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And that was the testing itself! I found that if I tracked exactly how much time I spent on a particular Gold making activity, and followed it through to completion the moment when I actually got the cash into my toon's backpack then I could measure and compare the quickest ways of making Gold with complete accuracy.

Where is all this leading? Well, to cut a long story short, it led straight to the Auction House.

And the Auction House is where that usually happens.

After all, that's where the action always ends up.

This really was a revelation, and it completely changed my understanding of the World of Warcraft economy and how to take advantage of ....

But here's where it gets interesting: because I was so fixated on the concept of Gold-per-Hour, comparing different Gold-making methods head to head, I made an amazing discovery.

The Secret of Success with Gold .

I compared Scarlet Monastery instance runs to fishing for Deviate Fish, mining circuits in Burning Steppes vs.

This wasn't exactly a unique insight.

All this testing became an obsession.

herbing routes in Felwood.

The Massive Gold Blueprint method .

Even after I started accumulating very large Gold balances on several of my characters, I kept testing and measuring, trying to get to the Holy Grail: how to make the most possible Gold in the least possible amount of time.

I calculated the returns from each technique I tried, put it into a Gold-per-Hour rating (GPH), and ditched the tried-and-true methods that everyone else said were the big money makers.

Before long, I realized that one thing worked better than anything else.

Many successful players before me had built their fortunes on Auction House profits.

If I made 7 GPH grinding the Ogres around the ruins in Tanaris, but I could get 9 GPH by working the nearby Southsea Pirates, I knew for certain where to spend my time for maximum profit.

You've got to sell your stuff to other players to profit from any of your Gold-making efforts.