How I made my first thousand gold.

[blugahin]

Before I start, know this:

|This is basically my first guide I've written.

| This guide is for inexperienced low levels who can't get money as fast as level 85s, but want to have decent gear when leveling.

| If you're not willing to put any time into this, you will NOT make any money.
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Things you'll need:
-Two Characters.
Char 1:
Mining.
Skinning.
Make this a class you want to level, so you can continue to generate money with your two gathering professions.
Char 2(banker):
Enchanting.
- Auctioneer addon.
Auctioneer - Addons - Curse
If you don't know how to install addons, I'll explain how to do it step-by-step.
1. Download the addon.
2. Right click your WoW icon on your desktop, or wherever it is.
3. Click "Open File Location"
4. Double Click the interface folder.
5. Drag the addon into the "Addons" folder. If there is no "Addons" folder, make one.
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Starting Off:
First thing I did was log onto my Character 2(Enchanter-banker), and went the the auction house. I then scanned the auction house. Before buying everything, make sure you scan the auction house 5-20 times, and continue to scan for as long as you play WoW. Prices fluctuate, and you don't want to sell something on a bad day, and not make as much gold as you could.

Second thing I did, was log onto my Character 1(Miner-Skinner). Make sure you are around level 10, so if you run into any mobs, you can easily kill them. I farmed in Elwynn forest, but you can farm anywhere. I ran around the mountainous terrain in elwynn, back and forth, killing and skinning any animals or humans on the way. After about two hours, I had 100 copper ore, and around 35-40 leather. I went to goldshire, vendored all of the greys I had accumulated, and mailed the copper ore and leather to my Character 2.\


Third, I logged off, scanned the auction house, and held onto the copper and leather untill I had enough scans to know when to put them up there(I waited for about.. a week, continually scanning around 2-3 times a day[Morning, afternoon, before bed).
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After about a week of scanning, and farming, I accumulated A LOT of leather and copper, and a few low level greens, and malichite. I then put about 3-5 stacks of each for 48 hours on the auction house with the money I earned from vendoring every day, and made 10-25 gold a day.
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After you make your first hundred gold, or so.. this is when the auctioneer addon comes into play. Log into your banker/ Enchanter. Go to the auction house. Go to the search tab. Click the "Disenchanting" button. Set your minimum profit to 25-50s(you can raise this, but you won't find as many items to disenchant). Set it to BIDS ONLY. This is VERY IMPORTANT. Set the enchanting level at 1 minimum, 1 maximum(change this according to your enchanting level). Your disenchanting will level your enchanting to about 50 before it stops, so eventually it'll be 1min-50max.

Click the search button, and wait for all of the auctions to pop up. What I like to do is just spam "bidx100" but ad this point, you can't do that. You only have a few gold, and you don't want to throw it all away instantly. Bid on 10-25 auctions. You will usually win the auctions, but if you don't, don't worry. You get your bid back. Rebid the next day on more auctions. After you get the gear you bidded on disenchant them, and put them on the auction house in stacks. Don't undercut too low, you don't have to worry about getting the money instantly, it'll come to you.

Continue to do this daily, and you'll have your first 1,000 gold in no time. You'll be able to buy the gear you like! Yay! By the way, don't quit after you make your first 1000, or you'll have to start all over AGAIN.

If you have ANY questions, feel free to ask me, and I'll answer them to my best ability.

-Blugahin.

[Parrky]

Great beginners guide. Except the buying gear part, if you get 1k invest it in more professions until you have a money making machine

[cania2010]

This is a great guide to new players and I actually did this about a year ago when i started out as a freshie

Can highly recommend this!