WoWEcon.com
The other day I was looking to see if there was a way for me to get the current auction house prices without actually having access to the game. You know, so I could plan out my AH strategy for when I got home from work. Of course, I was eating lunch at my workstation so it’s not like I was on company time or anything. :/
After trying several google searches, i finally came across wowecon.com. This is a free database of auction across all realms, at least that’s what they say. They also have an addon that is supposed to show the latest auction prices in the item’s tooltip. Which is similar to what some of the other auction addons do. While I haven’t actually downloaded the application yet, it does appear that wowecon’s information is updated outside the game. Depending on how long that takes (I’m thinking about a minute or two), it could save countless hours standing in the auction house waiting for something like auctioneer to scan.
I’ve decided to see how up to date the information is on the site, so I’ve come up with a small test. And I mean very small. I’m going to start with enchanting scrolls, using the following criteria. The scrolls have to have a minimum of volume of 100. A quick search of my realm showed me about five with a volume of a 100 or more.
The scrolls I found are
- Scroll of Enchant Weapon – Greater Savagery: median price – 76g 37s 43c, volume 100
- Scroll of Enchant Boots – Icewalker: median price – 38g 95s, volume 149
- Scroll of Enchant Chest – Super Stats: median price – 50g 17s 76c, volume 161
- Scroll of Enchant Gloves – Exceptional Spellpower: median price – 51g 90s, volume 130
- Scroll of Enchant Weapon – Crusader: median price 134g 95s, volume 108
I’m going to check the AH later today and see how close the prices are. I’ll even throw some in the AH, just to see if they sell well enough. After that, I’ll have a better idea about adding this to my gold making strategy. I’ll give it this, it’s much easier on the eyes than looking at the AH interface in the game.
My main complaint with the website at the moment, is there is no real way to search by volume. This would be useful for finding items that have a high turnover rate.
In the interest of thoroughness, Blizzard does offer something that will let you look through the most auctioned items. It’s not realm specific but at least you can see what the most auctioned items in WoW are quickly. Most auctions sold
update: I just noticed that the prices listed on wowecon.com do not have prices for my realm, the prices listed are for all realms. /cry
