The Steady On Plan
Tired of being poor, Level your main to 85 and at least 2 alts to the 80’s/84 and get a bank toon with a guild.
You need at least 3 alts.
1. Main ( for raiding, PvP, actual fun, and 2 professions maxed out)
2. Bank alt for all of your selling and buying needs that has been used
to purchase a guild. At least level 10 so it can move from city to city easily as centers of action change.
3. 2 crafting/gathering alts.
How do you set yourself up then?
In real life corporations that make the most money are repeat purchase corporations. Gas, fast food, beverages, etc. After these are brand name living requirements. Food, clothing retails, travel agencies etc. And then there are the big ticket items like sporting goods, cars, education, season tickets to a football game etc.
So in WOW we assign the above values as follows;
Fast food = alchemy, jewel crafting and [cooking]
Brand names = inscription, gathering (herbs, food, ore, leather, parts), enchanting
Big ticket items = tailoring, blacksmithing, leatherworking
Your main that you spend the most time on day to day should have 1 of the first mentioned professions maxed out. This toon should also have the gathering profession that supports this, mining for JC and Herbing for Alchemy. So the real question is what should my first crafting alt be? I would recommend that you choose one that does not detract from your main toons ability to produce. If you are a JC Miner then do not choose blacksmithing. If you go alchemy then don’t choose inscription.
So try this;
Main = JC/miner or Alchemy/ Herbalist
Alt = Alchemy/ Herbalist or JC/ Miner
Alt = Enchanting/tailor
Alt = Skinner/ leatherworker
As each toon is played they will of course develop their own skills and abilities as a result of leveling one you will gather an inordinate amount of materials that can be used to level the profession skills of the next alt.
Example, While the main is leveled to 85, it gathers cloth by the bucket load. This is all mailed to the bank toon that owns a guild with a guild bank and as many tabs as you can reasonably afford. When the next toon to be leveled begins he is immediately set up with a bank and all 7 slots with bags are purchased. Then all the cloth is mailed to this toon so that they can level their profession in tailoring quickly without cutting into the leveling time too much.
The point to all of this though is that you use the previous toon to lever you alts to fast leveling so that you can then turn their professions toward gold earning. They will then feed off of each other for materials rather than having to purchase them from the AH or spend a lot of precious time to gather them.
Finally, get the Remote Auction House access for $2.99 a month added to your subscription. This allows you to sell and buy from your smart phone and your work computer and any other remote access device you use when you are unable to actually play. Hint, try to avoid large purchases of ore or herbs as you are only allowed 200 transactions a day.