Is crafting Simple Dress profitable on the auction house?

On US & AU RP PvP · Horde, trusted material cost is 1s 81c and trusted sale is 3s 0c, for about 1s 4c profit per craft (57% 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 81c on US & AU RP 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 RP PvP · Horde

Profitⓘ+1s 4c

Marginⓘ+57%

Mat cost1s 81c

Sale3s 0c

Make Simple Dress (Tailoring, skill 40).

Craft 2 Bolt of Linen Cloth at 48c each instead of buying at 50c each
- Buy 4 Linen Cloth at 24c each (169 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

2 are listed at 3s 0c, so a craft clears about 1s 4c over the 1s 81c of materials, after the 5% auction house cut.

Material cost 1s 81c. Trusted sale 3s 0c. Profitⓘ 1s 4c over cost (57%). 2 are listed. Latest listing 3s 0c. Seen across 2 snapshots, 10h ago.

Material	Qty	Price used	Obtained	True Value	Latest scan	Snapshots
Bolt of Linen Cloth	2	48c	Craft Bolt of Linen Cloth from 4× Linen Cloth (cheaper than buying at 50c each)	50c	10h ago	11
Linen Cloth	4	24c	169 are listed	24c	10h ago	10
Coarse Thread	1	10c	Vendor	31c	10h ago	3
Blue Dye	1	50c	Vendor	1s 0c	2d ago	1
Bleach	1	25c	Vendor	9s 0c	10h ago	2

Simple Dress

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 07:16	us-rppvp-horde	3s 0c	—	10
2026-11-07 16:37	us-rppvp-horde	5s 0c	2	2

Bolt of Linen Cloth

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 07:18	us-rppvp-horde	50c	—	1177
2026-11-09 07:16	us-rppvp-horde	50c	—	1177
2026-11-07 21:43	us-rppvp-horde	55c	33	652
2026-11-07 21:37	us-rppvp-horde	55c	45	664
2026-11-07 21:35	us-rppvp-horde	55c	47	666
2026-11-07 21:35	us-rppvp-horde	55c	—	666
2026-11-07 18:02	us-rppvp-horde	58c	—	789
2026-11-07 17:54	us-rppvp-horde	40c	79	1000

Linen Cloth

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 07:18	us-rppvp-horde	24c	—	12691
2026-11-09 07:16	us-rppvp-horde	24c	—	12757
2026-11-08 06:41	us-rppvp-horde	17c	169	3646
2026-11-08 03:50	us-rppvp-horde	24c	415	2863
2026-11-07 18:02	us-rppvp-horde	26c	—	1469
2026-11-07 17:54	us-rppvp-horde	27c	—	1507
2026-11-07 16:37	us-rppvp-horde	25c	798	3292
2026-11-07 16:30	us-rppvp-horde	25c	—	3165

Coarse Thread

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 07:18	us-rppvp-horde	31c	—	1202
2026-11-09 07:16	us-rppvp-horde	31c	—	1202
2026-11-07 16:37	us-rppvp-horde	36c	91	118

Blue Dye

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 07:16	us-rppvp-horde	1s 0c	—	111
2026-11-07 16:37	us-rppvp-horde	2s 90c	6	12

Bleach

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 07:16	us-rppvp-horde	9s 0c	—	122
2026-11-07 16:37	us-rppvp-horde	18s 0c	1	6