Netherweave Bags: Cataclysm Launch

So as I've been looking at all of my characters banks I started to realize all the stuff I have been stockpiling for the Cataclysm. I kind of forgot about some of it after I took my recent break from WoW. I had a guild bank full of Netherweave cloth so I spent the day cranking out hundreds of netherweave bags to sell at launch.

I did catch Cold's post on Faction Satchles were he talked about 16 slot bags being available via a quartermaster but the only problem is that new characters will still need to gain rep to purchase these bags. So I would agree with Cold that there is a slim chance that this will have any effect on initial sales of netherweave bags with all the new worgen and goblin characters running about.

There hasn't been much of a demand spike since the sundering with the new race/class combos so I am going to hang on to my stockpile and wait for the Cata launch to throw all these up on the auction house at a much better price than 8 to 9 gold.

All Alone and In Need of Gold!

It's so cold...and lonely on this new realm. No existing characters to steal gold from. No friends to buy me some shiny new bags or gear. All I have is my experience, courage, and confidence to push ahead and know that I will find a way to make some serious gold on Kel'thuzad.

Now you're probably wondering why the heck is Nakedjay creating a character over at Kel'thuzad? My buddies are all going to create their worgens on that realm and have already created a guild. Funny thing is they just created level one characters and all started begging for gold to create the guild charter. I had no part in that since I like to abstain from begging and it occurred before my return to WoW.

So currently I've got a new mage named Nakedjay running around Kel'thuzad. He hit level 13 last night with not the best focus of actual leveling. My goal is to use him to start making some serious gold on this realm so I will have all the gold I will ever need for my new worgen. My end goal is to get this mage to level 20 so I can buy a mount and use him for gathering.

I picked up skinning and mining on this new character and it has worked out nicely. I've been able to sell three greens I've picked up, leather, and linen. I've racked up 28g rather quickly without even selling my copper ore. The low level greens I've been lucky so far, they have all sold for 2 to 10 gold each.

Here is a run down of the going prices at Kel'thuzad (US):

• Copper Ore - 10g a stack
• Linen cloth - 2g a stack
• Light Leather 4g to 5g a stack
• Rough Stone - 19s a stack

So here is my plan,

1. Keep leveling and selling everything I pickup
2. Get my mage to level 20
3. Buy mount
4. Farm copper in Elwynn
5. Skin everything I see
6. Flip Vendor Pets

It should be interesting to see where I'm at come December 7th. It would be nice to have a few hundred gold stacked up ready to use for my worgen. I don't want to get my hands dirty with auction house flipping in general since the markets are so volatile this close to Cataclysm.

What's your favorite low level gold making method?

Have You Ever Given Away a 100k?

I know...crazy right? Giving away all that hard earned gold just for the hell of it. That's what I did a couple months ago. I was so burnt out on WoW that I was at the point of just quiting for good. At the time that I had this crazy idea I was sitting at 140k gold.

With a crazy look in my eyes and a budlight in the my hand, I messaged my real life friends who were still playing the game. I told them I was going to give away 100k gold that I had earned from working the auction house since I was quiting the game. I split up the gold between the four of them so they each received 25k gold. I'm fairly certain that none of them had ever had that much gold before in the the years they have been playing this game.

I logged off immediately and went to battle.net to cancel my account. I never asked them again about the gold till I returned the other day to WoW. As I had figured they had blown it, which is fine but typical. It was their gold to blow but I was hoping that maybe they had learned some of the things I've been doing to make gold in the past and keep up so they would have a steady income stream. I think each of them now has a couple grand left so they are definitely not broke but that is sure a lot of gold to blow through.

As I thought about this I began thinking of some real life similarities. Ever known or heard of someone in your town or city that won the lottery? Then within a couple years they were broke cause they blew it all? It seems to be a common story throughout the years with lottery winners. They buy big houses, multiple expensive cars, and other toys then they can't afford the taxes or just don't have any money left.

It's the difference of a poor to rich mentality. Some have it and others don't. Someone who has worked hard to get rich isn't going to just blow all their money and even if they are a big spender they know how to keep income coming in.

I was glad that I left myself 40k, which will be plenty to buy new stock and pay for leveling my professions. I can use that early on to make some massive profits. I already purchased 310% riding so I can really farm quick with my paladin. 310 flying + Crusader Aura = Profit!

Back in the Saddle Again!

After a two month hiatus I have returned to WoW! I took advantage of the free game time promo for cancelled accounts. If you currently have a cancelled account go and log into your battle.net account and see if the free 7 days of game time promotion is offered to you.

As you can tell I have spent a great deal of time redesigning the website. I hope that this will make things a bit easier to use and easier on the eyes as well. If there is anything you would like to see added to the website or other content you would like to see please let me know!

Now after checking out WoW after the sundering I can say that I am impressed. It really feels like a totally new game and I really like the changes that have been made. Blizz may have actually gotten things right this time around.

I started leveling a new alliance character on Kel'Thuzad, that's where my friends are going to make worgens come Cata, and I am going to use that character to start making gold over there this next week before Dec. 7th gets here. I was blown away by the new quests in elywnn after the sundering! I loved the changes and had a blast leveling. In about an hour of running around the other night I was already level 8 and it didn't even feel like I had been leveling.

My character is sitting at 30s but I haven't found anything good to even throw up on the auction house besides cloth. Once I get a bit more money then I am going to start reselling vendor pets to build up some gold. The idea is that once I start leveling my worgen I can mail everything to this other character and really work the auction house.

It should be really exciting to see how the competition is on this new realm!

Questions for Comments

What do you plan on doing on Day one? Leveling a new worgen/goblin? A different race? Level up your current 80? Or just focus hard on gold making?

Cataclysm Mastery Gold Making Site

Hello all, I know the biggest key to making a ton of gold at Cataclysm's launch is being able to get ahead of the competition. Knowing where to farm and what items are going to make you a killing. The Cataclysm launch may be the biggest gold making event we have ever seen in World of Warcraft.

We all want some of the big ticket items in Cataclysm that will cost a fortune, the trinket that will turn you into a dragon, 310% flying, and all the new BoE epics! Earning yourself a very large amount of gold very quickly the first week or two of Cataclysm can ensure you that you will be able to buy whatever you want for a very long time.

I've been able to review a new site that launched today, Cataclysm Mastery, and I can say that there is some really great information on making gold come Cataclysm. Cataclysm Mastery biggest benefit is it provides the new Cataclysm zone maps with all of the gathering nods for each gathering profession. Cataclysm Mastery provides a great guide for beginners and more advanced tips for the player already making gold. The apprentice guide is great for the player starting out and wants to learn the ropes to gold making.

Cataclysm Mastery details how to prep for the launch of Cataclysm by showing you the best tips that will get your ready to make some serious gold. Where to fly to, logoff at, all while you wait for the launch to you can farm some serious items and level too! Need help with addons? There are guides on all the addons you will need to help you make serious gold. Also, there is a great guide on auction house techniques and methods for making gold.

If you are looking to cash in on the Cataclysm launch and then take a look at Cataclysm Mastery.

Reset Markets After A Crash

If you've been working jewelcrafting you probably know all to well about market crashes, especially this close to Cataclysm. I've talked to several players that have quit jewelcrafting all together till the expansion hits. On my realm I've seen some fairly large swings in jewelcrafting markets where my most profitable cuts are just about worthless. Luckily for me I was able to sell off most of my gem stockpile so I didn't take any losses. Now I work with small piles of gems to meet the low demands without taking a huge risk.

Reset Markets to Raise Profit Margins

Now there is always a risk that this could backfire on you so I'm giving everyone fair warning, but normally this will not be the case so I still consider it a low risk option if it is on the table. Because the competition has been bailing I've noticed that supply for certain cuts run fairly low, enough to reset a market. For example, Bold Cardinal Rubies may have crashed down to 83g each but there may only be 5 or 6 left on the auction house at or near that price. You buy them all up and repost a couple at 179g. By invoking this method you have essentially manipulated a market, created scarcity, and widened your profit margins.

By resetting the market it will take a while for prices to drop back down to where they were so it gives you plenty of time to make some great profits. Players are still willing to buy cut gems for 179g as I sell them all the time after a reset. This may cause a feeding frenzy with your competition but as I said earlier there should be less competition to deal with as many have left the market.

Questions for Comments

Do you currently reset markets? Have you been using this method with the recent market crashes?

Thoughts About Currency Changes

I've been doing some thinking about the upcoming currency changes in Cataclysm where honor and badges will be exchanged into gold or justice points. I'm going to be thrilled to finally see those old badges of justice turned into something I can finally use.

Blizzard's Math

The following items are immediately converted to gold:

Emblem of Heroism = 5.5 gold each

Emblem of Valor = 5.5 gold each

Emblem of Conquest = 5.5 gold each

Badge of Justice = 1.833 gold each

Your New Honor Points total will be the sum of the following amounts:

Old Honor * 0.024

Old Arena Points * 0.85

Battleground Mark of Honor * 2.976

Wintergrasp Mark of Honor * 19.08

Stone Keeper Shard * 1.6

Venture Coin * 3

Spirit Shard * 1

Your Justice Points total will be equal to (Emblems of Triumph + Emblems of Frost ) * 2.75

Again, the softcap for both Honor and Justice conversions is 4000 points. This means that if a character converts to above 4,000 points, it will not be possible for them to earn more until they fall below the 4,000 cap.

A hardcap will be implemented in a following patch before Cataclysm's release. At that time, any excess points above 4,000 will be converted as follows:

Honor points above 4,000 are converted to gold at a rate of 35 silver per point of Honor.

Justice points above 4,000 are converted to gold at a rate of 2 gold per point of Justice.

Source

Emblems for Gold

So I began thinking if it would be worth it to start grinding out heroics and farming as many Triumph emblems as possible then exchange them for Emblems of Conquest that will be converted for 5.5g each. I could easily farm several hundred of these in that time but for the time being trading in 15 emblems of triumph for one crusader orb is an immediate 100g profit. But the problem is how long will that price last this close to Cataclysm? I am thinking that the stocking up on emblems will net a higher profit, but this is just speculation.

Honor for Gold

As far as honor I think that this may be more difficult to pull worthwhile gold from. If you were honor capped you would only convert to 1800 of the new honor based on, old honor * 0.024. To reach the cap of 4000 you would need a bunch of other pvp marks or tokens to even take advantage of the gold conversion above the cap of 4000. Is it possible? Yes, but I don't think that it is worth it.

Not Written in Stone Just Yet

Although this may all be for naught since blizzard has stated that these numbers could possibly change by the time Cataclysm hits the shelves if they think the conversion amounts are too much.

Questions for Comments

What do you think about these numbers? Are you going to stock up on emblems?

Cataclysm Archaeology - Profiting Artifacts

Looking to the near future blizzard recently pushed out the new Archaeology profession on beta servers. This is a casual profession where you research and find artifacts to piece together stories or other lore. By doing so you can get some rewards such as, pets, mounts, armor, and weapons.

Where's the Value?

Now blizzard has stated that the majority of artifacts will be of common value so they can be sold sold. Now the real question is, how much can these go for? Blizzard has stated that value will increase on artifacts depending on how many fragments are needed to finish said artifact. So we can presume that some artifacts can be sold for a nice profit once complete.

Let's look at Cataclysm launch, there will be a surge of players wanting the epic gear that can be obtained with Archaeology initially. But even afterwards there will be a steady stream of players wanting to obtain the mounts and pets that are available. This should make Archaeology another great revenue stream for us gold making whores.

If you are someone with patience you should have no problem selling every artifact you make when Cataclysm arrives then once demand falls and prices drop, you can start making the artifacts for yourself. That initial rush is where the gold is going to be at.

Thanks for checking in!

Weekly Update 9-14, Final Update for a While

Well it's that time of the week when I, Nakedjay, gives you a detailed recap of my gold making adventures for the last week.

100k Mark!

Well I reached over 100k this week which is a major achievement for myself to attain. It shows that a very casual player like myself can make some serious gold. I still have a while to go till I get to gold cap but it will happen soon enough. Hopefully I can pull it off before expansion hits.

Cataclysm Release Date

MMO-Champion has released a tentative release date for Cataclysm for November 2, barring any issues that could push it back.

Final Weekly Update

This will be the final weekly update as I think I have proven that I can make gold and that it has become a bit redundant especially this close to the end of an expansion. I think it's great that I can show some of the big sales I am pulling off and how I am doing it but I think I am missing out on a day to provide great content to you the readers. I am planning on making updates in the future but they will be more out of necessity as I may make a serious haul one week or I may want to discuss some big market fluctuations or speculation. We'll see how it goes but there won't be an update every Tuesday like there has been in the past.

The Numbers

It's been tough making gold even with additional playing time this week. Profit margins are pretty tight on jewelcrafting and glyph competition has risen and demand has begun to fall. Netherweave bags have been great as usual; I've still been slacking with enchanting and vendor pets.

Here's the Total Sales,

Jewelcrafting - 16,092g

Inscription - 4,328g

Tailoring - 900g

Alchemy - 700g

Total Liquid - 103,658g

Total Investment - 20,000g

Total Assets - 124,658g

My liquid gold increased by 13.5k since last week's post. Still a good week but would have liked for it to be around 20k. I just want Cataclysm to get here. I am really getting bored with the existing content, just burnt out trying to wrestle my way through the trenches for the time being. I am so hoping the quest lines and content leading up to expansion can keep me entertained.

Questions for Comments

Are you burnt out? Have you quit or taken a break from WoW? What kind of updates would you like to see in the future on my gold making?

Get In On Cataclysm Gold Making

If you've read this blog or other gold making blogs you have obviously came looking for advice and information on gold making. Probably for different reasons too, some looking to just make gold for epic flying or some shiny epic and some are looking to make a gold pile so they might never have to worry about gold again. I wanted to tell some of my reasons why I am so excited for cataclysm.

I got in the gold making business fairly late in the terms of age for wotlk. I have only been at this for a few months and was not trying to make a pile of gold when expansion launched. In those first few months of expansion I'm sure there was plenty of players making a few hundred thousand gold in that time. That's what I want this time. I'm going to be one of those players this time around. I may have built up a good quantity of gold now but I want to get to the point where I never have to worry about it. Which will probably be some number above gold cap. I've thought about going for a million but I'm also thinking at some point, why? Maybe for some personal goal but there is too many other things I like to do in the game, not to say gold making isn't enjoyable for me.

So needless to say I hope that some of you think about really cranking out a gold making business just for these reasons. You may only have to get into some serious gold making for 2 to 4 months and end up making an insane amount of gold. I'd like to the get to the point where I can buy everything I want and never have to worry about earning gold. Excluding spending thousands for hardmode carries in raids, if that's the case then I'll keep on working on making gold if I want all that.

Questions for Comments
What is your target amount? Are you just interested in short term gold making or long term? Are you going to get in on the huge demands in Cataclysm?

Making Gold Off Guild Legendaries

There is a great opportunity to make gold right now off a future guild achievement! The guild achievement, We Are Legendary: Obtain all the legendary weapons, will have several guilds trying to obtain old legendaries. Plus guilds are starting now to try and obtain them because they will be counted into the achievement prior to Cataclysm.

Here is a Blizzard response on this subject, " We are making a exception for this guild achievement. Any legendary items you have already earned will count."

We can begin creating snatch lists or even farming for some of the items required for these legendaries. These are items needed for Hand of Ragnaros and Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker.

Fiery Core

Lava Core

Dark Iron Ore

Elementium Ore

Arcane Crystal

Essence of Fire

Thorium Ore

Blood of the Mountain

The cores may only sell for 20 to 50 gold now but I expect prices to surge above 100g after expansion. Elementium ore already sells for 350 to 500g each and may possibly jump to 900 to 1000 gold. There are several items though that you could make some nice gold off of. I've been using a snatch method to buy up cheap elementium ore in the past just because players have no idea what the real value is and they are scarce on the auction house.

Thanks for checking in!

Why Liquidate Now?

A few of the other gold blogs have been posting about getting rid of your stockpiles now since cataclysm is on the horizon. Some have even suggested restricting what you sell so you don't get stuck with items that don't sell or you end up taking a loss.

Don't Liquidate Now

I don't agree with most of these ideas. Why? You still have 2 1/2 months till Cataclysm comes out, I'm going to assume Thanksgiving week will be the release like they've done in the past. That is plenty of time to make a lot of sales and there will still be plenty of demand. I would even speculate that you could maintain a stock pile up till the final month then start to unload then. But here's the thing, what are you unloading? There should be several items in your stockpile that you should be maintaining for the launch of Cataclysm anyway, ore, cloth, inks, herbs, etc.. Sure, you will have to unload your epic gem stockpile if you're a jewelcrafter but you should have no problem unloading the remaining gems in the finale month before cataclysm launch.

Profits Still To Be Made

If you happened to have read the post on this subject over at Capped By Cata, he talks about how jewelcrafting with epic gems isn't worth it. His point is everyone already has all the epic gems and will no longer be needing to buy them so in turn, demand falls. I think this is a narrow minded assumption to think that there will no longer be players receiving new upgrades via raids. As of today trade chat on my realm is spammed all day with pug raids looking for members. There will still be plenty of players receiving upgrades all the way till cataclysm launches. I've had fellow players on my realm this week tell me they wanted to gear up on their dps sets so they could level faster.

Think about this, some players only have one good set of gear, whether it be healing, tanking, or dps gear. Depending on leveling style they may want fast queues and need a healing or tank set. Others may want the best dps set to grind through all the quests. What ever it may be they will be upgrading their sets and buying the best gems to put in them. Markets may have crashed but it's foolish to think that there will be no profits to be made. So let's look at some basic economics, demand falls for cut epic gems so as a result demand for uncut gems falls as well. Both prices fall accordingly but a profit margin remains between the two. This profit margin is what is key all the way till cataclysm. Whether it is 10 gold or 30 gold you will still make a good profit depending on the quantity that you sell. I can still sell 15 to 20 gems a night while I sleep at a margin of 20 to 50g each. So twenty gems at 20g is still a 400g profit just for an overnight posting, that doesn't even include working the auction house during the day.

So if you really want to be like a furniture store going out of business and sell everything then go for it. In my opinion I think that you end up limiting your gold making significantly if you do this right now. Plus there is several items that you should be stocking up for when Cataclysm launches.

Questions for Comments

Are you liquidating everything now? What time frame do you have in your mind before you unload unnecessary items?

Runecloth is still Profitable

Runecloth is still very profitable due to reputation turn ins and for leveling tailoring. Not only are players stockpiling runecloth now for cataclysm but there is plenty of players using it up right now. Currently on my realm a stack of runecloth sells for 10 to 15 gold.

There is two spots that I farm for runecloth, Undead Stratholme and Expedition Armory in Hellfire Peninsula, either spot will net you 300+ cloth per hour. I prefer farming Stratholme because I'm an enchanter and it will boost your gold per hour much higher. Check out my previous post on farming Stratholme as an Enchanter. Plus you can make a nice profit off trash and selling items that are worthless to D/E.

I've been splitting what I have been farming in half, as half goes into the my stockpile for cataclysm and the rest goes to the auction house for sale. This way I keep gold coming in and I can still build my stockpile, as we still have plenty of time till expansion lands.

Questions for Comments?

Where do you farm Runecloth? Have you begun stockpiling for Cataclysm?

Selling Leveling Greens

This can be a tricky market to get a hang on since there is so many items to look for but it can be a great money maker, especially come Cataclysm. I know what you're thinking, what about all these Bind on a Account items? Here's the thing, BoA items don't cover all slots and then you have the factor of players being lazy or not having any interest in grinding out emblems and faction seals.

What to Sell?

You can add uncommon greens as another item to look for in your gold making process. For some greens you can make a higher profit than just straight selling to a vendor. The key is looking for the right items which can take a bit of experience to know what to sell. Here are some of the types of greens that you should be looking for.

of The Monkey

of The Bear

of Power (Mail & Leather)

of The Eagle (Cloth, leather)

Anything with Spellpower

Stam, Strength, Crit on plate or mail

Any Blue (Just about any blue is going to sell for more than the d/e shard, unless it's a weapon you can sell to vendor, some do sell to vendor for a good amount)

Now you're thinking, what about tank gear? Defense gear is good to sell NOW. Do not stock up on this gear for cataclysm as defense will no longer be a stat since it will be built into tanking specs.

How to Price?

This can be tricky as you can look at market prices of similar gear to get a feel for what that item may sell for. You may not have much auctioneer data on some of these items since they have such random stats. You can forget about minimum bids with this type of gear as people who are leveling want their gear now, not later. You need to find a price where you at least make double of what you would sold to a vendor. So a green weapon sells for 9g you need to sell it for around 20g.

Leveling blues will normally sell for 50 to 100 gold. Unless you get something truely great it might sell for a couple hundred. The great thing about blues is there is much more auctioneer data available to you will have a better idea of the market price on your realm.

Questions for Comments

Do you sell leveling greens? Any things you look for when selling leveling items? Do you avoid this market of the auction house?

How do you turn 1,000 gold into 2,000 gold?

Markco over at JMTC has asked the gold blogging community this question for his 2nd Blogging Carnival, "How do you turn 1,000 gold into 2,000 gold?"

I think that this question can be broke down into two separate paths depending on what a user has available to them. Let's take a look at both strategies, which are both very viable.

The New Player that is Limited by Professions

If you fall into this category you are looking at any options available to make gold because you just simply can't take the gold you have and invest it into materials to craft items to sell. So let's look at the options available to you.

1. Buying and Reselling Vendor Pets

This is a simple method of making easy gold. You can make a trip visiting vendors in your faction capital, Dalaran, or the Stormspire in Netherstorm. These pets can easily sell for double or more what you paid for them. For example, Dalaran pets sell for around 50g and can be resold on the auction house for 100 to 150g each.

2. Flipping Items on the Auction House

Another great method to make gold is buying low and selling high. By using the Auctioneer addon we can easily scan the Auction House for any items that are selling for way undervalue. Then we can buyout these items or put a minimum bid and hope to win the item. Then repost any items you find at actual market value and rake in the profits!

Items I generally look for are any type of materials, ore, leather, herbs, or cloth that is selling for way under market value. Also another low risk area is flipping Frozen orbs, Crusader Orbs, or Eternal Fire/Life.

The Established Player with Professions

Established can be used loosely with this strategy. This can range from a veteran to someone who has a maxed out profession but has no idea how to use it to make gold. Let's go through some examples I currently use to make gold.

1. Inscription

I think this profession I see the greatest return on out of all my professions. At one time I would consider that profession to be jewelcrafting but since those markets have pretty much crashed I use Inscription as my cash cow.

I would immediately take that 1000g and buy up as much herbs as I could get my hands on that fit under my price threshold of 15g per stack. Normally you can find stacks for 9 to 12 gold. I would also buy 4 frozen orbs to make epic tomes with. Make as many glyphs as you can that are above 10g each and make some Runescrolls of Fortitude as well.

So let's follow along, Buy Herbs -> Buy Orbs -> Mill Herbs -> Make Inks -> Make Tomes -> Make Glyphs -> Make Runescrolls or Fortitude or Sell Snowfall Inks

Depending on market conditions you might be able to sell Stacks of Snowfall ink for 200 to 300 gold. This is immediate return on your investment has you should have about 3 stacks worth after milling. You can also use them to make Runescrolls of Fortitude but you must check to see what the going rate is on your realm. Typically they run 5-6g each. Tomes sell for around 250g each and I would recommend making 4 of these to sell. As for glyphs stick to ones that sell for above 10g as we are looking for high demand glyphs to sell to get a quick return.

In a matter of just a couple evenings selling these items you should easily be above 2000g. If you sell 50 glyphs out of the 250 to 300 glyphs that you are likely to make at 40g each, which is entirely possible as I do it frequently, then you have just turned 1,000g into 2,000g off glyphs alone. This is what works for me and it is an absolute cash cow but I warn that you should test inscription on your realm and see if it is viable as it is a highly competitive market.

2. Jewelcrafting

This is still very viable even after the market crashes as long as you can get the materials for cheap. If so you can still pull out a profit margin of 30 to 80g per gem. Because of the heavy investment required it may take you two or three evenings to double your profits.

So let's say you buy 12 gems at 80g each, that's 960g. By cutting epic cuts of gems, which you can see the list of cuts I have over at my What I Sell list, you can expect an average profit of 30g if markets have crashed on your realm. When you sell those first 12 gems you will have a profit of 360 gold. Turn around and buy another 12 or more gems and rinse and repeat. Not only will you turn that 1000g into 2000g but you will easily make that profit skyrocket the more and more you can reinvest into uncut gems.

Questions for Comments

What would you do to turn 1,000g into 2,000g? Anything you would do different?

Thanks for checking in!

Cataclysm Stockpile List

Here is a list of materials that I am stocking up for Cataclysm.

1. Inks

I've begun stocking up various lower level inks and ink of the sea for the upcoming expansion. Once Cataclysm hits you will no longer be able to trade Ink of the Seas for lower level inks, the new Cata Ink will be the new trade ink, so stockpile now on all of these lesser inks so you can stay ahead of your competition.

2. Runecloth

I am currently stockpiling Runecloth to feed all the hungry worgen/goblin players that will want to max out their reputation. I predict that there will be a serious demand increase upon expansion launch.

3. Netherweave Bags

I've got an entire bank full of netherweave bolts plus a guild bank tab filled too. Netherweave bags are ALWAYS in demand and the demand is going to go through the roof with all the new goblins and worgens running around.

4. Pets

It's a safe investment since pets are always in demand at a steady market price plus there is a possibility that some pets or pet vendors may be removed from the game. For example, the Azure Whelpling's status is still up in the air. With the massive changes to Ashara there is a good chance this pet could be removed from the game.

So stock up on old world pets and possibly take a chance farming some rare ones that might be removed.

5. Enchanting Scrolls for BoA enchants

I am stocking up on various scrolls for BoA enchants. There will be a big rise in demand for these enchants with all the alts being created.

6. Eternal Belt Buckles

I haven't heard of anyone yet talking about stocking up on these. Right now there hasn't been any new info on an updated version but I can't really think of what the updated version could do but add 2 sockets instead of 1? Either way there should still be a rise in demand for these buckles.

7. Cobalt/Saronite Ore

There will be some pretty good demand from players leveling blacksmithing, alchemy, or engineering that will need ore. Plus you can always prospect the ore and get uncommon gems to cut. There will be plenty of players willing to blow their gold on gems for every new piece of gear they get leveling to 85.

I've thought about considering stockpiling on various lower level ores, leathers, and herbs for leveling purposes. I can only assume that all of these new characters will be wanting to level new professions and buying up the materials to level these professions quickly. I think I will have to do some inventory management to figure out where to put anymore stuff at!

Questions for Comments

What are you stockpiling for Cataclysm? Anything in my list that you don't agree with?