Mage Portals for Sale
One line you will always see in the trade channel is this: “WTB port to DAL 10g”
Even though the hearth cd was already reduced to 30 minutes, people still prefer to pay for portals instead of riding the zeppelin and flying to Dalaran. It is a very long route after all. Add to that the low level characters who wants to see where the big boys hang out. The market on mage portals never runs out.
A reader sent me the picture above of one of his unusual days in WoW. A player whispered him and asked if he could be ported to Dalaran. He made a portal and the player suddenly ported without paying a tip. My reader let the situation go as whispering curses and flames won’t do any good. Besides, the reagent for a portal costs just a few silver anyway. The next day, he receives this letter from the guy he ported, with an Obsidian Hatchling attached to the mail! The pet is purchasable at 50 gold and sometimes sold at the AH for 100g. I guess the player got so happy he got to see Dalaran he sent 50 gold worth of tip.
A helpful addon for mages who want to sell portal services would be Broker Portals. Instead of putting portal spells on your action bar, it will attach itself to the minimap.
So mages, at your idle time, do not ignore people willing to buy portal. Who knows how much tip they will give you?
