So I've got tons of herb right now that I can't get rid of. So I'm wondering how you guys are micro managing yours. I lvl'd up a potion spec alchemist, and I've only made a few mana potions so far, but they're not really selling. Perhaps I should have gone for elixir? Or maybe I should have done inscription instead of alchemy. Anyway, I'd love to hear what you guys are making with your herb (besides doobies). Thanks! PS - yes I searched and couldn't really find many specifics on the topic. Just general stuff about find private buyers and micro manage your shiz.
I make mine into flasks mostly and sell them in bulk to people cheaper then AH..Or just sell the herbs in bulk to people. I sometimes still end up with a big stockpile depending on how many bulk buyers need Others mill them and make them into darkmoon cards / glyphs...all depends on your servers economy
I agree it depends on the economy. On my server the flaks are selling for less than it cost (in herbs) to make them. I have a toon thats Alc/Insc and I do a transmute elements thing with the volatile lifes I get and I turn the herbs into inks and make the darkmoon cards. The cards are selling for pretty cheap now too so not much money there either.
There are always "smarty" players that buy herbs in bulk if price is ridiculous.... (e.g. 60% AH value).... You can also stop gathering herbs and only gather ore (which can be vendored for a profit), or create a char at other faction, and farm there for some time, and slowly sell the stocked herbs...
I was having the same problem you were with too many herbs and not enough people to buy them. Then I found the jackpot! Mysterious Fortune Cards. I cannot keep these things in stock because they sell so fast. Level up an inscriptionist and mill all your herbs. After you get done inking them make the cards and just sell the Inferno Ink (35g each on my server) and I sell the cards for 10g each. You will make around 100g per stack of herbs by doing it this way. It also helps to get a link to 5000g card you can win using the fortune cards and throw that into the trade spam. Hope this helps! Edit: I stopped making flasks and DMF cards because the mats are more expensive then what they are worth. And you will never have a problem selling Volatile Life.
Thanks guys! Yeah for now I have a Whiptail Buyer and a Cinderbloom buyer so I guess I'll just stick with them for herbs. Tried picking up some shifts in Vashj'r but that stuff just isn't selling in bulk. I love that ore will always be a money maker due to cutting gems. I can make around 4-5k per day on just that alone.
Regarding the Mysterious Fortune Cards... Would it be potentially profitable to make the cards and then use them all yourself? Or in the long run will you come out in the negative?
i did this a few different times and out of a full gbank (6 tabs) full of various herbs i did come out making about 10k i think(not including the price to buy the paper). i did get 1 or 2 of the 1k cards, 0 5k cards and 4-5 50g cards and the rest were the 10s cards that do not profit because of the price to buy the paper. the only problem with doing this is it is completely random as far as what cards you get so its not a guaranteed profit. and they do take a long while to make if you factor in the milling and then the making of the cards themselves( took about 2+ hours i believe) so depending on the server economy it could be a good money maker. again the problem is 90% of the time you get the 10s cards and the paper alone costs 12s i believe so the only ones that gain profit are the 50g and up cards that are extremely rare. it would be nice if there was a way to vendor all the cards in your bags, there probably is but i have not found one personally. that also took some time. long story short yes it can still be a profit to vendor the cards if you are lucky. below is a pretty decent breakdown of the droprate if you are curious World of Warcraft Fortunes
From the cards I've sold I still have yet to see a 5k winner. I would say you would make more money selling them for 10g each than using them yourself.
on my server the cards dont even sell for 5g so i will be posing my full info on this round to see if this is profitable for you
Mine usually sells after a couple of hours but if you have too much, announce in trade that you are selling your herbs for an extremely cheap price
1410 stormvine 685 cinderbloom 410 twilight jasmine 70 heartblossom 4458g 58s 75c if you were to buy them not sell them because i did not factor in the deposit or the 5% AH cut. made 1436 pigment 146 embers spent 323g 10s for parchment 24 mins to make 718 ink 34 mins to make 718 cards used all 718 cards only ones of mention were 12 20g cards 1 50g card total vendor gold earned 782g 10s so this round no it was not a profit. but if you are lucky enough to get a few 1k or even the 5k then yes it could deffinately be a profit in that case. and as for Viggol i have tried to get them sold through ah but they get undercut mine will never sell. i have even tried selling them directly through trade and have only had a few occasions of good luck with that
mill them and make Dust of Disappearance or Glyphs if you got nowhere to sell.they are sell slow but profit
Try to announce them for about 80% off or something, I'm sure someone will buy it but it depends on what server you have your toon on.
