Level 83-84 MoP Armor Sales Data and Analysis

We have been selling level 83-84 Mists of Pandaria items since one month into its release. Today we are going to share some of the sales data for those items that we have collected over the last 4-5 months.

Head past the jump for the sales data and analysis.

Methodology

In order to get our sales information into a spreadsheet for analysis we used a combination of searching Wowhead for the item names and searching our TradeSkillMaster Accounting tab.

As far as we know there is no way to export TradeSkillMaster Accounting data to a spreadsheet thus why we did it by hand. It didn't actually take that long once we got in the groove.

We have given approximate gross sales values. This is the total sales multiplied by the most common price we used for that type of item (245g for all cloth items for example).

These do not take into account the amount we spend on acquiring the items. These numbers are very rough and are used only for comparison against other item types.

We have also broken down the items be faction and level.

One Seller. One Server.

These results are from one seller on one server and should be taken as one person's experience. Every server and faction is different and each person's results will vary.

I still think it is useful to share my own experiences in order to help everyone else see what 5 months of 83-84 sales looks like.

On my particular server I seem to sell more items on the Alliance than the Horde. My server doesn't have a equal demand on Horde vs. Alliance. I am also more active on the Alliance side.

The Charts

Below are the sales numbers for the various types of armor. I have not broken them down according to suffix (…of the Sorcerer etc.) as that was beyond the scope of what I was wanting to accomplish (which was to get a general idea of the breakdown of sales according to item type and level).

The charts are organized by the total item sales across both factions. This is to make it easier to identify good selling items.


Cloth

	Cloth Items	Total	Alliance	Horde	Lvl
	Stitched Handwraps	11	6	5	83
	Stitched Leggings	10	5	5	83
	Gemmed Cloak	9	8	1	84
	Stitched Sandals	9	4	5	83
	Stitched Shoulderpads	9	5	4	83
	Reed Robe	8	3	5	84
	Stitched Robe	8	4	4	83
	Stitched Cowl	7	4	3	83
	Stitched Wristwraps	7	4	3	83
	Intricate Cloak	6	2	4	83
	Reed Cord	6	2	4	84
	Reed Cowl	6	3	3	84
	Reed Shoulderpads	6	3	3	84
	Reed Handwraps	4	2	2	84
	Reed Wristwraps	4	3	1	84
	Stitched Cord	4	3	1	83
	Reed Leggings	2	1	1	84
	Reed Sandals	2	2	0	84
	Total	118	64	54
	Cloth Totals	Sold	Value	Percent
	83 Items	65	15,925	55%
	84 Items	53	12,985	45%
	Alliance	64	15,680	54%
	Horde	54	13,230	46%
	All Items	118	28,910

Cloth item sales were surprisingly even between level 83 and 84 items. They were also fairly close Horde to Alliance.


Leather

	Leather Items	Total	Alliance	Horde	Lvl
	Silent Hood	11	9	2	83
	Silent Shoulders	11	8	3	83
	Silent Gloves	10	7	3	83
	Whisper Jerkin	10	6	4	84
	Silent Bindings	9	7	2	83
	Silent Britches	9	7	2	83
	Silent Waistband	9	7	2	83
	Silent Boots	8	5	3	83
	Silent Jerkin	8	5	3	83
	Whisper Hood	7	5	2	84
	Whisper Boots	6	4	2	84
	Whisper Britches	6	5	1	84
	Whisper Shoulders	6	4	2	84
	Whisper Gloves	5	3	2	84
	Whisper Waistband	5	5	0	84
	Whisper Bindings	4	4	0	84
	Total	124	91	33
	Leather Totals	Sold	Value	Percent
	83 Items	75	18,375	60%
	84 Items	49	12,005	40%
	Alliance	91	22,295	73%
	Horde	33	8,085	27%
	All	124	30,380

Leather is a very interesting story. Not only did we sell more 83 items than 84 (60% to 40%) but we also sold many more items on the Alliance than the Horde (73% to 27%).


Mail

	Mail Items	Total	Alliance	Horde	Lvl
	Saurok Gauntlets	15	11	4	83
	Saurok Spaulders	11	7	4	83
	Steppe Spaulders	11	6	5	84
	Saurok Bracers	9	4	5	83
	Saurok Helm	9	6	3	83
	Saurok Belt	8	6	2	83
	Steppe Belt	8	3	5	84
	Steppe Bracers	7	3	4	84
	Steppe Greaves	6	4	2	84
	Steppe Legguards	6	4	2	84
	Saurok Legguards	5	4	1	83
	Steppe Gauntlets	5	3	2	84
	Saurok Greaves	4	4	0	83
	Saurok Vest	4	2	2	83
	Steppe Helm	4	4	0	84
	Steppe Vest	3	1	2	84
	Total	115	72	43
	Mail Totals	Sold	Value	Percent
	83 Items	65	15,925	57%
	84 Items	50	12,250	43%
	Alliance	72	17,640	63%
	Horde	43	10,535	37%
	All Items	115	28,175

Mail items are fairly evenly split between 83 and 84 items. I am selling a significant amount more on the Alliance (63% to 37%).


Plate

	Plate Items	Total	Alliance	Horde	Lvl
	Wall Breastplate	10	4	6	83
	Wall Gauntlets	6	2	4	83
	Wall Legplates	6	4	2	83
	Wall Vambraces	6	2	4	83
	Brick Sabatons	5	3	2	84
	Wall Sabatons	5	4	1	83
	Wall Helm	4	2	2	83
	Wall Pauldrons	4	2	2	83
	Brick Breastplate	3	1	2	84
	Brick Helm	3	2	1	84
	Brick Pauldrons	3	3	0	84
	Brick Vambraces	3	2	1	84
	Wall Girdle	3	3	0	83
	Brick Gauntlets	2	1	1	84
	Brick Girdle	2	1	1	84
	Brick Legplates	2	2	0	84
	Total	67	38	29
	Plate Totals	Sold	Value	Percent
	83 Items	44	17,424	66%
	84 Items	23	9,108	34%
	Alliance	38	15,048	57%
	Horde	29	11,484	43%
	All Items	115	45,540

Plate items brought us the most gold overall. We sell our plate items at 396g each compared to most other items which we were generally selling for 245g each.

The Alliance/Horde split for plate items was very close whereas the 83 items far outsold the 84 items (66% to 34%).


Grand Total

	Grand Totals	Sold	Value	Gold %
	Cloth	118	28,910	22%
	Leather	124	30,380	23%
	Mail	115	28,175	21%
	Plate	115	45,540	34%

While any sort of analysis like this is going to be an exercise in reduction I think the above grand totals shows us a few interesting things.

For one it validates our own gut instinct that plate items can sell just as well at a higher price (396g each vs. 245g each) than other items.


Level Splits

	Level Splits	%	Sold	Value
	Cloth 83	55%	65	15,925
	Cloth 84	45%	53	12,985
	Leather 83	60%	75	18,375
	Leather 84	40%	49	12,005
	Mail 83	57%	65	15,925
	Mail 84	43%	50	12,250
	Plate 83	66%	44	17,424
	Plate 84	34%	23	9,108

Another interesting thing was to note what armor types sold significantly more at level 83 than level 84. As you can see from the chart above leather and plate items sold far more level 83 items than level 84.

Cloth and mail have much more even splits than leather and plate.

While I can't say for sure it is interesting to note that tanks in World of Warcraft wear only two types of armor: leather (Druids and Monks) and plate (Warriors, Paladins and Death Knights).

Tanks A Lot

Is it possible that we are able to sell more leather and plate items because people are more apt to gear up a tank properly for dungeons than they are for DPS or heals?

I think that is a very good possibility. I know for myself I am more apt to care about having proper gear if I am planning on tanking dungeons.

Tanking is much more demanding gear-wise than DPSing of Healing. A few bad experiences trying to tank with the wrong gear in LFD would send anyone to the auction house to improve their tanking gear so as not to embarrass themselves in their next run.

This leads us to an idea. Should we be separating out tank-specific level 83 items and pricing them higher? The level 83 plate item sales show that we can sell items at a higher price for beginning tanks.

Something interesting to note and something we will consider doing in the future.

Conclusion

I hope these charts and analysis have been useful. If you wanted to do your own analysis all the raw data is above.

We love doing this type of analysis. It helps us uncover things in the sales data that we might not otherwise be able to see (like the tanking item sales) if we were just trying to keep the market in our head.

Gut instincts can go a long way but in-depth analysis of sales can reveal much more.

We will likely continue to go over the data and may find even more interesting insights.

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