Free for friends, guildmates and orcs.

I charge some for crafting, and they have to supply the mats, or most of them. I don't buy supplies for someone else, I am not your personal shopper.

Thing is, making a set can take up to 30 minutes if there are two set stations involved with travel. I can grind out 20K to 40K Gold through various activities in that time, not too mention experience etc. So, there is an opportunity cost for crafting for someone else even if they give me the mats.

Now, do I charge 20K to 40K? No. 3K to 5K? Sure, with higher amount charged if I am giving advice on what sets to use. Although most don't need that or are following some streamer meta. If I give it away for free, then people start to take advantage.

I also don't drop what I am doing to craft for someone else, they have to wait for me to finish what I am doing. Just yesterday someone asked for a set to be made and I was getting ready to log for the day. I told them they need to wait, probably until today, for me to get this made. I will be making that set in a few minutes.

Now, some new player, I will more than likely make the first set free, so they can understand the power that a set brings to the game play. If someone wants a research item, that is free.

There is very little that annoys me more than being treated like a personal shopper.
- If someone has all the mats, knows exactly what they want and are at the station ready to TP me there I won't charge. However I can count the times that has happened on the thumbs of 2 hands.
- If they are clueless, haven't figured out what motif they want, have no mats etc, I will quote them a price that can afford me a buoyant armiger motif. Usually I don't get an answer after that.
- If they know what they want and are just missing some green or blue tempers or they're a few rubedite short, I'll ask a reasonable fee - and I'm always happy in such cases to accept some mats of equal value as payment.

Keep in mind the main exceptions are nirncrux and perfect roe. Those everyone has to give me. Rng gremlins are totally overpowered for my characters.

For guildies I'll make sets under cp160, every ten levels, improved to green/weapons to blue, for free if they ask me. I don't ask for mats. Once you hit cp160, I'll still make your gear for free, but you have to give me the mats. If you want stuff improved to purple or gold, give me the tempers.

Research items are always free and I don't ask for mats. [with nirnhoned the exception]

I'll make alchemy potions for free in reasonable amounts. You want more than 40, you give me the flowers. I'll make food/drink for free in reasonable amounts, even purple. I'll make ambrosia for free if they give me the perfect roe.

I will sometimes ask in a starter town like Davon's if there are any new/newish players, and offer to make them a set of gear. More than one of my guilds has all the crafting stations at the guildhouse, so making mixed sets isn't too much of a hassle. Last night I made a level 6 set of Morkuldin's and Hunding's for someone, and threw in glyphs and food. Heard OMG I DIDN'T DIE shortly after they received the gear. Not too bad of a result, and they might enjoy the game and stick around....

Well, yes, of course, I charge crafting.
I think it's only natural that a crafter would be rewarded for his time / investment / advices
Prices should stay reasonable, while still being more than the mats's prices.
With maybe some sets (9-traits) and some motifs (I'm looking at you, filthy buyoant !) being charged a bit more for the time/gold it took the crafter.

I consider that crafting should be a good way to make gold, in any MMO. And teso is doing quite well in that regard.
Anyway, some people have their fun in selling gears .. that's as good a way of playing the game as anything else, and they should be able to.

Just like to add something, just for some crafters to maybe think about:
I once wanted to change sets and needed just one more piece of armor to complete it. Unfortunately it required all 9 traits analyzed ... and that would have been another 30 days of waiting in my specific case.
So, I had the mats, i was at the station and I asked in chat as well as every person showing up at the station for help. Finally, after spending 2 hours and 37 minutes just sitting at the darn station and having people telling me: sry i can't do ... or asking 10 k (and more) gold for crafting one piece (not the set, just one piece, in divines not nirn) with all mats (plus a bonus on mats) provided, one soul finally helped me.

Of course i tipped her... but... well, point is: Not everyone asking for a crafter is trying to rush you or impatient. Sometimes its just that they probably wait already for hours fo someone to help.

Free for people in my PvE guild and my friends, if they send me the materials. But I won't refuse if they send me money when I send them the items. I will only charge them if they want upgraded gear and/or gear crafted and they don't provide the materials.