Lord of the Rings online is different in the fact that you don't choose single profession; instead, you choose a vocation that is compromised of three different professions. Now, some are better suited to certain classes, as they will provide great items that you would otherwise have to pay for your toon. Since the professions are all in groups of three, there is one gathering skill in each one and two crafting skills that all work together.
   It is for sure that the game creators do not want you to be able to make everything for yourself so key elements for items that you want to make you won't be able to gather and you'll have to buy them from other players. But, this keeps the economy in the game strong – which is good. You do need to know a bit about the professions before you choose one, so this section will give you a basic run down of the sets of professions and the next section will go through them in more detail.
There are seven professions that you can choose from, let us get down to them one by one.
Armorer includes prospector (mining), metalsmith (blacksmithing), and tailoring.
Armsman includes prospector, weaponsmith, and woodworker.
Explorer includes forester (wood gatherer), prospector, and tailor.
Historian includes farmer, scholar, and weaponsmith.
Tinker includes prospector, jeweller and cook.
Woodsman includes forester, farmer, and woodworker.
Yeoman includes farmer, tailor, and cook.
But Lord of the Rings online is like other games in that the professions are either crafting or gathering and each one can make you money, in particular the gathering professions. Since other professions will need the items that you can gather as well to make their items, you will be able to make more money with gathering than you will with your crafting, at least at first.
As you level your crafting skills higher, you will be able to make items that other players need to craft their items too, and this will make you money for your Hunter toon as well. Of course, it is a bit hard to choose which ones might be right for you and your Hunter.
There are a few vocations that will work better for Hunters since they will be able to make the things that they need the most. No matter which vocation you choose, make sure that you constantly work to level your professions and skills so that you can provide as many different items as possible. Place these items on the Auction House for cash, and try to cut your price below the other items of the same type on the Auction House. By keeping your prices lower than the others you will make more money by selling more.
You will have the ability to gain a gathering skull with each vocation. This is one of the most important money makers you have. Each profession uses different items that come from gathering skills, and some vocations will require items that their gathering skill can not provide. You should always take the time to gather items with your gathering skill so that you can place them on the Auction House for other players to purchase to level their crafting skills.
Make sure that you should take close notice of the AH to see when items that you have the ability to gather are in low supply and do a run to gather just those things. To make the most of your gathering skill, you should do a supply run where you simply head out into the world and gather items for sale on the Auction House.
Not only will you be able to raft items from your profession for sale but you will be able to provide other players with the means they need to craft items and a great way to make you some money by doing this.