New Player, Need Advice!

[arksz]

I randomly stumbled upon P1999 somehow. I used to play Everquest during Kunark and Scars and did not really enjoy Shadows so I ended up moving to WoW when it came out.
I really miss the sense of community that I had in everquest, never got that in any other online game I played.
Had an iksar monk and really loved my bubbles and playing a reptile. My life was made significantly easier since I could FD and use the bank in any town.

A few questions...
I started playing a druid just so I could level him up and make some money porting.
I really want to play an Iksar Shaman. It seems that I would be putting myself in hard mode. Will banking and vendoring really be that much of a struggle?

I can't remember how long the journey is to 60, is it even worth my time playing something else just to get some easy platinum or should I just invest that time into leveling my shaman?

Also! Any friendly tight knit guilds looking for a new player?
Would really appreciate any tips or help.