Posted in Auction House Tips on Dec 31st, 2008
Thanks for coming in 2008, listening to the podcasts, and for all of the great comments and support. Not sure what topic yet, but it is in the plans to start a new series of podcasts for the current market. It was exciting to start from scratch, so perhaps I’ll start anew with different parameters. [...]
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Posted in Auction House Tips on Dec 28th, 2008
As I do every day at some point, while searching on Digg I came across an interesting article by the Zappos CEO (popular online shoe dealer) that actually relates to making money in the auction house, as well as real life. His many points are spot on so please enjoy the article!
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Posted in Auction House Tips on Dec 27th, 2008
A couple weeks ago I saw the Nobles Deck on sale for 4000g. I didn’t buy it and did not look further into it. I don’t know why, but a week later I decided to try the new decks again and saw that the average value is in the 20k range. Imagine, a cool 18000g [...]
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Posted in Auction House Tips on Dec 20th, 2008
So I’ve reached a point in Lich King at which I’m dealing almost solely in epics. That hurts overall sales because now anything less than 200-500g net profit almost seems to be inconsequential. However, with that strategy comes great risk.
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Posted in Auction House Tips on Dec 8th, 2008
A few days ago I made, for me, a record breaking net profit on the sale of one item: 1400g. Today I smashed it. What’s going on with me? It is like I was playing baseball in a clear bubble, able to witness other activity outside of it, but only hitting a home run and [...]
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Posted in Auction House Tips on Dec 3rd, 2008
Today I paid more than I ever have for an item in the auction house in the hopes of re-listing for a profit. What will no doubt seem small potatoes to a few of you was a bit of a risk for me. 2100 gold was the buyout for a pair of non-crafted “tanking” shoulder [...]
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Posted in Auction House Tips on Dec 2nd, 2008
On the main server I’m experimenting with, the market is finally starting to react with fairly predictable results. The most interesting is that while I had a slow period for about a week where I was always at +1k-2k gold net profit and had more inventory in the auction house, suddenly I find myself in [...]
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