The Complete Guide to Making Gold on the WoW Auction House

Why Track Prices?

The World of Warcraft economy has tens of thousands of items traded every hour across hundreds of realms. Prices shift constantly based on supply, demand, patch changes, raid resets, and player behavior. Without a price tracking tool, you are essentially trading blind -- you have no way to know whether an item is overpriced, underpriced, or trending up or down over time.

Booty Bay Broker solves this by collecting regular price snapshots from every active realm and storing the full history. This lets you:

• Spot buying opportunities -- Identify items selling below their historical average and buy before prices recover.
• Time your sales -- Sell when prices peak rather than guessing. Weekly patterns (raid reset spikes, weekend farming dips) become visible in the charts.
• Compare realms -- See how prices differ between high-population and low-population servers to find arbitrage opportunities.
• Evaluate crafting profit -- The Professions Calculator cross-references material costs against finished item values so you know which recipes are profitable before you craft.
• Track the WoW Token -- Monitor real-time WoW Token gold prices across regions to decide when to buy or sell tokens.
• Discover market trends -- The Market Heatmap shows price movements across all item categories at a glance, revealing opportunities you would never find by browsing items one at a time.

Tracking prices is the fastest way to make better gold decisions.

The Home Page

When you first visit bootybaybroker.com, you will land on the home page. This page presents three game version cards -- one for each supported version of World of Warcraft. Each card links directly to that version's Auction House price tracker. Choose the version that matches the game you play to get started.

Selecting a Game Version

The site supports three World of Warcraft game versions. Each version has its own dedicated Auction House page accessible from the home page or by navigating directly to its URL:

• Retail -- The current live version of World of Warcraft, including the Midnight expansion and beyond.
• MoP Classic -- Mists of Pandaria Classic, the Classic progression servers.
• TBC Anniversary -- The Burning Crusade Anniversary Edition servers.

You can switch between game versions at any time using the version dropdown in the site header navigation bar. This dropdown appears on every page and lets you jump between Retail, MoP Classic, and TBC Anniversary without returning to the home page.

Choosing a Realm

After selecting a game version, you need to choose a realm to view auction data. The realm selector is a dropdown button that shows "Select a realm..." by default. Click it to open a panel with a list of all available realms for your chosen game version.

The realm panel includes a search/filter box at the top. Type any part of a realm name to narrow down the list instantly. This is especially helpful if your game version has dozens of realms to choose from.

Realms in WoW are grouped into connected realm clusters. When you select any realm in a cluster, you are viewing data for the entire connected realm group, since they share a single Auction House. The realm count displayed above the list shows how many realms are available.

Your realm selection is saved locally in your browser per game version. The next time you visit, your previously selected realm will be automatically restored.

Faction Auction Houses (Classic Only)

In Classic versions of the game (MoP Classic and TBC Anniversary), the Auction House is split by faction. After selecting a Classic realm, you will see toggle buttons for Alliance and Horde. Select the faction whose prices you want to view.

Retail uses a unified Auction House shared by all factions, so the faction toggle does not appear when browsing Retail data.

Retail Auction House Layout

The Retail Auction House uses a modern three-column layout that mirrors the redesigned Auction House introduced in WoW Retail:

• Left Column -- Categories: A tree-style category sidebar lets you browse items by type (Weapons, Armor, Trade Goods, Consumables, and more). Click a category to expand its subcategories and filter the results list.
• Middle Column -- Results: The search results panel shows items matching your current search or category selection. Each result displays the item name, icon, quality color, price, and quantity. You can sort results by Name, Price, Quantity, or Quality using the sort buttons above the list.
• Right Column -- Item Detail: When you click an item in the results list, its details appear in this panel. You will see price statistics (Min Buyout, Market Value, Avg Buyout, Listed Qty), a price history chart, a volume chart, and action buttons for favoriting and sharing.

At the top of the Retail layout, a toolbar provides the search bar, realm selector, and (for Classic versions) the faction toggle. On mobile devices, the category sidebar and detail panel slide in as overlays to save screen space, and a toggle button lets you open and close the categories panel.

Below the main three-column area, bottom tabs let you switch between:

• Browse -- The default view showing the three-column Auction House browser.
• My Collection -- Your personal collection of favorited items, tracked items, and price alerts.
• Market Heatmap -- A visual overview of market price movements across item categories (covered in detail in the Market Heatmap section).

Classic Auction House Layout

The MoP Classic and TBC Anniversary versions use a tab-based layout that reflects the original Classic Auction House experience:

• Top Tabs: Three tabs at the top -- Browse, My Collection, and Market Data -- let you switch between the main browsing view, your personal collection, and the market heatmap.
• Category Sidebar: On the left side, a column of category buttons (styled like the original Classic AH blue buttons) lets you filter items by category.
• Search Row: Above the results, a search bar with additional filters for minimum level, maximum level, and item quality (Poor through Legendary) lets you refine your search. Click "Search" to execute or "Reset" to clear all filters.
• Results Table: Items appear in a sortable table showing the item name, level, quantity, time left, and price. Click any column header to sort. Results are paginated with Previous/Next buttons at the bottom.
• Item Detail Modal: Clicking an item in the Classic results table opens a modal dialog (rather than a side panel) showing that item's price stats, charts, and action buttons. The modal includes the same price statistics, chart tabs, and alert forms as the Retail detail panel.

Both layouts also include a realm selector and faction toggle (Alliance/Horde) positioned in the filter row.

Autocomplete Search

The site offers multiple ways to find items. The primary method is the search bar, which is available in the site header navigation, on the dashboard page, inside the Auction House toolbar, and on individual item pages. As you type, an autocomplete dropdown appears below the input showing matching items with their icons and names.

Search requires at least 2 characters to begin returning results. Results are ranked by relevance, with exact name matches appearing first. You can use the keyboard arrow keys to navigate through results and press Enter to select one.

Category Browsing

Instead of searching by name, you can browse items by category. In the Retail layout, the left-hand category tree shows all item categories (such as Weapons, Armor, Consumables, Trade Goods, Gems, and many more). Click a category to expand its subcategories, then click a subcategory to load items of that type into the results panel.

In the Classic layout, categories appear as blue button panels on the left sidebar. Clicking a category filters the results table to show only items in that category.

Filtering and Sorting

In the Retail Auction House, the results panel header shows sort buttons for Name, Price, Quantity, and Quality. Click any button to sort the results by that criterion.

In the Classic Auction House, additional filters are available in the search row:

• Min Level / Max Level -- Filter items by their required character level.
• Quality -- A dropdown to filter by item quality: Poor (gray), Common (white), Uncommon (green), Rare (blue), Epic (purple), or Legendary (orange).
• Click Search to apply your filters, or Reset to clear them and return to the unfiltered view.

The Classic results table columns (Item, Level, Quantity, Time Left, Price) are all sortable. Click a column header to sort ascending; click again to reverse the sort order.

Search Tips

• Search is case-insensitive -- "copper ore" and "Copper Ore" return the same results.
• You can search for partial names -- typing "flask" will find all flasks.
• If you do not find an item, try a shorter or more general term. Some items may use alternate naming conventions.
• The search respects your selected game version. An item that exists in Retail may not appear in Classic searches if it was not available in that version.
• In the Retail Auction House, you can click the star button next to the search bar to filter the results to show only your favorited items.

Navigating to Item Detail Pages

From the Retail Auction House, clicking an item populates the right-hand detail panel. At the bottom of that panel, a "View Full Details" link takes you to the item's dedicated detail page with expanded charts and a complete listings table.

From the dashboard search or Classic results, clicking an item opens either a quick-view modal or navigates directly to the item's full detail page, depending on the context. The full detail page includes price history charts, volume charts, price distribution charts, a current listings table, and (for logged-in users) a price alert form.

Gold, Silver, and Copper

All prices are displayed in World of Warcraft's native currency format: gold (g), silver (s), and copper (c). For example, a price shown as 15g 42s 87c means 15 gold, 42 silver, and 87 copper.

The conversion is: 1 gold = 100 silver = 10,000 copper. The Blizzard API returns all prices in copper (the smallest unit), and the site converts them automatically to the familiar gold/silver/copper display. For example, a raw API value of 154,287 copper translates to 15g 42s 87c.

Prices are displayed using small coin icons next to the values, making them immediately recognizable to any WoW player.

Price Statistics

Every item detail view (whether in the AH side panel, the Classic modal, or the full item page) shows a Price Statistics grid with four key metrics from the most recent auction data snapshot:

Min Buyout

The lowest buyout price currently listed for this item. On the full item detail page, outlier listings that are far below the average price (such as accidental 1-copper postings) may be filtered out, with the unfiltered "Actual min" shown separately for full transparency.

Market Value

A quantity-weighted average price. Unlike a simple average, this weights each listing by how many units it contains, giving a more accurate picture of the item's real trading price. If someone lists 200 units at 10g and one person lists 1 unit at 1,000g, the market value will be much closer to 10g because the bulk of available supply is priced there.

Avg Buyout

The simple arithmetic mean of all buyout prices. This gives a general sense of what sellers are asking, but can be skewed by outlier listings at very high or very low prices.

Listed Qty

The total number of individual units of this item available across all current auction listings. A high number means the item is widely available; a low number may mean it is rare or in high demand.

Market Overview (Full Item Page)

On the full item detail page, an additional Market Overview card provides broader market context alongside the price statistics:

• Market Value -- The quantity-weighted average price, as described above.
• Price Change -- How much the price has moved compared to the previous snapshot, shown as a percentage with an up or down indicator. A positive percentage means the price has risen; negative means it has fallen.
• Active Sellers -- The number of unique auction listings for this item (not unique players, but individual postings).
• Total Supply -- The combined quantity of items available across all listings.

Commodity Items

In Retail WoW, certain items such as trade goods, consumables, and crafting reagents are commodities. Commodity items are traded on a region-wide Auction House rather than being realm-specific. When viewing commodity data, prices are shown as a unit price (price per single item) rather than a total buyout. This reflects how the in-game commodity AH works, where you buy by quantity at the lowest available unit price.

When viewing a commodity item, you may see "Commodities" indicated instead of a specific realm name, because commodity prices are the same across all realms in the region.

Buying Without Checking Price History

The single most common mistake is buying an item based solely on its current price without checking whether that price is typical or an anomaly. An item listed at 500 gold might seem like a deal until you pull up the 7-day chart and see that it normally sells for 200 gold and briefly spiked due to a temporary supply shortage. Always check at least the 7-day price history before making any purchase above 100 gold. Click any item to open the detail panel and review the price chart before committing.

Ignoring the Auction House Cut

The Auction House takes a 5% cut on every successful sale. This means if you buy an item for 100 gold and relist it for 105 gold, you actually lose money after fees. For flipping to be profitable, the price difference between your buy and sell prices must exceed 5% after accounting for both the AH cut and listing deposits. A safe rule of thumb: only flip items where you expect at least a 15% margin between your purchase price and expected sell price.

Overinvesting in a Single Item

Putting all your gold into one item or one market category is risky. A single hotfix, patch note, or shift in player behavior can crash prices overnight. If you invested 50,000 gold in a crafting material that gets replaced by a cheaper alternative in a hotfix, you could lose most of that investment. Spread your gold across at least three to five different item categories (consumables, crafting materials, transmog, pets, etc.) to protect yourself from unexpected market shifts.

Listing Auctions for Too Long

Listing a high-value item for 48 hours costs a larger deposit than a 12-hour listing. If the item does not sell and the auction expires, you lose that deposit. For items with active markets (check the volume chart to confirm steady trading activity), use shorter listing durations. You can always relist if it does not sell the first time. Reserve 48-hour auctions for rare items where you may need to wait for the right buyer.

Panic Selling During Price Dips

When you see the price of an item you own start to drop, the instinct is to undercut everyone and sell immediately before it falls further. But most price dips are temporary -- caused by a single player dumping stock or a brief increase in farming activity. Check the 30-day chart to see whether the current price is within the item's normal fluctuation range. If it is, holding for 24-48 hours often means selling at a better price. Panic selling locks in losses that patience would have avoided.

Forgetting About Realm-Specific Pricing

For non-commodity items in Retail (and all items in Classic), prices are realm-specific. An item priced at 10,000 gold on Area 52 might be worth only 2,000 gold on a low-population server. Always confirm that you are viewing prices for your actual realm before making buying or selling decisions. Use the realm selector to switch between servers and compare.

Price History Chart

The Price History chart is a line chart showing how the item's price has changed over time. The X-axis shows timestamps, and the Y-axis shows the price in gold.

On the full item detail page, the price chart offers three toggleable data series:

• Min Buyout (orange line) -- The lowest buyout price at each snapshot. Useful for finding the cheapest time to buy.
• Avg Buyout (gold line, shown by default) -- The simple average of all buyout prices. Gives a broad sense of the market.
• Market Value (Weighted) (green dotted line) -- The quantity-weighted average. More accurate than the simple average because it accounts for listing volumes.

Click the series toggle buttons above the chart to show or hide each line. In the Auction House detail panel and Classic modal, a simplified single-line chart is shown instead.

Time Range Selection

All charts include time range buttons that let you adjust the window of data displayed:

• 24H -- Last 24 hours. Best for watching very short-term fluctuations and timing purchases around daily cycles.
• 7D -- Last 7 days. Good for spotting weekly patterns, such as price dips on weekdays versus peaks on raid nights or weekends.
• 30D -- Last 30 days. Useful for identifying longer-term trends, like gradual price changes after a patch or content update.
• All -- All available data. Shows the complete price history since tracking began for this item.

Hover over (or tap on mobile) any point on a chart to see the exact price and timestamp in a tooltip popup.

Volume Chart

The Volume chart is a bar chart showing how many units of the item were listed on the Auction House at each data point. It appears as a tab alongside the Price History chart in both the Auction House panels and the full item page.

High volume typically means the item is commonly traded. Low volume can indicate a rare or niche item. Sudden volume spikes may correspond to events like new content patches, weekly resets, farming activity, or holiday events. Comparing the volume chart with the price chart can reveal whether price movements are driven by supply changes.

Price Distribution Chart (Full Item Page)

The Price Distribution chart, available only on the full item detail page, shows the spread of current buyout prices across all active listings. It groups prices into ranges (buckets) and shows how many listings fall into each range. This helps you understand:

• Whether most listings cluster around a single price point (a tight, competitive market where sellers agree on value).
• Whether there is a wide spread of prices (indicating disagreement among sellers, potential undercuts, or pricing mistakes).
• Where outlier listings exist at unusually high or low prices that you might want to avoid or snap up.

What the Heatmap Shows

The Market Activity Heatmap provides a bird's-eye view of price movements across many items at once. Each tile in the heatmap represents an item, and the tile's color indicates how much that item's price has changed within the selected time window. This lets you quickly scan the entire market to spot which items are rising or falling in price without having to check them one by one.

The heatmap is available in multiple locations:

• On the dashboard page, in the "Market Activity Heatmap" section (appears after selecting a realm).
• In the Retail Auction House, under the "Market Heatmap" bottom tab.
• In the Classic Auction House, under the "Market Data" top tab.

Time Windows

The heatmap offers three time window options:

• 24H -- Price changes over the last 24 hours. Highlights items that have moved sharply in a single day.
• 3D -- Price changes over the last 3 days. Useful for catching short-term trends and weekly patterns.
• 7D -- Price changes over the last 7 days. Best for understanding broader weekly market shifts.

Color Coding

The heatmap uses a color scale to represent price movement:

• Deep amber-orange -- Price dropped by 10% or more. The item's value has fallen.
• Light amber -- Price dropped between 1% and 10%. A moderate decline.
• Gray/neutral -- Price is stable, changing less than 1% in either direction.
• Light teal-green -- Price increased between 1% and 10%. A moderate rise.
• Deep teal-green -- Price increased by 10% or more. The item's value has risen.

Category Filtering

A category dropdown next to the time range buttons lets you filter the heatmap to show only items from a specific category (such as Trade Goods, Consumables, or Armor). This helps you focus on the part of the market most relevant to your interests. Select "All Categories" to see the full market overview.

Understanding Token Price Cards

At the top of the WoW Token page, you will see price cards for each region -- one for NA and one for EU. Each card displays:

• Current price -- The live gold price of a WoW Token in that region, updated automatically.
• 24-hour change indicator -- Shows how much the price has moved in the last 24 hours, displayed as both a gold amount and a percentage. A green indicator means the price has risen (tokens cost more gold), while a red indicator means the price has fallen.
• Region label -- Clearly identifies whether the card shows NA or EU data so you can compare regions at a glance.

The price cards update in real time without requiring a page refresh, so you can keep the page open to watch for price movements throughout the day.

Token Price Charts

Below the price cards, an interactive price history chart plots token prices over time. The chart includes several controls to customize your view:

• Region toggle -- Switch between viewing NA prices, EU prices, or both regions overlaid on the same chart for direct comparison.
• Time range buttons -- Choose from preset ranges including 1M (one minute), 15M (fifteen minutes), 1H (one hour), 24H (twenty-four hours), 7D (seven days), 30D (thirty days), and 90D (ninety days) to zoom in on recent activity or step back for a broader historical perspective.

The chart renders as a line graph with gold price on the vertical axis and date on the horizontal axis. Hover over any point on the line to see the exact price and timestamp. When both regions are displayed, each region is drawn in a distinct color so you can easily distinguish NA from EU price movements.

Token Price Statistics

The statistics section beneath the chart provides key summary numbers to help you gauge the current token market:

• 24-hour high / low -- The highest and lowest gold prices recorded in the last 24 hours. This range tells you how volatile the token market has been today.
• 7-day average -- The mean token price over the past week. Compare the current price against this average to judge whether now is an unusually cheap or expensive time to buy or sell a token.
• All-time statistics -- Historical highs, lows, and averages across the full recorded price history. These provide long-term context for evaluating current prices.

Use these statistics alongside the chart to make informed decisions about when to buy or sell tokens. If the current price is well below the 7-day average, it may be a good time to purchase a token with gold. If the price is near all-time highs, you might consider selling a token for maximum gold return.

Browsing Recipes by Profession

The Professions tab organizes recipes by profession. Use the profession dropdown to filter the recipe list to a specific profession such as Alchemy, Blacksmithing, Enchanting, Engineering, Inscription, Jewelcrafting, Leatherworking, or Tailoring. Each profession displays all known recipes that produce tradeable items.

• Recipe name -- The name of the crafted item, with an icon when available.
• Crafted item link -- Click the recipe name to view the crafted item's full price history and market data on its dedicated item page.
• Material list -- Each recipe shows the required materials with quantities. Material names link to their own item pages so you can check individual material prices.
• Profit indicator -- Recipes are color-coded or marked to indicate whether crafting is currently profitable based on live market prices.

You can scroll through the recipe list or use the search functionality to find specific recipes by name. The list updates automatically when you switch professions or change realms.

Understanding Crafting Costs

For each recipe, the Professions tab calculates and displays detailed cost and profit information based on current Auction House prices for the selected realm:

• Total material cost -- The combined cost of all required materials at their current market prices. This represents the minimum gold investment needed to craft the item if you purchase every material from the Auction House.
• Crafted item market value -- The current selling price of the finished product on the Auction House. This is what you can expect to receive if you list the crafted item.
• Estimated profit -- The difference between the crafted item's market value and the total material cost. A positive value means crafting is profitable; a negative value means you would lose gold by crafting and selling at current prices.
• Profit margin -- The profit expressed as a percentage of the material cost. Higher margins indicate more attractive crafting opportunities.

All prices reflect live market data and update as Auction House prices change. Actual profits may vary due to Auction House fees, listing deposits, and price fluctuations between the time you buy materials and sell the finished product.

Using the Gathering Calculator

The Gathering Calculator is a companion tool designed for players who farm raw materials -- herbs, ores, cloth, leather, and other gathered resources. Instead of analyzing crafted recipes, the Gathering Calculator helps you estimate how much gold you can earn per hour by farming specific materials.

To use the Gathering Calculator:

1. Select a gathering item -- Choose from herbs, ores, cloth, leather, or other farmable materials. The calculator lists all gatherable items available in your selected game version.
2. View current market price -- The calculator displays the current Auction House price per unit for each material on your selected realm.
3. Estimate items per hour -- Enter or adjust your estimated farming rate (items gathered per hour). This varies by route efficiency, character speed, and competition from other farmers.
4. See gold per hour -- The calculator multiplies your farming rate by the current market price to show your estimated gold income per hour of farming.

The Gathering Calculator is especially useful for comparing the value of different farming routes. For example, you can compare whether farming Peacebloom or Silverleaf is more profitable on your realm by checking both items' gold-per-hour estimates side by side.

Recipe Data Sources

Recipe and material data is sourced from WoW game data files and is kept up to date as new recipes are added in patches and expansions. The data includes recipe names, required materials with quantities, and crafted item IDs that link to live Auction House pricing.

There are important differences between game versions:

• Retail -- Includes professions and recipes from all expansions up through the current Midnight expansion. Retail has the largest recipe database with the most active crafting economy.
• MoP Classic -- Includes professions and recipes available through the Mists of Pandaria expansion. The recipe set is smaller but the crafting economy can be highly profitable due to lower competition.
• TBC Anniversary -- Includes professions and recipes from The Burning Crusade. Classic-era recipes often have different material requirements and profit dynamics compared to later expansions.

Recipe data is resolved against the item database, so material costs are only shown when the required items are actively traded on the Auction House. If a material has no recent listings, its price will appear as unavailable and the total crafting cost may be incomplete.

Step 1: Check the Market Heatmap

Start your session by opening the Retail, MoP Classic, or TBC Anniversary Market Heatmap on the 24-hour view. Scan for deep teal-green tiles (items that have risen 10% or more overnight) and deep amber-orange tiles (items that have fallen). Teal-green tiles may represent items you should sell if you own them; amber-orange tiles may represent buying opportunities if the drop is temporary.

Pay special attention to the Trade Goods and Consumables categories -- these are the highest-volume markets and the most likely to produce actionable opportunities on a daily basis.

Step 2: Review Your Tracked Items

If you have an account, check your My Collection tab for any items you are actively tracking. Review the current prices against the price history charts. Has anything changed since yesterday? If an item you are holding has risen above its 7-day Market Value average, consider selling it now. If an item on your watchlist has dropped below your target price, it may be time to buy.

Step 3: Evaluate Buying Opportunities

For any item that looks underpriced on the heatmap or in your collection, run through this checklist before committing gold:

1. Check the 7-day chart -- Is the current price below the 7-day Market Value average? By how much?
2. Check the volume chart -- Is trading volume steady or declining? A declining volume means the item may be losing relevance and the low price could be the new normal.
3. Verify your realm -- Are you looking at prices for your actual connected realm, or did you forget to switch after browsing another server?
4. Calculate the margin -- After the 5% AH cut and listing deposit, would reselling at Market Value still produce a meaningful profit?
5. Consider the risk -- How much gold are you investing relative to your total liquid gold? Never invest more than 20% of your gold in a single trade.

Step 4: Check Crafting Margins

If you have crafting professions, visit the Professions tab and sort recipes by profit margin. Compare today's margins against what you saw yesterday. When a recipe's margin improves (because material prices dropped or the finished product's price rose), that is your signal to craft and list. When margins shrink, hold off and wait for the cycle to turn.

Step 5: Time Your Listings

When you are ready to sell, consider the day of the week:

• Consumables and raid materials sell best on Tuesday (NA) or Wednesday (EU) when raids reset and players stock up.
• Crafting materials are cheapest on weekends when casual farmers add supply -- buy on Saturday, sell on Tuesday.
• Transmog and rare items can be listed at any time, but listing on weekends when more players are browsing the AH tends to produce faster sales.

Use the 7-day view on any item's price history chart to confirm whether it follows these weekly patterns before committing to a timing strategy.

Retail (Midnight)

• Largest and most active economy with the widest variety of items.
• Single unified Auction House shared by all factions on a realm -- no faction toggle needed.
• Region-wide commodity trading -- Trade goods, consumables, and crafting reagents are priced the same across all realms in the region.
• Includes current-expansion crafting materials, consumables, BoE gear, transmog items, battle pets, and mounts.
• Uses the modern three-column Auction House layout with category tree, results list, and detail side panel.
• Data source: Blizzard API with frequent, reliable updates.

MoP Classic (Mists of Pandaria)

• Covers the Classic progression servers currently in the Mists of Pandaria expansion phase.
• Faction-specific Auction Houses -- Alliance and Horde have separate auction houses. Use the faction toggle to switch between them.
• Item pool includes everything up through Mists of Pandaria content.
• Economy is influenced by the progression timeline -- new items become available as content phases unlock.
• Uses the Classic tab-based Auction House layout with category sidebar, sortable table, and item detail modals.
• Data source: TSM (TradeSkillMaster) exclusively. Classic versions do not use the Blizzard API.

TBC Anniversary (Burning Crusade)

• The Burning Crusade Anniversary Edition servers with their specific Outland-era item pool.
• Faction-specific Auction Houses -- same as MoP Classic.
• Includes Outland crafting materials, gems, enchanting materials, and TBC-era consumables.
• Typically a smaller population compared to the main Classic progression or Retail servers, which can mean thinner markets and higher price volatility.
• Uses the same Classic tab-based Auction House layout as MoP Classic.
• Data source: TSM (TradeSkillMaster) exclusively. Classic versions do not use the Blizzard API.

Battle.net Account Linking (Optional)

After creating your account, you can optionally link your Battle.net account from the Profile page. Linking uses Blizzard's official OAuth2 authentication -- you are redirected to Blizzard's login page to authorize the connection, then redirected back. This grants access to your public profile and character information for features like character syncing. The site never sees or stores your Battle.net password.

Favorites

Mark any item as a favorite by clicking the star icon in the item detail panel (Retail), the item detail modal (Classic), or on the full item page. Favorited items appear in:

• The "My Collection" tab in both the Retail and Classic Auction House layouts.
• Your Profile page under the "Favorite Items" section.

In the Retail Auction House, you can also click the star button next to the search bar to toggle a filter that shows only your favorited items in the results list.

Custom Dashboard

Your custom dashboard lets you pin items for at-a-glance price summaries. Dashboard items appear on the main page in the "My Tracked Items" section.

Manage your dashboard items from the Profile page under "Custom Dashboard," or from the "My Collection" tab in the Auction House.

Price Alerts

Set price alerts to be notified when an item's price crosses a threshold you define. On any item detail view or the full item page, the Price Alert form lets you:

1. Choose a condition: "Below" or "Above".
2. Enter a target price in gold, silver, and copper.
3. Click "Set Alert" to activate it.

Your active alerts are listed in the "My Collection" tab and on your Profile page under "Price Alerts." When the item's price crosses your threshold, you will be notified.

Profile Page

Your Profile page (accessible from the user menu in the top-right corner) is the central hub for all your personal settings and data:

• Account Settings -- Set your preferred region and default game version.
• Your Characters -- View and sync your WoW characters from Battle.net, filtered by game version.
• Favorite Items -- All your favorited items across all game versions.
• Custom Dashboard -- Pinned items for at-a-glance pricing.
• Price Alerts -- All your active price alert rules.

Blizzard Battle.net API (Retail)

The primary data source for Retail auction house data is the official Blizzard Battle.net API. This is the same data source that powers the in-game Auction House. The site periodically queries the API to collect complete snapshots of auction listings across all supported Retail realms.

TSM (TradeSkillMaster) for Classic Versions

Classic-family game versions (MoP Classic and TBC Anniversary) use TSM (TradeSkillMaster) exclusively as their data source. TSM aggregates market data from its addon user base. MoP Classic data updates weekly, while TBC Anniversary updates hourly. When TSM data is displayed, a data source badge appears near the price statistics to clearly indicate the origin.

Collection Frequency

For Retail, data is collected approximately every 1 hour from the Blizzard API. For TBC Anniversary, TSM data updates hourly. For MoP Classic, TSM data updates weekly. Each collection run captures a snapshot of active auctions for each tracked realm. The exact timing may vary slightly depending on server load, data source availability, and rate limits.

On the dashboard page, the Recent Snapshots table shows when the last successful data collections occurred for each realm, along with the number of listings captured and the collection status.

Data Limitations

• Snapshot-based: Prices reflect the state of the Auction House at the time of each snapshot. Listings that were posted and sold between snapshots will not appear in the data. Rapidly fluctuating markets may not be fully captured.
• Buyout only: Only auctions with a buyout price are tracked. Bid-only auctions without a buyout are not included in price calculations.
• Regions: The tracker covers auction data for the US (Americas) and EU (Europe) regions. Use the region toggle in the site header to switch between them. Support for additional regions (KR, TW) may be added in the future.
• Data source availability: Retail data collection pauses when the Blizzard API is down or throttled. Classic data depends on TSM update schedules. No data is fabricated or estimated during gaps in collection.
• Item coverage: The item database is built from collected auction data. If an item has never appeared on any tracked auction house, it may not yet be in the database.

Share Button

On any item detail view -- whether in the Retail side panel, the Classic modal, or the full item page -- click the Share button to copy the item's URL to your clipboard. The shared URL includes the game version context, so anyone who opens the link will see the same item in the correct game version.

URL Structure

Item pages follow a version-prefixed URL pattern:

https://bootybaybroker.com/retail/item/12345
https://bootybaybroker.com/mop-classic/item/12345
https://bootybaybroker.com/tbc-classic/item/12345

You can bookmark any item page directly in your browser. The game version is embedded in the URL path, so shared links and bookmarks always open in the correct version.

Dashboard and AH Page URLs

Each game version has its own dedicated pages:

https://bootybaybroker.com/retail          (Retail dashboard)
https://bootybaybroker.com/mop-classic      (MoP Classic dashboard)
https://bootybaybroker.com/tbc-classic      (TBC Anniversary dashboard)

You can bookmark any of these directly. Your realm selection is stored locally in your browser using local storage, so it persists across visits without needing to be part of the URL. If you clear your browser data, your realm preferences will be reset and you will need to select a realm again.