To maximize your gain in the lotro game,you need to learn how to play the auction house. Now to learn the best way to make profit via Auction House. 

First, if you are looking to sell items of high value, do it when the cluster is most active and a lot of players are logged in. Take advantage of all holidays and most of all the weekends! Most of the high priced valuables sell the best if placed on the auction house Friday at noon and left for 48 hours. This gives you enough chances of having your item spotted by someone and also a large enough window of time in which he can come back and check his bid whenever he pleases. It always pays off to study the market well before planning to put valuable items on it, observe trends and see how much competition you are facing. It is possible that many people start selling with the beginning of the weekend thus you might be able to speculate some of the prices and the demand of your item. Crafting ingredients such as Sturdy Hide or Silver Ingots tend to sell well while recipes and some crafted goods have a hard time being sold even during high peak activity. This brings another factor into the equation, seeing what is worth selling and what is better off selling to the vendor. Usability, level and uniqueness are just some factors of consideration when deciding to sell an item. As mentioned, a Silver Ingot has many branching possibilities of usage therefore a greater chance of being sold. A crafted necklace can only fit a certain class of a certain level with a certain profile, hence reducing your chances.

Bid vs. Buyout

auction factor can be obtained By dividing the buyout by the initial bidding amount. For example, you put out a crossbow for 200 silvers buyout and a 40 silvers initial bid, that would be an auction factor of 200/40 = 5. As shown in the image below, you are given a perfect model of how NOT to put an item on the auction house. The concept behind the buyout is to convince the player to buy the item at the higher price so he does not have to wait for the ending bid. This is crucial! You must have your auction factor calibrated in such a way to convince your buyer to always go for the buyout! As a selle,r you always want to push players for a buyout, not for bidding. Through this method you can obtain a significantly higher profit. The image shows the player selling the Sturdy Hide having already 1 bid which suggests early activity even though lotro gold the item has been recently placed. Now, as a bidder you want to get this item as cheaply as possible since you are provided with the possibility of doing just so. Most of the bidders will wait for the last hour(s) to throw in a bid and hopefully be the last one to get it. My estimate is that by bidding so the item will never go over 50-60 silvers. This is a complete waste as some of the winnings of a 50 stack of hides can surpass 300 silvers, depending on scarcity.