For me the hardest thing is to make enough gold for talents and for some gear whenever i'm level 20 and below. It seems like every time I turn around i'm spending some more World of Warcraft gold and I never really have enough. I do seem to come out of it when I get over level 20. How can I make more than enough WoW gold when i'm under level 20?

Whenever I am leveling up a new character I really just want to make sure that I have enough gold to get all the skills that I need and typically don't worry about making WoW gold until I hit higher levels since I can make much more then. Anyway, there are a few ways you can make sure that you have more than enough gold before you hit level 20. One thing to keep in mind is "more than enough gold" at level 20 usually isn't really that much compared to higher levels. You won't make thousands of gold when you are under level 20 and thankfully it won't take that much for you to feel rich either!

Rule #1: Pick-up every bit of vendor trash you can! Just turn around and sell this back to the vendor. It will give you a nice little boost whenever it comes to money especially when you are level 10 and under. On a side note, make sure you buy as many bags as you can quickly as you can so you can hold all that trash treasure!

Rule #2: Cloth = Gold! Consider yourself rich whenever you start killing humanoids and collect the linen cloth that they tend to drop. Linen cloth always drops really well and can make you a good amount of gold when you sell it in the auction house. Just make sure you keep enough for yourself to level up your bandages!

Rule #3: Get 2 gathering skills as quickly as possible. I usually prefer to get Skinning and Mining for this as Skinning really is the easiest gathering skill and Mining Copper can make you a lot of WoW gold rather quickly, especially since the release of Burning Crusade. I still haven't seen the price of Copper go back down to the prices they were before the expansion. Other Mining nodes can make you some gold as well but Copper is really the huge moneymaker when you are a low level. Skinning sells really well in the auction house as well. It is easier to come by than Mining nodes but you can easily gather a whole lot more quickly and makes a lot of gold as well. This rule is what really can set people apart from the poor and the rich at lower levels. Remember this rule!

Rule #4: Buy/Sell on the Auction House. I typically don't do this one too often since it will take a lot of time away from leveling to get going. You will have to watch the market for about a week or so to get accurate Auctioneer data and you can lose gold as quickly as you make it at the AH. I usually just focus on a specific item and watch the prices like a hawk and buy when it's low and sell when it's high. Easier said than done, I know! It does take practice but practice makes perfect and this is the only viable way for a level 1 alt to make upwards of 2000g! It just takes patience and time.

Rule #5: Don't spend gold on unnecessary stuff such as weapons/armor at the AH. I used to fall into this trap as well as my mouth would water looking at all the awesome gear I could deck out my character with. Ultimately, and after wasting tons of gold in the end, I came to realize that quest rewards were good enough to get me through leveling. You might sometimes be decked out in all greens but it is a lot cheaper than buying an "awesome" item and replacing it with a quest reward a level or two down the road. The exception to this rule, of course, is twinks but if you are creating twinks then you really are not worried about lack of World of Warcraft gold.

Those are my top 5 rules for making gold for low level characters, specifically under level 20 even though these rules can be applied to all levels in the game they really can make or break your bank at the lower levels. One other thing to note is when you are a lower level character your focus should be on leveling first as you can make tons of gold whenever you hit level 70!