The trust story

GoblinLedger exists because the existing gold tools ask you to install a desktop app from a stranger's website and just… trust it. We built the opposite:

1. Free addon, open source. It does three things: scan, encode, show a copy box. ~150 lines. Read every one of them.
2. Nothing to install. No desktop app, no background process. You paste a text string into this website. That's the entire data pipeline.
3. Read-only, human clicks only. The addon never buys, never posts, never touches your gold. It can't — it only reads the browse window you already have open.
4. Throttled by design. One scan per minute max, disclosed publicly. Aggressive scanners lag the AH for everyone; we refuse to be that addon.

Will this get me banned?

No. Reading the auction house through Blizzard's official addon API is what the API is for — Auctionator and TradeSkillMaster have done it for years. Bans target automation: bots, auto-buyers, input mirroring. This tool automates nothing; every action is your click.

What data do you collect?

Scans upload prices only — no character names, no listing details, no gold amounts. Your uploader gets a random ID (stored on your device) so you keep the same goblin name on the leaderboard every time. We also log standard web stuff on uploads, pageviews, and feedback: IP address, browser type, and country (from the IP). IPs are used for abuse prevention and are never published. Individual prices and pageviews are aggregated — nobody sees your IP or which scans were yours.

How do you make money?

The addon is free forever (Blizzard's rules, and our principles). The website will offer an optional premium tier — deeper history, push alerts, API access — while the core price data stays free. No paywalled scans, ever: the data is the community's.

Who runs this?

VAJGRT LABS — an independent studio building games and apps. GoblinLedger is our love letter to WoW's economy, but it's not the only thing we make:

See everything at vajgrtlabs.com.