I’m not a WoW pro by any means. My highest level character is a 43 Prot Pally and my alts are a 40 Fire Mage and 21 Holy Priest. So while I’m not a level 70 with a ton of gold to my name, I have played the game a bit.

The reason I’m writing this guide is that I just hit 40 with my Fire Mage. I was so excited to get my mount. I had saved up 9 gold (I spend as a get, so saving up that much is unheard of for me) and ran off to buy my mount. Then I was hit in the face with the realization that in addition to my 9g, I had to spend ten times that in order to USE the mount I was buying. That sucks!

Luckily my mage had recently taken on mining as a profession. “Mining?” you ask. Yes, Mining. It’s a money making profession. On a good day, a stack of 20 copper (lowest level mined item) sells for around 2g.

Even if you’re not a miner, play the ore game. My experience has shown me that the cost of ore in the Auction House fluctuates a LOT. One day you can buy a stack of 20 copper ore for 50s, the next it costs 2g. So buy as much as you can on a cheap day and sell it on a high day. When buying, people don’t want to wait for a good day. They want their ore now, and they don’t mind paying gold for it.

There’s always that one guy that goes into the AH, sees items selling high and sells his own collection of that item for half the price and makes a killing because people buy his and not the rest. Take advantage of this if you’re selling your own at full price. Buy him out and sell his own copper for full price. It’s cut throat, but it works. Even if you’re not selling, buy him out and do the same.

My mage’s other profession is enchanting. Now THERE’S a money-making profession. You can make a good bit of money enchanting or people, but at a low level your noob enchants aren’t of much use to anyone but noobs who aren’t going to pay much for your services. So stick to disenchanting. Disenchant stuff and sell the D/E items in full stacks. I once made a small fortune in selling d/e items with my Pally.

Anyone playing WoW can find me on the Khadgar server playing as-

Palleaon (43 mage)
Porkins (43 pally)
EwokOverlord (22 priest)
Ig (11 rogue)

All alliance.

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