According to WOW insider Last year ( Sep 2007) – Enchants will be able to be sold on the AH – After 2.4 and around WOTLK
As someone who just finished making her 375 Enchanting Wand – I think that this is good and bad news. I now have a couple of Rarer enchants, The Best Fort to bracers Soulfrost and some others, my only problem has been making back money from the costs I’ve outlaid. While people vendor or sell their greens and quest rewards as they climb the ranks Enchanters Shard them to use for mats. ( I used to make some of my money back when I was poor by selling the mats ) but for the most I had to buy additional mats just to level up. By Ahing them we now enter a oppourtunity for realm economics to impact enchanting and Mat prices. Now having maxed out my enchanting, and with a new rod, and most of the enchants I don’t have being ones that are riducously priced on the AH or BOP’s from Kara ect ect.. Im interested in making money from it – I made 5G this weekend from my enchanting skill. Mostly they spammed who can enchant “……. ” and I could – So they had the mats – they gave them to me – I enchanted and they tipped 2 G for 1 and 3g for another- Now realistically depending on the trouble to get to said person, its not worth the 2g to wait for them to get mats – log in out of toons and back. Can you come to me…? they ask.. So I don’t normally answer the requests.. I even have trade channel permantly off its gets so annoying . Considering my Now level 46 Mage is making more money of responding to Port requests while she is running round Tanaris ( yes it is in the middle of whoop whoop.. ) Are enchanters being treated fairly for the cost of their skill, and how many people assume that there is no Fee. Im beyond skilling up – I’m doing a random a favour I want Gold… but whats the correct rate to charge? Its more then Pre BC and Post BC enchants, and then there are level 375 enchants – I paid another enchanter 30g for soulfrost a few weeks ago. I had already spent 600 odd G in mats and time to get the ingrediants, but I offered 30g for him to enchant because I felt It was reasonable, it was a special enchant – I still came to them. But Im not sure Im keen on having to outlay a substantial amount of money on mats for a Chant thats not Gaurented to sell. There are alot of things on the Ah – like some Mana/spell oils /pots and flasks where the base cost to make something is more then what the item is worth selling, or the profit is just not enough to even bother – Either the cost of Mats goes down, or Enchanters just will not sell enchants.
One thing though, it will be easier to send Enchants to my Alts ( Im assuming you will be able to maiil them too ) for the Items that were BOE and I can’t enchant for them.
A jewelcrafter uses Mats and skill to make a Jem – this Jem then sells for 40-80G ( blue ones) Yes the costs for enchanting lies with the person who wants the enchant or nor do I want avocate that the enchanter buys the Mats, because there is no way Im forking out the cost of soulfrost enchants to put on the Ah – and be undercut and not sell the enchant.