Uh, WHAT happened this week?! That’s an insane looking graph up above. I could hardly believe it. It seems like even though we’re at a bit of a lull with the season right now, and waiting for the next thing to come along – all of the collectors came out of the woodwork.
Sales this week were almost all exclusively high priced transmog. A good handful of crafted pieces also sold, and a bunch of NLA (no longer available) items. The usual items like Blackrock Bulwark, The Glazer, and Firekin were pretty high up on the list. I also saw a few unusual items sell, like a handful of Haunted Mementos, and Baron Charr’s Sceptre (wasn’t expecting that one). I also continued to work on my own recipe collection, I’m narrowing in on the handful left that I need. One goes for approx 2 million on NA (LW recipe where the vendor is no longer available) and I haven’t decided if I’m going to splurge and get it yet or not.
As always, happy gaming, no matter where you find yourself!
I haven’t done a lot of sniping since Dragonflight came out, but sometimes I get bored and want to explore ‘new’ methods of making gold, so when Indopan started talking about Azeroth Auction Assassin(Also called Azeroth Auction Ace, so they don’t show too much ass when the name shortens), I was absolutely interested.
Before we get too far, one thing to note is that this stand alone API sniper is currently behind a Patreon paywall. This isn’t completely unheard of, there are services like Zygor (publishing guides) & goblins like BilisOnyxia & Studden who put their gold making guides for sale and I certainly don’t begrudge them for it, after all, they’ve put in the work. I also realize sniping is not for everyone – and that’s OK. The best part of making gold is that there are lots of different ways to go about it, and if one method isn’t to your liking, I have no doubt that you’ll find another.
There are two common methods of sniping (if you’re not familiar with the term ‘snipe’ it just means buying something from the AH for cheap, typically before someone else can snag the deal, in this version at least). One way is by using an in-game AH addon like point blank sniper that scans your current server in live-time (TSM also has a sniper built in but I’ve found it quite slow since the release of DF, so for the purpose of this article I won’t be talking about it), and the other method uses a program outside of the game, and Blizzard’s public AH API which publishes data once an hour for all servers. You might remember when I started using Mega Alerts, I had to install Docker and follow a lengthy tutorial to get all of that up and running – Azeroth Auction Assassin works the same way, using Blizzard’s public API but it also has an entire GUI built in making it MUCH more user friendly. You create a list of items you want to purchase, with price points (you can also import your list from auctionator), and then once an hour when Blizzard publishes the AH data, it pings you on discord if anything matches the item/price you’ve set. In the screenshot above you can see I went after +speed gear. I set a price of 300g for any 421 (and higher) gear that had +speed on it (that’s what the screenshot below is showing, too). While the more common use for an API sniper is to purchase items on one server for a low price, and then sell them on another server for a higher price, for me it was a nice way to find some recipes I was missing, and some gear.
There are tutorials for everything you might need, an active discord, and a friendly community. The one question I know frequently comes up is “what should I snipe” – and honestly, this is something every goblin out there who wants to snipe has to learn for themselves. What you want to purchase, and what price point you want to purchase it at, is part of the learning process.
When you’re trying to decide what to snipe, look at the big picture. Let’s say you want to snipe pets. Look for ones that are used in teams / popular (use TSM sales rate for this) / or rare. There’s tons of sites out there that list these pets. TCG (trading card game) pets have taken a hit since they’ve been amazon prime / twitch rewards, but they’re still popular. No Longer Available (NLA) items can be popular – but Blizzard also has a history of bringing those back, so do your research. Looking to flip some raid gear? Check out the BiS gear guides over on Wowhead & Icyveins, and add those items to your list. It’s going to be trial and error. It’s still going to require time to sell the items you purchase – and a lot can happen in between there. Maybe the price will suddenly tank, or the drop rate will suddenly increase. Figuring all of that out is a big part of being a goblin, and learning what risks to take when is just a part of it. As I’ve said many times before, even just lurking in the WoW Economy Discord is a great way to pick up some tips and tricks on what to buy – and don’t be afraid to ask questions.
As always, happy gaming, no matter where you find yourself!
Pets and transmog were the big sellers of this week, with the Phoenix Wishwing making the biggest splash. I also sold a Rustmaul Sword for over 300,000g which probably went to another goblin. They’re NLA items that are over inflated to 9,999,999g and I’ve been spending a few months trying to lower the price because there’s no way they’re worth that much (and no way anyone is paying it). A sale is a sale, and I don’t mind if another goblin takes it off of my hands as long as there’s still a nice profit made on my side.
A lot of one time purchases happened this week, and a nice incline on other items. I love looking at the graphs to see where things stand, and just to make sure I’m headed in the direction that I want. I need to restock my crafted items very soon, and I’ve been working on getting faction required for all the recipes that are locked behind that. I’m absolutely loving just how much there is to do, even this far into an expansion.
Woah. This was a HUGE week in sales for me, and I barely even made any sales! There were some incredibly high priced items that filled the market – a green transmog that sold for just shy of 3 million all on its own (you can see that lonely blue dot way at the top on the 28th). I also sold a small handful of expensive recipes, including Gift of Arthas, for just over 300,000g. These recipes were recently returned to the game, and some servers have them priced quite cheap, and others not so much. Blackrock Bulwark, Varruth’s Guillotine, and of course the usual pets – Ethereal Soul-Trader, Guardian Cub, and Hatespark the Tiny all rounded out the week. I hope the rest of February is just as fantastic.
As always, happy gaming, no matter where you find yourself!
A bit better results this time around! I know I’m late posting this, but life(tm) got in the way. So where are we at with our 100 runs of Sunwell Plateau (killing only trash). This is now 4h of ‘work’ on my 61 speed run druid.
Total approx gold earned (runs 1-80): 1,134,000g
Actual amount of gold earned from sales to date: 197,623g
Actual amount of GPH: 49,405g
Value of items still listed on the AH: 17,046g
A few things to note (as always). Number one, if the value was below 200g I vendored it. In the past I didn’t do that, I just put it all up on the AH, but I know the AH fees would get to me over time, so to the vendor it went. Number two, wow, we’re running out of items to sell! I’ve only got 11 items of ‘worth’ left, for 17k. Hopefully I still have enough to interest a few buyers. All of my schematics sold, and I just have a few blue weapons left. I’m playing / selling on a high population server, so things tend to get undercut quickly (but there’s also more buyers, when they happen).
There’s only two more sessions to go and then it will be time to try out a new dungeon. I’m just shy of being able to purchase a token, but for less than 5h of game play, I don’t think that’s too bad. Of course if you REALLY don’t like running dungeons, then don’t bother attempting this. One of the most important points (to me, at least) is that making gold should be an activity that you ENJOY. You’ll be more likely to stick with it – an exception of course is if you’re trying out different methods for content creation purposes or you’re just trying to find what works for you.
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