…legal ways to make money in an mmo
Posted in Auction House Tips, Just Starting on Nov 25th, 2007
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, [...]
Posted in Auction House Tips on Nov 19th, 2007
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 minimum [...]
Posted in Auction House Tips on Nov 15th, 2007
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 of [...]
Posted in Auction House Tips on Nov 13th, 2007
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, [...]
Posted in Auction House Tips on Nov 11th, 2007
Though I’m using the example of World of Warcraft, these techniques may apply to any auction house where the latest postings appear on the last page, or where there are many categories to search through, which is pretty much all of them. It’s a given that you’re wanting to look for a good deal. The [...]
Posted in Auction House Tips, Community Resources on Nov 9th, 2007
So you’re starting to learn the knack of searching, but are getting kind of aggravated at the sheer amount of items in the game? Do you really have to learn all of them to have a leg up? Of course not. Here’s what I do. By now I know by heart most all of the [...]
Posted in Auction House Tips on Nov 8th, 2007
My first mmo was Everquest, not too long after it went live, back in July ‘99. Its main currency was platinum pieces. Everquest was the campathon game extraordinaire. You and a group of 5 others plunked yourselves in one spot, and “camped” the respawning creatures there until either a) you got enough experience to level, [...]
Posted in Auction House Tips on Nov 7th, 2007
Interesting experience tonight at the ah. One of the… no, *the* main gold farmer/rip off auctioneer was being his usual self in the trade channel… that is, smarmy, wise-cracking, getting attacked by just about everyone because of his insane prices, the usual guy popping in “defending” the auctioneer to gain a few brownie points. It [...]
Posted in Auction House Tips on Nov 6th, 2007
My guild’s name was the Fair Merchant Consortium. I had grand visions of a group of auctioneers on the server all working together in a common bank, where people would know our name, trust our transactions that were fair, and provide a wide range of services. Working at a company and with a wife and [...]
Posted in Auction House Tips, Trade Channel Tips on Nov 5th, 2007
So how’d you do? If you haven’t yet read my last post, or you’re pretty new to auctioneering, please see: Auctioneering 101: Observe before reading this.
Just because you’re smart doesn’t mean you should know the stuff I’m going to teach. It takes practice, some trial and error, and some mistakes. I have to say though, [...]
