Making curency in POE

Hi

I have been playing POE for years, but never managed to make decent currency. Tried Legion mechanic, expeditions, one that you go through floors and choose encounters (forgot how its called, but felt very boring)- and it never made me half rich.
What would you recommend for average player with melee build as it will probably be meta next league.
Thanks

I think you mean sanctum? I made a fair bit of currency off sanctum this league, but not on my first build, mainly because I had another very fast build that could run them quickly. Can understand it might be undesirable to do that.

Looks like you played a decent amount this league, did you start from the beginning of the league? One thing that earned me a fair bit of currency early on was veiled orbs of Catarina. I wasn't farming them specifically but they dropped fairly regularly and were selling for a fair bit. I guess they were rarer this league, I don't usually play trade league but I don't remember them being that sort after in the past. I started with Alva on the atlas, which seemed to be ok for selling any good temples that I wasn't running. There seemed to be a lot of people playing mana builds, I think majority of items I was selling was going to those builds, gloves with certain mods like temple mods seemed to be selling for a lot. Keeping up with the economy early on is pretty important. I was playing a lot, but slowly, so I probably did fall behind a bit and would of even further if I wasn't playing as much. I've heard a lot of people talking about the economy breaking because of the div farming and magic find. It seem not too bad for me, but perhaps for people that didn't start the league early it was hard to catch up.

The league mechanic was probably where most my currency came from. I didn't have any Div on map mods, but even just first chaos mod on t17 and it was like 200c dropping. Which was a bit of a change coming from ruthless. Depends on your definition of rich. I probably didn't have all that much currency until a tipping point of my build getting good and then being able to farm much faster.

Thanks for reply.
Yes, Sanctum mechanic got boring kind a quickly:)
Dont know, feels like you cant really get any expensive rare items from drop anymore- I don't know all builds and put most of my loot into big stash tabs starting at 20C and then lowering to 15-10-5-sell to vendor. And hardly anything sells to be honest. Later in the league there is no point even initiating trade for 5C. Looks like crazy complicated crafting went so high and good items can only be made by that and not the drop.

#1 method: Craft for profit. This requires a lot of experience (practice on craftofexile.com) as well as knowing exactly what the market needs at the moment.

#2 method: Level fast, get and clear maps fast, and start selling end game boss uniques within 24 hours of launch. This drops off significantly within the first few days.

#3 method: Pick a mechanic, any mechanic, and learn to maximize it.

Rule of thumb #1: Stop standing in your hideout. Finish something and immediately move on to the next thing.

Rule of thumb #2: Craft maps in bulk.

Rule of thumb #3: Speed is king.

I did a lot of 5c trades this league. Probably not time efficient for optimal farming, but at the speed I am farming, I think it was still worth it.

What exackly you mean by "make currency"?