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I’ve been doing a lot of experimenting with buying items from vendors and selling them for a profit on the auction house.

I started off selling almost anything I could find from vendors –  food, equipment, reagents, arrows, recipes, pets, trade goods (resilient parchment, star wood), mining pick, etc.. If a vendor sold it I probably tried to flip it for a profit.

I have trimmed the list down to items that sold consistently and for a nice mark up.

Flipping vendor items for profit is probably one of the best ways to make gold when you have no professions or little start up capital. I’ve used it in combination with WoW Schools guide to really give me an advantage on route to my next gold cap.

You can literally buy recipes and items for 20 silver and turn around and flip it on the AH for 60 gold.

The trick here to make it the most profitable and worth your time is to follow an efficient route so you get all the key recipes, many people even know that recipes sell from the vendor but would rather just buy it from the auction house for a mark up to save them the hassel of traveling. Our advantage is we can take 1 trip out to a remote location and pick up multiple of that item, store it in the bank and sell it off when there’s no or low supply.

Items that are far are either incorporated into a route or must be sold at a high enough mark up to justify the travel time as some of these items are sold in limited quantity and you can only get one while you are out there.

List of Profitable Vendor Items to Flip on AH

Here’s a list of the vendor items I’ve successfully sold and how much profit I’ve gained from each item. Some items don’t have a profit amount yet as I’ve yet to sell them but they were easy to obtain (from same vendor as another profitable item) I’ll include my spreadsheet so you can input any other items you find and delete items you find don’t sell on your server.

Some items sell right away while others may have a 50% sell through rate. I’ve sold some of these items multiple times (like star wood, I sell about 5/day) I will include a report of my best selling vendor items in a future post so you see how much stock of each of these items I move a week.

Experiment with your pricing as well. I usually start off with the market price and start doubling it after every successful sale. A lot of these items have sold each time and I increase the cost by 10g each time. I find that most recipes can usually get around 50-70g, and some rare ones like the Admirals Hat recipe can go for upwards of 500g.

Vendor Items	Cost	Sold Price	Profit	Vendor Location
Adamantite Frame	4	19.8	15.8	Netherstorm
Agile Boots	0.2634	18.06	17.8	The Barrens
Albino Snake	50	85.7	35.7	Dalaran
Blacksmith Hammer	0.0016	7.73	7.73	Orgimmar
Blue Dragonhawk Hatchling	10	35	25	Netherstorm
Brown Leather Satchel	0.225	3.25	3.03	Orgrimmar
Brown Rabbit Crate	10	31.9	21.9	Netherstorm
Brown Snake	0.5	19.56	19.1	Orgrimmar
Calico Cat	50	89.85	39.9	Dalaran
Cat Carrier (Siamese)	0.6	20.47	19.9	Netherstorm
Coal	0.045	0.889	0.84	Orgrimmar
Cockroach	0.5	12.17	11.7	Netherstorm
Common Brown Shirt	0.034	17	17	Orgrimmar
common grey shirt	0.034	19.23	19.2	Orgrimmar
common white shirt	0.034		-0	Orgrimmar
Copper Rod	0.0112	7.99	7.98	Orgrimmar
Crimson Snake	0.5	5	4.5	Netherstorm
Design: amulet of the moon	0.153		-0.2	Undercity
Design: Blazing Citrine Ring	0.2	34.35	34.2	Desolace
Enchanter’s Satchel	11.9	33.68	21.8
Fel Iron Casing	3.2	35	31.8	Netherstorm
Flask of port	0.015	19.5	19.5	Orgrimmar
Formula: Enchant 2H Weapon – Lesser Intellect	0.05	13.56	13.5	Orgimmar
Formula: Enchant Bracer – Deflection	0.58	27.51	26.9	Swamp of Sorrows
Formula: Enchant Bracer – Lesser Strength	0.25	24.04	23.8	Stonetalon Mountains
Formula: Enchant Chest – Lesser Mana	0.036	38.25	38.2	Orgrimmar
Formula: Enchant Cloak – Minor Agility	0.08	29.09	29	Stonetalon Mountains
Formula: Enchant Shield – Greater Stamina			0	Undercity
Formula: Enchant Shield – Major Stamina	4	59.26	55.3	Shattrath City
Formula: Large Prismatic Shard	6	70	64	Shattrath City
Formula: Runed Adamantite Rod	10	75	65	Terokkar Forest
Formula: Runed Eternium Rod	12	56.5	44.5	Shattrath City
Formula: Superior Mana Oil	5	39.35	34.4	Shattrath City
Gem Pouch	10.2	49	38.8	Hellfire
Golden Dragonhawk Hatchling	0.5	29.9	29.4	Eversong Woods
handful of fel iron bolts	0.6	2.91	2.31	Netherstorm
Hardened Adamantite Tube	4	19.8	15.8	Netherstorm
heavy brown bag	1.8	7.19	5.39	Orgimmar
heavy quiver	0.17	8	7.83
Heavy Toolbox	11.9		-12
herb pouch	0.09	5.95	5.86	Orgimmar
Mana Wyrmling	40	80	40	Netherstorm
medium quiver	0.09	7.68	7.59
Medium Shot Pouch	0.1	2.75	2.65
mining pick	0.0073	6.4	6.39	Orgimmar
Mining Sack	8.5	40	31.5
Obsidian Hatchling	50	185	135	Dalaran
Parrot Cage (Senegal)	0.4	29.14	28.7	Netherstorm
Pattern: Barbaric Bracers	0.17		-0.2
Pattern: blue overalls	0.036		-0
Pattern: heavy leather ball	0.18	34.73	34.6	Orgimmar
Pattern: Icy Cloak	0.15	60	59.9	Dustwallow Marsh
Pattern: shadowcloth	4	46.76	42.8	Shattrath City, Dalaran
Pattern: Soul Pouch	1.2	19.65	18.5	Tanaris
Pattern: soulcloth gloves	7.6	68.6	61	Nagrand
Pattern: tuxedo jacket	0.425	20	19.6	Undercity
Pattern: tuxedo pants	0.3825	27	26.6	Undercity
Pattern: Tuxedo Shirt	0.3825	19.47	19.1	Undercity
Pattern: Wicked Leather Gauntlets	1.08	29.87	28.8	Tirisfal Glades
Plans: Adamantite Breastplate	6	55.51	49.5	Shadowmoon Valley
Plans: adamantite cleaver	4	36	32	Shattrath City
Plans: Adamantite Dagger	4	27.86	23.9	Shattrath City
Plans: Adamantite Maul	4	39	35	Shattrath City
Plans: Adamantite Plate Bracers	6	52.85	46.9	Shadowmoon Valley
Plans: Adamantite Plate Gloves	6	75.58	69.6	Shadowmoon Valley
Plans: adamantite rapier	4	39	35	Shattrath City
Plans: Adamantite Rod	4	49.48	45.5	Shattrath City
Plans: Eternium Rod	12	52.72	40.7	Hellfire
Plans: lesser ward of shielding	6	38.31	32.3	Hellfire
Plans: Solid Iron Maul	0.3	19.07	18.8	Desolace
Plans: Storm Gauntlets	4	89	85	Western Plaugelands
recipe: blackened basilisk	3	39.36	36.4	Terokkar Forest
recipe: blackened trout	1.8	49.35	47.6	Zangarmarsh
Recipe: Carrion Surprise	0.5	29	28.5	Desolace, Swamp of Sorrows
recipe: crispy bat wing			0
Recipe: Dragonbreath Chili	0.7	25		Desolace, Dustwallow Marsh
Recipe: Elixir of Major Defense	5	49	44	Blade’s Edge Mountains
Recipe: Elixir of Shadow Power	1	37	36	Undercity
recipe: golden fish sticks	3	19.5	16.5	Terokkar Forest
recipe: grilled mudfish	2.85	42.52	39.7	Nagrand
Recipe: Grilled Squid	1.6	46.25	44.7	Tanaris
Recipe: Heavy Crocolisk Stew	0.2	58.1	57.9	Dustwallow Marsh
Recipe: Heavy Kodo Stew	0.7	46.88	46.2	Desolace
recipe: Mithril Head Trout	0.198		-0.2	Undercity, Orgrimmar
Recipe: Nature Protection Potion	0.2	29	28.8	Tanaris, Ferelas, Stranglethorn Vale
recipe: poached bluefish	2.85	24.24	21.4	Nagrand
Recipe: Poached Sunscale Salmon	2	28.58	26.6	Tanaris
recipe: rainbow fin albacore	0.036		-0	Undercity, Orgrimmar
Recipe: Roast Raptor	0.5	7	6.5	Dustwallow Marsh, Desolace, Stranglethorn Vale, Arathi Highlands
recipe: roasted clefthoof	2.85	19.85	17	Nagrand
recipe: Rockscale Cod	0.198	9.94	9.74	Undercity, Orgrimmar
recipe: sagefish delight	0.45		-0.5
recipe: Slitherskin Mackerel	0.004	17.8	17.8	Durotar, Tirisfal Glades
recipe: smoked sagefish	0.045	4.4	4.36	Undercity, Orgrimmar
recipe: spicy crawdad	3		-3	Terokkar Forest
Recipe: Talbuk Steak	2.85	30	27.2	Nagrand
Recipe: Transmute Primal Might	8	80	72	Shattrath City
Recipe: Undermine Clam Chowder	0.3	78.47	78.2	Tanaris
recipe: warp burger	3		-3	Terokkar Forest
Red Dragonhawk Hatchling	0.5	29.46	29	Eversong Woods
red moth egg	10	35	25	Netherstorm
Resilient Parchment	0.45	1.93	1.48	Orgrimmar
Schematic: Adamantite Rifle	8		-8	Shattrath City
schematic: adamantite scope	5.4	39.88	34.5	Hellfire
Schematic: Adamantite Shell Machine	6	36.26	30.3	Shattrath City
schematic: Cogspinner Goggles	5.4	81.4	76	Hellfire
Schematic: Deadly Scope	0.3	13.68	13.4	Stranglethorn
schematic: fel iron toolbox	4	68.45	64.5	Shattrath City
Schematic: Fused Wiring	1.6	46.6	45	Shattrath City
Schematic: Gnomish Cloaking Device	0.24	128.06	128	Alterac Mountains
Schematic: Gnomish Universal Remote	0.12	89.34	89.2	Thousand Needles
Schematic: Lovingly Crafted Boomstick	0.1	38.1	38	Thousand Needles
Schematic: Powerful Seaforium Charge	1.6	28.48	26.9	Winterspring
schematic: ultra-spectropic detection goggles	8	85	77	Zangarmarsh
schematic: white smoke flare	6	32.36	26.4	Shattrath City, Zangarmarsh
scribe’s satchel	0.45	4.12	3.67	Orgimmar
Silver Dragonhawk Hatchling	0.5	31.89	31.4	Eversong Woods
simple grinder	2.12	19.77	17.7	Orgimmar
Skinning Knife	0.0074	7.4	7.39	Orgimmar
Stable Boots	0.1999	6.14	5.94	The Barrens
star wood	0.405	5.13	4.73	Orgimmar
technique: glyph of eternal water	2.7		-2.7	Hellfire

Total Profit = 3,403g

Vendor Item Locations – Route and Maps

The above is all nice and dandy to show what sells, but you’ll waste so much time trying to track down each vendor individually. Here’s a list of where those items to flip are by Zone and Vendor, after this I’ll include the route I take.

Dalaran
Breanni
	Albino Snake
	Calico Cat
	Obsidian Hatchling
Alterac Mountains
Bro’kin <Alchemy Supplies>
	Recipe: Frost Oil
Zan Shivsproket <Speciality Engineer>
	Schematic: Gnomish Cloaking Device
Orgrimmar
Xan’tish
	Black Kingsnake
	Brown Snake
Kithas <Enchanting Supplies>
	formula: enchant chest – lesser mana
	Formula: Enchant 2H Weapon – Lesser Intellect
	Star Wood
	Copper Rod
	Strange Dust
	Lesser Magic Essence
Zeal’aya <Herbalism Supplies>
	Herb Pouch
Tamar <Leatherworking Supplies>
	Pattern: Heavy Leather Ball
Xen’to <Cooking Supplies>
	recipe: smoked sagefish
Azshara
Jubie Gadgetspring <Engineering Supplies>
	Schematic: Deepdive Helmet
Winterspring
Xizzer Fizzbolt
	Schematic: Masterwork Target Dummy
	Schematic: Powerful Seaforium Charge
	Schematic: Fused Wiring
	Schematic: Gyrofreeze Ice Reflector
Qia
	Design: Necklace of the Diamond Tower
	Pattern: Mooncloth
	Formula: Enchant Chest – Major Health
	Pattern: Runecloth Bag
Moonglade
Lorelae Wintersong
	Pattern: Felcloth Pants
	Formula: Enchant Cloak – Superior Defense
	Formula: Runed Arcanite Rod
Stonetalon Mountains
Kulwia <Trade Supplies>
	Formula: Enchant Bracer – Lesser Strength
	Formula: Enchant Cloak – Minor Agility
Desolace
Super-Seller 680
	Recipe: Dragonbreath Chili
	Recipe: Barbecued Buzzard Wing
	Recipe: Big Bear Steak
	Recipe: Hot Wolf Ribs
	Recipe: Lean Wolf Steak
	Recipe: Mystery Stew
Kireena <Trade Goods>
	Design: Blazing Citrine Ring
	Recipe: Heavy Kodo Stew
	Recipe: Carrion Surprise
	Pattern: Azure Silk Gloves
Muuran
	Plans: Solid Iron Maul
Thunder Bluff
Halpa
	Prairie Dog Whistle
Barrens
Pizznukle <Leather Armor Merchant>
	Stable Boots
	Agile Boots
Kiknikle <Stylish Clothier>
	Common Gray Shirt
	Common White Shirt
	Common Brown Shirt
Dustwallow Marsh
Ogg’Marr
	Recipe: Dragonbreath Chili
	Recipe: Heavy Crocolisk Stew
	Recipe: Roast Raptor
Ghok’kah
	Pattern: Icy Cloak
Feralas
Bronk <Alchemy Supplies>
	Recipe: Nature Protection Potion
	Recipe: Ghost Dye
Thousand Needles
Magus Tirth
	Ancona Chicken
Jinky Twizzlefixxit
	schematic: lovingly Crafted Boomstick
	Schematic: Gnomish Universal Remote
Tanaris
Alchemist Pestlezugg
	Recipe: Transmute Arcanite
	Recipe: Transmute Mithril to Truesilver
	Recipe: Philosopher’s Stone
	recipe: Transmute Iron to Gold
	Recipe: Nature Protection Potion
Vizzklick
	Pattern: Soul Pouch
Gikkix
	recipe: Spotted Yellowtail
	Recipe: Nightfin Soup
	Recipe: Poached Sunscale Salmon
	Recipe: Grilled Squid
Jabbey <General Goods>
	Recipe: Undermine Clam Chowder
Undercity
Millie Gregorian <Tailoring Supplies>
	Pattern: Tuxedo Shirt
	Pattern: Tuxedo Pants
	pattern: tuxedo jacket
Joseph Moore <Leatherworking Supplies>
	Pattern: Barbaric Bracers
	Pattern: Green Whelp Bracers
Algernon <Alchemy Supplies>
	Recipe: Elixir of Shadow Power
Daniel Bartlett
	Formula: Enchant Shield – Greater Stamina
Tirisfall glades
Werg Thickblade <Leatherworking Supplies>
	Pattern: Wicked Leather Gauntlets
Martine Tramblay <Fishing Supplies>
	recipe: Slitherskin Mackerel
Western Plaugelands
Magnus Frostwake
	Plans: Storm Gauntlets
Eversong Woods
Jilanne
	Golden Dragonhawk Hatchling
	Red Dragonhawk Hatchling
	Silver Dragonhawk Hatchling

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Shattrath City
Madame Ruby <Enchanting Supplies>
	Formula: Runed Eternium Rod
	Formula: Enchant Shield – Major Stamina
	Formula: Large Prismatic Shard
	Strange Dust
	Lesser Magic Essence
	Formula: Superior Mana Oil
Aaron Hollman <Blacksmithing Supplies>
	Plans: Adamantite Maul
	Plans: Adamantite Cleaver
	Plans: Adamantite Dagger
	plans: adamantite rapier
	Plans: Adamantite Rod
	Coal
Viggz Shinesparked <Engineering Supplies>
	Schematic: Fused Wiring
	Handful of Fel Iron Bolts
Andrion Darkspinner <Shadoweave Specialist>
	Pattern: Shadowcloth
Wind Trader Lathrai
	Schematic: Fel Iron Toolbox
	Schematic: Adamantite Shell Machine
	schematic: white smoke flare
Skreah <Alchemy Supplies>
	Recipe: Transmute Primal Might
Terokkar forest
Innkeeper Grilka <Innkeeper>
	recipe: blackened basilisk
Rungor
	Formula: Runed Adamantite Rod
	recipe: golden fish sticks
	recipe: spicy crawdad
Shadowmoon Valley
Krek Cragcrush <Blacksmithing Supplies>
	Plans: Adamantite Plate Bracers
	Plans: Adamantite Plate Gloves
	Plans: Adamantite Breastplate
Hellfire Penninsula
Mixie Farshot <Gun Merchant>
	Schematic: Cogspinner Goggles
	Schematic: Adamantite Scope
Rohok <Master Blacksmithing Trainer>
	Plans: Eternium Rod
	Plans: Lesser Ward of Shielding
Floyd Pinkus <Innkeeper>
	Heavy Toolbox
	Enchanter’s Satchel
	Mining Sack
	Gem Pouch
Zangarmarsh
Captured Gnome <Item Repair>
	Schematic: Ultra-Spectropic Detection Goggles
	Schematic: White Smoke Flare
Gambarinka <Tradesman>
	recipe: blackened trout
Blade Edge Mountain
Daga Ramba <Potions>
	Recipe: Elixir of Major Defense
Netherstorm
Qiff (3)
	Adamantite Frame
	Fel Iron Casing
	Felsteel Stabilizer
	Khorium Power Core
	Handful of Fel Iron Bolts
Dealer Rashaad (1)
	blue dragonhawk hatchling
	brown rabbit crate
	cat carrier (siamese)
	cockroach
	crimson snake
	Mana Wyrmling
	parrot cage (senegal)
	red moth egg
Dealer Najeeb (2)
	Adamantite Frame
	Handful of Fel Iron Bolts
	mote of air
	mote of earth
	mote of fire
	mote of life
	mote of mana
	mote of water
	hardened adamantite Tube
Nagrand
Nula The Butcher
	Recipe: Talbuk Steak
	Recipe: Poached Bluefish
	Recipe: Grilled Mudfish
	recipe: roasted clefthoof
Mathar G’ochar
	Pattern: Soulcloth Gloves
Booty Bay
Xizk Goodstitch
	Pattern: Enchanter’s Cowl
Kelsey Yance
	Recipe: Filet of Redgill
	Recipe: Giant Clam Scorcho
	Recipe: Cooked Glossy Mightfish
	Recipe: Hot Smoked Bass
Narkk
	Parrot Cage (Cockatiel)
Mazk Snipeshot
	Schematic: Accurate Scope
Stranglethorn
Cowardly Crosby
	Pattern: Admiral’s Hat
Knaz Blunderflame
	Schematic: Deadly Scope
Gnaz Blunderflame
	Schematic: Mechanical Dragonling
Swamp of Sorrows
Banalash <Trade Supplies>
	Design: Black Pearl Panther
	Recipe: Carrion Surprise
	Formula: Enchant Bracer – Deflection

Maps

Here’s the route I take and the map for each zone of the vendor locations, bookmark this page and follow these stages each time you need to restock. Click to zoom each picture.

Outlands Run

Start in Shattrath > Terokkar > Shadowmoon Valley

Hellfire > Zangarmarsh > Dip down to Nagrand > Blade’s Edge Mountains

End at Netherstorm

Dalaran to Kalimdor Run

Dalaran > Teleport to Orgrimmar > Fly to Azshara

Winterspring > Moonglade > The Barrens

Stonetalon > Desolace > Thunder Bluff

Dustwallow Marsh > Feralas > Thousand Needles

End at Tanaris > Hearth back to town.

Eastern Kingdoms Route

Start at Undercity > Tirisfal Glades > Western Plaugelands

Fly back or hearth to Brill (Undercity) take zepplin to Stranglethorn

Stranglethorn > Booty Bay > Fly to Swamp of Sorrows

Alterac Mountains

2 items sell here, one that sells for about 150g profit so it’s worth the trip. I haven’t found an efficient way to incorporate it into the routes so for now I fly from Undercity to Tarren Mill walk east, just past river and follow path up mountain, takes 7 minutes to get there and visit both vendors.

Vendor Profit Spreadsheet

Here’s my spreadsheet I used to track everything, it’s a little messy but it’s a good starting point to keep track of your profits, inventory, and a place you can put in new items that aren’t in this list yet.

That wraps up this article. If you know of any other good vendor flips not listed here I’d be interested to hear what is successful for you in the comments below so I can add it to the list.

If you need more gold and want to leverage this method with another gold making guide I’d recommend picking up WoW Schools guide as this works well with it and teaches other flips.

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