Trade Chat LFW?

I had read some various opinions on using trade channel for additional work or revenue. Using it to find some extra business by responding to various players looking for said service is a great way to get some extra gold to come in. But the method of dispute is posting in trade channel with a link to your profession asking for business.

In a post last January over at Cold's Gold Factory, Shouting In Trade Channel, Cold discusses why it may not be wise to shout in trade with your auction house postings or posting profession links looking for additional work. He brings up a great issue that you are alerting your competition that you are online and that they will be more likely to wait for you to logoff and undercut your postings. I think that serious gold makers will already have you on their friend's list so they know when you logoff plus I think it's a double edged sword. The same thing occurs when you are posting in trade channel looking for buy cheap materials. You are limited by how much cheap materials you can buy from the auction house so you have no choice but to look to trade channel, especially if your sources of farmers run dry.

I think that you must have your competition on your friends list but also you will need to do postings in chat for both additional work and materials. I know two players on my realm that I have befriended, yes they are competition but we have an understanding, that post daily in chat for work. I think it is a huge revenue source that anyone could be missing out on. For example, most gems that I cut for players I receive back a 10 to 20 gold tip. Heck in most gem markets you are only making a 20 to 30g profit. In my opinion I think that you may want to stop all of your trade chat postings and hour to 3o minutes before you logoff for the evening so you have time to check all of your postings for undercuts.

Thanks for checking in!