GoldGetter Documentation

Overview

GoldGetter is a gold-making tool for World of Warcraft that overlays a Bloomberg-style trading terminal on the auction house. It combines an in-game addon with a companion desktop app and cloud backend to deliver real-time market data, price analytics, flip detection, crafting profit calculations, and portfolio tracking.

The addon handles the in-game UI — ticker, terminal, charts, scanning, and posting. The companion app bridges the gap between the cloud and your game, syncing fresh price data, delivering alerts, and giving you a full market dashboard even when WoW isn't running.

Requirements

• World of Warcraft — TBC Anniversary client (Interface 20505)
• GoldGetter Companion App (for Trader and Goblin tiers — handles data sync and cloud features)

The free tier works as a standalone addon with no companion app required. Market data comes from your own in-game scans. Paid tiers add cloud-synced data via the companion app.

Installation

1. Download the latest release from the GitHub releases page
2. Extract the GoldGetter folder
3. Copy it into your WoW AddOns directory:

   World of Warcraft/_anniversary_/Interface/AddOns/GoldGetter

4. Launch WoW (or /reload if already in-game)
5. Verify: you should see a scrolling gold ticker bar at the top of your screen

Companion App

The GoldGetter Companion App is a lightweight desktop application that runs alongside WoW. It syncs cloud price data into your addon, uploads your scan results to improve shared data, and provides a full market dashboard you can use outside the game.

How it works: The companion app reads and writes to your addon's SavedVariables files. Fresh data is picked up on login or /reload. Your scan data flows back to the cloud to power the shared price index.

Getting Started

Once installed, GoldGetter runs automatically. Here's what you'll see:

• Ticker Bar — A scrolling bar at the top of your screen showing item prices and changes. Click it to open the terminal.
• Terminal Panel — The main interface. Open with /gg or by clicking the ticker. Shows watchlist, crafting, and market data in a tabbed layout.

Add items to your watchlist by Alt+Shift+Ctrl+clicking any item in your bags, or use /gg watch [item name].

Run your first scan at the Auction House with /gg scan. GoldGetter uses Smart Scan — it only checks the top 50 postings per item, so scans are fast and lightweight.

Commands Reference

Terminal Panel

The terminal is GoldGetter's main interface. It opens as a draggable, resizable panel with six tabs:

• Home — Gold briefing, net worth breakdown, market movers, top crafts, and market pulse
• Watchlist — Your tracked items with prices, daily changes, sparkline charts, and bag counts
• Activity — Filterable log of sales, gold changes, alerts, and trade chat matches
• Crafting — Every recipe ranked by profit with mat costs, margins, and recommended quantities
• Flips — Items listed below market value, sorted by discount
• Settings — Toggle features, configure alerts, sound themes, and UI preferences

Drag the title bar to move. Drag the bottom-right corner to resize. Position and size are saved between sessions. Free tier shows Home, Watchlist, and Settings — other tabs unlock with Trader or Goblin.

Watchlist

The watchlist tracks items you care about. Add items several ways:

• Alt+Shift+Ctrl+Click any item in your bags or in chat
• Type /gg watch [item name]
• Use a preset pack (JC Pipeline, Herbs, Primals, etc.) from the Crafting tab
• Import a shared watchlist with /gg import

Each row shows the item icon, name, current price, 24h change, trend sparkline, bag count, price source, and profit margin. Click any column header to sort. Right-click a row to remove it.

Click any item to open a Detail Panel — a pop-out chart with timeframe selection, Bollinger Bands, moving averages, best buy/sell hours, and correlated items.

Crafting Engine

The Crafting tab reads your tradeskill window, calculates mat cost vs. sell price for every recipe, and ranks them by profit. It covers Alchemy, Blacksmithing, Engineering, Jewelcrafting, Leatherworking, Tailoring, and Cooking.

Each recipe shows: cost to craft, expected sell price, profit, margin, a composite score (profit x demand), daily sales rate, and recommended craft quantity. Toggle between learned-only and all recipes (including unlearned ones from the recipe database).

Portfolio

GoldGetter tracks your total wealth across characters. The Home tab shows a net worth breakdown:

• Liquid gold on hand
• Bag inventory valued at market prices
• Guild bank gold
• Alt character gold (multi-character tracking)
• Session stats: elapsed time, net gold earned, gold/hr rate

Daily gold history is saved for up to 365 days. Use the Gold Goal feature (/gg goal 5000g) to set a target and track your progress with a visual progress bar.

Troubleshooting

FAQ