Is crafting Crab Cake profitable on the auction house?

On US & AU PvP · Horde, trusted material cost is 5s 52c and trusted sale is 2s 38c, for about -3s 26c profit per craft (-59% 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 5s 52c on US & AU PvP · Horde, 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 · Horde

Profitⓘ−3s 26c

Marginⓘ-59%

Mat cost5s 52c

Sale2s 38c

Make Crab Cake (Cooking, skill 75).

Buy 1 Crawler Meat at 5s 50c each (10 are listed)
Buy 1 Mild Spices from a vendor at 2c each, sold 5 for 10c

44 are listed at 2s 38c, so a craft clears about -3s 26c over the 5s 52c of materials, after the 5% auction house cut.

Material cost 5s 52c. Trusted sale 2s 38c. Profitⓘ 3s 26c under cost (-59%). 44 are listed. Latest listing 2s 38c. Seen across 14 snapshots, 1h ago.

Material	Qty	Price used	Obtained	True Value	Latest scan	Snapshots
Crawler Meat	1	5s 50c	10 are listed	5s 50c	1h ago	21
Mild Spices	1	2c	Vendor	8c	1h ago	24

Crab Cake

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-10 00:33	us-pvp-horde	2s 38c	44	283
2026-11-10 00:32	us-pvp-horde	2s 38c	44	283
2026-11-09 00:57	us-pvp-horde	2s 98c	29	557
2026-11-08 23:22	us-pvp-horde	2s 98c	56	703
2026-11-08 23:19	us-pvp-horde	2s 98c	—	777
2026-11-08 19:13	us-pvp-horde	2s 2c	—	497
2026-11-08 15:54	us-pvp-horde	3s 2c	42	263
2026-11-08 15:48	us-pvp-horde	2s 89c	20	265

Crawler Meat

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-10 00:33	us-pvp-horde	4s 99c	10	744
2026-11-10 00:32	us-pvp-horde	4s 99c	10	744
2026-11-09 20:08	us-pvp-horde	6s 0c	—	916
2026-11-09 18:36	us-pvp-horde	5s 50c	—	995
2026-11-09 06:28	us-pvp-horde	5s 20c	—	833
2026-11-09 03:14	us-pvp-horde	5s 37c	—	644
2026-11-09 03:13	us-pvp-horde	5s 37c	—	644
2026-11-09 00:57	us-pvp-horde	8s 99c	54	309

Mild Spices

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-10 00:33	us-pvp-horde	6c	1702	8360
2026-11-10 00:32	us-pvp-horde	6c	1702	8360
2026-11-09 20:08	us-pvp-horde	6c	—	9250
2026-11-09 18:36	us-pvp-horde	6c	—	10895
2026-11-09 06:28	us-pvp-horde	8c	—	12249
2026-11-09 03:14	us-pvp-horde	8c	—	10266
2026-11-09 03:13	us-pvp-horde	8c	—	10266
2026-11-09 03:00	us-pvp-horde	9c	25	25