Is crafting Lesser Healing Potion profitable on the auction house?

On US & AU PvP · Alliance, trusted material cost is 1s 18c and trusted sale is 42c, for about -79c profit per craft (-67% margin after the 5% AH cut). ahprice uses shared scan averages, not lone inflated listings.

What does it cost to craft Lesser Healing Potion?

Material cost for Lesser Healing Potion is about 1s 18c on US & AU PvP · Alliance, including cheaper vendor buys and intermediate crafts when they beat buying the finished material.

Lesser Healing Potion craft profit

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Lesser Healing Potion

Craft flip · First Aid · skill 85 · US & AU PvP · Alliance

Profitⓘ−79c

Marginⓘ-67%

Mat cost1s 18c

Sale42c

Make Lesser Healing Potion (First Aid, skill 85).

Buy 1 Empty Vial from a vendor at 4c each, sold 5 for 20c
Buy 2 Mild Spices from a vendor at 2c each, sold 5 for 10c
Buy 1 Briarthorn at 1s 10c each (200 or more are listed)

133 are listed at 42c, so a craft clears about -79c over the 1s 18c of materials, after the 5% auction house cut.

Latest listing is 38c (-10% vs true value). Ranking uses 42c.

Material cost 1s 18c. Trusted sale 42c. Profitⓘ 79c under cost (-67%). 133 are listed. Latest listing 38c. Seen across 23 snapshots, 6h ago.

Material	Qty	Price used	Obtained	True Value	Latest scan	Snapshots
Empty Vial	1	4c	Vendor	7c	6h ago	24
Mild Spices	2	2c	Vendor	8c	6h ago	18
Briarthorn	1	1s 10c	200 or more are listed	1s 10c	6h ago	29

Lesser Healing Potion

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 16:25	us-pvp-alliance	38c	133	964
2026-11-09 15:25	us-pvp-alliance	40c	16	709
2026-11-09 15:24	us-pvp-alliance	40c	16	709
2026-11-09 09:28	us-pvp-alliance	39c	38	1256
2026-11-09 09:15	us-pvp-alliance	2s 98c	—	45
2026-11-09 07:50	us-pvp-alliance	42c	8	1125
2026-11-09 04:55	us-pvp-alliance	49c	5	5
2026-11-09 04:50	us-pvp-alliance	49c	—	1349

Empty Vial

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 16:25	us-pvp-alliance	6c	15	1175
2026-11-09 15:25	us-pvp-alliance	6c	418	1578
2026-11-09 15:24	us-pvp-alliance	6c	418	1578
2026-11-09 09:28	us-pvp-alliance	6c	333	2892
2026-11-09 09:15	us-pvp-alliance	1s 0c	—	25
2026-11-09 07:50	us-pvp-alliance	7c	2176	2222
2026-11-09 05:15	us-pvp-alliance	6c	—	5538
2026-11-09 04:50	us-pvp-alliance	7c	—	5368

Mild Spices

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 16:25	us-pvp-alliance	5c	2179	5606
2026-11-09 15:25	us-pvp-alliance	7c	4539	5357
2026-11-09 15:24	us-pvp-alliance	7c	4539	5357
2026-11-09 09:28	us-pvp-alliance	7c	659	4957
2026-11-09 07:50	us-pvp-alliance	8c	2840	3534
2026-11-09 05:15	us-pvp-alliance	8c	—	11800
2026-11-09 04:50	us-pvp-alliance	8c	—	11785
2026-11-09 04:11	us-pvp-alliance	8c	—	11634

Briarthorn

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 16:25	us-pvp-alliance	94c	329	3138
2026-11-09 15:25	us-pvp-alliance	91c	109	3627
2026-11-09 15:24	us-pvp-alliance	91c	109	3627
2026-11-09 15:17	us-pvp-alliance	93c	—	3941
2026-11-09 09:28	us-pvp-alliance	88c	177	4492
2026-11-09 07:50	us-pvp-alliance	1s 10c	604	5060
2026-11-09 05:15	us-pvp-alliance	98c	—	6758
2026-11-09 04:55	us-pvp-alliance	1s 15c	11	99