Take Advantage of Laziness

If you think about it, the driving force behind any economy is LAZINESS. People don't want to take the time (or can't, in most cases) to do themselves what they can pay others to do. We don't cut down trees and make our beds, we buy them. We don't forge our cooking knives, we buy them.

The same holds true to World of Warcraft. An non-mining character won't drop their professions and respec to mining in order to get ore. They'll let someone else do it, and buy it from them. This is, of course, what makes the Auction House so darn useful. It's "conservation of labor" if you will: The same amount of work gets done (the mining of the minerals), it's just shifted to someone else. (Kind of like the law of conservation of energy, I know!)

But it doesn't stop there. It's possible to capitalize on that laziness without even putting in any significant effort. In this case, it's taking advantage of a combination of laziness and ignorance. Hey, you gotta do what you gotta.

There are tons of vendors throughout the world who sell limited quantity items. You can tell by the little number in the corner of the box displaying the picture - that means there are only "x" of them left available. Usually, there are only 1 or 2, and when they're gone, they're gone until the vendor restocks them. So what do we have?

• Items that aren't in high supply.
• Items that many people don't even know come from vendors.
• Items you can buy for a very small amount, and sell for very good profit on the Auction House.

Since most players won't be willing to go around and search for these limited-quantity items, they'll instead buy them when they pop up on the Auction House!

Small Pets
At one time, the pets that came from vendors were in vogue. When WoW was shiny and new, everyone had them, and there was money to be made by buying them from vendors and reselling them in the Auction House. Now, most WoW players are too hardened to care about these useless pets. Not much profit to be made here anymore. However, if you should happen to find a Whelpling (Dark, Emerald, or Crimson), you can sell them for up to 100 gold. Be warned, they have a low drop rate. In my opinion, they too inconsistent to be worth farming.

Profession Recipes, Patterns, and Schematics
That leaves us with crafting patterns, cooking recipes, and various green items. Almost all characters have a crafting recipe of some sort and cooking. That means that any recipes or patterns will be appealing to a very broad audience. The best part is, unless someone knows these come from a vendor, odds are they've never seen a lot of them, which will increase the odds that they'll buy, because they'll assume it's hard to get! If you click the links, they will send you to the corresponding thottbot page, where you can see the name and zone for the vendor selling the item.

Cooking Recipes
Cooking recipes sell very well on the Auction House. Because everyone can learn cooking, it's very useful, and just plain fun, recipes tend to be in high demand, especially ones essential to continue to raise your skill.

Recipe: Baked Salmon Cooking (275)
Recipe: Bat Bites Cooking (50)
Recipe: Blackened Basilisk Cooking (315)
Recipe: Blackened Sporefish Cooking (310)
Recipe: Blackened Trout Cooking (300)
Recipe: Brilliant Smallfish Cooking (1)
Recipe: Bristle Whisker Catfish Cooking (100)
Recipe: Carrion Surprise Cooking (175)
Recipe: Clam Bar Cooking (300)
Recipe: Clam Chowder Cooking (90
Recipe: Cooked Glossy Mightfish Cooking (225)
Recipe: Crispy Bat Wing Cooking (1)
Recipe: Crispy Lizard Tail Cooking (100)
Recipe: Dragonbreath Chili Cooking (200)
Recipe: Egg Nog Cooking (35)
Recipe: Feltail Delight Cooking (300
Recipe: Filet of Redgill Cooking (225
Recipe: Fillet of Frenzy Cooking (50)
Recipe: Giant Clam Scorcho Cooking (175)
Recipe: Gingerbread Cookie Cooking (1)
Recipe: Golden Fish Sticks Cooking (325)
Recipe: Grilled Mudfish Cooking (320)
Recipe: Grilled Squid Cooking (240)
Recipe: Heavy Crocolisk Stew Cooking (150)
Recipe: Heavy Kodo Stew Cooking (200)
Recipe: Hot Smoked Bass Cooking (240)
Recipe: Hot Wolf Ribs Cooking (175)
Recipe: Jungle Stew Cooking (175)
Recipe: Lean Venison Cooking (110)
Recipe: Lean Wolf Steak Cooking (125)
Recipe: Lobster Stew Cooking (275)
Recipe: Loch Frenzy Delight Cooking (50)
Recipe: Longjaw Mud Snapper Cooking (50)
Recipe: Mightfish Steak Cooking (275)
Recipe: Mithril Head Trout Cooking (175)
Recipe: Monster Omelet Cooking (225)
Recipe: Mystery Stew Cooking (175)
Recipe: Nightfin Soup Cooking (250)
Recipe: Poached Bluefish Cooking (320)
Recipe: Poached Sunscale Salmon Cooking (250)
Recipe: Ravager Dog Cooking (300)
Recipe: Roast Raptor Cooking (175)
Recipe: Feltail DelightCooking (300)

Alchemy
Potions can make or break an instance raid. There are potions to give mages more power, warriors more health and defense, rogues more agility, and of course, health and mana potions, which are essential to everyone. There are still many useful and powerful recipes from vendors, and most sell well to other players.

Recipe: Fire Protection Potion Alchemy (165)
Recipe: Free Action Potion Alchemy (150)
Recipe: Frost Oil Alchemy (200)
Recipe: Frost Protection Potion Alchemy (190)
Recipe: Ghost Dye Alchemy (245)
Recipe: Holy Protection Potion Alchemy (100)
Recipe: Philosopher's Stone Alchemy (225)
Recipe: Great Rage Potion Alchemy (175), Warrior
Recipe: Major Healing Potion Alchemy (275)
Recipe: Major Dreamless Sleep Potion Alchemy (350)
Recipe: Elixir of Camouflage Alchemy (305)
Recipe: Elixir of Major Defense Alchemy (345)
Recipe: Elixir of Shadow Power Alchemy (250)
Recipe: Elixir of Superior Defense Alchemy (265)
Recipe: Nature Protection Potion Alchemy (190)
Recipe: Elixir of Major Frost Power Alchemy (320)
Recipe: Elixir of Shadow Power Alchemy (250)
Recipe: Elixir of Superior Defense Alchemy (265)
Recipe: Rage Potion Alchemy (60), Warrior

Tailoring

Pattern: Admiral's Hat Tailoring (240)
Pattern: Azure Silk Cloak Tailoring (175)
Pattern: Azure Silk Gloves Tailoring (145)
Pattern: Black Swashbuckler's Shirt Tailoring (200)
Pattern: Blue Linen Robe Tailoring (70)
Pattern: Blue Overalls Tailoring (100)
Pattern: Bolt of Imbued Netherweave Tailoring (325)
Pattern: Bolt of Soulcloth Tailoring (345)
Pattern: Bright Yellow Shirt Tailoring (135)
Pattern: Crimson Silk Cloak Tailoring (180)
Pattern: Crimson Silk Robe Tailoring (205)
Pattern: Enchanted Mageweave Pouch Tailoring (225)
Pattern: Enchanted Runecloth Bag Tailoring (275)
Pattern: Enchanter's Cowl Tailoring (165)

Leatherworking

Pattern: Barbaric Bracers Leatherworking (155)
Pattern: Barbaric Leggings Leatherworking (170)
Pattern: Black Dragonscale Breastplate Leatherworking (290)
Pattern: Black Whelp Cloak Leatherworking (100)
Pattern: Black Whelp Tunic Leatherworking (100)
Pattern: Chimeric Gloves Leatherworking (265)
Pattern: Comfortable Insoles Leatherworking (300)
Pattern: Deviate Scale Cloak Leatherworking (90)
Pattern: Deviate Scale Gloves Leatherworking (105)
Pattern: Devilsaur Gauntlets Leatherworking (290)
Pattern: Earthen Leather Shoulders Leatherworking (135)

Engineering

Schematic: Accurate Scope Engineering (180)
Schematic: Adamantite Rifle Engineering (350)
Schematic: Adamantite Scope Engineering (335)
Schematic: Adamantite Shells Engineering (335)
Schematic: Blue Firework Engineering (150)
Schematic: Cogspinner Goggles Engineering (340)
Schematic: Deadly Scope Engineering (210)
Schematic: Deepdive Helmet Engineering (230)
Schematic: Delicate Arcanite Converter Engineering (285)
Schematic: EZ-Thro Dynamite II Engineering (200)
Schematic: Fel Iron Toolbox Engineering (325)
Schematic: Fel Iron Toolbox Engineering (325)
Schematic: Fused Wiring Engineering (275)
Schematic: Green Firework Engineering (150)
Schematic: Gyrofreeze Ice Reflector Engineering (260)
Schematic: Ice Deflector Engineering (155)
Schematic: Lovingly Crafted Boomstick Engineering (120)
Schematic: Masterwork Target Dummy Engineering (275)
Schematic: Mechanical Dragonling Engineering (200)
Schematic: Minor Recombobulator Engineering (140)
Schematic: Mithril Mechanical Dragonling Engineering (250)
Schematic: Red Firework Engineering (150)
Schematic: Snake Burst Firework Engineering (250)
Schematic: Thorium Grenade Engineering (260)
Schematic: Thorium Tube Engineering (275)
Schematic: Thorium Widget Engineering (260)
Schematic: Truesilver Transformer Engineering (260)
Schematic: Ultra-Spectropic Detection Goggles Engineering (350)
Schematic: White Smoke Flare Engineering (335)
Schematic: Gnomish Universal Remote Engineering (125)
Schematic: Goblin Jumper Cables Engineering (165)

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