You can collect your share of gold if you learn the trick of herbalism.
To start you need to get to at least level 5 and study the herbalism profession. Being in herbalism is a very gold ridden profession, with thatand just a little effort, you can be rich with only a few hours work. This goes the best if you are the Undead race, but also will go as Human, or Tauren. Like stated before, be certain to pick up the herbalism profession,for added bonus, go with mining).