Is crafting Simple Dress profitable on the auction house?

On US & AU Normal · Alliance, trusted material cost is 1s 85c and trusted sale is 1s 0c, for about -90c profit per craft (-49% margin after the 5% AH cut). ahprice uses shared scan averages, not lone inflated listings.

What does it cost to craft Simple Dress?

Material cost for Simple Dress is about 1s 85c on US & AU Normal · Alliance, including cheaper vendor buys and intermediate crafts when they beat buying the finished material.

Simple Dress craft profit · ahprice flips

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Simple Dress

Craft flip · Tailoring · skill 40 · US & AU Normal · Alliance

Profitⓘ−90c

Marginⓘ-49%

Mat cost1s 85c

Sale1s 0c

Make Simple Dress (Tailoring, skill 40).

Craft 2 Bolt of Linen Cloth at 50c each instead of buying at 55c each
- Buy 4 Linen Cloth at 25c each (79 are listed)
Buy 1 Coarse Thread from a vendor at 10c
Buy 1 Blue Dye from a vendor at 50c
Buy 1 Bleach from a vendor at 25c

13 are listed at 1s 0c, so a craft clears about -90c over the 1s 85c of materials, after the 5% auction house cut.

Material cost 1s 85c. Trusted sale 1s 0c. Profitⓘ 90c under cost (-49%). 13 are listed. Latest listing 1s 0c. Seen across 49 snapshots, 40m ago.

Material	Qty	Price used	Obtained	True Value	Latest scan	Snapshots
Bolt of Linen Cloth	2	50c	Craft Bolt of Linen Cloth from 4× Linen Cloth (cheaper than buying at 55c each)	55c	40m ago	76
Linen Cloth	4	25c	79 are listed	25c	32m ago	126
Coarse Thread	1	10c	Vendor	15c	40m ago	66
Blue Dye	1	50c	Vendor	57c	40m ago	56
Bleach	1	25c	Vendor	40c	40m ago	56

Simple Dress

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-10 00:51	us-normal-alliance	1s 0c	13	13
2026-11-10 00:30	us-normal-alliance	1s 0c	9	9
2026-11-10 00:11	us-normal-alliance	1s 0c	—	11
2026-11-10 00:10	us-normal-alliance	1s 0c	—	11
2026-11-10 00:10	us-normal-alliance	1s 0c	—	11
2026-11-10 00:07	us-normal-alliance	1s 0c	—	11
2026-11-10 00:05	us-normal-alliance	1s 0c	—	11
2026-11-10 00:04	us-normal-alliance	1s 0c	—	11

Bolt of Linen Cloth

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-10 00:51	us-normal-alliance	55c	442	2458
2026-11-10 00:30	us-normal-alliance	49c	39	2812
2026-11-10 00:20	us-normal-alliance	98c	—	382
2026-11-10 00:19	us-normal-alliance	98c	—	382
2026-11-10 00:18	us-normal-alliance	98c	—	382
2026-11-10 00:11	us-normal-alliance	54c	—	2682
2026-11-10 00:10	us-normal-alliance	54c	—	2682
2026-11-10 00:10	us-normal-alliance	54c	—	2682

Linen Cloth

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-10 00:59	us-normal-alliance	24c	11	21384
2026-11-10 00:59	us-normal-alliance	24c	79	21448
2026-11-10 00:53	us-normal-alliance	19c	7	21165
2026-11-10 00:51	us-normal-alliance	26c	542	21079
2026-11-10 00:30	us-normal-alliance	24c	230	20359
2026-11-10 00:20	us-normal-alliance	21c	—	2735
2026-11-10 00:19	us-normal-alliance	22c	—	2856
2026-11-10 00:18	us-normal-alliance	22c	—	2796

Coarse Thread

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-10 00:51	us-normal-alliance	14c	2341	4162
2026-11-10 00:30	us-normal-alliance	14c	2363	4181
2026-11-10 00:20	us-normal-alliance	20c	—	73
2026-11-10 00:19	us-normal-alliance	20c	—	73
2026-11-10 00:18	us-normal-alliance	20c	—	73
2026-11-10 00:11	us-normal-alliance	14c	—	4172
2026-11-10 00:10	us-normal-alliance	14c	—	4172
2026-11-10 00:10	us-normal-alliance	14c	—	4172

Blue Dye

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-10 00:51	us-normal-alliance	55c	70	332
2026-11-10 00:30	us-normal-alliance	55c	76	348
2026-11-10 00:11	us-normal-alliance	55c	—	366
2026-11-10 00:10	us-normal-alliance	55c	—	366
2026-11-10 00:10	us-normal-alliance	55c	—	366
2026-11-10 00:07	us-normal-alliance	55c	—	369
2026-11-10 00:05	us-normal-alliance	55c	—	369
2026-11-10 00:04	us-normal-alliance	55c	—	369

Bleach

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-10 00:51	us-normal-alliance	39c	202	650
2026-11-10 00:30	us-normal-alliance	39c	151	646
2026-11-10 00:11	us-normal-alliance	39c	—	584
2026-11-10 00:10	us-normal-alliance	39c	—	584
2026-11-10 00:10	us-normal-alliance	39c	—	584
2026-11-10 00:07	us-normal-alliance	39c	—	584
2026-11-10 00:05	us-normal-alliance	39c	—	584
2026-11-10 00:04	us-normal-alliance	39c	—	584