Check out
this nifty item, and see what it does, and how much it sells for on the Auction House/Trade chat. It might just change your mind.
I am a Skinner/Leatherworker myself, both of those at 300. I had contemplated replacing Skinning with Enchanting, but chose not to. Now I am quite glad I did. If you honestly are not making much money off of the skinning you do, then you are skinning the wrong things.
Try going to Un'Goro crater and taking down Devilsaurs.
Devilsaur Leather goes for quite a bit of $$ on Auction House, I can assure you. I cannot use it, as I am an Elemental Leatherworker, not a Tribal Leatherworker.
If you want to skin The Beast, in hopes of receiving
Pristine Hide of the Beast, you have to have 300 skinning, which you have, and either a
Zulian Slicer or
Finkle's Skinner, along with gloves enchanted with +5 Skinning.
I myself have the Finkle's Skinner, as it drops off of the Beast, randomly. It took me six skins of The Beast to be rewarded with that beautiful Pristine Hide. I refuse to sell it, however, knowing that I can get a beautiful Leather Chest crafted with it and several other annoyingly difficult materials.