Is crafting Simple Dress profitable on the auction house?

On US & AU PvP · Horde, trusted material cost is 1s 69c and trusted sale is 1s 0c, for about -74c profit per craft (-44% 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 69c on US & AU PvP · 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 PvP · Horde

Profitⓘ−74c

Marginⓘ-44%

Mat cost1s 69c

Sale1s 0c

Make Simple Dress (Tailoring, skill 40).

Craft 2 Bolt of Linen Cloth at 42c each instead of buying at 50c each
- Buy 4 Linen Cloth at 21c each (105 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

8 are listed at 1s 0c, so a craft clears about -74c over the 1s 69c of materials, after the 5% auction house cut.

Material cost 1s 69c. Trusted sale 1s 0c. Profitⓘ 74c under cost (-44%). 8 are listed. Latest listing 1s 0c. Seen across 19 snapshots, 1h ago.

Material	Qty	Price used	Obtained	True Value	Latest scan	Snapshots
Bolt of Linen Cloth	2	42c	Craft Bolt of Linen Cloth from 4× Linen Cloth (cheaper than buying at 50c each)	50c	1h ago	26
Linen Cloth	4	21c	105 are listed	21c	1h ago	30
Coarse Thread	1	10c	Vendor	13c	1h ago	25
Blue Dye	1	50c	Vendor	57c	1h ago	18
Bleach	1	25c	Vendor	29c	1h ago	24

Simple Dress

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-10 00:33	us-pvp-horde	1s 0c	8	9
2026-11-10 00:32	us-pvp-horde	1s 0c	8	9
2026-11-09 00:57	us-pvp-horde	1s 0c	10	15
2026-11-08 23:22	us-pvp-horde	1s 0c	11	16
2026-11-08 23:19	us-pvp-horde	1s 0c	—	16
2026-11-08 19:13	us-pvp-horde	1s 0c	—	9
2026-11-08 15:54	us-pvp-horde	1s 0c	4	16
2026-11-08 15:48	us-pvp-horde	1s 0c	4	16

Bolt of Linen Cloth

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-10 00:33	us-pvp-horde	45c	128	2487
2026-11-10 00:32	us-pvp-horde	45c	128	2487
2026-11-09 20:08	us-pvp-horde	54c	—	1327
2026-11-09 06:28	us-pvp-horde	47c	—	2947
2026-11-09 03:14	us-pvp-horde	50c	—	3506
2026-11-09 03:13	us-pvp-horde	50c	—	3506
2026-11-09 00:57	us-pvp-horde	51c	783	3164
2026-11-08 23:22	us-pvp-horde	51c	640	4180

Linen Cloth

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-10 00:33	us-pvp-horde	20c	105	16880
2026-11-10 00:32	us-pvp-horde	20c	105	16880
2026-11-09 20:08	us-pvp-horde	24c	—	13340
2026-11-09 18:36	us-pvp-horde	24c	—	10248
2026-11-09 06:28	us-pvp-horde	22c	—	25555
2026-11-09 03:14	us-pvp-horde	20c	—	28596
2026-11-09 03:13	us-pvp-horde	20c	—	28596
2026-11-09 03:00	us-pvp-horde	40c	42	42

Coarse Thread

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-10 00:33	us-pvp-horde	10c	779	3020
2026-11-10 00:32	us-pvp-horde	10c	779	3020
2026-11-09 20:08	us-pvp-horde	13c	—	4114
2026-11-09 18:36	us-pvp-horde	12c	—	4368
2026-11-09 06:28	us-pvp-horde	15c	—	5529
2026-11-09 03:14	us-pvp-horde	13c	—	1342
2026-11-09 03:13	us-pvp-horde	13c	—	1342
2026-11-09 00:57	us-pvp-horde	14c	2305	2585

Blue Dye

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-10 00:33	us-pvp-horde	54c	142	243
2026-11-10 00:32	us-pvp-horde	54c	142	243
2026-11-09 00:57	us-pvp-horde	59c	193	213
2026-11-08 23:22	us-pvp-horde	57c	8	126
2026-11-08 23:19	us-pvp-horde	57c	—	130
2026-11-08 19:13	us-pvp-horde	47c	—	87
2026-11-08 15:54	us-pvp-horde	45c	35	65
2026-11-08 15:48	us-pvp-horde	45c	35	99

Bleach

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-10 00:33	us-pvp-horde	27c	245	279
2026-11-10 00:32	us-pvp-horde	27c	245	279
2026-11-09 20:08	us-pvp-horde	28c	—	209
2026-11-09 06:28	us-pvp-horde	28c	—	339
2026-11-09 03:14	us-pvp-horde	29c	—	613
2026-11-09 03:13	us-pvp-horde	29c	—	613
2026-11-09 00:57	us-pvp-horde	29c	225	511
2026-11-08 23:22	us-pvp-horde	29c	232	567