tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7981535449877684497.post1105873013263992485..comments2023-07-05T04:22:53.555-07:00Comments on Stokpile: Mail call!Stokpilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07581874925422370761noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7981535449877684497.post-78309682220739945452010-06-21T10:58:10.359-07:002010-06-21T10:58:10.359-07:00Just to expand on the xmute farm... I did this at...Just to expand on the xmute farm... I did this at the opening of Patch 3.2 and started with 6 transmuters. It is definitely a solid money maker, even to this day. The real money in it is also having a jewelcrafter that has all the cuts. Generally you can sell out on an entire week's xmuting on any given Tuesday by selling the different cuts that are priced right and in demand. If you only sell the raw gem you end up in the true commodity and should sell all xmutes on a daily basis if the price supports it. I'm down to 4 alchemists at this time only because I took those toons a different direction.<br /><br />If the last expansion is any indicator, these farms will be profitable up until the release date of Cataclysm, when gems will no doubt be replaced by updated green recipes that will trump the epics, again...<br /><br />If you don't have cuts for your JC, I would recommend doing the daily and only going the epic gem route and not spending the tokens on blue recipes. YMMV, but given that people are so into gearscore now (gems affect it, good for AHers!) I'd look at the profit potential from flipping those epic raws vs. the blue counterpart. Blue recipes made me a fortune when they were relevant, but it's all epics now. Blue gem profit margins are silly low, even on reds.Zerohourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07585688741521855038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7981535449877684497.post-20341835296908030122010-06-21T07:19:10.493-07:002010-06-21T07:19:10.493-07:00I'd add to your response to outlier that his i...I'd add to your response to outlier that his instinct is correct for enchanting. If you can't meet the demand, the answer is to increase what you're willing to pay for supply, or the profit you expect. 20-30% is already pretty solid margins, but I'd go higher on the high end. If you put a solid undercut in, that will immediately push you back to 20% in the event of serious competition, but getting 40-50% when you have none is well worth it.<br /><br />If you have trouble meeting demand, first raise your fallback, if your typical margin gets close to the range that appeals to casual sellers (>50% or ~25g per scroll, whichever is bigger) and you still can't meet demand, then start raising your buy prices, and raise threshold to be in line with the new cost ceiling. Only reason not to raise your buy prices if you're selling out at a profit is if you could farm the mats profitably at the new buy price. I put my essence of air buy price up to 25g because I was selling out at less. Over 25g, it's worth going to silithus and grinding the dust stormers, since you make about 2kg/hr at that price.The Gnome of Zurichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03203965173625552516noreply@blogger.com