Is crafting Handstitched Leather Vest profitable on the auction house?

On US & AU Normal · Alliance, trusted material cost is 91c and trusted sale is 2s 0c, for about 99c profit per craft (109% margin after the 5% AH cut). ahprice uses shared scan averages, not lone inflated listings.

What does it cost to craft Handstitched Leather Vest?

Material cost for Handstitched Leather Vest is about 91c on US & AU Normal · Alliance, including cheaper vendor buys and intermediate crafts when they beat buying the finished material.

Handstitched Leather Vest craft profit

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Handstitched Leather Vest

Craft flip · Leatherworking · skill 1 · US & AU Normal · Alliance

Profitⓘ+99c

Marginⓘ+109%

Mat cost91c

Sale2s 0c

Make Handstitched Leather Vest (Leatherworking, skill 1).

Craft 3 Light Leather at 27c each instead of buying at 30c each
- Buy 9 Ruined Leather Scraps at 9c each (51 are listed)
Buy 1 Coarse Thread from a vendor at 10c

200 or more are listed at 2s 0c, so a craft clears about 99c over the 91c of materials, after the 5% auction house cut.

Disenchanting the result is worth about 1s 21c, which is 30c over the material cost.ⓘ

Material cost 91c. Trusted sale 2s 0c. Profitⓘ 99c over cost (109%). 200 or more are listed. Latest listing 2s 0c. Seen across 48 snapshots, 1h ago.

Material	Qty	Price used	Obtained	True Value	Latest scan	Snapshots
Light Leather	3	27c	Craft Light Leather from 9× Ruined Leather Scraps (cheaper than buying at 30c each)	26c	1h ago	70
Ruined Leather Scraps	9	9c	51 are listed	9c	1h ago	48
Coarse Thread	1	10c	Vendor	15c	1h ago	50

Handstitched Leather Vest

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 19:29	us-normal-alliance	2s 0c	1010	1027
2026-11-09 16:19	us-normal-alliance	2s 0c	1055	1066
2026-11-09 16:18	us-normal-alliance	2s 0c	—	1066
2026-11-09 13:55	us-normal-alliance	2s 0c	1094	1111
2026-11-09 13:54	us-normal-alliance	2s 0c	1094	1111
2026-11-09 10:19	us-normal-alliance	2s 0c	—	1398
2026-11-09 06:37	us-normal-alliance	2s 0c	1694	1719
2026-11-09 04:52	us-normal-alliance	2s 0c	—	1755

Light Leather

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 19:31	us-normal-alliance	30c	29	7071
2026-11-09 19:29	us-normal-alliance	27c	89	6965
2026-11-09 16:19	us-normal-alliance	26c	27	6682
2026-11-09 16:18	us-normal-alliance	25c	—	7195
2026-11-09 16:17	us-normal-alliance	26c	—	7260
2026-11-09 14:20	us-normal-alliance	26c	28	7402
2026-11-09 13:55	us-normal-alliance	21c	87	8578
2026-11-09 13:54	us-normal-alliance	21c	87	8578

Ruined Leather Scraps

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 19:29	us-normal-alliance	9c	51	3466
2026-11-09 16:19	us-normal-alliance	9c	560	5989
2026-11-09 16:18	us-normal-alliance	9c	—	6159
2026-11-09 16:17	us-normal-alliance	9c	—	6139
2026-11-09 13:55	us-normal-alliance	9c	525	4143
2026-11-09 13:54	us-normal-alliance	9c	525	4143
2026-11-09 10:19	us-normal-alliance	10c	—	3798
2026-11-09 06:37	us-normal-alliance	10c	3880	6715

Coarse Thread

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 19:29	us-normal-alliance	13c	795	1772
2026-11-09 16:19	us-normal-alliance	15c	814	1419
2026-11-09 16:18	us-normal-alliance	15c	—	2471
2026-11-09 16:17	us-normal-alliance	15c	—	2471
2026-11-09 13:55	us-normal-alliance	15c	445	1181
2026-11-09 13:54	us-normal-alliance	15c	445	1181
2026-11-09 06:37	us-normal-alliance	15c	1000	2685
2026-11-09 04:52	us-normal-alliance	15c	—	7229