Cartel
3. A group of parties, factions, or nations united in a common cause; a bloc.
(courtesy of the free dictionary)
In Wow terms a cartel is a powerful weapon to gaining more gold. This is especially important to know if you do not have all of the professions covered. On your toon you may have your Jewelcrafting and tailoring professions maxxed out. But at times you see something that you want crafted to sell. Or someone your selling asks if you have a [Sword Of Awesome]. You might not have the pattern but you have the information that one of your cartel members has the pattern.
This is where the power of a cartel setup comes into play. You may not get the sale yourself, but your helping a friend or colleague get a sale. And vice versa your team members will pass on sales to you. The cartel setup gains it's strength from keeping the gold in house. Also included in this grouping are your hired farmers for raw materials.
Another lost benefit of a cartel is information. Most players will not spend all day sitting and sorting through the AH. New Mists of Pandaria quests scream to be completed. Leveling of toons and new raids. So time ends up being limited on scanning for items to flip. The latest trends in sales go by the wayside, unless you have a cartel to inform you. A strong cartel of 3-5 members gives the advantage of having someone on the AH multiple times during the day. So if Heavy Savage Leather is going at a premium, cartel member b can inform the group through the secret cartel channel (you did remember you can create your own limited access channels right?) the group can quickly jump on the trend, and score extra profits. This is especially useful for arbitrage (Horde to Alliance/Alliance to Horde) sales. Using information to strategize what gets passed across the joint auction house for sales later on in the day.
In my current setup I have 4 members of my cartel. 2 farmers (one handling my leather goods and one handling minerals). Cartel members are also are performing auction house chores will tell the group if there is a trend in our super secret channel of mystery.
The key to the cartel is information. Where we are in competition on some items, and have set out or specialties, our power and strength comes from knowledge and teamwork. One person can have a competitive business in warcraft. Conglomerates can conquer entire economies.
Have you set up your cartel yet? Even if it's an information one through your guild. The power is at your fingertips to obtain larger amounts of gold. All just for a little social interaction.
Good Luck and Good Hunting
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