Playing the AH game

[crowdx]

I think you guys should get jobs in the stock market lol. Essentially the AH is the stock market but working in a video game
My biggest frustration these days is how cheap Frostweave bags are selling for, no idea why the market fell so hard but bags that sold for 70g are now selling for less than 50g on my server (Uther).
My only constant gold maker has been transmutes. I do not play the AH, instead I just post any excess mats I have (had enchanters that I DE all the dungeon drops from) and this can make a bit of gold here and there.
Otherwise I do the dailies as per the guide posted here, but I do think it gets VERY boring really fast.
I have found that running dungeons and just selling greys can just about keep up with repair bills for the dungeons.

[Bigfish]

I think you guys should get jobs in the stock market lol. Essentially the AH is the stock market but working in a video game

The stock market require a significant investment of real money. Personally, I estimate I need about 30k before I can really make any good money, and there is a LOT more involvement. Plus, the AH is really more like a giant flea market than a stock market. There are many, many layers to stock performance that the AH can't even begin to replicate.

As far as AH tips go, I'd say find an overvalued corner of the market, and capitalize on it. I'm making about 300G a day selling Saronite Swordbreakers. Buy the mats, put it up for sale with a 15% mark up, wait for it to sell reinvest the proceeds. Everyone else is tring to sell the things at a 50% gouge, which I find excessive.

Watch trade, see what people are asking others to craft for them. Those are going to be your high volume goods you can swoop in on. Just don't go dumping 20 of something, because you can induce a panic, and everyone starts undercutting terribly. With titanium, I transmute from saronite, and put up 5 bars at a time, at a hair cheaper than the cheapest price. More often than not, they sell, and the other cheapest person is none the wiser they are being undercut.

[alcattle]

Watch trade, see what people are asking others to craft for them. Those are going to be your high volume goods you can swoop in on. Just don't go dumping 20 of something, because you can induce a panic, and everyone starts undercutting terribly. With titanium, I transmute from saronite, and put up 5 bars at a time, at a hair cheaper than the cheapest price. More often than not, they sell, and the other cheapest person is none the wiser they are being undercut.

I was thinking about this very product as I hope to have a transmute master soon. Already have a miner. One bar prices on my realm...I see titanium is the lowest, with Saronite and cobalt very close, all within 5g. Why transmute 8 bars of saronite for the price of one titanium? I am sure I am wrong, people can't be all stupid. I will double check to make I was not looking at stacks of the lower bars. Also this is wrong but also fair as ore has other uses, but 1 T. ore is like 11g and 1 bar is 16g. You lose money by smelting ore.