Being 'out of gold' is pretty common among new WoW players. I was in your shoes once, not able to buy the items that I want.
Now that I am a lot more experienced, I would like to give some tips that will help newer players to make a decent amount of gold when starting out.
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.
Problem was, it was very hard for me to gauge which item to buy at which prices. It was more of a gamble than anything else, I never knew if I was going to profit from the items I bought or not.
A huge time saver was to create a level 1 alternative character, I left him in the Ironforge. Every day I would logon to him to do my biddings on the Auction House.
The gold in my stash increased as time went by and as I become familiarize myself with the Auction House. My alt started with a measly 50 silvers, by the time my main reached level 40, I was able to purchase my normal mount right away and still have 30-40 gold left.
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.
Later, I found out about addons like Auctioneer which actually sorts out the items that are potentially profitable. Aside from the occasional UI glitch, this addon was a total lifesaver.
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.
You live and learn from your mistakes right?
By: Jim Wapp
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