Is crafting Crab Cake profitable on the auction house?

On US & AU PvP · Alliance, trusted material cost is 1s 32c and trusted sale is 1s 0c, for about -37c profit per craft (-28% margin after the 5% AH cut). ahprice uses shared scan averages, not lone inflated listings.

What does it cost to craft Crab Cake?

Material cost for Crab Cake is about 1s 32c on US & AU PvP · Alliance, including cheaper vendor buys and intermediate crafts when they beat buying the finished material.

Crab Cake craft profit · ahprice flips

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Crab Cake

Craft flip · Cooking · skill 75 · US & AU PvP · Alliance

Profitⓘ−37c

Marginⓘ-28%

Mat cost1s 32c

Sale1s 0c

Make Crab Cake (Cooking, skill 75).

Buy 1 Crawler Meat at 1s 30c each (14 are listed)
Buy 1 Mild Spices from a vendor at 2c each, sold 5 for 10c

50 are listed at 1s 0c, so a craft clears about -37c over the 1s 32c of materials, after the 5% auction house cut.

Latest listing is 99c (-1% vs true value). Ranking uses 1s 0c.

Material cost 1s 32c. Trusted sale 1s 0c. Profitⓘ 37c under cost (-28%). 50 are listed. Latest listing 99c. Seen across 25 snapshots, 3h ago.

Material	Qty	Price used	Obtained	True Value	Latest scan	Snapshots
Crawler Meat	1	1s 30c	14 are listed	1s 17c	3h ago	29
Mild Spices	1	2c	Vendor	8c	3h ago	19

Crab Cake

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 22:45	us-pvp-alliance	99c	50	1312
2026-11-09 19:28	us-pvp-alliance	1s 0c	—	1464
2026-11-09 16:25	us-pvp-alliance	99c	2	1315
2026-11-09 15:25	us-pvp-alliance	1s 18c	185	1182
2026-11-09 15:24	us-pvp-alliance	1s 18c	185	1182
2026-11-09 15:17	us-pvp-alliance	1s 18c	—	1474
2026-11-09 09:28	us-pvp-alliance	1s 25c	151	1502
2026-11-09 07:50	us-pvp-alliance	1s 31c	50	1460

Crawler Meat

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 22:45	us-pvp-alliance	1s 30c	14	132
2026-11-09 16:25	us-pvp-alliance	1s 4c	95	1117
2026-11-09 15:25	us-pvp-alliance	1s 4c	449	1776
2026-11-09 15:24	us-pvp-alliance	1s 4c	449	1776
2026-11-09 15:17	us-pvp-alliance	1s 4c	—	1921
2026-11-09 09:28	us-pvp-alliance	1s 17c	98	2453
2026-11-09 09:15	us-pvp-alliance	4s 85c	—	17
2026-11-09 07:50	us-pvp-alliance	1s 20c	336	1837

Mild Spices

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 22:45	us-pvp-alliance	5c	4308	4722
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