If youre new and have just started playing World of Warcraft, youve probably been struggling to make ends meet, much like I was when I first started playing. I looked around for tips on how to make gold, desperate strategies on how to make gold through the auction house.

I stumbled across one of the Secret Warcraft podcasts, where Jonathan Kenins was giving a weekly review of the good gold makers in the game.

I learned some new terms from Secret Warcraft, Limited Supply items and cross-faction trading. I also learned that spending hours of my time is not necessary, doing boring things just to make gold is completely optional.

Limited Supply items and cross-faction trading makes gold-making so much easier on World of Warcraft!

First, get a list of the limited supply items available on World of Warcraft. SecretWarcraft.com has an excellent and complete list available, it’s organized by zone and location and it has a profit potential per item, so you can get started on your limited supply trading as soon as possible.

Then with that list, you will have to monitor your auction house. Check which items are selling for a lot, and which ones are not so hot on your server, that way you wont end up wasting money on an item that you wont be able to sell for a good profit.

When you have determined which items will get you the most gold, it’s time to go shopping!

With your empty bags, visit some vendors who sell limited supply items, the best ones are Alliance exclusive items like Pattern: Raptor Hide Belt, Pattern: Black Whelp Tunic, or Pattern: Black Whelp Cloak.

Or you can try the Horde exclusive items such as Formula: Enchant Chest – Lesser Mana, Pattern: Raptor Hide Harness, and Recipe: Crispy Bat Wing.

You can make a good gold profit on these items if you do cross-faction trading, which basically means selling Horde exclusive items on the Alliance auction house, and the Alliance exclusive items on the Horde auction house.