why price enchants so high?Follow

why do people price their enchants high?
when u see somebody yelling that their enchanting something like minor health for like 50s it drives me crazy,,,
didnt know i you guys would whisper them and tell them to bring the price down or whatever else u guys do.. i was wondering what people do when they see this, or if you do anything thx

No, enchant prices aren't high. It's a hopeless money losing business. Every time I see an enchanter being hassled on the trade channel for daring to sell say, 2H lesser impact for 1G, I always help by telling the bully to go buy a glimmering shard. I even have someone wasting my time this weekend for a free fiery enchant, with my mats! Most of the time, I can see enchanters advertising enchants below cost. I only sell yellow or orange enchants, anything that won't level my skill is simply a waste of time as no one ever pays more than mat cost. Even tips is like only 50s-1g, which I can earn much quicker from vendor trash drops. (By the way, I'm also a disenchanter, and I'd rather sell extra mats on the AH).

To fellora, hang in there, it will get better. The low level enchants will lose you more money because the mat prices are so high in comparison to the higher level mats. The mat price difference between a magic essence and a mystic essence (or a strange dust and a vision dust) isn't larger than the benefit of the enchant. Basically, the mid level enchants are more cost effective than the low level ones. (The high level ones are actually very expensive, btw). And if you are thinking of getting the minor beastslayer formula, don't. I got it from a drop at Deadmines, and I worked out that I lose more money selling it than selling other equal level enchants. From my experience, it becomes feasible charging mat cost from around level 185.

Edited, Mar 5th 2007 4:23am by LittleHamster

Enchanting Is a money-losing profession. You have to D/E Items that might be worth alot more then the recieved D/E Mats. The enchants also require alot of extra mats which include into the price. Unless the buyer were to supply the mats, the enchanter would be broke. Thats why Enchanters Sometimes charge an extra 1-2g just for profit. Alot of people take up enchanting(Even Warriors)because they think it makes money easily, when really it doesn't.

How about the next time you want something enchanted, buy the necessary mats on the AH, and provide a tip of 10% of what you bought the mats for?

Whiners like you drive me crazy.

Enchanting is a perfectly valid way to make money (and I'm probably not the only one who manages to do so), but the money is not really into selling enchants.

Why? Because let's have a look at your market:
- at low lvl (say, before 50), nobody apart from twinks can afford the mats, therefore everybody gets enchants for free from an enchanter who wants to skill up
- at high lvl, who doesn't know an enchanter? Just buy the mats (or farm them) and a guildmate will do the enchant for you for free (and skill up)

Anyone who whines about the prices of enchants has learned very little in their time playing WoW.

I don't think I've ever heard someone asking an overly high price for an enchant (although I usually can't afford them).

Enchanting other player's items is not the most efficient way to skill up. It uses up time and effort and is totally pointless, unless you are doing it for guildies. Enchant your own items, and then enchant them again (overlaying the prior enchantment) with the same enchant. Do this until you level your skill to the point of visiting the trainer. Then get new enchants and do the same with the next bunch of orange enchants.

This means that you need mats. LOTS OF MATS! Buy cheap disenchantable items at the AH and disenchant them. You won't always get the particular mats you need, but you will get lots of sellable mats other than those. You'll end up making money while you level your skill. Once you have a good supply of the mats you need to get to the next level, repeat the process.

There is no need to think of enchanting as a money sink, as long as you stop hawking enchants to the the general public. (edit) Especially ones like the OP.

Edited, Mar 6th 2007 8:39am by ohmikeghod

Enchanters, we didn't force you to choose enchanting.

I would like to see you take up enchanting. Then come back and tell US why we price enchants so high.

The mat prices are ridiculous. This is why almost no enchanters supply mats anymore.

thank you for pointing this out to him. most people dont get it.

if you don't want to pay for the enchants, then live without them. the people spamming low chants just want skill up. and believe me. that 50s makes them about 10s or less profit. so quit whining about it.

Maybe this is a bad example but here is a small idea of the cost to be an enchanter.
This is all data collected off the Alla site. Prices could be off also due to server demand.

Just to do +1 damage enchant to a weapon you have to be lvl 90 enchanter. So numerous amounts of money training just to get to lvl 90 yeah ok enough said.

1 - greater magic essence 55s
1 - small glimmering shard 75s
2 - strange dust 20s
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1g 50s

to do +4 damage you have to be lvl 245. Same as above.

2 - large radiant shard 17g
2 - greater nether essence 11g 50s
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28g 50s

Now hoping that you are lucky enough to disenchant something and get the mat to do the enchant. You do the math and then ask me WHY WE CHARGE SO MUCH?

My enchanter/tailor's cash reserves just reached 10k gold yesterday. Isn't that a nice round number? And he is a crafter - does not farm mats and does not sell mats in AH - he buys cloth, mats and items to DE in AH. I usually laugh when I read statements like the one I quoted.
Just do not think he earned that money in a week - that is a result of hard work. But losing money? Not really. Only if you think about the cost of making the rods, but that will return itself after some time.
I am kind of glad the 300 flying skill costs as much as it does - at least there is something to do with the money.

Actually, I see a lot of looking for alchemist ads asking for transmutes. The reason why there are no ads for alchemist potions, or leatherworker's armor, or fish, is that they can be traded on the AH.