Guest Post: Auction House Farming

Posted by admin on 03 23rd, 2009

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Author: Level 80 Rogue Now let’s take a look at a highly risky, situational, and aggressive way to make gold. Not recommended for the feint of heart and your mileage may vary. Auction House Farming The easiest way to make gold in WoW is to play the auction house. My old roommate has made 35,000g in the last few months with this method. Buy low, sell high. It’s a pretty simple process really. Look for common items in the auction house that sell for 30g-50g such as Frozen Orbs, Arctic Furs, low level cloth/leather/enchanting supplies. BUY ALL OF THEM. This takes a large amount of gold to start doing, but it will roll in faster than any other way of making gold in my experience. Buy all of the item of your choosing. Put them right back on the AH for 20-50% higher than what you bought them for. For example, you buy 10 frozen orbs at 50g a piece; I know from experience that consumers will buy them for upwards of 90g per, and get em back up for auction as quickly as possible. The trick is taking the time to watch those orbs like a hawk. Buy up any that are put up less than your price and put those right back up as well. A high amount of starting capital is needed, I would recommend 2000 gold to start this venture. Being a bastard With cloth, orbs, or just about anything that is usually bought in massive amounts, you can use to trick people into buying. Do your whole buying out of the item you want, then take an epic of similar value to whatever item you put up (in total amount) say spam in trade chat. “WTT [epic item] for 300x Frostweave Cloth” people will buy your cloth like mad to trade the item, then all you have to do is say “Oh, i already traded it, sorry.” It is NOT recommended you do this with your main, set up a character that has “bank” in the title of their name to make it more believable for the consumer. High End AH Farming As your capital increases, so does your buying power. Once you get a bank roll of 20,000g or so, you can start buying darkmoon cards, epic weapons, and the like. Increasing the amount of money you make per day substantially (potential of 2000-3000 gold per day). I’ve seen several people with bankrolls of over 100k gold using this method. Watch Yourself Or you’ll lose it. This is a risky venture to begin with and you need to be careful because someone who has been hording his 200 abyss crystals for months decides to put them all on the AH for 20g less than you a piece. It can happen, and with a low bankroll, you cant buy him out. Creating a shortage Think OPEC. Leave your tanker at sea for a week or two to make the people starve for gas. Meaning; buy out all of one item. And only put 1 or 2 back up for an OBSCENE price. Like 120g frozen orb or 250g abyss crystal if you have the capital. Creating a shortage in the supply; thus increasing the demand. When demand increases, so does price. Using this method, you can also draw out the people that really want to undercut you, buying their items for much less than you are selling them for, creating a larger profit margin for yourself. Want to submit a guest post? Read this !

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