Is crafting Simple Dress profitable on the auction house?

On US & AU Normal · Horde, trusted material cost is 1s 99c and trusted sale is 1s 0c, for about -1s 4c profit per craft (-52% 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 99c on US & AU Normal · Horde, 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 · Horde

Profitⓘ−1s 4c

Marginⓘ-52%

Mat cost1s 99c

Sale1s 0c

Make Simple Dress (Tailoring, skill 40).

Buy 2 Bolt of Linen Cloth at 57c each (119 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

4 are listed at 1s 0c, so a craft clears about -1s 4c over the 1s 99c of materials, after the 5% auction house cut.

Material cost 1s 99c. Trusted sale 1s 0c. Profitⓘ 1s 4c under cost (-52%). 4 are listed. Latest listing 1s 0c. Seen across 30 snapshots, 4h ago.

Material	Qty	Price used	Obtained	True Value	Latest scan	Snapshots
Bolt of Linen Cloth	2	57c	119 are listed	53c	4h ago	42
Coarse Thread	1	10c	Vendor	16c	1h ago	37
Blue Dye	1	50c	Vendor	75c	4h ago	32
Bleach	1	25c	Vendor	69c	4h ago	28

Simple Dress

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 17:21	us-normal-horde	1s 0c	4	4
2026-11-09 17:16	us-normal-horde	1s 0c	—	7
2026-11-09 17:16	us-normal-horde	1s 0c	—	7
2026-11-09 14:11	us-normal-horde	1s 0c	—	10
2026-11-09 14:10	us-normal-horde	1s 0c	—	10
2026-11-09 07:32	us-normal-horde	1s 0c	13	13
2026-11-09 02:50	us-normal-horde	1s 0c	16	17
2026-11-09 02:32	us-normal-horde	1s 0c	15	16

Bolt of Linen Cloth

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 17:21	us-normal-horde	57c	119	246
2026-11-09 17:16	us-normal-horde	54c	—	1450
2026-11-09 17:15	us-normal-horde	54c	—	1450
2026-11-09 14:11	us-normal-horde	50c	—	3124
2026-11-09 14:10	us-normal-horde	50c	—	3124
2026-11-09 14:10	us-normal-horde	50c	—	3124
2026-11-09 07:32	us-normal-horde	49c	39	2225
2026-11-09 03:08	us-normal-horde	54c	5	5

Coarse Thread

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 21:00	us-normal-horde	16c	—	538
2026-11-09 20:59	us-normal-horde	16c	—	638
2026-11-09 17:21	us-normal-horde	17c	5	12
2026-11-09 17:16	us-normal-horde	12c	—	3500
2026-11-09 17:15	us-normal-horde	12c	—	3500
2026-11-09 14:11	us-normal-horde	15c	—	2473
2026-11-09 14:10	us-normal-horde	15c	—	2473
2026-11-09 14:10	us-normal-horde	15c	—	2473

Blue Dye

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 17:21	us-normal-horde	75c	4	4
2026-11-09 17:16	us-normal-horde	68c	—	98
2026-11-09 17:15	us-normal-horde	68c	—	98
2026-11-09 14:11	us-normal-horde	75c	—	212
2026-11-09 14:10	us-normal-horde	75c	—	212
2026-11-09 14:10	us-normal-horde	75c	—	212
2026-11-09 07:32	us-normal-horde	75c	169	183
2026-11-09 02:50	us-normal-horde	63c	56	239

Bleach

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 17:21	us-normal-horde	69c	50	90
2026-11-09 07:32	us-normal-horde	35c	20	489
2026-11-09 02:50	us-normal-horde	38c	203	443
2026-11-09 02:32	us-normal-horde	38c	203	443
2026-11-08 23:42	us-normal-horde	38c	18	98
2026-11-08 23:09	us-normal-horde	38c	20	100
2026-11-08 21:37	us-normal-horde	70c	167	167
2026-11-08 21:25	us-normal-horde	70c	168	168