Tailors and Cooks please read

[naejay]

<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #9900ff;"><b>I am making little or next to no Gold as a level 38 tailor and most of my items are pristine. Being that I'm always buying food & drink I'm wondering if the cooks out there are making a decent living or will it get better as a tailor at a higher level??</b></span></span>

[Killerbee3000]

well... provisioners have the advantage that their is always a need for their products since they make consumables... my 70 tailor does make money, not the real big amounts since i'm not on him too often... but as a tailor its certainly possible to make good money.

[Terron]

My tailor at 55 has one product that provides most of his money from crafting - backpacks. How many of them do you make?

[zaneluke]

<cite>naejay wrote:</cite><blockquote><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #9900ff;"><b>I am making little or next to no Gold as a level 38 tailor and most of my items are pristine. Being that I'm always buying food & drink I'm wondering if the cooks out there are making a decent living or will it get better as a tailor at a higher level??</b></span></span></blockquote>I have a 70 carpenter, 66 alchemist and a 70 provisioner.Also a 70 warlock and 70 mystic.and the answer is no. I make more money hands down for time invested by just killing green mobs for thier dropped loot with my warrlock. I do not even broker the stuff i vendor it all and make about 2-3pp an hour. For a provisioner that is about 240 drinks for a hardcore craft session. Profits on my server are next to none anymore if you harvest your own raws, i can not imagine how people even turn a profit buying ras off the broker. IMHO this is a good thing, i have always wanted crafting to be easy and to have a large portion of the profit margin taken away in hope that it will force more people out in the adventuring world where the population can be sparse.

[naejay]

<span style="color: #990099;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>T<span style="font-size: small;">hank you all for your responses.  I think I will try making more backpacks and start selling more items that I pick-up from harvesting rather than use them for making armor.</span></b></span></span>

[Mattax]

<p>I have 7 crafters lev 40 and above and my tailor makes more plat than any other of my crafters.</p><p>Forget bags..start off with rare t2 hex dolls.</p><p>On AB the roots go for about 8g...the dolls sell like hot cakes at 15g.</p><p>Cash in on the Twink alt market.</p><p>And also...provvies make very little in trems of plat per hr compared with your tailor.</p>

[Liyle]

No. Sadly, I make no money with my 70 Tailor anymore. From time to time I pump out 10 or so horned leather backpacks and let them sit in my bag stand. In the past they have sold eventually but there are so many cheap bags on the market now that I am thinking about removing the bag stand for a sales crate. It's a waste of space and effort to maybe clear a gold each bag (provided I harvest my own raws) after they have been sitting for weeks. After all, the bags are tradeable and you can use a level 70 bag on a level 1 toon, and never need to upgrade. Any toon with enough STR will be carrying rosewood strongboxes and quested mega-bags. I do a lot better selling the higher level raws outright than making anything out of them. To be honest, the only things I bother to make anymore are guild cloaks and other freebies for my guild.The above poster is correct. The market is in lower level gear, specifically those levels before raiding and Legendary armor sets begin. Hex dolls are the only thing we make that isn't in direct competition with Treasured level dropped loot. There might be some market in the new appearance items but I've noticed that you can usually pick up non-stat junk gear with the identical look for a fraction of the cost of making it.My advice is to level up using Work Orders and discoveries. Despite everything I still haul my discos on my crafting alts up to the broker and see if any of them are worth more than fuel cost, and sometimes I get a hit. Some quests have crafting components up to 60+ so that is also a consideration.

[Jesdyr]

The making money ability with any trade skill is going to vary greatly between servers.My tailor had made over 5 plat by the time she was 30 selling hexdolls and MC gear. It took some seed money/rares but she was profitable very early. Once she hit 30 I started grinding her on rushorders and did not put much time into stocking items on the broker so she hasnt made much since then.. I think she is sitting on about 10plat rightnow without really putting any effort into it. Basically .. the T6 and T7 stuff is not where the easy money is. Those tiers tend to have much more competition since people seems to focus on those tiers drop down to T2 - T5 .. check what has very low stock on the broker and make 1 or 2 of those items and see how fast they sell.

[Calthine]

Making money in EQ2 Tradeskills is more about knowing your server's market than about what's in your recipe book.

[Finora]

<p>While prolific provisioners can indeed make some money (I have a guild mate that has a provisioner as his only real tradeskill person and he makes decent money selling). But it works the same with them as other trade classes. You just have to see what sells in that class on your server. And keep an eye on it, because it changes.</p><p>Provisioner wares sometimes sell for so little that I buy my food & drink from the broker (and I'm a provisioner) because the silver or so profit that provie is making over the fuel cost for the item is worth less to me than the time it would take me to get all the way out to a T7 zone and harvest enough stuff to make what I need then come back & make it =).</p>

[zhiDarkivel]

I don't know about top tier backpacks, but my little tailor is in her 50s and I can sell those tier 6 backpacks for a little more than double fuel cost and they fly off the market as fast as I put them up there.  (This is on Najena).  Right now, she focuses mostly on work orders, as we're trying to level the guild, but the bonus money from the bags I sell keep her in advanced books and anything else I need to purchase off the broker.  Granted, I do all my own harvesting, so I'm not trying to pay for resources out of my "profits".

[Eddes]

<p>43 tailor here.  Since the last GU I've actually made more money than ever with my tailor.  More so on dresses/suits and armor than backpacks.  I suppose it all caters to your servers needs though. GL!</p>

[bks6721]

my 32 tailor made 9p last week,  my 42 prov hasn't made 1p total.

[Mighty Melvor]

<p>My sales experience with my tailor is this (ranked in highest sales, not necessarily highest profit):</p><p>1.  Bags2.  Hex dolls (the rare ones)3.  Cloaks (the rare ones)4.  Everything else (Armor, Ranged - Common or Rare)</p><p>Experience on your server may differ...</p>

[KerowynnKaotic]

<cite>Calthine wrote:</cite><blockquote>Making money in EQ2 Tradeskills is more about knowing your server's market than about what's in your recipe book.</blockquote><p>QFE!</p><p>Crafting isn't just about creating a butt-load of stuff and dumping it on the broker! </p><p>It's about thinking what your server needs and providing it.  </p><p>To be a successful Crafter, one must also be willing to take the time to promote yourself. </p><p>/1 70 Tailor LFW!  You provide the Rares & Fuels, I work for Tips!  Limited Availablility of Rares, at Market price.  PST.</p><p>Always have 1 backpack/box full of all the raws needed for those tiers you can complete.   </p><p><img src="http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o178/whyus/Misc/Tailoring.jpg" alt="" width="310" height="434" border="0" /></p><p>There are lots of people that want what you can provide but don't want to pay broker fee/price or are unsure/shy of asking for help.  Sometimes people just need a nudge.  </p>

[Te'ana]

<cite>Finora@Everfrost wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>Provisioner wares sometimes sell for so little that I buy my food & drink from the broker (and I'm a provisioner) because the silver or so profit that provie is making over the fuel cost for the item is worth less to me than the time it would take me to get all the way out to a T7 zone and harvest enough stuff to make what I need then come back & make it =).</p></blockquote>As another level 70 Provisioner I can second that!

[KerowynnKaotic]

<cite>Lateana@The Bazaar wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Finora@Everfrost wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>Provisioner wares sometimes sell for so little that I buy my food & drink from the broker (and I'm a provisioner) because the silver or so profit that provie is making over the fuel cost for the item is worth less to me than the time it would take me to get all the way out to a T7 zone and harvest enough stuff to make what I need then come back & make it =).</p></blockquote>As another level 70 Provisioner I can second that!</blockquote><p>I don't.  I have a lvl 70 provo.  Though, I can't craft with her as much as some of my others .. (I'm working on a nice case of CTS & Arthritis in my hands) .. I still make a decent profit from her and can still supply all my numerous alts with food/drink.  </p><p>As far as supplies, I make it habit of just keeping at least 2 stacks of everything (T1-T7) in my bank, as well as 1 stack of T2-T7 in 2 dedicated containers in her personal inventory.   </p><p>Supplies really aren't that big of deal.  To keep up with my other crafts demands: "Bushes must be Harvested!  Cardnial rule of a Compulsive Harvester".  </p>