If you’re the type who keeps track of such things you might want to keep an eye on certain items and what the 4.0 & Cataclysm launches will do to the prices of those items. For example, if you’re farming some item that’s only found in one area and if that area will be completely changed when Cat. hits, will that item still be available? Certain whelps, just to pick one.

OK, 235 gold in the mail this morning.Haven’t decided yet if I’ll start dumping stuff to pump my stats a bit, then start “fresh” on day 31. Probably will. I’ll probably also park an alt at the Darkmoon Faire and see what I can grab from their vendors.

• Raptor flesh, 23,9g
• Iron bar, 29.9g
• Glyphs of the ghoul, Judgement, Mortal Strike, Immolate, and Eviscerate. about 127g there.

4963 gold in pocket, just over 10k on the stats pane. Time to buy some stuff

4852 gold after buying some stuff.

Back later.

• Heavy Leather, 29.6g
• Glyph of Immolate, 33.2g
• Bear meat, 3.9g
• Greater Planer Essence, 12.2g
• Glyph of Unburdened Rebirth, 14.2g
• Glyph of Judgement, 29g
• Glyph of Immolate, 33g

5019 gold in pocket.

• Mark of Kil’jaeden, 28g
• Various glyphs, about 165g total

5235 gold

Only a couple of sales this morning. 4592 gold in pocket.

Posted some stuff and came back later to check for sales.

• Mark of Sargeras, 28.3 per stack of 30, bought at about 40% of that.
• 2 Glyphs of Consecration, for 23.2g each, bought at 4 each
• Black Kingsnake for 5.5g, bought for a few silver

4605 gold in pocket.

A little later:

• Recipe: Shadow Protection Potion, 9.5g
• Mark of Sargeras, 12g
• 5 stacks light leather, 3.8g each
• 3 stacks iron bars, 19.2 each
• Glyph of Horn of Winter, 37g
• Black Kingsnake, 5.5g

4742 gold in pocket.

Opened up the inbox to see 208 gold

• Those 6 stacks of Bronze Bars sold, for 17.2g each
• 4 stacks copper ore, for 8.4g each
• fadeleaf, won on bid for 4.5g, sold for 18.5g
• 2 fel armament, bought for 14 total, sold for 28
• 3 silver bar, bought for 3g, sold for 8.4
• turtle meat, 1 stack, bought at 2g, sold for 9.6

4352 gold in pocket. Back later…  Company will be heading out today, so I’ll have more time.

Later…

• 7 Silver ore, bought for 9, sold for 26.3
• 7 stacks light leather, 4.7g per stack
• 12 Large Prismatic Shard, 56.5g total, bought for 3 to 4g each.
• 1 stack Furious Crawdad, 24g

Bought some herbs and stuff. Back later.

Back… Picked up some recipes

• Sold Rugged Leather, bought at 12, sold at 19
• Sold Raptor Flesh
• Sold Iron Ore, 10 pieces, bought at 10g, sold at 18
• Sold 2 stacks of 3 Large Prismatic Shards for 22.7g per stack
• Medium hide for 4.8g
• 7 stacks linen cloth at 2.8g per stack
• Large fangs for almost 19g
• Glyph of Mortal Strike, 32g
• Glyph of Judgement, 66.5g
• Glyph of Horn of Winter, 66.5g
• Glyph of Charge, 13.8g

4568 gold in pocket. Good night.

Only about 125 gold in sales this morning, mainly through various enchanting dusts. Spent it immediately buying stuff, so I’m just under 4k gold at this point.

Here’s the results from the pros. As you can see, I’m just a newb at this.:

32 challengers…

The total gold accumulation of 745,369 Gold, or an average of 23,292g per challenger, was quite amazing. Can we hit 1 million gold next time?

Nice when you have a few auction up, stuff sells.

• Zesty clam meat, sold for 19.5g
• Raw sunscale Salmon, sold for 20.4g
• Raptor Egg, 11g
• Lion Meat, 9.5g
• 3 stacks Furious Crawdad, sold for 18g per stack
• 1 stack of Arcane Dust, sold for 19g

4147 gold

• Khorium Ore, bought 3 for 17.7g, sold for 91.5g
• Some misc sales

Bought some stuff to post, based on my Auctionator shopping lists. They seemed to have some potential.

• 3 SIlver bars, paid 1g each, posting at 2.95g each
• Silver ore, 7 pieces, paid 9g, posting at 27.6g
• Bronze bars, 6 stacks, 4g each, posting at 18g each
• copper ore, 4 stacks, about 4.5g each, posting at 9g each
• Thorium Bars, 29 of ‘em, paid 43s to 80s per bar, saving for a higher price
• Thorium Ore, 1 stack, paid 12.5g, saving for later
• 6 Tin bars, paid 2g, posting at 8.4g
• 2 Large fangs, 1.75g each, posting at 3.95g each

4144 gold in pocket, stats say 8955 total gold earned

Ok, so next time I do this I have to hit at least 24k in 30 days. (By the way, that’s a gold earned stat, not necessarily gold in pocket.) Still, it’s ain’t bad for starting from scratch. Here’s the link if you want to become a member and see how the experts do it. The second place guy, VekTor, had ten times my “total earned” amount at the end, but he’s just unreal. He also spills all the beans on how he did it.

It’s day 23 and it’s starting a bit slow. Out of town company is still around, but no one is awake, yet., so I can buy some stuff.

If I was going to do this right I’d have alts in certain areas to allow for easy grabbing of limited items. Possibly for easy gathering of some items. A 2nd account would allow for cross-faction trading. For example, buy X for cheap on the Alliance side, sell it for a lot more on the Horde side, and visa versa. That requires characters at the neutral auction houses and some way to keep others from swiping your auctions.

It’d be nice to have a character in Dalaran, but it’s awkward to get there when you’re level 1. I might try it, though…  There are some things you can do in Dal.

Ok, only a couple of things sold:

• Titanium bar, 32.8g
• Recipe: Crispy Lizard tail, 9.5g
• misc other stuff for about 56 gold total, breaking 4k gold. Stats show 8,400 earned to date.

Onward, let’s see what I can buy:

• Looks like no one in interested in Slippery Eel. It’s a food that buffs Defense. I’ve tried posting it several times and gotten zero interest, so I’ll just vendor it, take the hit, and get it out of my inventory.
• Bought 16 Large Prismatic Shards for about 3g each. Selling at 4.95 each
• Stack of Furious Crawdad for about 4.5g
• Couple stacks for Raptor Flesh

Ok, back later, the Alliance is killing the Auctioneers.

One of the things I like about the Massive Gold Blueprint is that the author regularly adds new videos addressing how to profit from the coming 4.0 & Cataclysm expansion. There should be some very nice opportunities. Glyphs should be good again, for awhile, since there will now be Prime, Major, and Minor Glyphs.

I expect the glyph system will be kicked around a bit, but once it settles it might be worth the effort to dust off your inscription skills, pay a visit to the trainer, and get back to work. People will be experimenting with any new glyphs that appear for a while and filling out their dual builds. Eventually it will settle down, but I expect to get back to the gold cap on a couple of servers. Of course, herbs & inks will still be expensive so you might want to start stocking up if you see good deals.There’s on opportunity there for herbalists. All the new inscription work should dry up the herb supply.

The new Reforging system might make crafting interesting is some ways. Take a junk item, merge it with a crafted item, and sell the result. Assuming that reforging doesn’t soul-bind the thing. The patch notes don’t say, one way or the other.

All the stuff I’m doing with this gold run should remain evergreen. The exact items may change, and new ones will certainly appear, but the technique will be the same. Also, keep in mind that old world items (leathers, herbs, etc.) still sell well. People still have to level their crafts and some make mid-level items that sell well, so will be repeat buyers.

Since the whole world will be rebuilt I think we’re in for interesting times.

• Sold a big pile (10 stacks) of Knothide leather scraps (yeah, scraps sell at the right price.) If they’re low enough, and your leatherworking is high enough, you can buy the cheap scraps, make the leather, and sell at a profit.
• Sold some Furious Crawdad
• What’s with all this “sell lots of stuff in stacks of 1″ nonsense? It’s ok for glyphs, but skins? Dusts? Other stackables? Auctionator makes it easy to buy these, but I’ll bet these people are losing sales compared to selling the same stuff in useful stacks.
• How big a stack? Check mats on Thottbot.com and see which stack sizes are most commonly used for crafting particular items. For example, if you need 6 Magic Crystal Whatevers to make the commonly used  really nice enchant then sell your whatevers in stacks of six. Sell your herbs in stacks of multiples of five (20 is better) for scribes.
• Misc other sales.

Buying stuff: bought various dusts and some this and that. Not everything  that I by actually sells. I’ve bought glyphs for 4-5g that will probably be dumped for a lot less. Same for enchanting dusts and other items. You have to take your best guestimate and go from there.

After buying stuff I have 3412 gold in pocket, 7826 earned on the stats page.

Later: Sold some stuff

• large fangs, 22.7g, gathered and some bought at 45s each
• 5 stacks Illusion Dust at 36 to 38g per stack, bought at 20 to 28 per stack
• Glyph of the Ghoul, 32g, bought at 5g
• Glyph of Immolate, 37g, bought at 5g
• Glyph of Conflagrate, 37g, bought at 5g
• Glyph of charge, 24g, bought at 5g
• Bear meat, 16.5g, bought for 1.7g

3786 gold

Later…

• Illusion dust sold for 63 gold
• 5 Fel Armament sold for 71g, bought for about 20g

3947 gold

We have company over for the day, so I won’t be doing much, but no one is awake right now…

Picked up some sales:

1. various cooking recipes, bought for a few silver, sold for about 30g
2. two Glyphs of Judgement, 28g each
3. two stacks heavy leather, 39g
4. large fangs, 23g
5. large prismatic shards, 28g
6. design: Pendant of the Agate Shield, 13+ gold
7. Design: Heavy Iron Knuckles, 7g
8. medium hide, 9g
9. misc other sales

3278 gold in pocket. Too much stuff to five into my bags, time to post some stuff.

3098 gold after buying stuff.

Back much later.

Ok, it’s later.

250g in sales

• Dumped some Soul Dust, sold 7 stacks for 5.9g each, which is only a bit above “break even.”
• Various cooking recipes for 17g
• 2 stacks of 10 Med Hide for 9+ gold each
• 4 stacks light leather for 11.4g each
• 3 glyphs sold for about 84g total
• misc other sales

3349 gold in pocket.

A little later…

• Recipe: Crunchy Spider Surprise, sold for 3.7g
• Recipe: Crispy Bat Wings, sold for 21g
• Raptor flesh, 18g
• Medium hide, 20g
• 6 stacks linen cloth, 24g

3447 gold total

Slow day today, just reposting stuff that didn’t sell. May do some buying later.

OK, it’s morning. Sigh. If only I could get the dogs to let me sleep in a bit longer…

Anyway, here’s what appearing in my inbox overnight:

• Raptor flesh, 21+ gold
• elegant dress, 19.5g
• crunchy serpent, 12g
• heavy leather, about 18 gold

3101 gold in pocket; .6,739 total earned
2864g after buying stuff. so 237 spent

• Piles of various lethers ooooo… leeaaaatherrrr…)
• Experimenting with hide, to see if it’s really worthless or not.
• Leather scraps can make some gold if you catch them cheaply enough.
• Some of my favorite glyphs (EG: Glyph of the Ghoul) for 5g or less. Posting a few, keeping others while waiting for a price bounce.
• Misc other stuff

Posting it now, back later.

By the way, if you want to see how this is really done, check out the blueprint. It’s constantly updated and he’s already working on Cataclysm stuff. Expensive, but I think it’s worth it. You also don’t need to have higher level characters,as I’m showing with these posts. My highest level toon on this server is now a 29 Rogue. Time to mine that Titanium Ore, right?   This is the guide to get if you don’t have high level characters (yes, I know that there are one or two who don’t.) or even if you do.

Hayden Hawke’s Gold Secrets is cheaper, is regularly updated, and is great if you have one or more level 80 (soon to be 85)  toons. It’s also the way to go if you don’t want to do most of your work in the AH.

Another by the way… I also did this, to a small degree, on Fenris. Starting with 10s from basic leveling and a little flower picking, I’m now well over 600g with less than four hours on the bank alt. I got locky with some glyphs of the Ghoul. Bought them at 1g and sold at 55 or so. The glypph market is nowhere near what it was when Wrath came out, but there are still a couple of good spots and Ghoul (along with a couple other glyphs) sells quite well.

At the very least, a level 10 character can mine a few stacks of copper ore and keep herself in decent weapons and a level 20 mount.

It’s now later…

233 gold earned:

• Strange Dust, 23 pieces, bought at 12s each, sold at 29s
• Medium Leather, 4 stacks, sold at 14.2 g, bought at various prices.
• Medium Hide, 21 pieces, sold at 95s per piece, bought at various lower prices
• Light Leather, 7 stacks, sold at 3g/stack, bought at less than half that
• Stack of Iron Bar, bought at 19.6, sold for 30.8
• Greater Nether Essence, bought three Lesser nether essence for 2.5g, combined them sold Greater version for 14.5g
• Glyph of Eviscerate, sold for 13.7g, bought at 5g
• Glyph of Conflagrate, sold for almost 55g, bought at 6g
• Dark Iron Ore, sold for 10g, bought for about 5

Back later…

• Zesty clam meat
• Thorium bars
• Thick Leather
• Clam meat
• misc
• sent 100g to Rogue

3056 gold in pocket