Is crafting Copper Tube profitable on the auction house?

On US & AU PvP · Alliance, trusted material cost is 2s 96c and trusted sale is 1s 20c, for about -1s 82c profit per craft (-61% margin after the 5% AH cut). ahprice uses shared scan averages, not lone inflated listings.

What does it cost to craft Copper Tube?

Material cost for Copper Tube is about 2s 96c on US & AU PvP · Alliance, including cheaper vendor buys and intermediate crafts when they beat buying the finished material.

Copper Tube craft profit · ahprice flips

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Copper Tube

Craft flip · Engineering · skill 50 · US & AU PvP · Alliance

Profitⓘ−1s 82c

Marginⓘ-61%

Mat cost2s 96c

Sale1s 20c

Make Copper Tube (Engineering, skill 50).

Buy 2 Copper Bar at 98c each (99 are listed)
Buy 1 Weak Flux from a vendor at 1s 0c

2 are listed at 1s 20c, so a craft clears about -1s 82c over the 2s 96c of materials, after the 5% auction house cut.

Latest listing is 1s 39c (+16% vs true value). Ranking uses 1s 20c.

Material cost 2s 96c. Trusted sale 1s 20c. Profitⓘ 1s 82c under cost (-61%). 2 are listed. Latest listing 1s 39c. Seen across 31 snapshots, 1h ago.

Material	Qty	Price used	Obtained	True Value	Latest scan	Snapshots
Copper Bar	2	98c	99 are listed	94c	1h ago	31
Weak Flux	1	1s 0c	Vendor	1s 14c	1h ago	24

Copper Tube

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 22:45	us-pvp-alliance	1s 39c	2	1217
2026-11-09 19:53	us-pvp-alliance	1s 69c	—	1520
2026-11-09 19:20	us-pvp-alliance	1s 24c	—	1756
2026-11-09 17:57	us-pvp-alliance	1s 20c	—	1986
2026-11-09 16:25	us-pvp-alliance	1s 83c	124	1439
2026-11-09 15:25	us-pvp-alliance	1s 90c	46	1143
2026-11-09 15:24	us-pvp-alliance	1s 90c	46	1143
2026-11-09 15:17	us-pvp-alliance	1s 90c	—	1240

Copper Bar

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 22:45	us-pvp-alliance	98c	99	4839
2026-11-09 19:53	us-pvp-alliance	1s 2c	—	4925
2026-11-09 19:20	us-pvp-alliance	1s 0c	—	6407
2026-11-09 17:57	us-pvp-alliance	1s 0c	160	4585
2026-11-09 17:57	us-pvp-alliance	1s 0c	—	4585
2026-11-09 16:25	us-pvp-alliance	99c	46	3617
2026-11-09 15:25	us-pvp-alliance	93c	67	4342
2026-11-09 15:24	us-pvp-alliance	93c	67	4342

Weak Flux

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 22:45	us-pvp-alliance	1s 13c	57	410
2026-11-09 16:25	us-pvp-alliance	1s 14c	356	497
2026-11-09 15:25	us-pvp-alliance	1s 13c	48	652
2026-11-09 15:24	us-pvp-alliance	1s 13c	48	652
2026-11-09 09:28	us-pvp-alliance	1s 14c	113	525
2026-11-09 07:50	us-pvp-alliance	1s 16c	119	513
2026-11-09 05:15	us-pvp-alliance	1s 17c	—	799
2026-11-09 04:11	us-pvp-alliance	1s 17c	—	560