See if crafting is worth it — cost per craft vs sell price.
Examples:
Total profit
Revenue
after tax
Materials
Tax paid
Scale check
Type the total material cost per craft and the price you sell each for.
Enter the auction house or market tax percentage that applies to sales.
Type how many items you plan to craft to see total revenue and profit.
A recipe that looks profitable can lose money once you account for material costs and market tax. Profit per craft = sell price × (1 − tax) − material cost. Checking this before grinding materials saves real time.
Enter different sell prices or batch sizes to compare recipes side by side. The best crafters track per-craft profit and scale only the recipes with the best margin.
Price your gathered materials at their market value (what you could have sold them for) — otherwise you underestimate the true cost of crafting.
It depends on volume and time. Compare profit per hour: multiply profit per craft by crafts per hour and compare across recipes.
Most games take a percentage of your sale price when you sell on the auction house. This calculator subtracts it from revenue before computing profit.
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