Market Dominance
Finally hit 375 Jewelcrafting the other night. Also hit level 70 today, which was cool. I think I'm more excited about the jewelcrafting, however, because its a really cool craft. For those that don't play: The basis is jewelers can make some items that give stat bonuses, rings and necklaces. These aren't as sought after as our jewels. High level items have "sockets" that gems can be set in that give small stat bonuses, and if you match the colors correctly it'll give an additional bonus.
Now, I've always believed in free combines (customer gives me the materials for it, and I charge nothing) because of repeat customers. When I was big on Engineering, I had a few people that would come to me specifically to make bullets 20 stacks at a time. They'd tip, of course, but the asked price would be free. This is when I learned how to intice customers by just plain being friendly. With Jewelcrafting I now have 10 "repeat customers" who come back a few tmes a week for upgrades. One tips as high as 20g a cut. Its all because I put myself out there and treat them with respect, and take the time to make recomendations. So, my next goal is to be the best known jeweler on Lothar, which I've got a decent leg on so far. Have people that know my ads by heart, and whenever I'm in a cap city I'm offering my services.
Unfortunately, I had to drop Engineering. I ppicked up Mining, instead, so that I'll have my own stream of mats coming in. With my own mining I crunched some numbers and think I'll make between 50g and 100g a day just from gems I sell. This will also enable me to make higher-end items for raids, and should help me pay for my flying mount.
