Is crafting Faction Banner profitable on the auction house?

On US & AU Normal · Alliance, trusted material cost is 60c and trusted sale is 25c, for about -37c profit per craft (-62% margin after the 5% AH cut). ahprice uses shared scan averages, not lone inflated listings.

What does it cost to craft Faction Banner?

Material cost for Faction Banner is about 60c on US & AU Normal · Alliance, including cheaper vendor buys and intermediate crafts when they beat buying the finished material.

Faction Banner craft profit

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Faction Banner

Craft flip · Tailoring · skill 20 · US & AU Normal · Alliance

Profitⓘ−37c

Marginⓘ-62%

Mat cost60c

Sale25c

Make Faction Banner (Tailoring, skill 20).

Craft 1 Bolt of Linen Cloth at 50c each instead of buying at 98c each
- Buy 2 Linen Cloth at 25c each (200 or more are listed)
Buy 1 Coarse Thread from a vendor at 10c

20 are listed at 25c, so a craft clears about -37c over the 60c of materials, after the 5% auction house cut.

Material cost 60c. Trusted sale 25c. Profitⓘ 37c under cost (-62%). 20 are listed. Latest listing 25c. Seen across 40 snapshots, 1h ago.

Material	Qty	Price used	Obtained	True Value	Latest scan	Snapshots
Bolt of Linen Cloth	1	50c	Craft Bolt of Linen Cloth from 2× Linen Cloth (cheaper than buying at 98c each)	55c	9m ago	74
Linen Cloth	2	25c	200 or more are listed	25c	9m ago	122
Coarse Thread	1	10c	Vendor	15c	9m ago	64

Faction Banner

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 23:03	us-normal-alliance	25c	20	47
2026-11-09 19:29	us-normal-alliance	20c	3	22
2026-11-09 16:19	us-normal-alliance	30c	31	53
2026-11-09 16:18	us-normal-alliance	30c	—	68
2026-11-09 16:17	us-normal-alliance	30c	—	68
2026-11-09 13:55	us-normal-alliance	29c	1	100
2026-11-09 13:54	us-normal-alliance	29c	1	100
2026-11-09 06:37	us-normal-alliance	30c	18	54

Bolt of Linen Cloth

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-10 00:20	us-normal-alliance	98c	—	382
2026-11-10 00:19	us-normal-alliance	98c	—	382
2026-11-10 00:18	us-normal-alliance	98c	—	382
2026-11-10 00:11	us-normal-alliance	54c	—	2682
2026-11-10 00:10	us-normal-alliance	54c	—	2682
2026-11-10 00:10	us-normal-alliance	54c	—	2682
2026-11-10 00:07	us-normal-alliance	50c	—	2957
2026-11-10 00:05	us-normal-alliance	50c	—	2957

Linen Cloth

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-10 00:20	us-normal-alliance	21c	—	2735
2026-11-10 00:19	us-normal-alliance	22c	—	2856
2026-11-10 00:18	us-normal-alliance	22c	—	2796
2026-11-10 00:11	us-normal-alliance	25c	—	19337
2026-11-10 00:10	us-normal-alliance	25c	—	19337
2026-11-10 00:10	us-normal-alliance	25c	—	19337
2026-11-10 00:07	us-normal-alliance	18c	—	17512
2026-11-10 00:05	us-normal-alliance	18c	—	17512

Coarse Thread

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-10 00:20	us-normal-alliance	20c	—	73
2026-11-10 00:19	us-normal-alliance	20c	—	73
2026-11-10 00:18	us-normal-alliance	20c	—	73
2026-11-10 00:11	us-normal-alliance	14c	—	4172
2026-11-10 00:10	us-normal-alliance	14c	—	4172
2026-11-10 00:10	us-normal-alliance	14c	—	4172
2026-11-10 00:07	us-normal-alliance	14c	—	3856
2026-11-10 00:05	us-normal-alliance	14c	—	3856