Attention Jewelcrafters: Don't miss out!

I've heard a lot of people in Trade, my guild, and a few people elsewhere complaining that Jewelcrafting isn't profitable right now. I ask them what they're selling and more often than not they aren't selling 450 jewelry; in fact they don't even know how to make the 450 jewelry! That's a pretty big problem for the gold-making jewelcrafter and it's a problem we need to fix right now!

TradeSkillMaster Guides - Updated for MoP

It's been a busy few days for me but it's done! A lot of people were requesting an updated TradeSkillMaster guide series using the new interface. Between that, the new features (Quick Posting <3 ) and the fact it would give me a chance to make them easier on the ears I decided it was time to update the guides.

So here they are!  You'll notice the "Advanced Tactics" video is just the first, implying there may be more. If you have something you want to learn more in-depth in TSM feel free to ask; it may be in a future Advanced Tactics guide.

Auctioning and Group Creation

Crafting, Shopping, and Dealfinding

Mailing and Destroying

Advanced Tactics #1

Ultimate Recipe Collections get more Ultimate!

Today I'm releasing the first update for the Ultimate Vendor Recipe Collections.  I'm really happy with how the update's turned out and I think you all will be too.

What are the Ultimate Vendor Recipe Collections?

They're two guides, one for Horde folks and one for Alliance. They will lay out for you every vendor recipe in the game that is available to your faction. They highlight faction-specific recipes (great arbitrage candidates!) and everything is arranged geographically so it is easy to move from vendor to vendor, something I've yet to see with any other guide or resource out there.

But wait, there's more!

What's new in the updated versions?

Thanks to suggestions from purchasers of the first versions I've added in a few more useful features. 

• I've rearranged the list; instead of a strict North-to-South I've outlined an actual route for you to follow which should cut down on massive amounts of zigzagging.
• I've included maps with the routes I use outlined on them to help you get an idea of where to go next.
• I've included TomTom waypoints for every single vendor as well as a guide for how to use TomTom with these collections.
• I've included information on whether or not any recipe is Limited Quantity.

Sidenote: In my update announcement I stated that there would be TSM Auctioning lists. When I went to add them I found out it's not possible to make Auctioning groups just with Item IDs. Sapu has stated he's working on it and I will add them in as soon as I am able.

Holy crap, where do I get my hands on these awesome works of art and support Faid in the process?

Click here to purchase an Alliance collection. ($3)

Click here to purchase a Horde collection. ($3)

Click here to purchase an Alliance+Horde combo collection. ($5.75)

I already purchased a previous version. Where's my free update?

If you've purchased a previous version simply send me an e-mail from the same address you'd used to purchase your collection and I will send out an updated version shortly.

I really want to get into vendor recipes but can't/won't spend the money on a guide.

I get that. For what it's worth it's only three bucks and it helps me out a lot, but I totally feel ya on this one.  If you're just interested in getting a bare-bones sort of set up you can try the RecipeProfit plugin for GatherMate2. It's free and highlights many profitable recipes.

But Faid, if it's free why would I buy a guide? Well, you get what you pay for. RecipeProfit is decent for getting started but the dozens and dozens of incorrect, misplaced, or altogether missing vendors that I ran into were startling. It'll be alright for picking up a recipe here or there but if you want a more complete experience (and if you want to sell the recipes your competitors using RecipeProfit know nothing about!) I urge you to check your couch cushions for a few bucks in change.

If you have any questions check out the Store FAQ. If you still have questions feel free to ask!

Recipe Collections Update Coming

A while back I created the Ultimate Recipe Collections to assist people who were interested in selling vendor recipes. I don't often to go out of my way to mention or bark it unless it's incredibly relevant to the conversation so I imagine some folks don't know it exists.

Basically, quite a while back I felt there was no good resource for vendor recipes. Sure, there's wowhead searches with the appropriate filters but every time I wanted to get recipes I would end up missing a few and wasting tons of time since it wasn't properly sorted.

So I made a massive list of every vendor recipe sorted by geographic location, highlighting important faction-specific recipes and adding notes where necessary. Once it became cleaned and polished I felt I had something that was really valuable. As money was (and is) tight and I was also interested in learning to sell things online I put them up for purchase at two bucks per faction.

The response has been very positive, significantly moreso than I ever imagined. I knew that the list was a valuable tool but I admit I didn't know how it would be received by people who aren't as hooked on vendor items as I am; I am very happy to have received many words of praise from purchasers.

So thank you for everyone who bought a recipe collection, I know two bucks doesn't seem like much but you guys really helped me out a lot.

So what's this about updates?  Well, along with all the good reviews I also received a lot of recommendations for future updates, recommendations I've taken to heart.  I'm working on updating the collections with some of these requested features and a new version of each faction's collection should be out before the month ends.

Planned Additions:

• There will be TomTom waypoint macros for every vendor on the list.
• There will be maps outlining the route I follow when stocking up on these items.
• There will be information on Limited Quantity numbers, as well as information about the spawn times/details where available.
• There will be importable TSM Auctioning groups to sell the items in the collections.

Anyone who purchased a collection already will be entitled to upgrade to the newer version for free once it's been released.  Because of the increased amount of time invested and value in the collections, as well as money continuing to be far too tight around here, I will likely be raising the price to three dollars per faction when the updates are released. (Hint: That means you can get it for 2 dollars before they're released and get the free upgrade once the new version's out, saving a buck per faction!)

I guess that's about it. If you have any questions please feel free to ask!

Want to purchase a collection before the price rises with the new update? Check out the store!

Want to hear what others thought about the collections? Check out the reviews from Farli at The Overcut and Focushot at Hunter Mastery.

New Video! Single-Toon Glyph Selling

Managing an entire stock of glyphs can be really intimidating for new scribes, but it doesn't have to be.  A lot of people think you'll need an army of posting alts to compete in the glyph market and I can tell you that's certainly false.

I've heard a few false claims, particularly when livestreaming. "A single character can't hold every glyph" or "You need three characters at least to manage every glyph, so you should just sell the most profitable to save time."

It's no secret that a huge portion of my gold has been made in the glyph market. It was my first market and will always be one of my favorites, though sometimes I question my sanity over that fact. Through the years I've sold glyphs I've experimented with many different styles of stock management and I've found what works best for me.

Here's the deal: A single character can easily hold every glyph and post them in a matter of minutes. You don't even need to worry about your mailbox or have access to a personal guild bank. Here's how I do it:

How to Macro Any Addon Button

Certain parts of gold making can be very monotonous, particularly activities like milling, prospecting, disenchanting, or buying out large amounts of items from the auction house.

The in-game abilities are easy enough to macro but some folks seem to stop there. Well, did you know it's just as easy to macro clicking buttons, such as clicking TSM's buyout button or Panda's disenchant button?  Let me show you how.

Essentially the macro command is very simple.

/click [Name of Button]

Not too tough! But I use this really super obscure addon and there's no one out there that will tell me what the button is called!  That's fine, you don't need anyone to do it.  You can figure it out yourself very easily and the best part is that everything you need is built into the base game.

First open your macro frame. You can do this by hitting Escape => Macros or typing /macro into your chat frame. Now here comes the fun stuff.  What we need to use is the built in framestack command.  Type /fstack into your chat window.

That will bring up a window that looks like this:

This window will display information about anything you mouse over. Below you can see what pops up if I mouse over my character pane with Shadowed Unit Frames.

So what does this have to do with making button macros? Using this tool you can learn the name of any button from any addon in the game. If you move your mouse over a button from an addon you will see that button's name displayed in the pop up.

Here's what happens when I mouse over TSM's buyout button:

Using this information you can then make a macro to click any addon button. Here are some examples of macros I've used:

This macro will click the buyout button in TradeSkillMaster and will accept the confirmation window.

/click TSMAHTabBuyoutButton
/click TSMAHConfirmationActionButton

This macro will disenchant the first item in Panda's disenchant section.

/click PandaDEFrame1

This macro will click the automatic disenchant prompt from Enchantrix.

/click AutoDEPromptYes

Hopefully that will help you guys get a handle on some activities that were just boring as could be before. Good luck!

Orgrimmar Roundup - Low Level Gold Tip

Don't worry, Horde players, I didn't forget about you. A follow-up to my previous run around Stormwind, this video focuses on items which can be purchased in Orgrimmar to resell for a profit. This probably won't be "worth it" to most max-level players but it's my favorite way to make gold on a new server or faction.

If you are interested in making gold selling vendor items be sure to check out the Ultimate Recipe Collections available from the ClockworkRiot store!

Stormwind Roundup - Low Level Gold Tip

During one of my gold-making livestreams Cryan requested that I make some guides and/or videos about the items I buy in town to make gold on low level characters.  In Orgrimmar and in Stormwind there are some great items you can pick up for resale and this video hits some of my favorite Stormwind pieces. Next time we'll do Orgrimmar so you Horde folks don't feel left out!

If you are interested in making gold selling vendor items be sure to check out the Ultimate Recipe Collections available from the ClockworkRiot store!

SuperGuildInvite: Configuration Tips

In my adventures using SuperGuildInvite, an addon assisting players in mass-inviting people to their guild, I've come across three types of people. Some people don't care or even acknowledge the invite and whisper, some folks are polite, and a good amount of them become very very irate.

I'm not going to preach about whether or not you should use a guild invite addon to grow your guild but I am going to offer a few tips that should improve the experience for both people who use the addon as well as for people who absolutely hate it and think I'm the scum of the earth for using it.

The first thing to know is that players can block all incoming guild invites if they wish to using the default interface. Press Escape, Interface, and right there you'll find a checkbox to block all incoming invites.  This is the strongest tool a player has to stop the guild invite spam and players who don't want random invites should use it.

But what about the whispers, you ask?  Well, that's where I want to talk to you, the aspiring guildmaster and SuperGuildInvite user.  SGI is a simple addon but if you configure it properly you can greatly reduce the amount of junk whispers you send out, as well as reduce the amount of people who become annoyed by your invitations.  Unfortunately these aren't the stock settings, so let's walk you through them.  Type /sgi config to bring up the options and let's go through the steps to be the least annoying you can be while using this mod.

#1: Whisper Before Inviting

I wish this setting was worded a bit better, maybe more people would take advantage of it.  Nothing is more annoying than a blind guild invite; whispering people first (even an automated tell) is preferable in nearly every case for all parties involved.

But what about all those Starter Edition accounts? We don't want to send them whispers just to find out that they can't even join!  Well, that's the drop down menu. As counter-intuitive as it may seem you want your settings to be "Send Whisper Before Inviting" and "Whisper After Inviting."

What this essentially makes the addon do is it will first attempt to invite the player. If the invite is successful they will get a nearly simultaneous whisper.  If the invite is unsuccessful because they are a Starter Edition, they are already in a guild, or they have blocked guild invites they will get neither a whisper or the subsequent tell, meaning you won't bother that person one bit.  This way you only contact players who are able and willing to join guilds and also send them a whisper.

#2: Whisper!

I use SGI and even I get irritated when someone sends me a random invite without a tell.  Even an automated whisper about what sort of perks I will get from your guild shows that you are offering something and not seeing me as an experience-grinding robot.  Open SGI and hit customize whisper to write your own greeting. Be sure to write a tell that's friendly and informative and gives an accurate description of your guild. (If you only have level 20s don't say you're a raiding guild. If you only raid don't say people should join for guild battlegrounds.)

#3: Auto-Blacklist

A blacklist is a master list of every player you will no longer invite. You can manually blacklist that guy you really hate but the main use for blacklisting is auto-blacklisting. If you have this box checked but make no other changes the default is three. If a player declines a guild invite from you three times they will no longer be invited.

I think that's pretty dumb. While you can also set a "lockout" and not invite people for x days or weeks without blacklisting my opinion is that if a player doesn't want to join my guild today they won't want to join it next week and my whispers will just annoy them more.

With Auto Blacklist checked type into your chat the following

/sgi blacktime 1

Now anyone you invite will be blacklisted after the first time they decline your invite and you won't bother that person again. 

SGI is a great addon for folks looking to build a large guild; folks in my random invite guild seem to get along very well and it's recently passed Level 5 with 400 members. Remember, though, not everyone wants to join your guild. They should do their part to block guild invites but you should be sure to do your part in not being an annoyance.  With a great addon comes great responsibility? Heh, that's a bit over the top but just be sure you put yourself in the shoes of a random player on your server and set up your SGI with that attitude in mind.

For more information about using SuperGuildInvite with gold-making in mind be sure to check out Acry's thread on the Consortium forums by clicking here.

TSM Guide Videos

Special Note: Third time's the charm! This is the third, yes, third time I've uploaded these TSM videos. Hopefully they're here to stay. The audio should be loud enough, if a bit crackly, they contain the right URL, and are on the right channel. Please be sure to thumbs up/like the videos just one last time. Thanks! (Sorry to be such a bother with these. Last time, I promise!)

The time has finally come! Sapu and the rest of the dedicated TSM team have released the newest version of TradeSkillMaster! I've been using a pre-release version for a while now and have had a lot of fun with it. The team's done a great job and I'm sure you all will enjoy the changes.

At the bottom of this post is a series of videos which should help newcomers to the addon find their way around and perhaps teach veterans a few things. They are not designed as an advanced manual of tactics; my goal in creating these videos was to help people who have just installed TSM to learn the basics. I'm still learning certain aspects of the addon mysef (Sapu even gave me some tips on my own use of it after I showed him the videos!) but this should be a sufficient primer for those who have found it intimidating in the past.

There is currently no video for Warehousing.  While I have used the tool for a limited time I am still fairly clumsy with it myself as I attempt to learn how exactly it works with my setup.  Once I am more  well-versed with Warehousing I will make a video but it is not required to use the core of TSM so for now it is absent from my video guides.

So what's new?
A lot! In its new form TSM has shed the side-bar style and has integrated into the main AH panel with its own TSM tab from which you use the TSM plugins like shopping for crafting mats and posting auctions. There are new reset scants, shopping lists, and an easy to understand UI.

I hope you all enjoy these videos; I admit my editing isn't top notch but they should serve their purpose well! PLEASE watch these in HD so that you can see the settings and whatnot.

Auctioning (Posting, Cancelling, and Group Creation)

-This should be the first video you watch if you are new to TSM-

Crafting

Shopping, Dealfinding, and Destroying

Mailing

Reset Scans

If you have any questions for me feel free to leave them as a comment here or on the videos. If you have questions or concerns about TradeSkillMaster be sure to visit the development forum over at The Consortium forums!

The Ultimate Vendor Recipe Collection

Vendor recipes have accounted for over 200,000g of my net income since I began making gold in World of Warcraft. Players will buy these because they don't know where they come from or they simply don't want to make the effort to figure out where to buy it.

Players buy my vendor recipes time and time again at a very high mark-up. They are a consistent and reliable seller for me and they can be for you as well. While I've done posts and videos about the vendor recipes before, I had yet to see a complete, definitive list of every vendor recipe organized in an easy-to-use way. These guides change that.

I've compiled two complete guides, one for recipes and locations available to Horde players and one available to Alliance. Each guide highlights recipes that are faction-exclusive (good arbitrage money!). 

Each guide is organized geographically by zone and by vendor (something I've not seen from anything else like this). This makes it easy for a player to hop on a flight path from zone to zone picking up these lucrative items.

These guides are designed to be used as a tool for a gold-maker looking to thoroughly cover the vendor recipe market. These guides are the first (of hopefully many) items I'm selling directly on my site. I know these guides are well worth the small price ($2 each) I'm asking for them.

These guides are unlike anything else out there and are tools I would personally be willing to pay for (especially when the price is less than a cup of coffee). I hope you enjoy the guides. Thanks in advance to those of you who decide to purchase them thus supporting Clockwork Riot and the creation of future guides. May they help you make as much gold as they've helped me make.

Ultimate Alliance Recipe Collection (ver.0.10) - Buy Now: $2  

• About The Guide: This guide is the most thorough and definitive list of vendor recipes available on the net. Aimed at Alliance players this guide lists recipes available from vendors all around the World of Warcraft in a simple, easy to follow format. 

Ultimate Horde Recipe Collection (ver.0.10) - Buy Now: $2     

• About The Guide: This guide is the most thorough and definitive list of vendor recipes available on the net. Aimed at Horde players this guide lists recipes available from vendors all around the World of Warcraft in a simple, easy to follow format. 

Can I pay for the guide using PayPal?
While I may eventually look into adding additional payment options, at the moment gumroad.com (and thus credit card) is the only official way to purchase the guide. (If you are determined to purchase the guide with PayPal, feel free to send me an email at GoClockworkRiot@gmail.com and we will see if we can work out an individual exception to allow you to do so.)

You can always find any guides I have for sale in the store which is linked at the top of the sidebar.

From the Vault: Importable TSM Transmog Lists v2.0

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From the Vault:  Every Tuesday and Friday we'll be shining a spotlight on some of the most popular and timeless posts from Nerf Faids here on ClockworkRiot. Folks who missed them the first time around can enjoy some of the best pieces and folks who have seen them can maybe be reminded of a trick or two that they'd forgotten.

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A while back I made a post on the Consortium forums containing importable TSM shopping lists for Keelhaul's Cloth, Mail, and Plate mog armor recommendations.  However, there were some issues with it. For starters, it was a full list.  It included things like pants which wouldn't even show under the robes, tons of bracers that wouldn't show, etc. Also, there was no leather list.

This morning I decided to completely redo my shopping lists. I completely deleted my original lists and began recreating them now that I know a bit more about mog selling.

What I Used

The lists are almost entirely based off of the lists by Keelhaul, farli_wow, and EpicPennyPouch which can be found in Power Word Gold's Hatchery. Here are the original lists, if you would like to take a look at them: Cloth, Leather, Mail, Plate. 

What I Did

My previous effort to make the lists which resulted in the Consortium post was essentially taking the entire list and everything in every set and making it importable into TSM. It was very helpful as a starting point but many people found themselves filling up on bracers, ugly hats, and cloth pants that they don't need.

When creating the importable version of the leather list, and in revamping every other armor type, I was much more discerning this time around.  I removed almost every bracer and simple-looking hat or belt. Most cloth pants and shoes are not in this list, nor are most simple looking shoulders.  To put it simply I included the sets that looked best or most unique, and the most important pieces of those sets. Many lower tier sets, or sets that look so plain or similar to many other sets were removed altogether. I trimmed the fat, so to speak.

Miscellaneous Notes

Some items that are very rare and sell very well on your server may have been removed; every server is different.  I tailored these lists with my own experiences in mind (e.g. the Lord's set was removed since I have a million of those sitting around, too common for my tastes!) and while the armor may be one-size-fits-all this list probably isn't.  You may want to use these lists as a starting point to add or trim to work for you.

Leather sets were an interesting animal. They have many sets that look almost identical but are different colors. (Chieftain's Set shares a skin with several others in the list.) I included all the different colors and types that share a color. Understand when buying and selling though that one item may have a much more common item that's virtually interchangeable; this is especially apparent with the leather belts that appear to have studs or rivets in them, like in the Chieftain's Set previously linked.  I included them but buy at your own risk!

The Lists!

==Cloth==

s1@10214,14025,10216,7110,14413,14294,14296,14297,14425,6610,14175,17050,3291,6615,6617,14441,14442,14443,4714,14445,14192,14452,14453,10143,7517,7518,14213,7520,7521,14091,14231,14232,14106,4035,7468,14367,7470,4037,7471,14371,6393,14120,6395,3309,8111,4040,7522,8113,10215,8114,18486,24585,6527,14119,10178,2800,14254,6531,4038,14234,8110,14272,14273,10210,14275,3308,14113,14117$@

==Leather==

s1@6409,15168,10220,10221,10222,14670,14671,10227,24773,24775,14675,24779,14677,14680,15189,15191,15192,14685,14559,14560,14562,14564,14565,14566,4055,24694,24696,24698,6430,4057,4721,9887,9892,9894,4062,15372,15370,4063,15374,10183,14684,10186,8255,20575,15369,8258,15142,8260,24776,8262,4054,15376,10189,15378,15379,6431,15381,15144,15383,6581,15385,6582,14681,15167,10182,6584,9782,10225,15139,6586,10188,24695,10190,24699,24774,15130,15194,15148,15149,15150,15151,24778,10187,9947,9948,15386,9950,6587,9952,8256,9954,15162,14687,15164,6408,15166,15195$@

==Mail==

s1@8309,7489,7490,6411,4079,6412,14793,14794,15050,7494,15052,14799,10230,14803,10232,10233,10234,10236,15575,15576,15578,10118,10119,15581,10121,4712,10124,10125,12415,15591,4717,24839,15596,24843,15598,10266,15601,10268,10269,10270,15609,7454,10273,10274,4725,2989,15582,14802,4727,4075,10154,14805,14798,10157,12420,15680,4697,10161,10162,8267,8271,14796,9933,15669,6386,14792,8265,14789,15506,15607,8269,15509,15510,15511,7455,15513,15514,2990,9928,16984,15051,2991,4076,4071,24863,2992,15524,4072,15529,15527,15528,4073,6590,1988,24840,4074,6402,6592,7491,6594,24862,6595,10122,6596,8303,7486,24864,7487,24865,24867,6597$@

==Plate==

s1@14913,25001,14915,14917,14918,14920,14921,14922,14924,14926,14927,14928,14929,10368,10369,8138,10371,24934,10373,8140,24940,10376,24944,10378,10380,10382,10383,10384,10385,10386,10387,14833,10389,10390,14838,14966,14840,14968,24984,14970,14971,14972,14975,14976,14977,14978,14980,14854,14855,14856,14857,14858,14859,14860,14862,14863,14864,14865,14867,14868,8141,8143,8139,10205,10201,10208,10206,12619,24935,24937,24939,10209,24999,25003,24947,25000,24985,24983,24982,24988,24936,14895,14896,14897,14898,13072,14900,31232,10203,12618,14904,14905,14906,24987,14908,14909,14981,14911,14839,14967$@

How to Import These Lists
I made a short (~2 minute) video about importing lists to walk you through the process. If you're anti-video you can also check out the first link in this post to my Consortium thread which includes a screenshot walkthrough.

This video is hosted on my old YouTube account; don't forget to subscribe to the new Youtube account for up to the minute gold making tips!