Supplementary Add-ons For Wow | May Edition of Cold's Gold Blogging Carnival

Cold's Gold Blogging Carnival

Welcome to the May edition of Cold's Gold Blogging Carnivals. These carnivals will continue to take place the 11th day of every month and will be hosted here at Cold's Gold Factory. All World of Warcraft bloggers are welcome to participate and feedback both here and on the original authors' sites is strongly encouraged. So show some support and please leave some feedback in the comments section. These bloggers put a lot of time and hard work into these blogging carnival posts so please let them know what you think of their blogging carnival entries.

If you would like to be included in the next month's carnival, please review the guidelines for Cold's Gold Blogging Carnivals and submit your link via email (ssmith0911 at live dot com) before the 10th of the month. Read up on the benefits of blogging carnival participation at my other blog designed to help new bloggers, Blogging Vitals. Articles are listed in the order they are received. Thank you to all the bloggers participating in this months carnival! And without further ado, I present to you this month's participants answering the question:

Add-On Spotlight:  Which supplimentary add-on would you recommend that all auctioneers should use and why?  (Do not use a Core Add-On)

Here this month we have a nice collections of tips for helping to take your WoW gold making to another level.  If you are new to the auction house game or are just curious about getting started be sure to listen to your elders. We have gone before you and can teach you many things. My first guide, Mysterious Fortune Card Mastery, has been helping a handful of players who have already got their fortune card business up and running and are raking in the WoW gold.  Grab your copy now before the price goes up.  Also remember to check out the Gold Guide over at 20k Leveling (since Alto is now updating it) - another great resource to get you up and running and making tons of gold in no time. Be sure to check out AuctionHouseJunkies.com for the podcast on making gold hosted by myself and Wes of Capped By Cata.

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Accountant Classic by Prncesspwn of Prncesspwn's AH

"I immediately knew what add-on I was choosing, and it’s Accountant Classic. Why? Cuz it rocks! Do you sell Darkmoon Cards in trade to avoid the AH fees? Well, I do. And that is one of the fantastic features that this addon offers.  Unlike MySales (which I use to track my gold within the AH), Accountant Classic shows me my sales and purchases in person to person trades.  But one awesome feature of Accountant Classic is not only does it track your incoming gold but it also tracks your outgoing gold as well."

Cataclysm Rare Spawns Tracker by Alto of Altos' Goldish Advise

"If you are familiar with using addons, this is a breeze. Hit up curse.com to search around, or just click these links to download: NPC Scan, NPC Scan Overlay. Toss them in your "addons" folder, and you are good to go. Remember, you need both downloaded, one won't work. BOTH. If you use curse client, it will give auto updates, but in this case, either or is fine."

Tbag Add-On by Bangkok Bill of Bangkok Bill's World of Goldcraft

"Since I can't recommend a core add-on and it should be an add-on that all auctioneers should use I want to recommend everyone go out and check Tbag. Despite having a horrible, horrible name Tbag is a great add-on that helps you save immense amounts of time by merging all of your bags into one big window and auto sorting everything."

Two Golden Add-ons by R9sid9nt9vil of Eviscerated.net

"Two of my favorite add-ons to use are Lil Sparky’s Workshop and Gnomeworks. These add-ons, together, can help you spot surges in the market and if you look at them regularly enough you can get in on them before everyone else does. The way I use them is to get current auction house data from a scan, then log onto each character one at a time and open up their professions to let the data populate. Once this is done I will go down through to see if anything jumps out at me."

Sweet Little Addon by Toltec of Dark Tuesday

"Check out Dumpster! This little beauty is a MAJOR time-saver. If you’re into glyphs or tend to be moving heaps of any inventory in and out of your bags, bank and guild bank you’ll find this is the best add-on sinceTrade Skill Master (TSM)!"

Gold And More At A Glance by The Gold Queen of TheGoldQueen.com

"I’ve found this little treasure, called Glance, that you can download from Curse. Glance gives you a little bar along the top of your screen (resizeable under /glance options).  At first glance (get it?) it looks like fubar (no longer updated) or titan panel."

Panda by Wes of Capped By Cata

"I wanted to focus on an add-on that I just recently started using. It's called Panda. It can be found here: Curse - Panada Panda is a very simple mod. From what I've read it was originally designed to help with Mass disenchanting. However, I downloaded it looking for a better way to prospect ore. Panada works with a very simple interface that allows you to simply point and click your way to your profits."


AnnounceIt Add-On For Barking by Cold of Cold's Gold Factory
"This add-on is designed for creating up to 5 lines of text in any chat channel.  It is commonly used for posting vent info, but it can also be used to help automate your barking business."

Profit From Icy Prism, Frozen Orbs, & Wrath Gems

Icy Prism Cooldown Removed

Icy Prism Cooldown Removed

Since Patch 4.1, the cooldown on the jewelcrafting item Icy Prism has been removed.  Jewelcrafters used to be restricted to crafting only 1 Icy Prism per day, but we can now craft as many as we like.  Icy Prism can be a very profitable option for making in game World of Warcraft gold with your Jewelcrafting profession.

Icy Prism Materials

• 1 Frozen Orb
• 1 Chalcedony
• 1 Dark Jade
• 1 Shadow Crystal

Finally we have a way to dump the Dark Jade and Shadow Crystal gems, which are pretty useless, unless you are able to sell focusing crystals on your server.  I have tried it before and they just don't move.  I tend to end up vendoring the Dark Jade and Shadow Crystal when I need bank space, but I am glad I didn't get rid of too many of them as we finally have a use for them with the Icy Prism cooldown being removed.

Profiting From Icy Prisms


Opening an Icy Prism will provide you with multiple rare Wrath of the Lich King gems as well as a chance to get an epic Wrath gem and / or a Dragon's Eye.  There is profit to be made, depending on how cheap you can get frozen orbs and the required uncommon gems for the Icy Prism creation.  I just bought about 40 Frozen Orbs price as 6-8 gold each, which is an excellent price.

Wrath Gems Are Still Selling

Believe it or not, the Wrath of the Lich King gems do still sell.  Of course they sell much slower than they did last WoW expansion, but there still is a demand for the old gems.  Why?  The uncommon gems from Cataclysm require a minimum item level of i285 in order to be socketted.  This means leveling characters won't be using Cata gems until their gear is of high enough level, so they have no choice but to use the older gems in their gear as they level.  There are very few gem sellers in this market on many of the servers, so don't dismiss it as not worth your time.

The rare gems from your Icy Prisms can be cut and sold on the auction house to leveling characters.  I tend to stick to some of the most common cuts for each color that are more likely to sell, instead of selling a wide variety in each color.  If you get an epic gem, then you can sell those for a nice amount also.  The dragon's eye is what you are hoping to get in your Icy Prism.  They can be combined with 5 infinite dust to create the Nightmare Eye +10 to all stats gem which sells for 200+ gold each.  There currently is no Cataclysm equivalent for this prismatic gem and it has always been a highly popular choice to stick into helms that have a gem slot as they are great for helping with meta requirements since they count as each color of gem.

So those of us with extra gems from the saronite shuffle have a new way to profit off of all of the previously near worthless green and purple Wrath uncommon gems.

Anyone else been profiting from the Icy Prism cooldown removal?

Amani Hex Stick Zul'Aman Patch 4.1

The New Zul'Aman

I previously wrote about Farming Zul'Aman for Mojo and Sealed Scroll Cases, but since then Zul'Aman has changed.  Patch 4.1 brought us Call to Arms, but Zul'Aman and Zul'Gurub are both now revamped level 85 5 man dungeons with heroic versions as well.  Zul'Aman has retained one of the items that I would farm for sometimes.  I am an avid mount, recipe, and pet collector in addition to being an auctioneer on the World of Warcraft auction house.  Even after patch 4.1 you can still get the companion pet, Mojo.  The Amani Hex Sticks still exist within the new Zul'Aman dungeon and work the same way as the did before as far as finding the scroll collectors and Mojo.  There is one big change though.

Hex Sticks Are Not BoP

The Amani Hex Stick used to bind-on-pickup, but since Patch 4.1 it can now be traded and sold on the auction house.  They used to disappear if you died or left the instance, so this is a nice change to the Hex Sticks.  You use the Amani Hex Sticks on the frogs around the central area and they will revert back to humanoid form.  When they are freed, they will drop a box on the ground that awards gold and / or charms. 

They can also turn into a vendor npc, that can sell you a Sealed Scroll Case, which can contain some rare recipes, but since Patch 4.1 they can also contain Mysterious Fortune Cards and Darkmoon Cards.  So keep your eyes out for other players using Amani Hex Sticks on frogs when in the new Zul'Aman dungeon.  The Sealed Scroll Case is a limited quantity item (1), so first person to buy it gets the chance at the rare pattern.  Any gold you loot from a chest is also split among party members, so it is best to just wait until the dungeon is over before zapping your frogs.

Use Gold Knowledge In The Real World

Sorry for my free daily gold tip being late today.  I actually fell asleep last night and forgot to queue up my draft before I crashed from a long hard day at work.  So again, sorry it's late. 50 Lashings for me!

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Expand Your Skills

Today I am going to deviate a bit from the usual coarse of discussing Gold Making Tips and Tactics within the World of Warcraft gaming community and look outside of the game itself.  Some of what you have learned from dealing within trade chat or the auction house markets can assist you in making profits in the real world as well.  I previously wrote on how my old eBay record flipping tactics directly taught me skills that I constantly use on the Azeroth Auction Houses of World of Warcraft.  Be sure to check that post out as it still is one of my favorite older posts, but today I wanna discuss thinking the opposite direction.

How Can You Use WoW In Game Knowledge?

So if you have been reading my site at Cold's Gold Factory and have been listening to the Auction House Junkies | WoW Gold Making Podcast, then you have probably have absorbed at least a little bit of knowledge on some of the principles of economics, sales, and marketing.  How can you apply that knowledge to the real world? 

Look For Underpriced Goods

We are always on the hunt for underpriced goods on the auction house.  They are underpriced as in relation to their actual value.  We are quick to jump on an 18 gold stack of Obsidium Ore in WoW, but walk by horribly underpriced goods every day.  Keep your eyes scanning and your brain thinking when out and about.  Here's an example of a way I have profitted in the real world using WoW auction house thinking.

Bath & Body Works

Bath & Body Works is a store that sells smelly stuff, mainly Lotions, Oils, Body Washes, Sprays, etc.  They can be found in most malls, or at least most shopping malls around here in the Midwest USA.  Twice a year, Bath & Body Works has a big sale that clears out the last of the old season's products that were either a)  seasonal or b) discontinued.  They may be dropping a certain scent of lotion.  Since it is a clearance sale you could find crazy sale prices on some of these soon to be discontinued lotions, washes, soaps, etc.  Buy 1, Get 3 Free types of sales to move the soon to be out of season or discontinued products. 

Flipping

Most people would see the discontinued products as sale items because "nobody wants that crap anymore" or "it didn't sell, so they got rid of it."  Well, folks we as WoW commodity traders should know better.  No one may want this $12 Cranberry-Holly lotion now in the Spring, but I'm sure demand will return next Christmas.  Think farther though...what if they don't bring this scent back in the new Christmas line?  Cha-ching!  Profit.  Someone on eBay loves this scent and will be sad to see it gone from the new line-up and will gladly pay you $15 or more to get their favorite holiday scent.  The item says $12 normally, but at this sale you can buy 4 for that price.  It may not be worth waiting that long for the amount of profit though.

Looking at the discontinued items that are not seasonal is where the quicker return on investment would come.  They once discontinued everything in the Lemongrass-Sage scent line, which I was able to snatch up and flip for nice profits while there was a shortage of listings on eBay.  Just like we learn in the auction house in Azeroth, post when there are fewer sellers to get a higher listing and sale price.  I sold the lemongrass sage lotions for over the original sticker price for like $16 each because it was a popular scent in other areas of the country. 

Are you able to use any of your WoW gold making knowledge to making a profit in the real world?

Readers:  Today your assignment is to try and find something to flip for a profit in the real world and report back here.  You don't have to buy the item or do it, but find something that has potential value built into the current price.

Bloggers:  Any of you have a certain story or scenario that draws to mind?  Feel free to do a post and link it to us in the comments.

Auction House Junkies Episode 8 is Out

Auction House Junkies

Head on over to auctionhousejunkies.com and download Episode #8.  This is a great episode dedicated to the release and changes of World of Warcraft's Patch 4.1.  In this episode Wes of cappedbycata.com and I, Cold of coldsgoldfactory.blogspot.com, discuss some great highly profitable topics and we have a blast on this episode of the gold making pod cast.

So head on over and check out Auction House Junkies Episode #8 | WoW Gold Making Podcast.

As Stewards of the Gold Making Community, we discuss:

• Patch 4.1
• Gemaggedon
• The Lazy Obsidium Shuffle
• Patch 4.1 Anticipation
• Pet Sales
• Winterspring Cubs
• Enchant Shield - Vitality
• Barking and Trade Chat Changes
• The MFC Mastery Guide
• Wes's Tanking Project
• Call to Arms
• Portal Additions
• Twilight Highlands Vendor Nerfs
• Twinking
• New Dungeons ZA and ZG
• And lots more.

All episodes of The Auction House Junkies Wow Gold Making Podcast are available via iTunes as well.

If you like the show, please leave us some feedback at iTunes and tell all your firends about the show!

Thanks for listening, Junkies!

ATTENTION: JMTC Coaches | Markco's Coaching Program Exposed

Markco of JMTC and Every Copper Counts

Apologies

First off, I would like to apologize to any of my loyal readers that I led astray by recommending the JMTC WoW Coaching Program as a viable source to make money.  While it still could be a viable revenue stream, the amount of time invested for each coaching session simply does not come anywhere close to the hourly rates that most people are charging.  I don't want to waste 2 hours researching and 1 or more hours teaching a student for a measly $10.  My rates for a coaching session would have to have been raised to $40 per session for it even to be worth my while to spend the amount of time I would want to dedicate to fully coach someone.  And it is hard enough to get daily posts, podcasts, guest casts and guest posts all worked into a real life full time employment schedule already.  For these reasons alone I submitted to remove myself from the WoW Coaching Program over at JMTC.

The Removal As A JMTC Coach

Per the instructions on the coaching site at Just My Two Copper, I contacted Markco and requested my removal from the JMTC WoW Coaching Program via email.  The 60 Day Guarantee is clearly shown as well as the stated that "[He] will refund the purchase in full."  If you listen to the audio commentary he also states "I will reimburse you for all the money you spent." 

So I contacted Markco on April 4th and explained that I would like to be removed from the JMTC WoW Coaching Program.  So Markco responds back with "Cancellation Request Sent", which is the only thing he ever sent me about cancelling.  So I assumed that he actually sent the request in. 

The Continued Charges

You can imagine my suprise when on the 4th of this month I was charged again for Markco's JMTC WoW Coaching Program again.  I immediately sent him an email asking him to remedy the situation, unsub me like he said he already did and refund my monies.  Of course all I got back was complete bullshit.

This liar never sent me anything other than what you saw above, "Cancelation request sent."  Further more, he contradicts himself within the email reply saying that I have to request the cancellation myself and he can't do it for me.  Then in the same email he says that he sent the request last month and can try to send it again to get it turned off.  What?  Which is it Captain Outsource?  Either you can do it or you can't.  Why are you telling me you sent the request, now I need to do it myself (which never was mentioned before), or you can do it for me again?  Huh?!?!  Just refund my money you crook.

What a damn liar!  The clickbank reps I spoked to on their Live Chat Support both confirmed HE NEVER EVEN SENT MY CANCEL REQUEST AT ALL!  The support rep also confirmed the other things he was lieing about.  A vendor, such as Markco, IS able to request a refund, yet he keeps telling me he can't and I had to do it on my own.  But he also says he already submitted the request.  Huh?  Talking out both sides of your mouth?

Markco also tells me that I am the only one that had any issues being unsubscribed and with continued charges.  More lies!  After I blew the whistle on this crook via Twitter, I had 4 more ex-coaches tell me they either were currently cancelled and still being billed or had went thru the same issues before they finally got all of his charges to stop.  If you say contact me for a cancellation and refund, then you should follow through and not put your buyers through all of these hoops just to get a refund that you promised.  And allowing the charges to continue after you know people have requested cancellations is just plain wrong.  That's stealing, with the intent of hoping they don't notice the $10 rebilled monthly.  What's worse is this crook had taken my coaching ad down long before the time I had legitemately paid for, which I got refunded back by the helpful chat support agents at Clickbank.com.  (Shout out to Jutta and Mirabel!)

From The Mouth Of Deceit

So let's look at the list of lies from Markco:

• LIE #1  Marko says "Cancellation request sent." - CSR confirmed he never sent anything.
• LIE #2  Marko says he informed me how to cancel it myself in original email - Wrong!  All you sent was a reply that you took care of it, but really never did anything at all.
• LIE #3  Markco tells me I'm the only one with an issue - Well twitter and email confirmed at least 4 other cases.  He release this SMOKESCREEN post on JMTC about urgent issued with the WoW Coaching Program.  When backed into a corner and called out for a scandal, this post is just to cover his ass after he's already been caught.  Just more lies from Markco the Snake.
• Lie #4  Tells me he can't issue a cancellation or a refund - He already contradicted himself in email replies and the clickbank CSR confirmed vendors can send in both request.  He just never did either.

Even after the release of his smokescreen post that is out to cover his ass after I blew the whistle on his scandal, he still hasn't update the actually coaching site with the quick and easy ways to unsubscribe and request refunds for yourself.  Why?  He proably hopes that you too will be recharged each month and then not notice until you are out of the 60 day guaranteed refund time period.  You can't get a refund after 60 days have passed for any rebilling payments per the clickbank rep. 

Luckily I spilled the beans on this scandal on twitter and have started the process for other ex-coaches to double check their statements and get the refunds that are properly owed to them.  Some people complain that I can be a bit harsh, but I am looking out for the greater good of my readers as a whole.  I even get referral credits monthly for some of these people getting billed and I don't mind losing that income completely as apparently it isn't even a legit charge and others are being ripped off just like Markco was trying to rip me off.

Is this really the kind of snake that you want getting your money?

HOW TO: Get Your Refund From Clickbank

Since Markco doesn't want to make it easy for you.  Here is a step by step guide to unsubscribing, stopping payments, and requesting refunds.

1. If you paid with paypal make sure to go and stop the subscription thru them.
2. If you used a credit card, contact them to block payment.
3. Cancel the subscription with clickbank.  Here's the Cancel Link.  Ask for live chat support if needed.
4. Open a dispute via paypal if you used paypal to purchase.
5. Then file for a refund with clickbank stating you were charged after you notified him to cancel service.
6. Send a formal complaint to: abuse@clickbank.com. Detailing how he charged you for the months after you requested cancellation.  If you don't report him, he will continue taking advatage of people.
7. File for a full refund if you originally cancelled within his 60 day moneyback guarantee.  All you need for a full refund is an email to forward showing your request for cancellation and refund that is dated 60 days or less from your sign up date.
8. If you have continued problems or you also believe this was more than just a mistake.  Then contact the Better Business Bureau of Eastern PA (Markco is from Philly) and report the issue regarding Chris Antoni / JMTC / 20k Leveling and his illegal activity of continuing to charge unsubscribed subscribers.  Here is the direct link to start a claim with the Eastern PA BBB.

This post is written truly for the best interests of my excellent readers as well as any other World of Warcraft players that may also have been duped by Markco the Snake and his lies.  Join his JMTC WoW Coaching Program at your own risk.  At least now you can reference this post, if you go to unsub from the coaching program.

Hope this helps anyone out there who looked over the questionable rebilling charges.  I already have helped some ex-coaches via twitter and email.  I hope to get the word out to all of those effected. 

So please spread the word.


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UPDATE:   After getting caught he has released an altered transcript of my email dealings back and forth with him.  Let it be know that these emails occured over the course of 1 day YESTERDAY and he has removed all of the dates from them to help hide the fact that the original email on 4/4 regarding cancellation said nothing of this new way that we are supposed to cancel. 

His site said contact him and that's what I did.  He lied and said he cancelled.  He never did.  Now he is trying to say he told me how to do it the whole time.  These are just plain outright lies.  He told me how to cancel yesterday and that's the first time.  He left the dates out for a reason.  It's just more smoke and mirrors for his lemmings to save his image.  Tell one lie and it leads to another - even a kindergartner knows that.

CGF April Gold Posts Recap

Welcome to all the new readers

Patch 4.1 has created a wave of players coming to Cold's Gold Factory.  Come on In and Join Us for Discussion.  Today is a recap post.  Each month I do a recap of the month before and highlight 10 gold posts or guides that appeared during the previous month.  I highlight the top 5 most popular and the 5 with the most comments / best discussion.  April saw some excellent topics to discuss, especially with the release of Patch 4.1 lurking.

WoW Gold Post And Guides Recap

Most Popular Gold Posts From April

• Satchel of Exotic Mysteries | Call To Arms Dungeon Finder - 3 Satchels in and I've got my first epic mount - Too bad I already own it.
• Flipping Winterspring Cub Companion Pets - Sales still going well.
• Undocumented Enchanting Changes For Patch 4.1 - Enchant Shield - Vitality is the big sleeper pick here.
• Gold Guides To WoW Patch 4.1 Recap - This is a recap of all my gold posts on Patch 4.1 (prior to it's release)
• Warcraft Herb and Ore Markets In Flux -  And they remain in flux.

Gold Posts / Guides With The Most Discussion From April

• Swapping Engineering Specializations For Profit - Nerfed in Patch 4.1 - Can still switch, just can't have both goblin and gnomish recipes learned together.
• IRL Case Study With A Bake Sale - This post got crazy in the comments.  Don't dig into this one til you have time to sort through it.  Lots of math involved here.
• Obsidium Ore Prospecting Crash
• Rift or WoW? Goodbye Azeroth - Ah, The April Fool's Day post that lead to at least 10 people unsubscribing from the newsletter.  Didn't mean to fool you for real.
• Cataclysm Alchemy Spec Swapping - Save yourself the time before you swap alchemy specializations.

Other Stuff

Don't Miss Out on the Monthly Gold Blogging Carnivals here at Cold's Gold Factory.  Always looking for new participants and this is a great spot to read about centralized content.

The daily newsletter is going well and I have just released my first set of newsletter first tips this past weekend.  Sign up for Cold's Daily Gold Tips and become eligible for the newsletter only giveaways coming soon.

Be sure to listen to me and Wes of Capped by Cata over at the Auction House Junkies Podcast homepage.  Wes has gotten back into writing more frequent content so be sure to head back over his way and read some of the good stuff he's putting out.

Check out the first WoW gold guide I have authored:  Mysterious Fortune Card Mastery

Again - Thanks for checking out Cold's Gold Factory. 

Enjoy Your Visit.

Cold

Gnomish X-Ray Scope

Gnomish X-Ray Scope

The Engineering crafted Gnomish X-Ray Scope has been making me a killing since the release of Patch 4.1.  In case you don't know the Gnomish X-Ray Scope has been changed.  It used to just give a flat crit bonus, but now it is much more of a preferred high end scope as it currently is a Proc based buff.  A Proc now gives you +800 Ranged Attack Power for 10 seconds.

Since Patch 4.1 I have been selling these very quickly and for twice my investment.  They only take 2 Hardened Elementium Bars and 2 Dream Emeralds to craft and I have been able to sell them on my server for 465g each.  So be sure to look into this market on your server, as it may be easy to grab some and flip them for a profit even if you can't craft them yourself.  I've sold 4 of these scopes in 3 days at this price.  These are scopes that I had left over from leveling Engineering and since the change to the scope, I'm so glad I didn't dump them for cheap.  Check out the option on your server.

Twilight Highlands Vendor Nerf

Twilight Highlands Vendors


BEWARE:  Prepare for a flood of competition in the major markets for Leatherworking, Tailoring, Enchanting, and Blacksmithing.  And the Engineering Cogwheels Market is now completely dead.  Why you ask?

In Patch 4.1, they added new vendors in the respective profession shops in all major cities.  Yeah sucks, I know.  Well, sucks for those of us that have been pushing our alts to level 84 in order to even be able to obtain the end game crafting patterns.  Prior to the WoW Patch 4.1 change, you had to be level 84, then complete a quest chain in order to unlock the high end profession vendors in Dragonmaw Port.  This was an excellent way to limit the number of crafters in the professions that were represented in the Twilight Highlands, but now that gate has been opened wide.

In Patch 4.1, new vendors are in the major cities offering players the same recipes that were previously exclusive to the Twilight Highlands vendors.  Currently you only need to be level 75 to pick up the same recipes, since you have to be 75 to get to last tier of the crafting professions.  This means there will be a ton of new characters entering into the markets that were previously gated.

Leg Armors, Ebonsteel Belt Buckles, Cogwheels, high end enchants, high end craftable PvP gear and everything else is going to get much more competitive once players start to realize these new vendors are in the major cities.

One thing to note is that only recipes and cogwheels are included in this change.  The materials from the Inscription supplier were not included in this Patch 4.1 change, but they could be added in the future.  Don't buy too many in case they are later added to the major cities as well.

Blizzard is supposed to rolling out new PvP craftables as the arena seasons change, so I'm assuming this is the first step of that plan.  Can we can assume that the new recipes will be the ones available on the Twilight Vendors while the old versions get moved to the major city vendors?

So currently there is no need to go visit the metal trader, the shard trader, the cloth trader, the cogwheel trader, or the leather trader in Twilight Highlands.

PS:  I broke this store first on my newsletter and have given a few other newsletter first information releases. 
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What are your thoughts on this change?  Good?  Bad?  

Mysterious Fortune Card Mastery | New WoW Gold Guide

WoW Gold Making with Mysterious Fortune Cards

Mysterious Fortune Card Mastery

So I have finished my gold guide and I present to you the Mysterious Fortune Card Mastery World of Warcraft gold making guide.    This new guide puts into words all of the strategies and tactics I have been using to make an absolute fortune selling the Mysterious Fortune Cards on the auction house. 

You've heard and read me discuss Mysterious Fortune Cards on Auction House Junkies, Cold's Gold Factory, a JMTC's Friday Night Meeting, and also the soon to release Hall of Fame Submission to WowEcon.

So Check It Out

You May Just FuQQ Around and Get Rich Too,

Cold

Children's Week Recap

The Search Page

I would like to draw some attention to the top of the page.  You should see a new tab up there labeled "Search".  This an Awesome New Feature I have added to make it easier to identify posts on specific topics.  You just search for specific items, posts, or topics and the search will return you a list of articles from Cold's Gold Factory and Auction House Junkies.

This new search feature will also allow me to moniter the topics searched for so that I can add some of the popular search topics to future blog posts.  So if you use the search, I can come up with some posts tailored to what you are looking for as readers.  Hell, it could even give Wes and I an idea for an episode on the Auction House Junkies WoW gold making podcast.
So Give It a Try!

Children's Week

Children's Week starts today.  So instead of providing a blog post with a recap of recent Children's Week posts, let's give the new Search feature a try.  So head on up to the Search tab and give it a try.

Search for Children's Week or whatever else you like.

Learn Glyph of Frost Armor

Glyph of Frost Armor

As I mentioned in a previous post on Glyph Changes In Patch 4.1, with the release of Patch 4.1 there would be one new glyph introduced to the Inscription Profession.  Scribes can now craft the Glyph of Frost Armor, a new glyph for the mage class.  It was unknown how the glyph would be learned once it became available. 


Quickly after the release of Patch 4.1, I learned that it was available from Northrend Inscription Research, which is just one of the possible options.  Scribes can also learn new recipes from Book of Glyph Mastery, Minor Inscription Research (but obviously minor glyphs only), or from the Inscription profession trainer.  Lucky for scribes it was one of the cheaper options.  Had it been learned from a Book of Glyph Mastery, it would have cost scribes far more in gold due to the scarcity and high demand that already exists for the Books of Glyph Mastery.   

Northrend Inscription Research and Snowfall Ink

The Northrend Inscription Research profession ability requires a Snowfall Ink, which may not be available on the auction house for your server.  There may exist a market for selling the Snowfall Inks for a super slight window of opportunity as all scribes will need at least 1 to learn the new Glyph of Frost Armor.  You can always get one from trading in 10 Snowfall Inks to Jessica Sellers or the newly added Ink Traders.

Enchant Shield - Vitality | New BiS Shield Enchant

Enchant Shield Vitality

One of the Undocumented Patch 4.1 Changes To Enchanting has been revealed on live World of Warcraft servers.  Previously I mentioned how the + mana per second and + health per second enchants were being changed. 

Well there is a new Best in Slot enchant for level 19 sword and board flag runners.  The Enchant Shield - Vitality has changed to now provide +10 Stamina and +10 Spirit, which is better than the previous +7 Stamina - Greater Stamina enchant and the +7 Spirit - Greater Spirit enchant combined.  The materials for the Enchant Shield - Vitality enchantment do require 1 Greater Eternal Essense and 4 Illusion Dust, but those can be obtained through the shuffling of Runecloth Headbands or Enchanted Thorium Blades.

If you have low level twinks on your server, then be sure to make a few of these and keep the auction house stocked.  I am the only one selling these on my server and I am selling them for 75 gold each.  Nice thing is that there were a lot of these on the acution house mispriced by auto posters.  I bought them for 2 gold each and am flipping for a nice profit on the auction house now as the crafting cost is much higher than 2 gold! 

So be sure to check your WoW server's auction house first and grab up what you can before everyone realizes this massive increase in value. 

Have you found any other odd ball changes that have been bringing you sales?

Flipping Winterspring Cub Vanity Pets

Winterspring Cub

The Winterspring Cub

Patch 4.1 has brought us another non-bound companion pet that can be sold for a nice profit.  The Winterspring Cub is a cute little frostsaber cub that will costs you 50 gold from the vendor, but can be sold on the auction house for a lot more.  Most players have no clue where to get this new companion pet, the Winterspring Cub.  So all you need to do to expand your pet shop business is to buy a few from the vendor in Winterspring and post them on the auction house in World of Warcraft.  I myself am the only seller on my server - Horde side - that is selling these pets.  I pay 50 gold for them just like anyone else, but I am selling them on the Horde auction house for 420 gold each.  Yes, they are selling for that much!

Winterspring Cub is sold by Michelle De Rum, a neutral vendor located inside the Everlook Inn in Everlook, Winterspring.  The Winterspring Cub will cost you 50g per companion pet.  Be carefull trying to sell too many at once, because with a 50 gold purchase price, the auction fees can add up, if they don't sell.

The npc vendor Michelle De Rum is actually a tribute to an amazing WoW screenshot artist and pet collector name DDrum, whose first name happens to be Michelle.  Check out her awesome screenshot gallery of biscuit-fed (and enlarged) companion pets with matching screenshot backgrounds.

Speaking of selling companion pets, be sure to check out the new gold guide by The Gold Queen.

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Cataclysm Potion Making Alchemy

Alchemy Potion Master

Alchemy

I have been playing in the potion market on my server after taking my second Alchemist to swap alchemy specializations to potion master.  Early into the release of Cataclysm, there was no profit to be made in either the flask or potion markets.  Now a few patches later, the requirements to craft are less steep and the price of most Cataclysm herbs has come down to a level that we can profit from in markets other than just Mysterious Fortune Cards.

Daily Dungeon Changes

Historically, the best nights to sell potions are on raid nights, but some new changes to World of Warcraft have been brought about in Patch 4.1.  We may be seeing an increased window of opportunity to sell flasks and potions as you no longer have to do your daily dungeon run each day.  With Patch 4.1 we are now able to do 7 runs a week for full Justice Points instead of being tied to doing only one per day.  So Tuesdays and Wednesdays both should see increased consumable sales as players stock up for multiple dungeon runs back to back.

Potions That Sell

Here are some of the potions that I have found to be viable sellers.

1. Potion of Deepholme
2. Potion of Treasure Finding
3. Potion of Concentration
4. Mythical Mana Potion
5. Mysterious Mana Potion
6. Potion of Tol'vir
7. Golemblood Potion
8. Volcanic Potion

Any others to add to this list?

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Guide to WoW Patch 4.1 | Gold Making Posts on Patch 4.1

Patch 4.1 Incoming

Well by now the US World of Warcraft servers should be down and undergoing the maintenance to bring us Patch 4.1 and the new content of Zul'Aman and Zul'Gurub as well as many new changes.  With these changes come new opportunities for us to make gold on the auction house in WoW.  Let's take a look back at the posts I have written over the past month or so to get caught back up on how we can prosper in this time of change.

Patch 4.1 Gold Making Posts

1. Companion Pets To Spike in Patch 4.1
2. Lantern and Lamp Trading Will Be More Feasible
3. Call to Arms and the Satchel of Exotic Mysteries
4. Are the Gem Vendor Prices Really Changing?  Find out when the servers go live!
5. Patch 4.1 Undocumented Changes to Twink Enchanting
6. Glyph Changes in Patch 4.1
7. The WoW Ore and Herb Markets are in Flux
8. WoW Tanking Gear Demand Increase with Call to Arms

Well there you go.  That should get you caught up on some of the big money makers in WoW Patch 4.1.  Hope you were prepared.

And if that isn't enough to keep you busy while you wait for the Patch 4.1 to finish, then be sure to head over to AuctionHouseJunkies.com as Episode #7 has just been released.

Check out Cold's Mysterious Fortune Card Mastery Guide

Embersilk Farming In Deepholme In Cataclysm

Embersilk Cloth Farming in Deepholme

Leveling My Enchanter / Tailor

I am making a push to level 84 on my tailor who is also my enchanter.  Right now she stands at character level 83.75 and I soon will be able to visit the Twilight Highlands vendors for both Enchanting and Tailoring.  There will be a wave of sales in the Enchanting market as players will be replacing gear with the release of new content.  I need to hit level 84 before Patch 4.1.

Major patches always bring in a larger number of players and sales across many markets will peak during at least the first week.  So this is why I have been pushing hard for level 84.  I want to take advantage of the gear replacement, re-enchanting, re-gemming craze to the fullest.  By getting my enchanter to the Level 84 where she can buy the high end patterns, prior to the Patch 4.1, is a must in order to accomplish this. 

Embersilk Farming in SW Deepholme

In Southwestern Deepholme is a nice spot to grind and farm Embersilk Cloth.  There is a great battle taking place  between the dwarves and troggs.  These Earthen Chapions and War Constructs will fight on your side attacking the enemy Stone Trogg Beserkers and Stone Trogg Geomancers.  You can get a lot of experience, if you come here while leveling at level 82, once Deepholme unlocks.  Since the dwarfs will acts as tanks, this location is very nice for herding and farming the mobs together and finishing them off with AoE spell damage.  you can even run around and loot all of the Embersilk Cloth during the battle. 

So I have been using my warlock tailor and have been gathering hefty amounts of Embersilk Cloth to also level with tailoring skill at the same time.  Instead of just mindlessly following the quests for gear that will be replaced from anything that drops in a dungeon, I have been farming the hell out of these Stone Troggs all up and down the SW perimeter of Deepholme.  Bolting up what I collect, looting, spamming DoTs on mobs everywhere, while continuing to be in combat.    The more damage you do to these mobs, the more experience you will earn for the kills.  As long as you do some damage, you will be able to loot them.  It really is a great spot to level and farm Embersilk Cloth at the same time.  And it is also a great spot to pickpocket as well.  Bring along a potion of treasure finding for a nice bonus.

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Anyone else pushing their profession crafting character to level 84 before Patch 4.1?

Noblegarden Begins | Newsletter Giveaway

Noblegarden

Well the World of Warcraft in-game world event Noblegarden has begun.  Time to run around crapping eggs and turning each other into rabbits.  Not much to make gold during this holiday other than:

• Selling ports as a mage.  The event takes you all over the globe, so mages can make some quick gold in the first few days of the Noblegarden event.
• Flying lowbies to the harder to reach areas that are required to visit, like UnGoro Crater.  So dust off your X-53 Touring Rocket mount and fly some lowbies to their destinations.  Or drop them into pools of lava.  That's always fun.

Gold Tips Newsletter

If you haven't already, be sure to sign up for my Free Gold Tips Newsletter to be delivered to your email inbox daily!  If you sign up, don't forget to click the confirmation email and add me address to your safe list to keep the emails from ending up in your junk box.  The readers on the newsletter will be able to purchase my Mysterious Fortune Card Gold Making Guide before everyone else and for a discounted rate. The guide is in the final stages of design, so be sure to sign up for your discount and the chance to own it before anyone else.  Already a member?  Tell a Friend to Join too!

I will also be giving away a free copy on release date to one lucky member of the Gold Tips Newsletter.

Undocumented Enchanting Changes In Patch 4.1

Balancing Twink Battlegrounds

Many of these undocumented changes will be effecting twinks characters and PvP battlegrounds, so if you are a supplier of twink items and enchants, then this is very useful information to know.

This information is taken from this Patch 4.1 Undocumented Changes source over at Twinkinfo.com.  These changes have been tested and noted by players on the PTR.  Twinkinfo.com is a reliable and trusted source and is a must read for anyone looking to get into twinking of lower level characters.  Hopefully these changes will encourage more players to try out twinking for lower levels.

Changes To Enchanting

Enchants that previously required only an item level of 35 or higher, will now require a character level of 25 also.  So Burning Crusade enchants will no longer be allowed on level 1-24 items.  This makes twinking with items like the Formal Dangui or Haliscon Jacket impossible.  Players used to be able to add the +35 Resilience enchant onto these items.  Imagine an extra 35 resilience in a lvl 10 battleground. Not anymore.

The level 60 enchants from Wrath of the Lich King will now require character level 50 to use.  This prevents level 49 characters from using Wrath enchants.

The Mana per 5 seconds enchants will become +Spirit enchants.

The Health per 5 seconds enchants will become +Stamina enchants.

What does this mean for us?


If you are on a server with high twink activity, you are going to be able to sell some new enchants once Patch 4.1 comes.  Players with twinks that had previously been able to use these Grandfathered enchants will now be looking to replace their enchants with the next best available enchant.

So once Patch 4.1 comes, you should see a slight spike in +4 Stats to Chest (originally said +4 sta, lol - thanks for catching the type) and any other top of the line replacement enchants.

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Changing Alchemy Specialization In Cataclysm

Alchemy Specialization Changing

With the drop in prices of Cataclysm herbs in World of Warcraft, the potion and flask markets have the opportunity to be much more profitable.  I myself changed one of my alchemists from transmutation specialization to potion master just yesterday.  One thing has changed.  There no longer is the Alchemy specialization swapping npc in Shattrath.  There used to be an npc in Shatt that you would pay the150g and then pick which specialty branch of alchemy you want to change to.  He's gone.  It's a lot more tedious now.

In order to change your Alchemy specialty choice, you have to go to the trainer of the original specialization and pay your 150g to unlearn.  Then you have to travel across Outlands to the trainer of the new specialty to train the new specialization.  It was so much easier when you could just find your way to Shattrath, pay your gold and then chose your new speciality.

So my druid had to fly to Stormspire to pay the 150g to unlearn transmutation spec from the transmutation trainer, then fly to Cenarian Refuge in Zangarmarsh to be trained in potions by the potion master there.

So don't waste your time flying to Shatt to swap out your specialities in Alchemy.