I am a level 50 GSM. I thought a level 50 crafting class should be able to make all sorts of money. But the items I can craft either sell for a maximum of 1200 gil and are constantly undercut, or cost WAY too much to make. How can I make any Rose Gold or Astral items when I can't afford the materials?

Every time I try to sell items in the market, I get undercut. I see an item is selling for 3200 gil. Great, so I make some of them, put them up for sale for 2800 (thinking i'll get them sold) and then come back the next day to see nothing sold. Same item is now selling for 2000, and then 1800, and then 1000 and then 500 gil. I can never seem to sell more than one or two items before I am undercut again. It seems the money I make at level 50 is no different than what I was making at level 20.

Some days I am lucky. Some days I check my retainer and I see enough has sold that I made 10K or 20K gil. These are good days. Then I promptly spend that money on new materials and shards. I craft new items, put them up for sale, and repeat the whole cycle of being undercut and not making any money.

I tried gathering, but anything I pull out of the earth sells for like 10 gil each, and is not worth spending an hour mining for 1200 gil profit. I could grind dungeons and such for tomestones and get items with that to sell, but the reason I want to craft is so I can have some leisure and not always be in a dungeon fighting mobs over and over again.

How to people expect to make millions for things they want like housing if nobody is buying their retainer items and prices are so low because items are so common?