Cold's Gold Blogging Carnival June Topic

Thank you Cold for passing this carnival off to me.  It's an honor to host this project.  Thanks to all who have congratulated me on being the new host.  Everyone is welcome to write a post for the blogging carnivals at Copper to Gold.  All of the previous carnival topics that were hosted at Cold's Gold Factory can still be found there. 

What If I Don't Have A Blog And I Want To Participate?

If you don't have your own site, you can still participate in the gold blogging carnivals. Sometimes a topic may tickle your fancy or you may have a unique spin on a blogging carnival topic that you would like to have read by others. Well, you are in luck. There are blogging sites that will post and host your content as a guest post. Just follow the normal blogging carnival rules that the others follow and get your post hosted and live prior to the carnival. Then, just submit the link to me (sonomad98@gmail.com) for inclusion in the upcoming gold blogging carnival.

Be sure to check out How To Get More From Blogging Carnival Participation.

The friendly sites willing to host your content are:

1. Squidoo - Join up and make a lens on the topic and earn money too.

June 2013 Gold Blogging Carnival Topic

For the last few weeks I've noticed a lot of talk on forums, twitter, and the like, about server transfers.  Lots of people are asking about it.  As the amount of WoW subscribers dwindles, and more people start taking vacations as summer approaches, it will become more challenging for most people to do what they like in WoW.  Whether transferring servers for the purpose of raiding, gold making, or increased player interaction, more people are into making gold now than ever before and want to know what to do when faced with the decision to transfer servers.  
So for this month's topic, lets discuss what we would do if we could only afford to transfer one of our toons and wanted to take all of our gold with us.

If you were to transfer servers and could take only one toon, which one would you take and why?  What goods would you use to transport all of your gold over the 50k transfer cap?

New Host of Cold's Gold Blogging Carnival

Passing the Torch

In some recently exchanged e-mails between Cold and I, we have discussed his Gold Blogging Carnival and its future.  Cold has passed me the torch as the host of the carnival, so all submissions should now be sent to me.  I will be keeping with the traditional schedule of the carnival as well as back linking to Cold's site for all carnival rules, previous topics, and info.  I will also host the a copy of the rules and info on my site.  I will be copying some of his work over to my site, such as his template for his carnival announcements and general info under the carnival tab of my page.  All credit for the carnival idea belongs to Cold, therefor the name of the carnival will still be Cold's Gold Blogging Carnival.  Cold has also done a write up about passing the torch, so you should go check it out!

My Thoughts on the Carnival

I'm honored to be the new host this carnival, as it is something I have read religiously over the last couple of years (sans my hiatus from wow).  I've been reading Cold's Blog ever since I first started making some serious gold at the end of Wrath of the Lich King.  This carnival has introduced me to a lot of other gold bloggers out there, whose blogs I always read.  Right now, there aren't many new things to write about as far as WoW gold making goes.  Not anything that hasn't been covered yet.  However, different perspectives and approaches to those same ideas are always a great and welcome thing.  Each individual gold maker is different from the next in some way or another, it is this diversity that makes Cold's Gold Blogging Carnival such a great success and wonderful tool for both bloggers and readers alike. 

June 2013 Carnival Topic Announcement

Check back a little later today for the official topic announcement for June.  I need to finish getting my site ready to host the Carnival before I push out this awesome topic.

Fun Fact Friday - Wrath Epic Gems

Epic gems from Wrath of the Lich King are a nice little niche market that you can get into with little to no gold investment and a little time.  You can cut them or sell them raw, whatever suits you best!

Onyxia's Lair

Onyxia turns the other cheek

Every week I take all 3 of my 90s and my 85 Blood DK out to Dustwallow Marsh to do a quick run of Onyxia's Lair (10).  Actually, it takes forever on my DK, not worth the time investment for the gems alone.  My main purpose is to land myself a shiny new mount Reins of the Onyxian Drake.  I'm trying to avoid spending ~200k gold on a mount that I can try to farm.  Onyxia doesn't really drop anything else that's noteworthy unless you're after a BOP transmog piece, an enchanter after Abyss Crystals, OR you're after the Ashen Sack of Gems.  This bag of gems contains the same amount of gems on both the 10 and 25 versions of the raid. For the quickest travel time to Onyxia's Lair, get a mage to port you to Theramore if you're Alliance, or if you're Horde, hop on your mount and start flying there!!  Alternatively for Alliance, you can take the portal to the Caverns of Time in Tanaris and fly from there.  This will require you to port from Shrine of Seven Stars to Dalaran or use your version of the Kirin Tor rings to port from wherever you're currently standing.

Selling the Gems

You can choose to cut the gems into popular cuts or you can choose to sell them raw.  However, there's more profit to be had from selling the cut gems on most servers.  You can do the Jewelcrafting daily found in Dalaran to accumulate Dalaran Jewelcrafter's Token, the currency for the epic gem cuts.  I have found that King's Amber and Cardinal Ruby sell the best for me.  Phat Lewts of PhatLewtsGold.net has done a TON of posts on the Wrath Epic Gem Market.  I highly reccommend reading through his blog posts listed below if you plan on grabbing this market by the horns.  I'm just selling them because I pick them up while doing something else that I consider productive.  Actually, I'm off to take 3 more toons through it!! Wish me luck :)

Phat Lewts' Posts on Wrath of the Lich King Epic Gems

JC, Mining, and Making Wrath Gold!
Long Live the Lich King!
Wrath Gems Still Profitable?