Tailors: What made you money as you leveled your tailoring skill?

[elsegundo]

I just want to know what made you money in the past. it doesnt have to be high level stuff, but stuff that you've made while at the appropriate level and have made some gold from it. or silver, or copper. and please do not tell me that selling the mats would make more gold than making the products. i know this. but for those who need to level up tailoring, this is a good resource as to what to make while they level their tailoring to recoup the losses.

for those who powerlevel tailoring, i dont think this thread pertains to you that much, unless you've thought out of what to make, disenchant the ones with the best return, and made money that way. so if you level'd tailoring that way, please tell us what you made and what you disenchated for best profitability.

as for me, here are some things i've made that actually sold well while i leveled my tailoring:

1. all types of bags. yes, even the linen bags. everyone needs bags.
a further note on bags, i've only made up to mageweave bags, and i find that mageweave bags are the lease profitable of all the bags. silk bags have given me the highest profit margin... at about 25 silvers, on avarage, if we factor in the cost of the mats. remember i've only gone up to mageweave!

2. white bandit mask. this requires very little mageweave, but gives a nice bonus in Int. I can usually sell this for the cost of the mats. the pattern might be hard to get, as i've seen some in my server being sold for 10 gold. if you can buy it cheap, that would rock. i've walked around with my white bandit mask and have been asked by several people if its a scarf. i would then gather that they would also buy it for the look.

3. enchanted mageweave pouch. this is an enchanting bag that requires vision dust, iirc. i've stated this in another thread but i'll repeat it here. sometimes you might be able to make more than the cost of the materials. if i buy all the mats myself, i usually make about 1 gold a bag on my server.

4. shirts. surprisingly, many people buy shirts. i remember selling blue linen shirts for 75 silvers and people would buy it. of course, it was slow going, and i can average about 5 shirts a week, but that's ok with me. i level my tailoring, make 10 shirts, then sell it two at a time in the AH. people buy them. other shirts sell too. i've made red shirts, orange shirts, the swashbuckler shirts, etc., and those have sold well too.

5. what surprised me most is that you can sell bolts of cloth. i make bolts to level up my skill, but when it grays and i cant make bolts for the next level cloths, i sometimes buy bolts. if you've made bolts to level up and no longer need them, sell it back as bolts. they'll sell to tailors and other professions. honestly i dont see why we'll ever have to sell bolts unless we made a calculation error and made too many bolts. instead of making another bag to use up the bolts, just sell the bolt. its better that way.


so tailors.... please add to this list so other tailors can make "useful" things. i hate to make something and have to vendor it because no one wants to buy it. thanks a bunch and good luck!

[sluretutten]

DE the greens you dont need and sell the enchanting mats..

If your a high level tailor, bolt of imbued netherweave can make you some decent money, if you dont need it for spellcloth/shadowcloth etc..

[MacBlimp]

Also, don't forget Robes of Arcana. Not really a levelling recipie, but sells rather well due to being needed for the warlock quest for the Enchanted Gold Bloodrobe.

Seems that most tailors doesn't have it, and if you can get the spider silks for a decent price or have a few laying around you can make a pretty buck from selling these. Usually sold around 2 per day for 7-8g each on my last tailor.

[Findariel]

Except for the Arcana Robes (you have to farm the the recipe first, I got mine from Duskwood) and perhaps some other recipes I don't think tailoring (or crafting professions in general) are really making any money like skinning/herb/mining.

[elsegundo]

Except for the Arcana Robes (you have to farm the the recipe first, I got mine from Duskwood) and perhaps some other recipes I don't think tailoring (or crafting professions in general) are really making any money like skinning/herb/mining.

you obviously did not read the first post. :shocked:
or actually... the first paragraph. thanks!

[Azori]

Imbued netherweave bags sold for a couple of gold higher than the cost of the mats when I was making them.

[elsegundo]

do Enchanted Runecloth Bags sell well? Its the 20-slot enchanting bag. i dont really care about how much profit i make, as long as i break even thats fine. i dont want to take a loss though.

[rgirty]

Netherweave bags, i sell 10-15 a day everyday since I obtained the skill to make them.

[Aerath]

Runecloth belt might make money. (DEing it, that is.)

Star Belt.

Robes of Arcana.

Various begs.

Bolt of Woolen Cloth (alliance).

White Bandit Mask.

Dreamweave stuff (depends a *lot* on your server prices).

Tuxedo / Wedding Dress.

[Twoflower]

what made me money during leveling tailoring ?

disenchanting green drops. speculating in the AH. questing. farming.

[Naolin]

same as twoflower, and later on the special cloths, mooncloth/shadowcloth/spellcloth.

[Twoflower]

same as twoflower, and later on the special cloths, mooncloth/shadowcloth/spellcloth.

you are lucky there. on my realm, the mats are more expensive than the cloth. As if a 4 days CD wouldnt be worth anything -.- Same for primal might btw.

I just sell everything in raw mats form in the ah nowadays.

[elsegundo]

i just picked up the recipe for mooncloth. i'll tell you guys how it goes. i've also picked up the recipe for runecloth bags. i'll tell you how that goes too.

[Beruen]

Good luck with that (in seriousness, not being sarcastic). I can make money making/selling the high end cloths, but only if I'm spec'ed for that cloth. It still isn't a lot of money, though, due to the cooldown. There will probably be a surge in demand for mooncloth and spellcloth when 2.4 comes out due to the new high level crafted stuff, but I don't expect it to be a strong one.

[Aerath]

you are lucky there. on my realm, the mats are more expensive than the cloth. As if a 4 days CD wouldnt be worth anything -.- Same for primal might btw.

I just sell everything in raw mats form in the ah nowadays.

Most servers have it that way. Simple reason - cloth spec lets you get 2 for the price of one.
Similarly, with transmute mastery, you can get a profit transmuting primal mights and still selling 'em for 5-10g less than total cost of mats.

And I would like to point out that it should be various *bags* not *begs* in my previous post.

[elsegundo]

Good luck with that (in seriousness, not being sarcastic). I can make money making/selling the high end cloths, but only if I'm spec'ed for that cloth. It still isn't a lot of money, though, due to the cooldown. There will probably be a surge in demand for mooncloth and spellcloth when 2.4 comes out due to the new high level crafted stuff, but I don't expect it to be a strong one.

im not too sure what spec'ed for a certain type of cloth is. but im pretty sure its the same as the high level alchemy and the leatherworking. however, i dont know the details of it. can you please explain? thanks!

oh and thanks for the luck.

update on the runecloth bags: i made 5 bags and so far 4 sold. i guess the last will sell tonight.
on my server the runecloths would cost about 3 gold. the leathers would cost about 20 silvers. added with the runethread and i'll make a bit over 1 gold per bag. not bad. recipe is gotten from a goblin in Everlook, Wintersprings, named Qia. its a limited recipe and disappears quite often. i spent about 20 minutes there and picked one up.

[Aerath]

im not too sure what spec'ed for a certain type of cloth is. but im pretty sure its the same as the high level alchemy and the leatherworking. however, i dont know the details of it. can you please explain? thanks!

oh and thanks for the luck.

update on the runecloth bags: i made 5 bags and so far 4 sold. i guess the last will sell tonight.
on my server the runecloths would cost about 3 gold. the leathers would cost about 20 silvers. added with the runethread and i'll make a bit over 1 gold per bag. not bad. recipe is gotten from a goblin in Everlook, Wintersprings, named Qia. its a limited recipe and disappears quite often. i spent about 20 minutes there and picked one up.

Similar to the old Mooncloth thing - you picked up some Felcloth and turned it into Mooncloth.

Now you take some Outlands cloth, some primals, some other stuff, toss it all together and hey presto! you've got yourself some Primal Mooncloth/Shadoweave/Spellfire.

All tailors can make them, but a tailor who picked one of these three specialisations will get a double amount of cloth for making it. Naturally, there's a cooldown on making that stuff.

[elsegundo]

Similar to the old Mooncloth thing - you picked up some Felcloth and turned it into Mooncloth.

Now you take some Outlands cloth, some primals, some other stuff, toss it all together and hey presto! you've got yourself some Primal Mooncloth/Shadoweave/Spellfire.

All tailors can make them, but a tailor who picked one of these three specialisations will get a double amount of cloth for making it. Naturally, there's a cooldown on making that stuff.

ok understood. so since tailors can specialize in only one, but is able to make all three, then i should pick the specialty that will either save me the most money, or make me the most profit. sounds enticing with a bit of a risk. boy i love risks.

[bloog]

As for leveling: I powerleveled tailoring 1 to 375 on an alt over one weekend. The net effect was about 1000 gold LOSS.

Disenchant every item over level 50 to minimise your losses.

I've sold quite a few crafts using primal nethers. But the prices have been dwindling ever. And with 2.4 nethers will be tradable. No good prospects here.

[elsegundo]

so runecloth bags have been giving me good profits, well good compared to many of the other stuffs that i've been making, and have gotten my skill up to about 285. the runecloth bags are green to me now, and i'll still make them as i think they are viable profit makers.

this is for my server only, so it might be different from yours. i cant even hunt mobs that drop runecloth yet. but taking a look at the AH, especially sunday night, i can find the following:
20 runecloth - about 2 gold.
20 rugged leathers - about 3 gold.

rune thread is 45 silver.
materials needed: 25 runecloth, 2 rugged leathers, 1 rune thread.
each bag costs me 3.25 gold (2.5 gold for runecloth, 30 silver for rugged leather, and 45 silver for runethread).
i've been selling these bags for 4.99 gold, though i've seen many go for 4.75 gold. i get a few buys before someone else undercuts me. maybe i should lower my price to 3.5 or even 3.25. that will give me a least a 1 gold return on each bag. so far, i've made 20 bags but only 5 sold due to people undercutting me by about 25 silvers. runecloth bags rarely fill up a whole page at the auction, and i've only put out 5 at a time. in any case, i do know that these do sell because i've seen sellers sell for lower than me only after i've put up my auctions. then i'd see more bags from new sellers priced lower than me also. my guess is that once all the lower priced bags sold, and before another seller put up their lower priced auctions, some impatient buyer decided to buy my bag. fair enough. but i'd like to get my bags sold quickly, so i guess i'll lower my prices a bit.

runecloth bags has been my most profitable bag as of yet, second to the silk bags.
i cant wait to start making the higher level bags. hope this helps everyone. just dont put up 20 bags all at once. flooding the market sucks for every crafter.

[elsegundo]

a little update on my project of selling runecloth bags.
due to people undercutting me, i've had to lower my sell price to 4.49 gold instead of 4.99 gold. i've sold all my bags and, minus AH fees, made 1.24 gold per bag.

at the end of the night last night, i saw all bags bought out with a new seller trying to sell his... ahem... 15 or so bags for 5.20 gold each. so i quickly made 8 bags and put them all up for 4.99 gold. hopefully, no one else comes in to undercut me today, and i'll come home to a mailbox full of sucessful auctions. i'll keep you updated.

[elsegundo]

a little update on my project of selling runecloth bags.
due to people undercutting me, i've had to lower my sell price to 4.49 gold instead of 4.99 gold. i've sold all my bags and, minus AH fees, made 1.24 gold per bag.

at the end of the night last night, i saw all bags bought out with a new seller trying to sell his... ahem... 15 or so bags for 5.20 gold each. so i quickly made 8 bags and put them all up for 4.99 gold. hopefully, no one else comes in to undercut me today, and i'll come home to a mailbox full of sucessful auctions. i'll keep you updated.

update: 6 of the 8 bags sold. not too bad. i might drop my price for the last two bags. but making a decent profit isnt all that bad.

another thing, you can make some money with the enchated mageweave and enchanted runecloth bags. i dont know about the other two enchanting bags as im not there yet. but for the enchanted runecloth bags, i just had to buy two greater essences costing 9 gold each. so 18g +2.5g + .90g = 21.4g (includes runecloth at 2gold a stack and runethread). sold it for 30 gold. =] (again, check prices in your server)

[Katrala]

Depending on your server, just bolting cloth sometimes seems to make money.

3 stacks (60 pieces) of netherweave on my server can go for about a total of 10g, while 10 bolts of netherweave (60 pieces) can go for 15-20g.

[rgirty]

I sell 10-20 netherweave bags every day on my server.

For a year i've been doin this and I rarely get a bag back. Once a month maybe.

[elsegundo]

I sell 10-20 netherweave bags every day on my server.

For a year i've been doin this and I rarely get a bag back. Once a month maybe.

how do you price your bags? via auctioneer suggested? undercutting everyone? or on par with median or whatever looks like a deal but still makes you money?

[rgirty]

how do you price your bags? via auctioneer suggested? undercutting everyone? or on par with median or whatever looks like a deal but still makes you money?

I undercut everyone down to a 2g profit. If i'm not going to make 2g or more i just wait until later that day (after the raid) and post them.

I used to use auctioneer a lot, but its kinda useless now (other than posting multiple items)

[corga]

I make my money by selling vanity clothes on my alt Ambercrombie along with bags. I overprice them but they sell for the name :)(it says Made by Ambercrombie :P)

[irogue]

how do you price your bags? via auctioneer suggested? undercutting everyone? or on par with median or whatever looks like a deal but still makes you money?

You buy every undercut priced bags on the AH and sell them to the price you wish...

[TPMdm]

I undercut everyone down to a 2g profit. If i'm not going to make 2g or more i just wait until later that day (after the raid) and post them.

I used to use auctioneer a lot, but its kinda useless now (other than posting multiple items)

Do you base your cost of goods on buying the mats? Do you farm your own mats and then base your price on the going rate for that mats? I'm curious because I assume you'd come up against some newb economist who figures "farmed mats are free mats" and undercut you like crazy, at least that's what happens on my server. They don't figure the opportunity costs associated with farming the mats and undercut to seriously stupid prices (which I then buy!).

[Cattleya]

Do you base your cost of goods on buying the mats? Do you farm your own mats and then base your price on the going rate for that mats? I'm curious because I assume you'd come up against some newb economist who figures "farmed mats are free mats" and undercut you like crazy, at least that's what happens on my server. They don't figure the opportunity costs associated with farming the mats and undercut to seriously stupid prices (which I then buy!).

I know some people who I can't convince that farmed mats do not equal free mats. :rolleyes:

However, Netherweave bags seem to be one of the few (easy to make) items that can be consistently sold for more than the cost of the mats to make them. Things aren't as good on my server as on rgirty's server though. I'll go as low as 1g profit (over the cost of what I could get for the mats) and generally can't get away with putting more than 6 up at a time without expecting some back. I don't buy cloth off of the AH to make them, I just convert whatever Netherweave I collect into bags, since it's worth more gold that way.

[elsegundo]

You buy every undercut priced bags on the AH and sell them to the price you wish...

i usually dont like the buying out of everyone who's undercutting me idea. since they are bags, and there's a lot of them, i find that pricing mine just above some of the lowest prices works. i dont take much of a loss and i do get my bags sold. buying theirs and relisting them takes a lot of time, and may be less profit than what its worth considering AH fees. but if the item is priced very low... then i'll buy it out and relist. anything withing 1 gold of my sell price is usually ignored. maybe i should buy out every undercutter.

the market is runecloth bags, and there's very little of them going around in my server. for every runecloth bag i see, i see 5 netherweave bag. this makes it a lot easier to buy out the competition and set my own price.

hmmmm... might try it!


also, anyone here sell any felcloth items? i see felcloth hoods and boots on my server, but there isnt much. i dont think anyone powerlevels that. i do have some mooncloth to make, and those go for just a bit more than 2x felcloth, so i might just sell the mooncloth and forget about selling the felcloth or any felcloth related products. any thoughts?