You’ve decided to either corner a market or buyout a stack of items and are wondering how best to resell them.  Here’s how to maximize your profits.

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Sure, they have more money than you, but it doesn’t matter… at least for me it didn’t. I didn’t want to be like them, was, and is willing to negotiate almost anything, and enjoy being honorable much more than infamous. Different strokes…. Yes, I realize I may be able to make more the other way, [...]

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You return to the game after a break, sure that you’ll see the “new mail” icon on the screen, a new sale, dollar signs for you. Hmm, no mail icon. A mystery to be solved. Why didn’t it sell? It was perfect, a good price, and highly in demand, and certainly by now it should [...]

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Don’t be afraid to sell off an item for slightly less if it looks like you won’t make a profit. Don’t hold onto it forever for a few % profit. Just dump it and find another deal. You want your money to be in circulation, working for you, not static. I can recall several times [...]

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When you’re looking for deals, beware of what seems like a reasonable or even good deal, especially on armor, at least in World of Warcraft.  WoW’s professions have always been extremely broken.  I was in the alpha and remember when Enchanting actually used herbs. Seems strange doesn’t it? Well at that time you could also [...]

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Farmers want one thing, to get rid of their stuff. Fast. For the highest profit. But even better, fast trumps profit. Never be afraid to open up negotiations with someone. Always /w them if they advertise, or if they have something up that you know you might be able to put up for more, and [...]

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When this site gets slightly more mature, I’m going to start my own new character and chart my progress here on the site. But let’s talk about you. You’ve made the plunge. Your friends / co-workers are on another server or you’ve just began playing this huge game for the first time. You’re level 1, [...]

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Should I always have a buyout price? Whether in the trade channel or auction house, you should always have a number in mind, and it should be negotiable. In the auction house, you should generally include a buyout unless you are just testing the waters. On nearly all of my items, I use the same [...]

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There is an exhaustive list of things that sell in World of Warcraft or any other game. Most anything sells in truth, but there are definitely categories people look for and then there are the items people stumble upon just browsing. Weapons: because combat is such a huge part of any mmo (at the time [...]

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What does the new auction house mean to the economy in World of Warcraft? Released in the 2.3 patch, the auction house has received a number of improvements which allow for easier searching, different durations (12, 24, 48), smaller deposits due to this, and many more specific categories. Herbs, metals & stone, pets, holiday items, [...]

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