Bah my numbah one rule is don;t use the auction house unless your oging to make cash literally lol.There are players with valuable stuff and they put it up at the AH for less than what its worth or it never sells lol.Numbah two rule is. Do lots and lots of networking.

I started a crafting LS. Then we just integrated with another LS. Then some of them branched off and formed other LS's and some of those people formed crafting LS.

Anyway networking is the most important thing if you want to make a lot of gil. ITs a slow process lol never a boom lol.