Getting the drop on your competitors

You can bet your bottom dollar that your competitors will have you on their friends list.  and they will have all your trading alts.  and you will have them and all theirs.

This is where it is very useful to have a non-trading alt.  It may be an alt that crafts and sends items to your posting alts or a character that is for raiding.  Eitherway, once you have posted your items you can log onto this character and make a number of observations, such as:

• which of your competitors come on after your posting rotations - these are the competitors watching you
• which of your competitors post without you noticing - these are the competitors posting from the mobile auction house
• which of your competitors come on after your other competitors have done their rotations - there are the competitors watching your other competitors!

either way, it is all information that gives you an edge over your competitors.