10-01-2005, 07:14 PM
When I leveled up Enchanting, it seemed to suck up a lot of money. But now that I'm level 300 enchanting and level 60, it's the opposite. I make a *lot* of money off of enchanting with very little effort.
First of all, tailoring is a good way to reduce the costs of skilling up, because as you skill up tailoring, you end up making a lot of "junk greens" that you can disenchant and use to skill up your enchanting. That still costs money in the sense that you can't sell all the junk greens you made, but it still reduces the cost somewhat.
But how do I make money with enchanting? Do I sit around Orgrimmar hocking my wares? Nope. I just disenchant stuff and sell some of the dust, shards, and essences on the auction house. Enchanting materials have the benefit that you can place them up on the AH at no cost, so you can perpetually keep them up for sale until they do sell. Second, at level 60, I typically make about twice as much money selling the disenchanting materials I get from disenchanting something than I would by selling the original item. A couple gold here, a couple gold there, and over time, the cash builds up.
First of all, tailoring is a good way to reduce the costs of skilling up, because as you skill up tailoring, you end up making a lot of "junk greens" that you can disenchant and use to skill up your enchanting. That still costs money in the sense that you can't sell all the junk greens you made, but it still reduces the cost somewhat.
But how do I make money with enchanting? Do I sit around Orgrimmar hocking my wares? Nope. I just disenchant stuff and sell some of the dust, shards, and essences on the auction house. Enchanting materials have the benefit that you can place them up on the AH at no cost, so you can perpetually keep them up for sale until they do sell. Second, at level 60, I typically make about twice as much money selling the disenchanting materials I get from disenchanting something than I would by selling the original item. A couple gold here, a couple gold there, and over time, the cash builds up.