Is crafting Medium Leather profitable on the auction house?

On US & AU Normal · Alliance, trusted material cost is 1s 8c and trusted sale is 89c, for about -24c profit per craft (-22% margin after the 5% AH cut). ahprice uses shared scan averages, not lone inflated listings.

What does it cost to craft Medium Leather?

Material cost for Medium Leather is about 1s 8c on US & AU Normal · Alliance, including cheaper vendor buys and intermediate crafts when they beat buying the finished material.

Medium Leather craft profit

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Medium Leather

Craft flip · Leatherworking · skill 100 · US & AU Normal · Alliance

Profitⓘ−24c

Marginⓘ-22%

Mat cost1s 8c

Sale89c

Make Medium Leather (Leatherworking, skill 100).

Craft 4 Light Leather at 27c each instead of buying at 30c each
- Buy 12 Ruined Leather Scraps at 9c each (51 are listed)

61 are listed at 89c, so a craft clears about -24c over the 1s 8c of materials, after the 5% auction house cut.

Material cost 1s 8c. Trusted sale 89c. Profitⓘ 24c under cost (-22%). 61 are listed. Latest listing 89c. Seen across 62 snapshots, 1h ago.

Material	Qty	Price used	Obtained	True Value	Latest scan	Snapshots
Light Leather	4	27c	Craft Light Leather from 12× Ruined Leather Scraps (cheaper than buying at 30c each)	26c	1h ago	70
Ruined Leather Scraps	12	9c	51 are listed	9c	1h ago	48

Medium Leather

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 19:30	us-normal-alliance	89c	61	4306
2026-11-09 19:29	us-normal-alliance	89c	51	4420
2026-11-09 16:19	us-normal-alliance	96c	378	3205
2026-11-09 16:18	us-normal-alliance	96c	—	3664
2026-11-09 16:17	us-normal-alliance	94c	—	3896
2026-11-09 13:55	us-normal-alliance	80c	122	5253
2026-11-09 13:54	us-normal-alliance	80c	122	5253
2026-11-09 10:19	us-normal-alliance	97c	—	5863

Light Leather

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 19:31	us-normal-alliance	30c	29	7071
2026-11-09 19:29	us-normal-alliance	27c	89	6965
2026-11-09 16:19	us-normal-alliance	26c	27	6682
2026-11-09 16:18	us-normal-alliance	25c	—	7195
2026-11-09 16:17	us-normal-alliance	26c	—	7260
2026-11-09 14:20	us-normal-alliance	26c	28	7402
2026-11-09 13:55	us-normal-alliance	21c	87	8578
2026-11-09 13:54	us-normal-alliance	21c	87	8578

Ruined Leather Scraps

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 19:29	us-normal-alliance	9c	51	3466
2026-11-09 16:19	us-normal-alliance	9c	560	5989
2026-11-09 16:18	us-normal-alliance	9c	—	6159
2026-11-09 16:17	us-normal-alliance	9c	—	6139
2026-11-09 13:55	us-normal-alliance	9c	525	4143
2026-11-09 13:54	us-normal-alliance	9c	525	4143
2026-11-09 10:19	us-normal-alliance	10c	—	3798
2026-11-09 06:37	us-normal-alliance	10c	3880	6715