u/Darkann

I’ve been working on a WoW addon called ArtisanFinder and I’d love some feedback from fellow goblins/profession enjoyers.

The goal is to make it easier to find and advertise artisans in-game without relying entirely on trade chat spam, while staying fully integrated with Blizzard’s profession UI.

For customers, ArtisanFinder adds artisan search directly into the crafting order window, allowing players to quickly find available crafters from the crafting interface itself.

Customer View: Customer View image

For artisans, the addon integrates into the profession window and lets them advertise their services, prices, craft quality, notes, and availability without constantly reposting in trade chat.

Artisan View: Artisan View image

One thing I specifically wanted to avoid was requiring manual profile setup. The addon automatically scans profession data directly from the game, including craft quality information, so customers can immediately see what quality an artisan can produce without the artisan having to manually configure everything.

Artisans can also share additional information such as pricing/tips, notes/services, and availability.

The addon also includes an availability system:

• manually opt in/out whenever you want
• optional automatic mode
• automatically marks you available in capitals
• automatically disables availability when entering instances/raids

Options: Options Panel image

The addon communicates between players who also have ArtisanFinder installed, so the more people use it, the more useful it becomes.

Main goals:

• reduce trade chat spam
• help customers find reliable artisans faster
• give artisans better visibility
• keep the whole experience integrated into WoW’s crafting UI

It’s still early in development, so I’m mainly looking for:

• feedback
• feature ideas
• UI/UX suggestions
• thoughts from people heavily involved in professions/goldmaking

GitHub: https://github.com/clery/ArtisanFinder

CurseForge: https://www.curseforge.com/wow/addons/artisanfinder

Would something like this be useful to you, or is there something you feel is currently missing from WoW’s crafting system?

EDIT:

New feature available: multi-character artisans !

It allows an artisan to show up in a customer's search even if logged on an alt, and they can then whisper the artisan, or make a private order directly.