There is no fixed rate — a crafting order commission has to cover the crafter's reagents, time and Concentration, so you price it by checking what similar orders on your realm's public board are actually being picked up for. Bring your own materials and a modest tip fills fast; ask the crafter to supply mats or guarantee top quality and the number climbs sharply.
What actually sets the commission
- Who brings the reagents. This is the single biggest swing. If you fill every reagent slot yourself, you are only paying for skill and time. Leave slots empty and the crafter buys those mats off the auction house, so your commission has to repay that cost plus give them a reason to bother.
- The quality tier you want. A base-quality craft is cheap. Asking for the top tier means the crafter needs high skill, good gear, and often a proc they cannot guarantee.
- Concentration. Spending Concentration is what lets a crafter promise the highest quality instead of hoping for it. It is a capped resource that refills slowly, so every order that burns it has a real opportunity cost. Expect the largest premium here.
- How rare the recipe is. Widely known recipes are near-commodity work. Limited or hard-earned recipes have few crafters, and they price accordingly.
- Order type. Public orders compete for attention against every other listing. Guild and personal orders go to someone who already knows you, which usually means a friendlier number.
- The listing fee. The game takes a non-refundable fee when you post, and it scales with what you offer and how long you list. Posting, cancelling, and reposting repeatedly quietly drains gold.
How to price one in four steps
- Open the Crafting Orders window at a crafting table in the current expansion's main hub.
- Switch to the public board and search the exact recipe. Note which listings are sitting stale and which vanish within minutes — that gap is your realm's real rate.
- Fill every reagent slot you can afford to fill yourself before you touch the commission field.
- Set your commission just above the stale listings, pick a shorter duration first, and only raise it if nobody claims the order.
How do I find the going rate on my realm?
The public order board is the price list. Same recipe, same quality target, same reagent setup — whatever is being claimed quickly is the market rate right now, and it moves with raid night and reset day.
If the board is thin, ask in trade chat or a crafting Discord for a quote. Crafters with rare recipes usually advertise their own rate, and a personal order to one of them beats guessing on a public listing.
Do I have to add a commission at all?
Not always. Guildmates and friends will often craft for free if you hand over every reagent. On a public board, though, a zero or token commission means your order sits behind everyone else's until it expires and you have lost the listing fee for nothing.
Should I supply my own reagents?
Yes, whenever you can. Buying mats yourself is almost always cheaper than paying someone else to buy them and mark them up. The exception is a reagent that is genuinely hard to source, where the crafter's supply is worth the premium.
Why do max-quality orders cost so much more?
Because you are no longer buying a craft — you are buying certainty. Guaranteed top-tier output usually means spending Concentration, a limited resource the crafter cannot get back on demand. That is the premium, and it is a fair one.
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