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Despite the complaints you may hear from some, in the World of Warcraft game it’s easy to earn extra gold. Spend some effort, work at it a bit, and you’ll have plenty of gold to spend on your items. Most of the basic stuff you can do while leveling or exploring and this basic stuff applies whether you’re playing vanilla WoW or the upcoming Cataclysm expansion.

For starters, there are only a couple of ways to earn money in the entire game. You sell stuff or services to someone (whether a player or not) and/or you complete quests for the rewards. (If you’re a Rogue you can open locked boxes or pick pockets to earn a little more.) Though the vendors don’t offer much for your stuff it adds up in the long run. Completing quests is a good way to go and the rewards are pretty good at high level. Advanced players will often have a routine where they complete a number of the Daily Quests in an hour or two and make 200 to 300 gold.

But the best way to cash in is selling stuff to other players and most people do that through the Auction House (AH,) though some will do it in trade chat. (Selling your skills for tips is another good way to go.) The only trick is where to get the stuff to sell and discovering which stuff is worth the effort.

So where to start? Make a level 1 character and run that character straight to the big city. I like Ironforge on the Alliance side and Silvermoon on the horde side. This character will become your designated banker/buyer/seller. All sellable stuff that you characters fin will be posted on the AH by your banker. This means that your characters do not have to go to all the way to the big city every time they want to sell their loot, which saves you lots of time. Just visit the closest mailbox, mail your stuff, get rid of the vendor junk, turn in your quests, and get back to the game.

If you’re starting a new character pick up the skinning skill. You’ll be fighting 47 bazillion skinable critters on your way to the level cap and some of those skins sell for good money, even at the lower levels. Youir next primary skill will be either herbalism or mining, that way you can be detecting herbs or ores while skinning critters. . Just gather stuff and skin everything and , if necessary, take some time to make sure your gathering skills are high enough for the next zone.

Pretty much the same thing is done by characters of any level, even the highest. You’re going to start in the low level areas and level your skills until they’re high enough for the next area. If you’re high enough level, and you’re on a PvP server, you’ll also be in position to help out your side if the other side is harassing them. PvP won’t help your gold stash, but it can be a pleasant diversion.

As you gather loot from your kills keep anything that isn’t gray and sell it. The non-player vendors get all of your gray stuff. Your banker gets all the stuff that’s white or better (if you’re not going to use it.) (By the way, pay attention to current AH prices so that you don’t over or under price your stuff.)

The lower level instances are great for youir higher level characters. Cloth, sellable items, and lots of vendor junk are yours for the keeping in these instances. Bring large, empty bags, as you’ll fill them with just a couple of instance runs. If you’re lucky you may even find a blue item which can be sold for a pretty penny.

If you apply these tips as you level you will find yourself with enough gold to keep up your gear, buy mounts, and so on. Some people, though, are more ambitious. There are many advanced techniques that can be used if you want to earn a lot more gold and you can find a great number of these strategies in a book titled, “Warcraft Millionaire.” Whether you are looking to hit the gold cap or just want to stay in decent gear this book has you covered. Read this review of the Warcraft Millionaire and see if it won’t massively increase your gold stash.