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If you are a twink, money also is not a problem. Twinks have the benefit of their main who can make money and just send it in the mail. Even if your main is only level 40, the opportunities for gold are much higher at that level than they are at levels 10 or 20.

The fact is that bronze, silver and gold are hard to come by when you are a low level, non-twink toon. Every coin that goes into your bank is waiting to be spent. Whether spending those coins on more food and drink, profession materials or upgrades at the auction house, the money is spent as fast as you can accumulate it.

This is a frustrating fact, but you have to learn to deal with it and still prosper. Although you can buy one of those guides that will show you how to make money, I am going to be giving you a quick run-down of the approach a lowbie should take to making as much money as possible and save you a couple bucks in the process.

First and foremost: don’t disenchant or sell to a vendor any greens or blues (if you get any), other than the soulbound items. These items must be saved for the auction house to maximize your income. The greys and whites can be sold to a vendor, but if there is a market for it in the AH, you may want to go in that direction.

When you do use the AH to sell your goods it is best to keep to the 10-20% rule. This rule is one that I abide by all of the time when I am working the AH on my low level toons. It goes like this: sell your items at a discount of 10-20% lower than the lowest per unit price currently in the AH.

Now, there will be people who argue that this approach leaves money on the table since you could sell that item at a higher price. But, the fact is that you need money and if you price the items correctly there is a much greater chance they will sell. Plus, by undercutting the market you can leave the items in the AH for only 24 hours rather than 48 which saves you the upfront costs.

When you are at a higher level and gold is not such an issue, you can play the AH market where you buy up the really cheap items that can be sold for more or by overpricing your items by a bit and waiting for them to sell. Right now, you most likely cannot afford to play those games and you need the money.

My level 29 warlock usually has an average of 1 1/2 gold to 2 gold on him. I have had as much as 13 gold, but every level I gain I am in the AH trying to find bigger and better gear. I hate dying, so it is always my goal to keep my toon as geared out as my gold will allow.

The second important factor is to pick a profession that you can easily make money off of. When you are of a low level, I personally recommend either mining or skinning. These two professions include items that are abundant in the world and you can stack up amounts in your bags to drop into the AH. Other gathering professions such as herbalism are good also, but there seems to be less of an abundance of the low level herbs than there are of the mining nodes and skinnable creatures.

The professions that can make you money when you are at a higher level such as enchanting, jewelcrafting and leatherworking, etc. all cost money for you to level. You end up working in the opposite direction many times if you follow these professions. You can make money performing them, but these clearly are not the easiest way to make money when you are of such a low level. Plus, you can always drop mining or skinning later on if you don’t like it; once money is not such an issue.

Lastly, I recommend you get the biggest bags possible based on your money situation. The reason I say to invest in big bags is you want to collect everything that can be sold, even if it is just to a vendor. Many times you can get enough to keep your gear repaired and to buy some gear out of the AH if you collect and sell everything. I try not to pass up anything that is of value and can be sold.

The one thing you cannot do is BUY GOLD. It breaks the user agreement and if you are caught could result in your being banned from the game. But, even if that is not a concern, it is against the spirit of the game. The game is about getting money through quests, goods, professions, etc., and not by paying some Chinese or South Korean gold farmer real money. If no one bought it, there would be no gold farming in the game, because there would be no market for it.

Now get out there and earn some gold.

-Inquisitor