New accounts can't use AH?

Community General Discussion
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I just came back after a few years, but had to create a new account because I lost credentials for my old account/email.

I’ve purchased a subscription and leveled to 25, but when I attempt to purchase anything on the AH it says ‘free trial accounts cannot perform that action’. When I google this message I see that wow Classic has a 30 day restriction on trading etc. for new accounts as an anti-betting measure; does this also apply to regular WoW? If so, is there any way for me to get mats for professions other than farming them?

I was going to spec into blacksmithing and crafting, but if I need to generate my own mats I’ll have to trade one of them out for the appropriate gathering profession until the 30 day period is up then switch it back, effectively wasting the time I spend gathering mats (outside the xp and monetary value, which I’m not super interested in). Ideally I’d just like to RBG/random dungeon my way to 70 and train crafting professions along the way. Is this not possible for the first 30 days?

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That appears to be correct for season of Discovery yeah: https://eu.battle.net/support/en/article/000358296?_gl=1*13osxbh*_ga*MTc2MDQ0MzU5MS4xNzEzMTM3MjM2*_ga_VYKNV7C0S3*MTcxNDU3MjYxMS44OS4xLjE3MTQ1NzI3MTYuNjAuMC4w

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I’ve never even heard of this so I’m not sure. How long ago did you get your sub? Sometimes store items or subs purchased with real money can take a little while to go through.

If you were able to level to 25, then this may not be the problem but that’s the only thing I can think of.

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It can take up to 24 hours for your payment to clear. During that time some restrictions like the level cap are lifted immediately, but other stuff like trading has to wait for the payment to clear.

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Ah, that probably explains it, thank you – I’ll check tonight.