The Heir to the Greedy Goblin

Long-time World of Warcraft players will remember the Greedy Goblin.  Apparently the mantle of auction-house millionaire has passed to the Lazy Goldmaker.
https://www.pcgamer.com/how-this-wow-millionaires-laziness-made-him-azeroths-most-famous-financial-guru/

You can follow LG at his blog, or…
https://thelazygoldmaker.com

…you can take a look at his beginner's guide.
https://thelazygoldmaker.com/goblin-mindset-how-to-make-gold

HOWEVER, the Greedy Goblin lives!
https://greedygoblinblog.wordpress.com

Here's to the Capitalist Gamers of WOW!

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Rift: Currency (Source Shards, Source Stones, and Planerite)

ZAM's Rift wiki has a section devoted to the various currencies available in the game.  It lists all the available monies, the level (if any), faction and what type of money each is (dungeon, crafting, PvP, world event, etc.).
http://rift.zam.com/wiki/Currency_%28Rift%29

Rift Junkies talks planar currency.
http://www.riftjunkies.com/2011/02/01/planar-currency-and-item-rundown/

Source shards and source stones information, plus planerite information.
http://www.riftplanesoftelaraguide.net/rift-planarite-guide/

Otherworldly sourcestones (associated with the River of Souls Patch 1.1 world event)
http://telarapedia.com/wiki/Grim_Harvest

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Lich King Leveling Now Easier (and DaIly Quest Gold Bug)

Blizzard has reduced the experience needed to level in Lich King from 71 to 80 by 20%.
http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/11/18/wrath-experience-needed-to-level-reduced-by-20/

By the way, the daily quest gold rewards have been halved but this is a bug.
http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/11/18/daily-quest-gold-rewards-slashed/

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How to Get Rich Quick in Cataclysm

Recently several websites mentioned things that are easy moneymakers when Cataclysm hits.  The Hunter's Arsenal has listed the basics for making gold.
http://thehuntersarsenal.blogspot.com/2010/11/zuggaming-blogging-carnival-making-gold.html

Acadia's Gold has tips for making cash as a low level character using faction items.  Here's the Horde tip.
http://acadiasgold.blogspot.com/2010/11/nothing-lesser-about-it.html

And here is the Alliance one.
http://acadiasgold.blogspot.com/2010/11/tip-for-alliance-other-than-my-weapon.html

Many thanks to the Pot for pointing out the last two items.

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Gold Resources for the Patch 4.0.1 Goblin

Things are changing all over with Patch 4.0.1 and that's as true for Auction House followers as everyone else.

The Pot has a list of good gold Blogs.
http://www.mmomeltingpot.com/2010/10/patch-4-0-1-–-best-of-wow-gold-blogs/

And they have a link to a useful spreadsheet (Excel).
http://www.mmomeltingpot.com/2010/10/just-my-two-copper-how-to-spreadsheet-to-profit/

The Bank Alt site has launched.  The first link describes it and the second is the URL.  The thing is new features that were just added.
http://wowalone.blogspot.com/2010/10/bankaltcom-launches.html

http://www.bankalt.com/

http://wowalone.blogspot.com/2010/10/bankaltcom-adds-filtering-paging.html

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Cataclysm Flying Costs More

It will cost 250 gold to buy a license to fly in Cataclysm.  "This skills [sp] allows players to fly on Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdom continents, including the new level 80-85 zones, and is trainable at level 60."
http://www.wow.com/2010/09/09/cataclysm-beta-old-weather-flying-will-cost-250g/

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Gold Making Tips for Low Level Players

A few quick tips on making gold at the Auction House with a low level character discovered through a mention on The Melting Pot.  Warning: You'll get a newsletter sign up box when you click.
http://www.justmytwocopper.org/2010/08/how-to-make-15-gold-when-you-enter.html

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War Chests for Raiding Guilds

Thanks to the Pot, I've found an article on how to build up a war chest if you are a raiding guild.  The article covers guild banks, how they work and what you need to accumulate if your guild raids.
http://srsbusiness.org/building-a-warchest-guildbanks-for-raiders/

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Cataclysm Beta Notes (Flying Mounts, Clients, Hunter Solo Runs)

I've been mostly ignoring Cataclysm beta information since it is all in flux. Who knows what will actually make it into the next expansion?  This is a reference site, after all, and linking to information that may or may not end up in an expansion that isn't even dated yet seems useless to me.  However, I have found a few articles I do want to mention because they are useful for beta players or have special relevance to solo players.

WOWHead has posted how to use their client to gather beta information for their database.  If you are in the beta, consider downloading their client to add to the Cataclysm database.
http://www.wowhead.com/blog=163527

It looks like buying a faster flying mount will be quite expensive in Cataclysm, especially for players with a good number of characters they play.  Looks like players should start accumulating gold now.
http://wowalone.blogspot.com/2010/08/100000-gold-for-flying.html

Cold Weather Flying changes in Cataclysm.  Now you can buy it at Level 68 for less than in Patch 3.3.5.
http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/09/20/cataclysm-beta-cold-weather-flying-at-68/

The Warcraft Hunters Union has posted two articles about soloing Cataclysm, first as a Beast Master hunter--
http://www.warcrafthuntersunion.com/2010/08/cataclysm-beta-hunter-soloing-as-bm/

and secondly as a marksman hunter.
http://www.warcrafthuntersunion.com/2010/08/cataclysm-beta-hunter-preview-soloing-as-mm/

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How To Increase Your Income in WOW

Tongue-in-cheek guide.
http://www.isheepthings.com/blog/how-to-increase-your-income-in-wow/

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Stokpile: Auction House Advice Blog

MMO Melting Pot highly recommends this blog's advice on using the Auction House.  Here's their posting.
http://theahpile.blogspot.com/2010/06/stokpile-index.html

And here is the Stokpile blog itself, all indexed into topics of interest.  Note that the author, having reached the gold cap, has retired.  Let's hope s/he returns for Cataclysm.
http://theahpile.blogspot.com/2010/06/stokpile-index.html

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The Auction House Manual (and Ultimate Guide)

Cynwise is starting a new blog to talk about making money via the Auction House.  Here's the link.  So far there is an article about why you need a bank alt and the introduction, written in a very entertaining style.  This is the most entertaining introduction to the Auction House and gold making you'll ever read.
http://cynwulf.wordpress.com/2010/07/13/why-you-need-a-bank-alt/

Making money through grinding
http://cynwulf.wordpress.com/2010/07/14/two-apples/

Best ways to make money as a low level character.
http://cynwulf.wordpress.com/2010/07/15/starting-from-scratch/

Professions
http://cynwulf.wordpress.com/2010/07/20/the-value-of-a-profession/

Advice on Accumulating Start Up Capital
http://cynwulf.wordpress.com/2010/08/03/startup-capital/

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What You Need for Raids

Blessing of Fish has a nice article up on the things you need to take with you on raids (food, flasks, reagents, gold for repairs, etc.) and also recommends you use a raid warning addon.
http://blessingoffish.wordpress.com/2010/03/20/raiding-standards-a-guide/

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How to Fool Gearscore

Isn't hard, just takes some gold.
http://highlatencylife.wordpress.com/2010/05/05/fooling-gearscore/

I love the illustration, by the way.

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Advice for the New Player

Blog Azaroth has asked member blogs to write about things that will be useful for the new player.  Many thanks to WOW Insider for pointing this out.
http://lightandleafy.wordpress.com/2010/03/01/ramblings-of-a-not-so-elder-edainne/

For new raiders
http://www.angrydwarfs.com/2010/03/01/80-elder-vrethir/

http://ahealadinstear.wordpress.com/2010/02/27/elder-tarinaes-tips/

How to Make Gold When You are New and Broke
http://www.storiesofwow.com/elder-jens-tips-for-funding-your-leveling-experience/

Leveling Tips for Any Class
http://www.wowphilosophized.com/2010/03/advice-on-leveling.html

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Gold, Leveling and Drama

You may not have noticed this week's heavy drama playing out over several prominent blogs about guides to making gold and for leveling.  Honor's Code summarizes the issues well here.  It's a good read if you are sitting around waiting for Guildwatch's next episode.  It also brings up some questions about ethics.
http://honorscode.blogspot.com/2009/11/gold-and-leveling-guides.html

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Sharing Raid Loot the GDKP Way

Another raid loot division system.  Basically, everyone bids gold on loot drops, high bid wins.  The gold that was bid goes into a pot that is shared out equally after the raid ends.
http://deathknight.info/2009/11/gdkp-and-you-the-other-way-to-get-loot/

Cold Comfort is not a fan.  (Neither is the Solo MMO Player.)
http://blog.cold-comfort.org/gdkp-guild-loot-system/

More critiques.
http://www.wow.com/2009/11/22/the-sudden-popularity-of-gdkp/

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Addons Galore for Warlocks and Gold UPDATED

This week the Blog-o-Sphere decided to post about addons for various classes or specific tasks.  Below are the best postings (there are others that were repetitive or not that helpful I haven't mentioned) for you to browse.

The Greedy Goblin writes about an addon called Tooltip Wealth that allows you to see what cash a character has in the bank.
http://greedygoblin.blogspot.com/2009/10/money-survey.html

If you are a warlock, you'll want to read about the addons Velif finds helpful such as DoTimer, ForteXorcist, and TellMeWhen.
http://veliaf.wordpress.com/2009/10/13/warlock-addons/

UPDATE:  Aaron recommends MoneyFu for tracking cash (with some reservations, read the Comment) and Veliaf has updated his warlock blog with these.
http://veliaf.wordpress.com/2009/10/14/my-addons-a-l/

http://veliaf.wordpress.com/2009/10/15/my-addons-o-z/

UPDATE #2:  Veliaf has added information about the UI he uses to play his warlock.
http://veliaf.wordpress.com/2009/10/20/my-ui/

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