“You can only start making gold quickly after level ___.” — FALSE

Low levels should never expect to make gold by killing mobs. But that’s not the best way to make gold. Low level mobs drop low amounts of cash and lower value items. Why? Because of the GPH rate! High-level players could go to low-level areas and blitz. So Blizzard has to keep the high-speed drop rate down in line with the GPH rate of other high-level areas.

Also, until level 300-375 in a crafting profession, that profession will not be very profitable. The reason for this is that high-level players with lots of gold sometimes ‘power-level’ a new profession. In other words, they may drop skinning and take up alchemy. They buy all the mats needed to level the profession to 300 from the AH, make tons of potions to level it up, and dump them on the AH. They don’t care about making money on the potions…they just want to get back a little money. So they sell the potions for less than a low-level player could even make the potion in the first place. It drives me crazy that people sell crafted items for a loss, but they do. This makes it hard for lower-level players to profit with professions.

Having said all that, low-level players CAN make gold, and they can use the best method for making gold. They can still play the auction house. Here’s why: Blizzard is NOT in charge of what people are willing to pay. Someone will always be in a hurry to make a little money and sell an item cheap, but fast. Someone else might be willing to pay above the normal price because they want the item RIGHT NOW!

I recently talked to a player who was a very low level. They had only been playing WoW for a couple of weeks. After reading the guide, they sold the herbs that were sitting in their bank, and made 2g over night. Even a level 5 with 2g can start turning that into more, without killing mobs or traveling around. Recently I bought an enchanting recipe (Frost Protection on Shield)…I paid 3g for it and sold it for 53g! Can you imagine a level 10 with 53g! It CAN happen…just not in the way that people usually think.

FACT #5 – Low levels CAN make gold by playing the AH much faster than by any other method.