I Need More Fun Sales

Posted by J.E. Douglas at 9:31 AM

0 comments View Comments

Mommar here.

Everyone has their strange quirks when it comes to life.    Some like pizza with no sauce,  others like pancakes with peanut butter (I've dated girls who did this).   Others do not like animated movies (blasphemy) etc.   Individuality makes us special and not the carbon copy of others.

In the world of sales it is no different.   Each person has likes and dislikes.  Having played for over 6 years in the land of Azeroth I have run into many different characters.  One of my closest friends likes to collect hats. Especially pirate hats.  There are few in the game including one that requires exalted reputation with the Bloodsail Buccaneers.   Their goal is to have every hat in the game.

To me these are items that I'm not going to make a lot of profit off monetarily.  But I will profit my fellow player in knowing that they have something they can enjoy.   I've found many hats on my travels and have sent many of them to my friend.   Others have requested rocks and gray item level gear.  Things that normally would be vendored for a few gold that make other players happy.

Once you reach a certain level in your sales,  you have much more freedom to be a little bit more quirky.  Because not every connection you make with someone will be based on how much you can get gold from them.   Interestingly enough where I did not intend to make a lot of gold with this person,  they connected me with five other people who were looking for items and willing to pay lots of gold for them.   That indirect gold from my 'fun sale' added more to my coffers than if I would have just fleeced my friend who their last dime.

Fun sales might look like they are not worth the time or effort.  But you never know just who is sitting on the other side and who they know who might flood you with gold,  and gratitude.

Good Luck and Good Hunting

Toxic Sales
Engineering Love With 5.4
Why Warcraft Needs Microtransactions
The New Face of Opportunity
Bring Out Your Pets
Bring On The Next Wow Killer
The Value of Material Assets
PVP Sales Are Not Kind To Me
Finding A New Rhythm
Breaking The Million Gold Barrier
Bye Bye... I Will Take Your Gold Now

The New Face of Opportunity

Posted by J.E. Douglas at 9:27 AM

0 comments View Comments

Mommar here.

Patch 5.3 is just a few weeks old and patch 5.4 information has already been leaked out.

One of the exciting additions will be the idea of Virtual Realms.  

• Virtual Realms are sets of realms that are fused together, and will behave exactly as if they were one cohesive realm. Players on the same Virtual Realm will be able to join guilds, access a single Auction House, join arena teams and raids, as well run dungeons or group up to complete quests.

This will open up a floodgate of cross realm sales.   Combining weak economies and material heavy servers to compete with high inflation servers.   Think the auction house in Tanaris on steroids.   There isn't a ton of information on how the combinations will be rolled out,  but planning ahead now can add a lot to the plate once more specifics are provided.

One of the benefits of reading patch notes and even datamined items is that you pick up on major changes like this quicker than others.   And knowledge is power in the gold goblin field.   This gives players 2-4 months to start looking at their strategy on how to take advantage of this change.   This is assuming that this new idea doesn't go the way of the dance studio (I so wanted to watch my Tauren rock it out like an undead).

The other thing to keep in mind with this change is that the playing field will be leveled when it comes to making gold even more.  Many players gripe because opportunities don't smack them in the head saying here I am.   They will meander around not expanding their horizons on how making gold.  A gold goblin lives on the ragged edge of disaster with taking chances on what they craft and sell.  Through my 'career' of making gold I have won and lost when it comes to make a fortune.   Some of my major buys have ended up being duds in sales.  Other times they excelled farther than I expected.   The key to the success is the plan and to be ready to take chances.  You can grind out a fortune from playing it safe.  But you can play the game,  take chances and have multiple fortunes at your fingertips.

As this new technology unfolds your strategy can come to life and be prepared for the next round of the gold goblin gold Olympics.  Where every medal should be gold.

Good Luck and Good Hunting

Bring Out Your Pets
Bring On The Next Wow Killer
The Value of Material Assets
PVP Sales Are Not Kind To Me
Finding A New Ryhthm
Breaking The Million Gold Barrier
Bye Bye... I Will Take Your Gold Now
Post Patch 5.3:   The Lineup
Patch 5.3:   It's here... well tomorrow
Patch 5.3:  Preparing for the Arrival
Patch 5.3:   Grasspicking World Order
Patch 5.3: Bring Out Your Miners
Enchanting add-on for quick flips
Prepping for 5.3:   Profit lines

Realities Of Making Gold