Is crafting Cerulean Dye profitable on the auction house?

On US & AU PvP · Horde, trusted material cost is 33s 2c and trusted sale is 35s 96c, for about 1s 14c profit per craft (3% margin after the 5% AH cut). ahprice uses shared scan averages, not lone inflated listings.

What does it cost to craft Cerulean Dye?

Material cost for Cerulean Dye is about 33s 2c on US & AU PvP · Horde, including cheaper vendor buys and intermediate crafts when they beat buying the finished material.

Cerulean Dye craft profit · ahprice flips

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Cerulean Dye

Craft flip · Alchemy · skill 50 · US & AU PvP · Horde

Profitⓘ+1s 14c

Marginⓘ+3%

Mat cost33s 2c

Sale35s 96c

Make Cerulean Dye (Alchemy, skill 50).

Buy 2 Frilled Lichen at 16s 49c each (64 are listed)
Buy 1 Empty Vial from a vendor at 4c each, sold 5 for 20c

9 are listed at 35s 96c, so a craft clears about 1s 14c over the 33s 2c of materials, after the 5% auction house cut.

Material cost 33s 2c. Trusted sale 35s 96c. Profitⓘ 1s 14c over cost (3%). 9 are listed. Latest listing 35s 96c. Seen across 23 snapshots, 2h ago.

Material	Qty	Price used	Obtained	True Value	Latest scan	Snapshots
Frilled Lichen	2	16s 49c	64 are listed	16s 49c	2h ago	27
Empty Vial	1	4c	Vendor	9c	16h ago	20

Cerulean Dye

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 20:08	us-pvp-horde	35s 96c	—	566
2026-11-09 18:36	us-pvp-horde	35s 0c	—	519
2026-11-09 06:28	us-pvp-horde	36s 48c	—	591
2026-11-09 03:14	us-pvp-horde	36s 79c	—	634
2026-11-09 03:13	us-pvp-horde	36s 79c	—	634
2026-11-09 00:57	us-pvp-horde	37s 75c	9	521
2026-11-08 23:22	us-pvp-horde	38s 19c	22	576
2026-11-08 23:19	us-pvp-horde	38s 13c	—	753

Frilled Lichen

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 20:08	us-pvp-horde	16s 49c	—	740
2026-11-09 18:36	us-pvp-horde	16s 51c	—	847
2026-11-09 16:10	us-pvp-horde	16s 73c	64	508
2026-11-09 16:08	us-pvp-horde	16s 73c	58	502
2026-11-09 06:28	us-pvp-horde	16s 49c	—	641
2026-11-09 03:14	us-pvp-horde	16s 0c	—	760
2026-11-09 03:13	us-pvp-horde	16s 0c	—	760
2026-11-09 02:52	us-pvp-horde	16s 0c	15	808

Empty Vial

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 06:28	us-pvp-horde	8c	—	6310
2026-11-09 03:14	us-pvp-horde	9c	—	5653
2026-11-09 03:13	us-pvp-horde	9c	—	5653
2026-11-09 00:57	us-pvp-horde	11c	563	5254
2026-11-08 23:22	us-pvp-horde	12c	300	4463
2026-11-08 23:19	us-pvp-horde	49c	—	3909
2026-11-08 19:13	us-pvp-horde	9c	—	1812
2026-11-08 15:54	us-pvp-horde	9c	629	1936