MMOMaven Admin
12-05-2006, 07:41
BottomFeeder is an AddOn for World of Warcraft that allows the scanning, evaluation and even buying of auctions that meet criteria which you can configure to suit your tastes / server economy.
What it does
As it's name suggests, BottomFeeder feeds from the bottom (or last page) of the auction house, fishing for bargains. When it finds an auction that matches it's configurable parameters, it will buy it out and then you can go to your mailbox to retrieve the goods and relist it, in the process earning a bunch of cash.
It comes out-of-the-box with a preset list of cross-server prices, so it's going to be reasonably inaccurate if you don't have Auctioneer loaded up with a decent set of scans. It's still useable, but it does make the odd expensive mistake.
If you have Auctioneer loaded, it will combine the two sets of data and be a heap more accurate.
If you also have Enchantrix running, it will find and buy disenchantable items
It will also buy vendorable items when they can be resold for more than the buyout price.
There is nothing illegal about this AddOn. It does nothing that any user couldn't do manually (albeit slower and more mundanely) if they figured out that new auctions always appear at the end of the auction listings. Auctioneer users have been doing this for years, but have had to scan the whole auction house and then manually snap up the bargains.
It's interesting to say that BottomFeeder is something that has been in-game for some time - mainly used by bots for making a money. I have used the technique (buying something underpriced and then reselling it for "right" price) several times - but it has been very boring. On other hand, it can make a good amount of money.
What looks also nice on BottomFeeder is possibility to buy items for disenchanting - anyone who tried to skill-up his enchanting or in need of enchanting stuff might find it very usefull.
This was posted on the Auctioneer site and was taken down later that day with the following message:
Because of so much dispute amongst whether BottomFeeder is or is not legal, I have contacted Blizzard to see what they thought. I have been informed that this addon does not please them, and they want it gone, so I am voluntarily removing it from this site as of now.
But we won't let this goodness die!
What it does
As it's name suggests, BottomFeeder feeds from the bottom (or last page) of the auction house, fishing for bargains. When it finds an auction that matches it's configurable parameters, it will buy it out and then you can go to your mailbox to retrieve the goods and relist it, in the process earning a bunch of cash.
It comes out-of-the-box with a preset list of cross-server prices, so it's going to be reasonably inaccurate if you don't have Auctioneer loaded up with a decent set of scans. It's still useable, but it does make the odd expensive mistake.
If you have Auctioneer loaded, it will combine the two sets of data and be a heap more accurate.
If you also have Enchantrix running, it will find and buy disenchantable items
It will also buy vendorable items when they can be resold for more than the buyout price.
There is nothing illegal about this AddOn. It does nothing that any user couldn't do manually (albeit slower and more mundanely) if they figured out that new auctions always appear at the end of the auction listings. Auctioneer users have been doing this for years, but have had to scan the whole auction house and then manually snap up the bargains.
It's interesting to say that BottomFeeder is something that has been in-game for some time - mainly used by bots for making a money. I have used the technique (buying something underpriced and then reselling it for "right" price) several times - but it has been very boring. On other hand, it can make a good amount of money.
What looks also nice on BottomFeeder is possibility to buy items for disenchanting - anyone who tried to skill-up his enchanting or in need of enchanting stuff might find it very usefull.
This was posted on the Auctioneer site and was taken down later that day with the following message:
Because of so much dispute amongst whether BottomFeeder is or is not legal, I have contacted Blizzard to see what they thought. I have been informed that this addon does not please them, and they want it gone, so I am voluntarily removing it from this site as of now.
But we won't let this goodness die!