Market domination strategies are employed by large companies every day in the real world, why not apply the same tactic in World of Warcraft?

The basic premise of this strategy is to buyout as many of a certain item as possible making you the main supplier. Unlike some of the no cost strategies, this tactic will require that you have some gold in you bank account to start with.

Look through the listings in the auction house and grab every auction of a certain item that you wish to sell. Then mark up the price and list the item yourself. This will ensure that anyone who might want or need the item will have to purchase from you. While you may not earn a massive profit any profit equals more gold.

This tactic is not always effective and will not work on mass auctioned items such as ore, metal bars and the like. It is also not as effective on low end easily gathered items. The market domination tactic should be used when there are only a few of the item you want to sell listed at the auction house and they are priced below the average market price.

Effective manipulation of supply and demand is a big key to earning gold within the World of Warcraft universe.