Why is the biggest margin not always the best craft?

A margin pays only as fast as the result sells. Profit a day is the margin times the estimated units sold a day on that auction house, so a thin margin on something that sells three hundred a day beats a fat one on something that sells three. Rank by Profit a day to see that order.

Crafting profit

Pick a market and a profession. Every recipe is ranked by what it earns at that market's prices right now. Enchantments make no item to sell, so they are costed on the enchants page instead. The crafts that also sell through the week, and the profession leading on each house, are in the gold meta.

On PvP Alliance EU right now, Enchanted Leather (Enchanting) makes the most per craft: about 2g 91s after the 5 percent auction house cut. Counting how fast the result sells, Lesser Magic Wand (Enchanting) makes the most a day, about 2g 80s from roughly 608 sold a day. 5 of 12 fully priced recipes make a profit.

Current market: PvP Alliance EU, the market with the newest prices. Pick yours below and every tool opens there. Address for this market: ahledger.com/crafting?market=forever/pvp/alliance/eu

1MarketPrices come from the latest scans of this market.2ProfessionAll of them, or one.3Rank byMargin per craft, or that margin times what the market buys a day.4ShowFully priced recipes rank truthfully; every recipe shows what each craft needs.

▸How this is worked out

Reagents are priced at their median, the result at its median times the recipe's average yield, less the 5 percent auction house cut. A reagent with no price is named rather than counted as free. Deposits and the value of your own gathered materials are not in these numbers.

Sold/day is the estimated units of the result sold a day on this auction house over the last week, from consecutive scans; it leans low and is blank where too few hours of scans back it. Profit a day is the margin per unit times that: the most a crafter supplying the whole market could make. A fat margin on something that sells three a day is worth less than a thin one on something that sells three hundred.

What the margin leaves out.

12 recipes · 5 above water · PvP Alliance EU

Craft	Cost	Value	Margin	Return	Sold/day	Profit/day	Reagents
Enchanted Leather Enchanting 210 none sold · 0c/day	88s 36c	3g 79s 5c	2g 90s 69c	329%	0	0c	1 × Lesser Eternal Essence, 1 × Rugged Leather
Enchanted Lute Enchanting ~57 sold/day · shelf clears in about 4 days · 84s 67c/day	1s 35c	2s 84c	1s 49c	110%	57	84s 67c	1 × Simple Wood, 1 × Strange Dust
Lesser Magic Wand Enchanting 35 ~610 sold/day · shelf clears in about 3 days · 2g 79s 76c/day	1s 44c	1s 90c	46c	32%	610	2g 79s 76c	1 × Lesser Magic Essence, 1 × Simple Wood
Greater Magic Wand Enchanting 70 ~600 sold/day · shelf clears in about 3 days · 2g 52s 29c/day	2s 43c	2s 85c	42c	17%	600	2g 52s 29c	2 × Lesser Magic Essence, 1 × Simple Wood
Novice's Practice Wand Enchanting ~330 sold/day · shelf clears in under a day · 1g 36s 79c/day	53c	95c	42c	79%	330	1g 36s 79c	1 × Mote of Magic, 1 × Simple Wood
Minor Wizard Oil Enchanting ~420 sold/day · shelf clears in under a day · -1g 25s 72c/day	3s 15c	2s 85c	-30c	-10%	420	-1g 25s 72c	1 × Empty Vial, 1 × Maple Seed, 1 × Strange Dust
Mote of Magic Enchanting · makes 3 ~940 sold/day · shelf clears in under a day · -2g 10s 87c/day	90c	23c	-67c	-75%	940	-2g 10s 87c	1 × Strange Dust
Minor Mana Oil Enchanting 120 ~26 sold/day · shelf clears in about 3 days · -86s 62c/day	9s 1c	5s 70c	-3s 31c	-37%	26	-86s 62c	2 × Maple Seed, 1 × Leaded Vial, 1 × Soul Dust
Greater Mystic Wand Enchanting 155 ~27 sold/day · shelf clears in about 3 days · -1g 95s 9c/day	74s 73c	67s 45c	-7s 28c	-10%	27	-1g 95s 9c	1 × Lesser Mystic Essence, 1 × Star Wood, 1 × Vision Dust
Lesser Wizard Oil Enchanting 170 ~39 sold/day · shelf clears in about 5 days · -5g 54s 34c/day	28s 54c	14s 25c	-14s 29c	-50%	39	-5g 54s 34c	2 × Stranglethorn Seed, 1 × Leaded Vial, 1 × Vision Dust
Lesser Mystic Wand Enchanting 135 ~12 sold/day · shelf clears in about 2 days · -2g 10s 34c/day	62s 58c	45s 60c	-16s 98c	-27%	12	-2g 10s 34c	1 × Lesser Mystic Essence, 1 × Star Wood
Greater Mystic Wand Enchanting 155 ~27 sold/day · shelf clears in about 3 days · -5g 54s 19c/day	88s 13c	67s 45c	-20s 68c	-23%	27	-5g 54s 19c	1 × Greater Mystic Essence, 1 × Star Wood, 1 × Vision Dust

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Common questions

What is the most profitable craft in WoW Forever right now?: On PvP Alliance EU right now, Enchanted Leather (Enchanting) makes the most per craft: about 2g 91s after the 5 percent auction house cut. Counting how fast the result sells, Lesser Magic Wand (Enchanting) makes the most a day, about 2g 80s from roughly 608 sold a day. 5 of 12 fully priced recipes make a profit.
How is crafting profit calculated?: Each reagent is priced at its median on the market, and the result at its median times the recipe's average yield, less the 5 percent auction house cut. A reagent with no price is named rather than counted as free. Deposits and the value of materials you gather yourself are not in the numbers.
Why is the biggest margin not always the best craft?: A margin pays only as fast as the result sells. Profit a day is the margin times the estimated units sold a day on that auction house, so a thin margin on something that sells three hundred a day beats a fat one on something that sells three. Rank by Profit a day to see that order.