I’ve been digging for a few hours for actual studies to support a peak time economic theory, but have thus far come up short, so if anyone finds a link, please feel free to contact me.

There are two main peak times in an MMO. The every day peak hours and the “entire weekend”. In any adult-played MMO, where work becomes a factor, peak hours every day are around 7-8pm. This is when the majority of people are logged on and searching or posting. Then there is the weekend. The population on weekends is noticeably higher in any MMO, and the peak hours are greatly expanded, from about 3pm to 10pm, with many more people logged on throughout the day.

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Tags: auction house, General tips, Timing

In my March to 1000g podcast series I go through several trade channel negotiations to make big deals, exactly what I say and do and think. I believe that this topic is itself worthy of a small series and so I’m going to cover the Art of Negotiating in several posts. These techniques will be applicable any time you chat or barter with others, and will be particularly effective when the trade channel helps open up negotiations. The first part is attitude.

• Always be open to negotiation. It is the basis of trade. People expect it from honest, real people, (and even dishonest people) and respect you when you budge a little but not a lot. But you’re not necessarily after they’re respect, you want profit. Negotiation has the benefit of making things happen – it’s like the enzyme in any deal. A stubborn seller gets two choices: either a yes, or a no. Either 100% of what they’re asking, or nothing. A negotiator gets 100%, 50%, or 150% of what they really want, but rarely nothing. Their money is active and working even when they make less of it. Continue Reading »

Tags: negotiation, trade channel

First, I’d like to give a nod to Og who’s similar auction house website can be found here: http://ogsledger.blogspot.com/. He’s contributed to this site’s comments and has been a supporter of my tutorial podcast series (even though his attention span needs a little work . His site is an interesting one and he covers actually a different market than myself, that of commodities and lower priced bargains. He’s also a big fan of auctioneer and has provided some great tutorials!

Here’s a subject that I’ve touched on a couple times, and others have mentioned. Now I’ll cover it in more depth. Having an auction house alt (alternate character) in any game is important for several reasons. First, a definition:

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Tags: auction house alt, world of warcraft

Welcome to the last of the tutorial series where I take a brand new character (Night Elf Druid) from scratch on a brand new server and earn 1000 gold in the game World of Warcraft. This is without the help of any addons, extra characters, or of course, begging!

This is the podcast I didn’t think I’d make. Instead I thought I’d make one with about 500g several days ago, a step backward because most of my money was tied up. With a little persistence, however… things happen. I also attempted to follow the advice of a poster on the main page with regard to normalizing the audio quality so hopefully it will sound a tad better for some people.

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Tags: auction house tips, Just Starting, march to 1000 gold, podcast

Welcome once again to this tutorial series where I take a brand new character (Night Elf Druid) from scratch on a brand new server and earn 1000 gold in the game World of Warcraft. This is without the help of any addons, extra characters, or of course, begging!

This is the podcast where I make many smaller deals (10-20g +) and some larger to catapult myself into a different league altogether. Enjoy!

To listen to the 6th Podcast, go here:
WoW March to 1000 Gold: 6th Podcast, 643g26s

Thanks for listening, and see you the next!

Tags: auction house tips, Just Starting, march to 1000 gold, podcast

Welcome once again to this tutorial series where I take a brand new character (Night Elf Druid) from scratch on a brand new server and earn 1000 gold in the game World of Warcraft. This is without the help of any addons, extra characters, or of course, begging!

This is an exciting podcast. The lessons are bigger, the money is bigger, and it’s multiple sessions of “work” all condensed into one podcast. Enjoy!

To listen to the 5th Podcast, go here:
WoW March to 1000 Gold: 5th Podcast, 25g14s

Thanks for listening, and see you the next!

Tags: auction house tips, Just Starting, march to 1000 gold, podcast

Thanks again to those who have given feedback, and that even if you haven’t, it’s my hope you’re getting something from this tutorial series. This is where I take a brand new character (Night Elf Druid) from scratch on a brand new server and earn 1000 gold in the game World of Warcraft. This is without the help of any addons, extra characters, or of course, begging!

In this podcast, things start to heat up financially. Though I begin not having spent all the remaining money in my account for the first time (97s was in my account when I checked the mailbox), things are looking up fairly quickly.

To listen to the 4th Podcast, go here:
WoW March to 1000 Gold: 4th Podcast, 2g97s

Thanks for listening, and see you the next!

Tags: auction house tips, march to 1000 gold, podcast

Thanks again to those who have given feedback, and that even if you haven’t, it’s my hope you’re getting something from this tutorial series. This is where I take a brand new character (Night Elf Druid) from scratch on a brand new server and earn 1000 gold in the game World of Warcraft. This is without the help of any addons, extra characters, or of course, begging!

In this podcast, which is significantly shorter than the last, I make several more buys and play a little more with searching in the very early stages of having a lot of money… which is inevitable!

To listen to the 3rd Podcast, go here:
WoW March to 1000 Gold: 3rd Podcast, 1g95s

Thanks for listening, and see you the next!

Tags: auction house tips, Just Starting, march to 1000 gold, podcast

First, a huge thanks to those that have replied and given feedback, either in the comments here or on the forum. Welcome once again to this tutorial series where I take a brand new character (Night Elf Druid) from scratch on a brand new server and earn 1000 gold in the game World of Warcraft. This is without the help of any addons, extra characters, or of course, begging!

The 2nd podcast is a big one, and I take it live as I actually am searching through the auction house, and discuss what I see, what I buy, and what I do with the limited money I currently have after the 1st episode (which was 95 silver after collecting all the earnings from the first). You’ll find all the podcasts right on the forum with images. Feel free to reply to the posts with commentary, discussion, or advice of your own.

To listen to the 2nd Podcast, go here:
WoW March to 1000 Gold: 2nd Podcast, 95s

Thanks and looking forward to the 3rd! Will give those auctions a little time to sell

Tags: auction house tips, Just Starting, march to 1000 gold, podcast

Welcome to the first of the series where I take a brand new character on a new server in World of Warcraft to 1000g, explaining everything I do in the process without using the help of an add-on or other characters. I’ve decided that this will be a podcast. It’s actually my first, so I ask that you understand that the quality and/or professionalism will likely (I hope) improve and I’m hoping that you’ll provide constructive feedback on how it can be better or what you’d like to hear.

What I’ll do is link to its own thread in a special forum where every one will be listed for download at the top, along with screenshots. In this way, people will be allowed to reply to them.

Summary of 1st Podcast: Introduction, and taking a brand new Night Elf Druid through level 9 all the way to Stormwind… the big city.

Without further ado, please go here for the 1st podcast:
WoW March to 1000 Gold: 1st Podcast

Preview of 2nd Podcast: What I looked at for the first sale, what I bought and was I successful? This will be the first time where I actually podcast as I’m playing and looking through the ah.

Tags: auction house tips, Just Starting, march to 1000 gold, podcast