hello i need some advice got enchanting to lvl 165 atm, and was wondering as i progress in levelling enchanting what prices do i charge for my services.
Is there a "rule of thumb" at what enchanting prices are or is there a site which deals in enchanting prices. I know that Auction house prices are fluid regards prices does this apply to enchanting as well, looking forward to your replys please
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Firstly you won't make big money enchanting. You won't.
The big money is is disencnahting. Buy cheap.unpopular greens off the AH, DE them, and sell the mats on the AH for profit.
Most players are reluctant to pay for enchants, however you could look at a 10% fee. If they bring there own mats charge 10% of the mat cost, if you provide tem the same on top.
Check out www.auctioneeraddon.com, that program will help you track the cost of mats on the AH, and enchantrix will tell you what things DE into.
The big money is is disencnahting. Buy cheap.unpopular greens off the AH, DE them, and sell the mats on the AH for profit.
Most players are reluctant to pay for enchants, however you could look at a 10% fee. If they bring there own mats charge 10% of the mat cost, if you provide tem the same on top.
Check out www.auctioneeraddon.com, that program will help you track the cost of mats on the AH, and enchantrix will tell you what things DE into.
smutty wrote:
Is there a "rule of thumb" at what enchanting prices are or is there a site which deals in enchanting prices. I know that Auction house prices are fluid regards prices does this apply to enchanting as well, looking forward to your replys please
Never, ever supply your own mats. If you do you will get all of those "I can get it cheeper" twits trying to get you to cut your profit to zero. Put your mats up on the AH for standard prices and let them buy them. Then advertise "free with your mats". You will make your profit from selling the mats, not from enchants.
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Never, ever supply your own mats. If you do you will get all of those "I can get it cheeper" twits trying to get you to cut your profit to zero. Put your mats up on the AH for standard prices and let them buy them. Then advertise "free with your mats". You will make your profit from selling the mats, not from enchants.
I dont agree with this, throughout leveling my enchanting, I have been posting the enchants that are yellow/orange for me and posting a price with my mats and free with your mats.
I find people are lazy and would rather pay my price than go buy them themselves. But also, I always put a more than fair price for the mats. I know that when your trying to level a craft the only profit you will get is a skill point.
So just keep on leveling your skill and worry about earning money from it later.
Either way - if you have the mats in your bag or in the auction house, you can still technically charge the customer for an enchant. I prefer the auction house method as I'm pretty sure by now I've got regular customers that know when they see reagents being listed by my enchanter, they're going to pay either the cheapest or a no BS price for the mats.
I don't have room to store all the mats I create in my bank and/or inventory, so if you want to come to me for an enchant, it's free with your mats and I typically have a fair sum available at almost all times at fair market value.
I don't have room to store all the mats I create in my bank and/or inventory, so if you want to come to me for an enchant, it's free with your mats and I typically have a fair sum available at almost all times at fair market value.
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Never, ever supply your own mats. If you do you will get all of those "I can get it cheeper" twits trying to get you to cut your profit to zero. Put your mats up on the AH for standard prices and let them buy them. Then advertise "free with your mats". You will make your profit from selling the mats, not from enchants.
I dont agree with this, throughout leveling my enchanting, I have been posting the enchants that are yellow/orange for me and posting a price with my mats and free with your mats.
I find people are lazy and would rather pay my price than go buy them themselves. But also, I always put a more than fair price for the mats. I know that when your trying to level a craft the only profit you will get is a skill point.
Does "more than fair" mean "I'm undercutting the AH by a considerable margin"? That's where a gain/loss difference comes in. Do you create your own mats, or buy them at the AH? If you buy and then undercut, then you are taking a loss on every enchant.
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So just keep on leveling your skill and worry about earning money from it later never.
fixed that for you. If you want to do nothing but level, looking for "customers" is the worst way of doing it. Enchant and re-enchant your own stuff. You won't have to put up with the 1337 jerks, and your own items will be better than most. This advise even applies to higher level enchants, where non-DE materials are costly, because the gold from selling mats can support your levelling the skill.
Edited, Oct 19th 2007 5:37am by ohmikeghod
smutty wrote:
hello i need some advice got enchanting to lvl 165 atm, and was wondering as i progress in levelling enchanting what prices do i charge for my services.
Is there a "rule of thumb" at what enchanting prices are or is there a site which deals in enchanting prices. I know that Auction house prices are fluid regards prices does this apply to enchanting as well, looking forward to your replys please
Is there a "rule of thumb" at what enchanting prices are or is there a site which deals in enchanting prices. I know that Auction house prices are fluid regards prices does this apply to enchanting as well, looking forward to your replys please
free with mats is common if you'll get a skill point from it
charge 1 arm & 1 leg for any agility enchant, especially for huntards that are excessively spamming trade for rep enchants
i often ask for 10% of the mats as my fee (using what i think the mats cost... so for a 200g enchant, i just tell then "20g fee"). if they're in the same town, i'll do it for 5 or 10g because I don't have to wait for them very long. i don't click the enchant button for less than 5g these days.... i have better things to do. (I'm at 375 enchant).
ALWAYS use customers mats
I have a friend who doesn't sell the mats he DEs, he makes enchants for other people at market price(of mats, not enchants).
Whenever he feels like making some coin, he'll put up all the most requested enchants and the price he wants for them(ex: crusader, fiery, icy, +15agil to gloves, lifestealing, the list goes on). Since he started being upfront with his prices, he told me there are alot less people telling him "i can get it cheeper".
Also, enchanting prices really depend on the server methinks, just like the mats do.
Whenever he feels like making some coin, he'll put up all the most requested enchants and the price he wants for them(ex: crusader, fiery, icy, +15agil to gloves, lifestealing, the list goes on). Since he started being upfront with his prices, he told me there are alot less people telling him "i can get it cheeper".
Also, enchanting prices really depend on the server methinks, just like the mats do.
I think I enchanted and re-enchanted the same pair of bracers 20 times to raise my skill 20 levels. I don't care about selling the stuff I DE. For now anyway. I have an entire alt just to hold all my DE stuff. She has 4 netherweave bags in 4 bank slots and she is full to the brim. If I sold all that stuff then I wouldn't have the mats to enchant my own or my Duo partner's stuff on the fly.
I usually use the +stam or +str recipes to raise my skill since they only require Strange Dust and I have like 40 stacks of the stuff. That way I don't use all my good stuff up and I get to raise my skill. I just want to be able to do Fiery, Icy, etc for myself and my partner. I have no interest in actually making money off the recipes.
I usually use the +stam or +str recipes to raise my skill since they only require Strange Dust and I have like 40 stacks of the stuff. That way I don't use all my good stuff up and I get to raise my skill. I just want to be able to do Fiery, Icy, etc for myself and my partner. I have no interest in actually making money off the recipes.
I've had limited success offering free low level enchants in Goldshire or Sentinel Hill. Occasionally somebody leveling an alt will give me 1G for a few strange dust enchantments. I've also whispered noobs walking through town and had them say things like 'what's an enchantment?' Some low level gear is cheap at auction and some is ridiculously expensive. It is slow going.
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