There was a time back in Wrath of the Lich King when selling glyphs was my number one source of gold. Now it's a market I cringe away from. Why?

What has changed over the years to turn something I loved into something that scares me to inaction? Read on past the jump to find out.

Episode 060 of The Power Word: Gold Podcast. We bring you the latest World of Warcraft gold-making tips, tricks and strategies.

In this week's episode your host Jim Younkin and co-host Erogroth discuss the best gold-making profession, gold-making myths, selling gems in Mists or Pandaria and much more. And now on with the show!

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Jafo wrote:

"While we have always had competition in our markets I have never seen so many people with seemingly no idea as to what they are doing. Many markets have people selling items for a loss. Other markets have had their profits driven down to almost nothing. All these people seem blissfully unaware of what they are doing."

-Profitable (and not-so-profitable) Markets on The Auction House Grind 

Agreed.

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Episode 055 of The Power Word: Gold Podcast. We bring you the latest World of Warcraft gold-making tips, tricks and strategies.

In this week's episode your host Jim Younkin discusses his start in gold-making, being intimidated, the wonder of gold-making and much more. And now on with the show!

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We've heard plenty of circumstantial evidence of rampant "duping" (duplication) of items in recent months. We've heard accounts of cheap Reins of the Crimson Death Charger, Queen's Garnets and Sands of Time from readers, livestream viewers and other bloggers.

The Undermine Journal recently added new "global" item pages that provide some pretty damning evidence that item duplication is indeed happening. Read on past the jump for my thoughts on item duping and how we can react to it.

Today's post is my response to a reader who had a problem in their 77-80 Cataclysm Items market with people posting items at prices below their "threshold price" but above their "buying price".

In essence, these sellers were perceived to be selling items in the reader's pricing "blind spot". Head past the jump for our email exchange, possible solutions and thoughts on the importance of constantly analyzing our markets.

If you've been watching my recent livestreams (http://www.twitch.tv/jimyounkin) you'll know that I've been making a significant portion of my gold lately from flipping level 77-80 Cataclysm items. (See "Selling 77-80 Cata Gear To Scroll Of Resurrection Level 80s".)

As this is one of my main markets I'm always interested in finding ways to speed up the process. Thanks to livestream viewer Ironhead I've been able to speed up my 77-80 Cataclysm Item searches and purchases significantly with Auctioneer General Saved Searches.

Read on past the jump to learn how to quickly and efficiently find and purchase 77-80 (and any other level for that matter) armor, weapons and more.

Episode 031 of The Power Word: Gold Podcast. Your hosts Jim Younkin, Faid and special guest Shannon Lasell bring you the latest World of Warcraft gold-making news, tips and strategies.

In this week's episode we discuss what we've been doing to make gold recently, give a beginner tip for skinning, speculate on the recent news about the World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria expansion and more. And now on with the show!

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Episode 029 of The Power Word: Gold Podcast. Your hosts Jim Younkin and Keelhaul bring you the latest World of Warcraft gold-making news, tips and strategies.

In this week's episode we discuss transmogrification tips, tiers, techniques and more. And now on with the show!

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Episode 028 of The Power Word: Gold Podcast. Your hosts Jim Younkin and Faid bring you the latest World of Warcraft gold-making news, tips and strategies.

In this week's episode we discuss our changing transmogrification techniques, speculate on how to prepare for Mists of Pandaria and much more. And now on with the show!

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Like many of you I've been bitten by the mogging bug and have been making good use of Keelhauls Plate, Mail  and Cloth mogging lists. Unfortunately that left us fumbling around to figure out what to do with Leather. Keelhaul has stated he doesn't even touch leather at all.

That left it up to us to figure Leather out for ourselves. I decided it was time I looked more into the possibilities of selling Leather mogging items. What follows after the jump is my initial research into what Leather items may sell and whether Keelhaul was correct in simply skipping them.

Episode 027 of The Power Word: Gold Podcast. Your hosts Jim Younkin and Faid bring you the latest World of Warcraft gold-making news, tips and strategies.

In this week's episode we discuss transmogrification's rising popularity, mogging pricing theories, the recently released paid Power Word; Gold Guide and much more. And now on with the show!

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Episode 026 of The Power Word: Gold Podcast. Your hosts Jim Younkin and Faid bring you the latest World of Warcraft gold-making news, tips and strategies.

In this week's episode your hosts Jim Younkin and Faid along with guest Keelhaul discuss transmogrification pricing, getting banned for giving away gold, how to make gold on a new realm and much more. And now on with the show!

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Episode 023 of The Power Word: Gold Podcast. Your hosts flux, Gimp and Faid bring you the latest World of Warcraft gold-making news, tips and strategies.

In this week's episode we discuss how World of Warcraft Patch 4.3 has affected the economy, motivations for making gold, stockpiling and much more. And now on with the show!

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Episode 019 of The Power Word: Gold Podcast. Your host flux brings you the latest World of Warcraft gold-making news, tips and strategies from this last few weeks.

In this week's episode flux discusses how he's been making gold this week, the news of epic gems in 4.3 and what it means to gold-making, posts of the week, preparing for Patch 4.3 and much more. And now, on with the show!

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It's official (kind of): Epic gems in 4.3 will have a small chance to come from a "geode" individual players will get each time they kill a 4.3 raid boss. This means that (at least initially) there will be no way for gold-makers to "farm" or produce epic gems (unless they are raiders). Chances for epic gems to drop from "geodes" rare enough that it may take all of patch 4.3 to replace a single player's gems with epic red gems.

Read the interview with Greg "Ghostcrawler" Street as well as our initial reactions after the jump.

With mogging coming in Patch 4.3 many of us have been talking about the potential of items increasing in value due to their desirability as transmogrification items. Today's reader question asks how we should be determining which items to pick up now for resale after Patch 4.3.

While the mogging market is still a theory at this stage that doesn't mean we prepare to reap profits from players wanting to acquire weapons and armor that look great. Follow us after the jump where we discuss what attributes to look for in potential mogging items.

Episode 018 of The Power Word Gold Podcast. Your hosts flux and Jokine along with guest Ruls bring you the latest World of Warcraft gold-making news, tips and strategies from this last week.

In this week's episode we discuss how we've been making gold this week, flipping epic items, working the glyph market, preparing for Patch 4.2 and much more. And now, on with the show!

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Today's gold-making question comes from a reader who's just started on the road to glyph profit but ran into some pretty scary competition. The glyph market can be one of the most fiercely competitive markets in the whole game. Read on past the jump to to read their question and my answer.

Selling something for the absolute cheapest price isn't always the best strategy when it comes to the auction house. While I've discussed using Auctionator for undercutting in the past but I thought it would be good to break it down to the most basic level. The accompanying video (embedded above) covers the same info as this post but in a more audio/visual way.

The three reasons we want to use Auctionator's "Sell" tab when selectively undercutting are to analyize the pricing landscape, find matching stack sizes and quickly undercut a specific auction price. Follow us after the jump where we break each one down in detail and help you become more conscious (and profitable) auctioneers.