Is crafting Copper Shortsword profitable on the auction house?

On US & AU PvP · Horde, trusted material cost is 11s 46c and trusted sale is 4s 0c, for about -7s 66c profit per craft (-67% margin after the 5% AH cut). ahprice uses shared scan averages, not lone inflated listings.

What does it cost to craft Copper Shortsword?

Material cost for Copper Shortsword is about 11s 46c on US & AU PvP · Horde, including cheaper vendor buys and intermediate crafts when they beat buying the finished material.

Copper Shortsword craft profit

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Copper Shortsword

Craft flip · Blacksmithing · skill 25 · US & AU PvP · Horde

Profitⓘ−7s 66c

Marginⓘ-67%

Mat cost11s 46c

Sale4s 0c

Make Copper Shortsword (Blacksmithing, skill 25).

Buy 6 Copper Bar at 1s 67c each (32 are listed)
Buy 1 Weak Flux from a vendor at 1s 0c
Buy 2 Linen Cloth at 22c each (42 are listed)

62 are listed at 4s 0c, so a craft clears about -7s 66c over the 11s 46c of materials, after the 5% auction house cut.

Disenchanting the result is worth about 1s 38c, which is 10s 8c under the material cost.ⓘ

Material cost 11s 46c. Trusted sale 4s 0c. Profitⓘ 7s 66c under cost (-67%). 62 are listed. Latest listing 4s 0c. Seen across 28 snapshots, 11h ago.

Material	Qty	Price used	Obtained	True Value	Latest scan	Snapshots
Copper Bar	6	1s 67c	32 are listed	1s 30c	15h ago	24
Weak Flux	1	1s 0c	Vendor	1s 17c	11h ago	19
Linen Cloth	2	22c	42 are listed	21c	11h ago	26

Copper Shortsword

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 06:28	us-pvp-horde	4s 0c	—	99
2026-11-09 03:14	us-pvp-horde	3s 0c	—	73
2026-11-09 03:13	us-pvp-horde	3s 0c	—	73
2026-11-09 00:57	us-pvp-horde	4s 0c	62	62
2026-11-08 23:22	us-pvp-horde	4s 0c	71	71
2026-11-08 23:19	us-pvp-horde	4s 0c	—	73
2026-11-08 19:13	us-pvp-horde	4s 0c	—	65
2026-11-08 15:54	us-pvp-horde	4s 0c	49	49

Copper Bar

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 03:14	us-pvp-horde	1s 67c	—	5245
2026-11-09 03:13	us-pvp-horde	1s 67c	—	5245
2026-11-09 03:00	us-pvp-horde	1s 99c	32	32
2026-11-09 00:57	us-pvp-horde	1s 70c	87	3106
2026-11-08 23:22	us-pvp-horde	1s 50c	100	2855
2026-11-08 23:19	us-pvp-horde	1s 30c	—	2742
2026-11-08 19:13	us-pvp-horde	1s 19c	—	4613
2026-11-08 15:54	us-pvp-horde	1s 30c	100	5690

Weak Flux

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 06:28	us-pvp-horde	1s 14c	—	538
2026-11-09 03:13	us-pvp-horde	1s 19c	—	94
2026-11-09 00:57	us-pvp-horde	1s 17c	82	352
2026-11-08 23:22	us-pvp-horde	1s 17c	77	334
2026-11-08 23:19	us-pvp-horde	1s 17c	—	336
2026-11-08 19:13	us-pvp-horde	1s 18c	—	264
2026-11-08 15:54	us-pvp-horde	1s 16c	8	180
2026-11-08 15:48	us-pvp-horde	1s 18c	93	172

Linen Cloth

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 06:28	us-pvp-horde	22c	—	25555
2026-11-09 03:14	us-pvp-horde	20c	—	28596
2026-11-09 03:13	us-pvp-horde	20c	—	28596
2026-11-09 03:00	us-pvp-horde	40c	42	42
2026-11-09 00:57	us-pvp-horde	15c	20	21672
2026-11-08 23:22	us-pvp-horde	21c	137	17448
2026-11-08 23:19	us-pvp-horde	23c	—	18193
2026-11-08 19:13	us-pvp-horde	23c	—	12119