Phase One Level 1-40 Hunting and Gathering. So you are just starting World of Warcraft, you have picked your race and class (gnome rogues few!), and you are at the point where you get Fiesta gold to pick two professions.
You might say to yourself pooh I am a rogue so I will get leatherworking so I can make my own armor! Or I am a warrior.
so Ill get blacksmithing so I can make my own weapons! OK just stop right there n00b! Let me tell you a little secret about all those cool crafting professions
With the exception of a handful of items per crafted profession, you won’t make money! And hey guess what, those few items that are profitable are pretty much unattainable at lower levels!
I hate to rain on your parade so early on, but its better I tell you up front than watch you waste what little gold you earn trying to level up your crafting profession.
The problem with crafting professions is that you fall into the trap that I like to call Skill Leveling Fever, where you will do whatever it takes to raise the skill of your profession.