September 2019

Flipping for Profit

stargrace September 25, 2019 0Comment

The best way I have found to make money in world of warcraft – is to branch out in many different markets, never staying with just one, and learning your server as patches and raids evolve and change. I happen to play on a lower population NA realm, and my sales differ compared to a high population. Things tend to move a bit slower, and potions are not a big seller on raid night compared to other servers.

That being said, there IS money to be made. It’s only by branching out that I get to discover this. Posted above is my most recent sales and flips. Items I purchased for one price and then sold for a higher price. When the market is flooded the price dives down, but on days where the items are used in a quest they tend to go way up. You can see my largest profit was from reselling a flask of the undertow that I purchased for 499g and then sold for 902g – but I only sold one out of the 4 I bought so far. Bigger sales but smaller profits include ink, battle potion of intellect, leather, and silk. These are not consumables, but are still money in the bank.

Problem is of course you’re not the only person out there doing this and the market can get flooded. Someone put up 28 stacks of 200 for well under the normal cost and there’s no way I want to try to sell all of that off unless I can craft it into something that would actually move. It really does take a bit of time and effort to learn your server, but once you get there the rewards are certainly worth it.

Road to 5 million (again) in 365

stargrace September 22, 2019 0Comment

I am a firm believer that it is never too late to go after something you want. You might have to approach it from a different angle than you had originally imagined, but eventually, you’ll get there. Thus, when I decided that I really did want to earn that 5 million gold mount even though I had squandered away almost all of my millions and making money in BFA is more difficult than it had been previously (especially with folks jumping ship to classic left right and center) I knew it would be an achievable goal. Eventually.

I’m a casual player at the best of times, so I set myself with a 365 day goal. A year. That means each day I should bring in at least 13,699 gold. Some days I’ll get more, some days I’ll get less, but overall it should be roughly that amount in order to hit my goal. I’m hoping to achieve it in MUCH less than 365 days, but that would just be a nice bonus.

I’m back to playing just alliance, I faction changed my monk (my main for the past few years) and organized all of my items and characters. I’m still playing classic but it’s much more of a ‘playing the AH and not much else’ game these days. I simply don’t have the time to dedicate to it that it requires. NOT the fault of the game. After all, 15 years ago when I played I wasn’t married, didn’t have a kid (let alone two) and time was readily available even though I may not have known it right then.

Excited? YES I am. I love giving myself goals like this in game. Will I succeed? Who knows, last time I failed gloriously. I reached just over 3 million and then spent it on a lot of stuff. We’ll see if I can stick with it this time.

As always, happy gaming, no matter where you find yourself!