7th December, 2010 is the launch date of world of warcraft's latest expansion Cataclysm; World of Warcraft Official announced it finally on 4th October. We will have some new stimulating experience to try, some challenges to accept, and some races we need to know and so on. However, do you really be prepared well for the coming Cataclysm now?

However, it’s urgent moment that we should really thinkabout what we need to do to prepare. A lot of things are going to change a lot. A new expansion brings in a host of new items, which will impact demand of existing item markets. However, the supply side of the equation is also dramatically impacted, opening the door to new item markets in Cataclysm that might not be as strong currently.

1. Liquidation Extravaganza

The first step and perhaps the most important, is simply getting rid of your old items. A great quantity of items you have been selling now on the auction house for huge profits are going to see huge hits in their profit potential. Each day we draw nearer to Cataclysm we’re going to see the prices of items begin to deflate; it’s already started in certain item markets. If you have large quantities of items that are going to be affected then you need to take steps now to sell them for the maximum price you can get out of them.

Currently, you must ask yourself the simple question is this item going to gain or lose value in the Cataclysm? A good rule of thumb for deciding if an item is going to lose value is to simply see if that item is going to have a direct and upgradeable replace in Cataclysm.

Below are some items that I believe are generally going to decreases or they are going to be replaced by some new ones, such as Raid Drops, Epic gems, High end armor and weapons and so on.

2.Assured Static Valuable Items

Due to Cataclysm is coming out, which doesn’t mean that everything is going to drop in price. We can already start semi-stock piling a few items that are likely to increase as demand will remain the same, while the supply will likely decrease. Here are some items you’ll want to check out.

Pets
Pet, it seems that vendorable pets are a great investment; they can almost always be sold for more than the cost. Moreover, there is always the chance that they will be removed forever from the game. Pets are always desired by players and are a great auction house item.

Cloth
As we get closer to the Cataclysm release date gradually, a lot of players will be dumping basic items they’ve had stockpiled for super cheap amounts. Cloth, especially netherweave cloth, will be the better one you want to be on the watch for.

Bags
To buy16 slot bags as the netherweave bag will be some good behavior. Players of all levels always want 16 slot bags because they can offer the most slots for the most reasonable amount of gold.

Very Profession Items
Any profession items from WotLK will be a great investment because they are going to see a huge drop in supply, but still be moderately demanded for people leveling up new professions.

3. Stock Potential Cash Cows

With Cataclysm bring much change to World of Warcraft, so it’s difficult to say what’s going to go up or down in price, but what we can do is making calculated risk or reward purchases. For example, some item markets started to crash in price after the Cataclysm announcement, some where crashing even before that. In some cases items have decreased dramatically. Some days ago Eternal Water were selling for 12-15g, and then 5-8g later, today they are 1-2g, and they show no sign up of going back up. So there’s no doubt that Eternal Water will be worth nothing in Cataclysm, but what we can be assure of is that the supply will rapidly dry up resulting in the potential for the price to go back up to higher levels.

Here are items we need as cheap having a dramatically lower supplyitems as having lost great their original price, used in crafting or other type activities.

The items used in crafting profession, especially the more common crafted items, whose supply is going to diminish with the expansion, the example is Enchanting materials.

Gold making strategy in your success will be your ability to do with risk management. You buy an item to sell on the auction house you are taking a risk each time, but you need to manage the overall level of risk or reward relationshipao as to ensure you don’t lose gold on poor investments while also maximizing your profits on moderately risky investments.

Above is just some advice of gold tips preparation for coming Cataclysm given by me, a hardcore of World of Warcraft, and I believer there are still others preparation besides it. Those new ones need your guys to find, to try, to experience by yourselves! Remember to inform me here if you guys find some good preparation for coming Cataclysm.