Auctioneer - Resale Does it really work ? Summary

Auctioneer Resale

Well so I had recently come back to wow and I wanted to start getting some gold as I had never really had more then I had needed , I had done a lot of trading in previous games but never wow .

So I started to reading the web and came across a post on JMTC doing a review of auctioneer called Auctioneer Review : Easy gold . So I have been using auctioneer since I started playing wow but just using it to post my items I gathered post dungeons or crafting .

So I read the comments and one said : I received a tell in game a few days ago from a player who used my system combined with auctioneer to go from 100 gold to 6000 gold in two weeks. Now that's encouraging :)

Ok so is this going to be possible ? So I decided to try it out and blog about it .

So to start I decided to set some rules .

• I could only use the resale function or manual searches
• I Couldn’t use trade chat

What I had to start with :

A level one Mage

1000g

A guild bank with 3 bank tabs

So day one I went onto the AH and hit the scan button the scan took around 15 minutes and then I was ready . I then went into the search tab and selected the resale option and ran the search . You normally get a large amount of results here and you need to be careful what you buy .

The 3 Rules :

• Start with low value items
• IF your not sure of a item don’t Buy
• Watch for Market manipulations

Staring with Low value items :

When starting out you need to play it safe and look at items that sell well and offer ok profit . Trade good offer the most safety in wow as people will always need them .Other good markets to look at are recipes and also pets . But its important to not risk too much on a single item at a early stage .

If you are not sure don’t Buy

Its amazing what sells on the AH and also at the same time what doesn’t sell if your not sure about a item google search it or look on the TUJ and see what average prices are . Especially when you are starting its important not to have stock that doesn’t move .This is also important if you plan to flip a item .

Watch for Market Manipulations

Have you ever seen that item on the AH for 99999g ? Or items way above there actual value ?

The Reason that this is done is to mess about with the scan data from the addons people use so when you look to see if items are a good deal you see a small percentage of the normal price .Be careful here and if you think a deal is too good stop and check.

So where do you find the best deals for resale ?

The are a couple of tips that have worked for me when looking for items for resale .

• Items with no Bids
• Items that will be ending shortly
• Items that have just been listed

Even though you wont win every auction that you bid on the more you do bid on the more you will win . With items that will be ending shortly just sort the AH by time remanding and have a look at what’s is about to end if you see a good deal then grab it . Its also the same for Items that have just been listed just sort the AH by time remaining and then you can see what has been just listed . I found a great time to get items is about 11pm-1am as this is when people log off to go to bed and will dump all there goods they want to sell on the AH .

So I have to say I was very surprised that it worked as well as it did do , I started out with 1000g and on day seven I had 1300 gold 7000 g of foods on the Auction house 3 guild tabs and my bank full off goods ready for Cata . I only spent 1 hour to 1 and a ½ each day on the Auction House and that is including the scan time .

Zoxy