Is crafting Copper Shortsword profitable on the auction house?

On US & AU RP PvP · Alliance, trusted material cost is 7s 50c and trusted sale is 2s 0c, for about -5s 60c profit per craft (-75% 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 7s 50c on US & AU RP PvP · Alliance, 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 RP PvP · Alliance

Profitⓘ−5s 60c

Marginⓘ-75%

Mat cost7s 50c

Sale2s 0c

Make Copper Shortsword (Blacksmithing, skill 25).

Buy 6 Copper Bar at 1s 0c each (88 are listed)
Buy 1 Weak Flux from a vendor at 1s 0c
Buy 2 Linen Cloth at 25c each (200 or more are listed)

4 are listed at 2s 0c, so a craft clears about -5s 60c over the 7s 50c of materials, after the 5% auction house cut.

Disenchanting the result is worth about 2s 2c, which is 5s 48c under the material cost.ⓘ

Material cost 7s 50c. Trusted sale 2s 0c. Profitⓘ 5s 60c under cost (-75%). 4 are listed. Latest listing 2s 0c. Seen across 36 snapshots, 1h ago.

Material	Qty	Price used	Obtained	True Value	Latest scan	Snapshots
Copper Bar	6	1s 0c	88 are listed	74c	1h ago	41
Weak Flux	1	1s 0c	Vendor	1s 45c	1h ago	33
Linen Cloth	2	25c	200 or more are listed	24c	1h ago	49

Copper Shortsword

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 16:00	us-rppvp-alliance	2s 0c	4	4
2026-11-09 08:26	us-rppvp-alliance	5s 0c	2	2
2026-11-09 06:53	us-rppvp-alliance	5s 0c	4	4
2026-11-09 06:35	us-rppvp-alliance	5s 0c	4	4
2026-11-09 01:35	us-rppvp-alliance	2s 0c	2	2
2026-11-08 05:58	us-rppvp-alliance	4s 0c	5	5
2026-11-07 20:56	us-rppvp-alliance	3s 0c	2	27
2026-11-07 19:10	us-rppvp-alliance	4s 0c	21	26

Copper Bar

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 16:00	us-rppvp-alliance	1s 0c	88	590
2026-11-09 08:26	us-rppvp-alliance	83c	233	1427
2026-11-09 07:23	us-rppvp-alliance	74c	—	3008
2026-11-09 06:53	us-rppvp-alliance	80c	993	2616
2026-11-09 06:35	us-rppvp-alliance	75c	56	2663
2026-11-09 03:00	us-rppvp-alliance	74c	133	1359
2026-11-09 01:35	us-rppvp-alliance	70c	65	2305
2026-11-08 22:12	us-rppvp-alliance	72c	219	3225

Weak Flux

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 16:00	us-rppvp-alliance	1s 45c	34	50
2026-11-09 08:26	us-rppvp-alliance	1s 45c	76	95
2026-11-09 06:53	us-rppvp-alliance	1s 45c	19	89
2026-11-09 06:35	us-rppvp-alliance	1s 45c	19	89
2026-11-09 03:00	us-rppvp-alliance	1s 45c	69	157
2026-11-09 01:35	us-rppvp-alliance	1s 45c	63	181
2026-11-08 22:12	us-rppvp-alliance	1s 45c	36	262
2026-11-08 20:21	us-rppvp-alliance	1s 45c	20	255

Linen Cloth

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 16:00	us-rppvp-alliance	25c	625	2459
2026-11-09 08:26	us-rppvp-alliance	22c	23	3271
2026-11-09 07:29	us-rppvp-alliance	22c	140	3700
2026-11-09 07:29	us-rppvp-alliance	22c	—	3700
2026-11-09 07:23	us-rppvp-alliance	22c	—	3849
2026-11-09 06:53	us-rppvp-alliance	20c	239	3860
2026-11-09 06:35	us-rppvp-alliance	23c	436	2793
2026-11-09 03:00	us-rppvp-alliance	19c	138	2488