Enchanting is a higher-level Profession, thus requiring more work than most Professions. The enchanter does not generate items directly from the skill, but instead makes existing items better.

To attain higher levels of enchanting, enchanters often must repeatedly cast enchantments on their friends equipment, sell enchantments to other players, or offer free enchantments.

Another challenge for enchanters is gathering magic items to disenchant in order to gather the required enchanting reagents. Enchanting for a guild is typically the easiest since guild members send you items to disenchant. Another option is spending money to buy materials, buying trade skill items to disenchant, or using a high level character to try to find magic items to disenchant.

Additionally, enchanters must also work with other Profession masters to create a few other reagents required for enchanting.

Enchanter Levels
There are four levels of enchanting: Apprentice, Journeyman, Expert and Artisan. You will need to work your way up the ladder to enable more powerful enchantments.

The "enchanting trainer" will start the player out with beginning-level enchanting. Ask a guard for directions to a trainer.

To begin enchanting, look for the enchanting icon in the abilities book (hit "p").

Enchantments also sometimes require specific components that can be purchased from trade merchants. Enchanters will also need a runed copper rod, and later a runed silver rod to perform certain enchantments. They will need to get this basic rod from a blacksmith (or buy it) and then enchant the rod themselves. Higher level enchants require more advanced/powerful rods.

Disenchant - "Extracts the magical elementals from good quality (Green) or better weapons or armor. Destroys the weapon or armor in the process." After you disenchant an item, you'll receive a loot box and you can pick up the items you have created by disenchanting. You receive the Disenchant ability when you acquire enchanting. The reagent you get from disenchanting an item depends on the item type and level.

Armor - Usually dust (Sometimes essence and if you are very lucky, a shard)
Weapons - Usually essence (Sometimes dust and if you are very lucky, a shard)
Blue Items - A shard
Purple Items - Nexus Crystal

Epic items that are level 51 and above will disenchant into a Nexus Crystal. Also items that normally disenchant into Large Brilliant Shards have a very small chance of disenchanting into a Nexus Crystal. Powerful enchanting recipes that require these Crystals can be found in the Ahn'Qiraj content.