Lath from HoTs & DoTs is compiling info on how guilds make their money (and how they spend it).

Here’s how we run ours.


Making money

We sit around the 70,000 mark; I don’t like to fall below 50,000.

We charge 100g for all offspec items (main spec items are on EPGP). This is a small “trickle” income.

We also auction off all BOE epics within the guild – again, offspec or alt – you can’t buy main spec gear with gold and cheat the EPGP system. The items must be for your character/s, not to sell for a profit.

This is a fairly new tactic, because our gold was dipping low and I wanted to bump it back up again.

All BOE epics are in full view of all members; they then send me a minimum and maximum bid through the mail. The minimum bid is approximately half the normal AH price. If there’s not much interest, or if there are tied bids, I usually post on the forums to drum up some interest or get people re-bidding.

On Tuesday, the bank is cleared “old” BOEs; the BOEs that have been won are held in my bags until I get payment for them; the leftovers are sent to my bank alt to AH at full price.

This way, guildies get super bargain BOEs (someone got a Wodin’s neck for 5k – they are selling for 13k), and the bank still gets a nice income. The guild gets plenty of time to put their hand up for epics, and if nobody is interested – I can still sell for a good price on the AH.

Patterns are usually offered for free, and I just sell off any surplus.

I also sell anything that we have in surplus – eg we always seem to have thousands of Infinite Dust.


Spending money

Repairs are open to everyone, trials and alts included. Nobody ever has to worry about repair bills.

Feasts are provided (although guildies often donate these, so the bank doesn’t always pay).

Enchant mats, gems etc are half price.

Flasks can be purchased if there are none on the AH, but nobody relies on them.



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