember til this day was the purchase of Mass of McGowan (1 year pre-BC). I remember listing this item more than 10 times and it just wouldn’t sale, I just gave up eventually because the deposit fee was killing me.
There are always risks involved when bidding in the Auction House, but in order to make the big profits, there will always be some risk.
