RP: What is it, anyway?

"I only RP a jerk, I'm pretty nice in real life".

So why make a blog mixing RP and the AH? The answer is pretty simple. You have to know your customer. Visit any RP realm WoW forums and you'll find there's always a mix of people complaining about how that or their prior realm's RP was dead.

Don't believe it.

By being a roleplay friendly seller, you set yourself apart from everybody else. You don't have to be super serious about it. In fact, I prefer the humorous approach. People will unconsciously keep their eyes peeled for your next trade advertisement. They may not realize it, but they might even give you a better price on things (important when you're negotiating on big ticket items). More importantly, you can end up with a good network of knowing what's going to be good to sell before everybody else. Read something on a website like this? It's old information AND it may not apply to your server. But if you find out information on a specific client you can move first. Maybe it'll involve sending your farming toon out, maybe you'll snatch up cheap auctions to COD them. Whatever.

And in the end, it's just good for the community and the game's enjoyment. That's the most important thing. In the RP tagged posts, expect thoughts on how to get your RPers publicly active and how to turn a buck or two by doing so.