Simple Gold Gen, without being lvl 60+

This information will be a brief explanation of what I do with my toons working together and using the AH to my advantage to keep a steady flow of gold coming in so that I can get the stuff I want in game. (which costs alot when you play the number of toons that I do)

I suggest for the average player that you have a main that you focus on and an alt or two that you use to produce items to sell.

I began with a night elf hunter and still have him only gathering and leveling.
he is a miner and skinner, also cooking is high.

what I do is set a specific day or two each week to play him, just to gather and to level, and I play the alts alternating each day that i have time to play.

also even if I don't have time to play i log in to check mail at least once/day for each toon.

I only use 3 of them to post on the ah.

but I have all of the professions represented, and so I can use them together very well;
I can make a leather item for instance and send it to my blacksmith to make a rare item.
my cost... almost 0, I may have 15-50 silver in it but it sells on my server for 18-28G.

the reason my overhead is so low is that I gather the leather and ore myself, make it into what I want to sell myself, and if i don't have a part, i can log into my engineer and make it, LOL.

The reason that I chose to do it this way is that I want to enjoy playing, and not focus 100% on the gold generation, but I still need gold in game to advance toons, and keep up on gear so this is a happy medium for me.

I will however admit that i do often opt for the convenience of the AH and simply buy what can make an item more quickly, or to advance my alts enchanting for instance so that i can do more faster etc. but I still take advantage of my system in most cases.

I have all of my toons at max skill for all professions, and now when I play alts I don't have to worry about gathering, I simply play, quest and grind, and level to the next bracket; man is it fun!

If you are looking to take this and use the basic idea, then I suggest that you choose no more than 2 alts, and choose your favorite ( or the best selling) professions that you main gatherer can feed mats to. and gather away, don't forget to get bags and get big ones! Bag space is worth it, especially in the long run, now don't go buy a 20g bag for 200g, but keep an eye out for a deal and get at least 16 slot bags asap.

New toon gold tip

If you are new to WOW or is you are just making another character, this is for you.

get and complete all of the starting quests. ( unless you can mail items to your toon from higher lvl alt, if that is the case i suggest that you head toward a mailbox. then hearth back to starting area.)

then set up a macro( more on that next post) to automatically sell grey items at a vendor, and quest away, selling as you go. obviously not truly necessary if you have gold from your main toon.

typically i send my new alt 4 bags, and 5-10g to start, it lasts a long time, and typically generating their own gold before i ever get close to running out.

If you are a new player, this will start you on the road to making the most gold possible.

now get to lvl 5 and get some professions!

I will add the details on the grey item sales macro asap

Finally able to level jewelcrafting!

I forced myself to take the time to level my driud to 20, yes she is a twink, but i just hadnt wanted to go back to some of those blah quests iv done 9+ other times, but I finally had it with being maxed out with her JC so i got it done, yay cat form!

I managed to blow like 60G on mats and got her from 150-nearly 200 in about 30 minutes so ill make that back in a day or so.

I have a pretty good handle on the system ive put together, and my alts all work together very well to maximizes proffession leveling, and gold generation, i can usually farm leather and ore with one toon, and send in to my leatherworker and jewelcrafter and make an in demand item of each, and mail to my enchanting priest to sell or disenchant, so i effectivley level proffessions of 3 toons and get paid in the end, its awsome!

I rally do look foward to having someone read all this ranting, but for now im content to be able to vent and express my joy at this crazy game!

Basic Gold System

I plan to release a guide soon in rough form at no cost, offering guidelines that i have developed and used to develop on a given server a stable system for gold generation that is adaptable in any situation.

eventually i will charge for is once it is up to my standards, however I will release some of the content at no cost soon.

The full version will not likely be done till 2010, and I do not intend to include the level of content in some of the awesome video guides out there now.

I believe that WOW is an awesome hobby and hobbies by definition tend to cost money, so if you have money in your budget for guides to help you in WOW please, buy them.

I simply believe that I have another way to be effective and would like to share that with anyone who wants to have it.

but please share with me your successes, and otherwise I am curious your experiences also