“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.
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by pallyofhobbs, on November 11 2008 @ 2:06 pm
ty, as a lvl 30 pally, (ally), i think i can do this no prob. i think u can do this as low as lvl 20 because at 20, u learn to aoe, because i am 30, my aoe’s are stronger, and a can just put on retribution aura so it will take them down quicker, an other good area is where hogger is, in E.F. there are mobs of lvl 8-11, they drop some linen, a little copper, and ever once and a while, a green, which, o y, and some whites and grays, which u should vender.
by xboy, on December 29 2008 @ 4:00 pm
ive been playing wow for about 4 weeks now. i have bought zygors leveling guide and currently am on my way to getting my chars to higher levels. my highest is a level25 right now and i have atleast 300g at all times and another few hundred gold worth in items in the ah. low levels CAN make great money regardless of experience. I am living proof and the only mod i use is auctioneer
by hrolfpyjama, on January 24 2009 @ 3:13 am
I set myself a challenge with my alt – to make 1000g by level 30. I had 700g by level 25 just by questing and selling absolutely everything (I used only armour & weapons from quest drops) and then I found the deviate delight recipe. I made 320g in 2 days selling cooked deviate delights, so target hit! I can fish 40-60 fish in an hour and a stack uncooked on my server at the moment is going for 35-45g which is stupid money!
A great way of making gold – but be patient and sell in stacks of 5 – remember not to flood the market so that you have a steady stream of income rather than putting lots on that no one can afford.
by hrolfpyjama, on January 24 2009 @ 3:16 am
sorry, forgot to say my toon is a retribution paladin level 45 now and funding my other characters.