TradeSkillMaster 3: Part 2 Basic Groups.

Please check out TradeSkillMaster 3:  Part 2 Basic Groups.

On this video I show you how to make basic Auctioning and Shopping groups and a couple of operations to get you started.

I've learnt a lesson today while making this video...don't try too hard as I must have done forty takes and make sure you turn the game sound down when in Dalaran!!


Shinn

TradeSkillMaster 3: Part 1 Download and Set-up.

Please check out my first video on TradeSkillMaster 3.

This video is to help new people to TradeSkillMaster or gold making in World of Warcraft and want to learn how to use this awesome addon!
On this video I talk about where you need to go to download and also a little bit about the set-up in game. More video's to follow...

I would also like some feedback on how you find the video.

Thanks for watching


Shinn

Tales of Gold Ep 5

Please check out my new podcast, where I talk about my latest blog post and TradeSkillMaster and how hard they're working to resolve the issues with the addon. Here is the link to IRC chat where you can ask questions. if you're having problems yourself.

I also talk about how Reddit and how good a resource it is for gold makers/Goblins!

Savage Boxes, where do you stand, open now or Legion? I tell you where I stand, but would love to get some feedback from you about what you're going to do with yours...



Shinn

New account (NA) and how to make I made the gold to pay for WoW Token.

I thought about doing a project during the Christmas break and this is want I came up with...

Buy the Battlechest and Warlords of Draenor in the Blizzard sale and go and play on the NA servers and see if I can make the gold to pay for a WoW Token at the end of January. I wanted to set my self some rules, so if  any new players to World of Warcraft or gold making read this, they could do it themselves.

My Rules

1. Only 2 chactors can be used. one is the free boost to level 90 and a new level 1.
2. I can level both of them.
3. The level 1 professions are Mining and Herbalism.
4. Pick two professions for the level 90. I picked Enchanting and Jewelcrafting.
5. No help.
6. Sell everything and anything!!

These rules are not really important, but I wanted to make it a challenge. as I needed to make sure this was a fun project and didn't feel like I was doing work. 

First job was to choose what class and names and here is a picture of them both at the end of January-

Level 100

Level 28

Wow Token prices on the NA servers are around the 37000g mark which meant I had to make just over 1200g per day, which doesn't seem a lot if your a seasoned good making. I have no stock, no battle pets that I can sell plus no gold, so what I first did was to start levelling Shinnearth and get his Garrison set up. I thought levelling up would be a good way to get some gold as you get around 14 gold per quest and sometimes 30. Once I had got some some gold saved up, I next set out working on Shadowshinn and getting her ready to work the Auction House, but I couldn't help myself but take her out for a bit...I miss playing a priest!!

Markets

• Vendor Items, so make sure  you check out my post Here about selling those and also get the addon called HandyNotes LimitedVendors ( check out this post by Logon which gives you the link for the addon, but also groups to add to TradeSkillMaster. Handynotes_LimitedVendors Your recipe vendor addon!).
•  Transmog can a be a really good gold earner, but you need stock. The way I got my stock was to use the Sniper option in TradeSkillMaster and the Great Deals option. These can both be found in the Shopping tab, you can only use the Great Deals option if you're a Premium user. It's ok if you're not, because you can go to Great Deals page and find your server and you copy and paste into TradeSkillMaster. Here is a couple of screen shots showing you what to do. 

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

• Herbs from my herb garden: I don't get loads, but they always sell and I've set up a min price of 1g per herb. In the last 30 days I've made over 1800g which isn't too bad for 5mins work a day!
• Dalaran Shirts: Love selling these items as they cost between 35-55g and can sell anywhere from 500-1000g each. If you want to know where to get these, check out my post Here. Below is some proof of the sales you can make. On my server there is someone else trying to sell these shirts, hopefully you might be lucky and be the only one selling.

• Enchanting: Only really been selling WoD enchants and most sales I've had have been the  Enchant Weapon- Mark of the Shattered Hand and some  Enchant Neck- Breath of Haste, I am starting to get the materials for Enchant Weapon-Mark of Blackrock and Enchant Weapon- Mark of Shadowmoon, which go for around 300g which isn't great, but still profit!

Other Incomes

• Using Sniper in TradeskillMaster can be used to make a lot of gold, remember to only buy items you know that will sell. I try to stick to battle pets and crafting materials like herbs, ore, fur and levelling gems.
• Questing: This has been a really good gold earner, I've made 13050g so far and I still have quests left to go in Draenor and the dailies. 
• Garrisons: I've made 4650g, most of that has been from Garrison missions, but I did get a 1000g Shipyard mission which was at only 92% and I went for it and was successful. I only have 20 followers right now, but I just have upgraded my Frostwall Tavern to level 3 as you get 'lucrative treasure hunter missions'. I haven't seen any yet, hopefully I won't have to wait too long...

Setting up costs/Expenses

I had to spend quite a large amount of gold, here is a rough break down of those costs.

Garrison

Total cost of setting up my level 3 Garrison was 12200g, These are the buildings I have right now, I'm no Garrison expert so please let me know if I'm doing something wrong.

Large- Barracks Level 2  Bodyguard.

Large- War Mill Level 2 Exchange garrison resources for new armor upgrades for followers.

Medium- Frostwall Tavern Level 3 Unlocks treasure hunter missions.

Medium- Trading Post Level 1 Trade crafting reagents for garrison resources.

Small- Enchanter's Study Level 1 Work orders

Small- Gem Boutique Level 1 Work orders

Small- Salvage Yard Level 2 Increases chance of recovering Salvage

Frostwall Mines Level 2 Two mine shafts and if add follower helps find mining trunks.

Herb Garden Level 2 More herbs and more work orders.

Fishing Shack Level 1 Allows small fish to be caught in garrison waters.

I also spent over 4397g on stocking up to sell on the Auction House, most of the gold has been on transmog, pets and vendor items.

Total 16597g

So did I make the gold needed to buy a token. Yes I did and I made a bit more...

Expenses

Token cost   37165g

Set up costs  16597g

          Total  53762g

Income

Garrisons      4750g

Sales           34663g 

Questing     13000g

Looting         7219g (worked out from last Achievement)

          Total  59632g

That should give me 5870g left over, but I have 11292g. The only thing I can think off is the rest was made from selling grey items while levelling Shinnearth. I do remember making a fair amount of gold while I was out doing my quests, plus I was also collecting all the Treasures in each zone.

Conclusion 

It worked and it was, I mean still is good fun and I'm spending 90% of my WoW time over on the NA account. I hope this little post about how I did it can help someone do the same, I tried to keep it really simple and made sure that you didn't have to spend all your time in the Auction house. Don't get me wrong...I love sitting in the Auction House but I've done so much more in the last month then in the last three over on the EU servers. My EU account has all been about gold making and when I pop back over to post and say hi its good, but I know I'm going to be posting for the next hour or two. So if you fancy starting again like me or just want to see if you can do it...please try and let me know how you get on!!

P.S If you need a healer add Shinn#2183 

Shinn

Tales of Gold Ep 4: New Project!

On this podcast I talk about my new project in World of Warcraft.

Greater Inscription's still sell!

Just wanted to pass on  this little tip... if you're not selling Greater Inscription's from Mists of Pandaria, think about starting.  I'm selling them most days and right now I've got the price up at 999g on most of them. I asked some people who watch my stream on Twitch to give this market a try and let me know how it goes. I've had some really good feedback with people seeing really good results.

Craft or buy the Inks

This is the hard part when it comes down to making these items, as the Inks are made using Misty Pigment which you don't get every time you mill the herbs. Here are a list of the herbs needed.

Fool's Cap
Green Tea Leaf
Rain Poppy
Snow Lily
Silkweed
Desecrated Herb


I would say that I craft 95% of all my Starlight Ink's as they can cost up to 100g on my realm, I am sometimes lucky and pick up the odd stack or two. Check your realm as it might be easier to buy the inks then craft, also you can trade 10x Warbinder Ink for 1x Starlight Ink it all depends on the prices of the materials. When I'm buying materials I try to stick to not paying more then 50g (Target Price) per item.

Hopes this little post helps...



Shinn

tales of Gold Ep 3 New markets...more gold!

Welcome to Ep 3 of Tales of Gold a podcast about gold making in World of warcraft... 

 As always I will tell you about what I've been up too in WoW over the last 2 weeks.
 • Been working hard to set up 2 new markets, selling bars and Battle Pets. I will go over more detail later in the show.
 • I finally got Pathfinder and my Corrupted Dreadwing mount. 
• Leveling using the Excess potion of accelerated learning . 
• Garrison's, trying to make gold!!

 Wow News 

 • 50% off Mounts and Pets thought to Jan 4th. Also you can buy the Brightpaw pet which cost £9 in the uk and 100% of the fee goes to Make-A-Wish. 
• Legion Alpha, you can explore two areas now, which are Stormheim and Highmountain.
 • Winter Veil starts on the 16th. Gold Making News Not too much to really talk about. 
• Sapu from TradeskillMaster has posted on reddit about a new desktop app this post can be found at...
https://www.reddit.com/r/woweconomy/comments/3wjove/public_beta_of_new_tsm_desktop_application_r300/ and it has been released today at Tradeskillmaster.com. 

• Yourwowmoney have a new podcast out, so check that out at yourwowmoney.com. 

 Main topic 

 Smelting/selling bars- Check out this guide its awesome. Sterling Smelting guide 

 Battle Pets- Not been a market that I've done before and didn't think I would, but after talking to my friend Morricade about it one night streaming I thought I would give it a go.

 Check out this link for pets and prices. https://theunderminejournal.com/#eu/the-maelstrom/category/battlepets 

 You can find me at.... 
 Twitter- @the00shinn
 Blog- www.shinnstalesofgold.com 
Twitch- www.twitch.tv/the00shinn 


 You can also email any question to shinnstales@gmail.com 

 Shinn