Well it’s a slippery slope you have to spend money in order to make it. I’m doing really well at the spending money part but making it? Not so much. I’m currently standing at around 8,300g. Let me tell you some of my methods:
I downloaded Auctionator and do my scans pretty frequently and I went on with my day. I saw someone posting Armani Armguards in Trade for 1,500g I checked what auctionator pegged it at, 2500g SWEET! 1000g profit with minimal work, right? wrong! I posted those suckers everyday and the price fell to around 1200g in three days time. I donated them to a guildie because I could bear to look at them any longer.
I’ve been doing my living elements transmutes in Uldum to get some volatile air to post. I quickly learned on my server they go for around 14g, is it really worth selling them? Same goes for Fires and Water, they’re all really cheap.
I haven’t solo’d that much on my shaman because to be honest I don’t really have the time. It’s either running heroic for my valor points or leveling up one alt or another.
I’ve been pretty good about doing my dailies, mostly because I need to get me that drake from Baradin’s Wardens so I’ve been doing those quests if the horde permit me. I also use my Argent Tabard to port myself to the Argent Tourney and I grab some pets which usually sell for upwards of 2500g (This is my most successful gold scheme).
My priest is still leveling up his tailoring so I can’t really utilize him for much, but I’m working on it.
So I’m almost at my bike which is good news but the bad news it that I need lots and lots of gold because I have a few characters that are getting to the Epic Flying level and that is going to be costly. Thanks for reading!
Well, if volatile airs sell for 14g in singles, they may be a bit more in stacks. Even then if the volatile lifes are cheap enough, you’re still making a profit. (Assume life is 7g each and you get the worst proc possible of 14 air and no bonus procs. You spent 105g to make 196g. 91g isn’t bad profit. Treat it like a daily. You made the equivalent of 5 dailies worth in 5 minutes.
Flipping epics is dangerous. If you don’t know the market (which I don’t), you can stand to lose big there.
Slow and steady wins the race. Unsure what you started with, but you’re doing alright. Remember you would’ve had almost 10k by now, but you learned a valuable lesson. Addons aren’t always right.