What you will need:
(You can do this at any level of these professions, at 300 you make faster platinum.)
300 Outfitter
300 Butcher
300 Runecrafter
27 Artisan Marks for Exotic Leather Belt from the Outfitter Merchant.
Time = Platinum
I normally use a Pyromancer, but Storm Caller works just as well. Any build that is full AoE DPS would work as well.
I pick a spot where it has high mob count/skinnable for leather. For this tut, we will be using Droughtlands and fighting the large Cat mobs in the area that let you skin Exotic Hide.
TIP: Many cats lay in the area North West of Droughtlands in the rocky area. And there are more in the open near the west of Lantern hook.
1) Gather as many Cats as you can and AoE them down. You can usually net anywhere from 10-40 Exotic Hide in 10-15 seconds. (Fill up on as many as you need!)
2) Go back to your Manufactory and process these Exotic Hides into Exotic Leather.
3) Now, with the Exotic Leather Belt Recipe learned. Buy as many Neatsfoot Oil from the Outfitter Merchant, as you have Exotic Leather. (IE 50 Exotic Leather, 50 Neatsfoot oil)
4) Now turn those into the Exotic Leather Belt.
5) Now with Runecrafting, break all of these down for mats.
6) Sell the mats! (You can make 25p-100p a day with this, if you gather for 1-2 hours. More if you get faster at gathering and getting a spawn rotation.)
Platinum to make Platinum!
1) Go to your auction house and buy a few stacks of Exotic Hide or Exotic Leather. (On my server the both sell for about 1p a stack of 50)
2) Go back to your Manufactory and process these Exotic Hides into Exotic Leather. (If you need to.)
3) Now, with the Exotic Leather Belt Recipe learned. Buy as many Neatsfoot Oil from the Outfitter Merchant, as you have Exotic Leather. (IE 50 Exotic Leather, 50 Neatsfoot oil)
4) Now turn those into the Exotic Leather Belt.
5) Now with Runecrafting, break all of these down for mats.
6) Sell the mats! (I can spend 20p on mats and turn it into 100p-400p a day!)
So there you have it. It may look like it takes time to get it going, cuz it does. But, once you do get it going. It works wonders. I have been able to buy the Guild I run, all of their level 50 mounts and what we call "Congrats Gear"! I buy them 3 epic pieces of gear from the auction house when someone hits 50. I have been doing this since about day 5 and made a killing. I have had to make a new account, to sell more again cuz I was starting to get hate mail in game about how I was controlling the market. So I still sell with the original character. But, all the people said they wouldnt buy my mats still buy from me, on a different account.
I know have a total of 8200p (as of today 5/2/2011) on my MAIN! And I can gaurantee I have spent more than that in mounts/gear/consumables/random stuff already in game. I have 2 accounts: 2 on my Main account and 4 on my other. Each alt has 500p on them (as of today 5/2/2011). You can do this. And it is easy, it just takes some time. but, you can get there.
Some useful TIPS:
TIP: Be VERY mindful when selling mats. Research your auction house. Make sure you are getting the biggest bang for your buck. Sometimes, 10 Kinetic Charges will be selling for 2p, when 10 Kinetic Bursts are selling for 4p. The Kinetic Charge sale is better, as you can break the Kinetic Bursts down into Kinetic Charges and sell more stacks of 10. Make sure you are doing this for Kinetic, Sentience and Perpetual.
TIP: Do NOT flood the market! If you do, you will get a spike of others trying to steal your "thunder"! Stay small and sell many over time!
TIP: Do NOT tell friends you have a ton of Platinum. They will start to watch what you sell on the auction house and start as well!
