But you can make money off of skills if you were to make 5k yew longs ( and you get ALL the materials) you make a hifty profit becaues its all profit. Also you get XP which everyone can see and therefore you look better in rankings and what not.
As for merchanting its very dangerous to dont forget. I used to merchant a couple years ago and made a lot of money(30m). But i lost 20m of it when contruction came out and prices dropped 1-3m in a day. So this is a dangerous yet rewarding way to make money.
The fastest all time way to make money though would be rc at 91. Though it takes 12m to get there its worth it. You can easily make a 900k profit each hour. But it could also take months and months of doing nothing but that.
Cow hides for non memb. are a good way to merchant. Get some noobs that will go and get you cow hides for a low price and BAM! sell them
i'll even buy them from ya.
Barrows though is not meant for everyone. While my friends all got millions i however got nothing. I have done barrows 67 times in total and have gotten nothing out of it. It could just be my bad luck but its not a instant millionaire business.
What I used to do also (years ago) i got 70 agillity and went and collected d bones and blue dhide. But at this time now they are not as expensive as they once were making them not worth the time.(but if you have no other skills....)
I have not played Runescape ever sense i have gotten in KoG sadly. There just isn't enough time in the day to do both for me. Kinda sad but if anyone ever needs advice or wants to play pits or cw I'll love that. I'm 120 cmb and have been playing for 6 years. I was in RSC.
And yes there are many ways to make money. You need to find a way where you can have fun. Money is highly overrated. All you need to be happy is a whip. Once you got that your life is complete(trust me)