Ok, i created a new Horde Toon, and I wanted to chart the growth of money i make in the AH.
Last week I made it to the AH, been doing only scans of it once a day since then. Till yesterday, i haven't spent any money or traded any goods.
My starting income was 6 silver.
First thing I did yesterday was a search for items that are being auctioned for less then the vendor will buy them. ( I wrote the query myself and isn't included in any auctioneer package) (this also only nets me about 6s a day, which for the time being is double my pocket)
I collected my items, sold them to vendor, then rescanned the AH. This time only doing everything but weapons, armor, and trade goods. (those 3 are the largest catergories, and usally take 80% of my time to scan and inventory them) Afterwards, i did a search for buyouts that would earn me at least 5s. I purcased a 8x Soul Dust for 12s, leaving me with 3-5s. I then broke the stack up and created 8 auctions of Soul Dust. (I created them at about 7pm) All the auctions sold at about 10pm. I collected my money, repeated this process once more.
This morning, i collected my money. I now have 2g in my pocket, and now auctions running. I have to say, it was a very lucky night. I do not expect to gain money that quickly in the future though.