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oneblondebrow baker
Ordo Mercuia
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Posted - 2013.09.12 07:14:00 -
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Hi alo,
I have been looking at trying some trading, I am skilling up on trade and retail and have read some of the guides on here but still a little confused, I dont want to get it wrong and lose isk.
Do I buy an item from one place and then take it somewhere else and sell it? I know there are trade centers in Jita and Rens but what is there exact name, I cant find Jita trade center for instance. Any suggestions? |
Bloemkoolsaus
Viperfleet Inc.
Disavowed.
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Posted - 2013.09.12 07:20:00 -
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Usually, you can find out what station the trade hub is by looking at a few items and see where they are being sold / bought in that system. Just right click an order, and you should be able to set destination. The station will then become yellow in your overview (if you are in system).
When you warp to a station, you can also tell by the amount of ships floating outside it. Especially in Jita or Amarr there are a lot of ships outside the station with some of them usually fighting.
You might also wanna search a bit for `station trading`. |
voetius
L V B Industries
STELLAR CONSTELLATION
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Posted - 2013.09.12 09:10:00 -
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^ what that guy said, look at a common item or two, look at all the ships on the station undock. There are lists of all the trade hubs around but they usually just give a list of solar systems.
The evelopedia linky above has them e.g.
As to how you trade that's up to you. Have a look through the posts in the Market Discussions sub-forum, go back at least a few pages and look for "how do I get started" type posts, it's easier than me typing a huge wall of text that just repeats what others have said.
That said, there is station trading where you rarely or never undock and there is arbitrage where you buy stuff in one place and move it to another to sell it. There are all sorts of variations on these two themes, plus reprocessing, manufacturer / trader, and so on.
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Nerath Naaris
Pink Winged Unicorns for Peace Love and Anarchy
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Posted - 2013.09.12 10:00:00 -
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This actually works for the whole REGION.
Just look for any common item on the market and the station that has the most orders of said item is usually the regional trade hub.
Hint: You can sort your market window by a number of different criteria... like station name.
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Daler Industry
Dark Angel's Legion
Nite's Reign
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Posted - 2013.09.12 10:18:00 -
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You should know few important things if u want to make some isk on trade:
Skill your trading skills to max (to reduce tax).
If u want to trade in Jita, rise your standing to Caldari Navy, to further reduce tax.
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Tee Kay Solus
Poseidon Industries And Trading
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Posted - 2013.09.12 12:18:00 -
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For your convinience here`s a list of 5 major trade hubs within New Eden:
1. Jita IV - Moon 4 - Caldari Navy Assembly Plant
2. Amarr VIII (Oris) - Emperor Family Academy
3. Rens VI - Moon 8 - Brutor tribe Treasury
4. Dodixie IX - Moon 20 - Federation Navy Assembly Plant
5. Hek VIII - Moon 12 - Boundless Creation Factory
There are various types of trading such as:
- station trading
- intra-region trading
- hub-to-hub trading
Here`s a good article regarding trading http://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Trading
If you have any further questions hit me up on in-game mail and i`ll be glad to help you out. Trading is my main source of income. |
Thomas Builder
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2013.09.12 14:36:00 -
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And know that the major trade hubs, while having the highest volume, also have the most competition, so if you want to make ISK, it might be better to look elsewhere. Less volume means less transactions, but less competition means more profit per transaction, so it's very likely that the sweet spot station where you make the most profit per month is NOT Jita. Especially as a beginner. |
Cara Forelli
Blue Republic
RvB - BLUE Republic
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Posted - 2013.09.12 14:52:00 -
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I would recommend starting with station trading at one of the smaller hubs, because once you understand it you will understand the market in general.
In a very basic sense, station trading is:
1. Place a buy order slightly higher than the highest buy order in the station (highest is filled first)
2. When your order is filled place a sell order slightly lower than the lowest sell order in the station
3. Sell price - Buy price is profit (minus broker fees / taxes)
Here is a link that will help you understand the market charts and identify good items to trade:
http://wiki.eveuniversity.org/How_to_identify_items_to_trade
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Fomol620 BrewGuard
Brave Newbies Inc.
Brave Collective
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Posted - 2013.09.12 15:19:00 -
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i think the OP was confused in thinking that a stations like JITA have actual trade centers in them, that no other station would have...i think that after 8 posts it can be understood that pretty much any station has a "trade center"...as long as you have a 'market' option in the station services, you will be able to buy and sell.
i was thinking about transporting Tritanium from Highsec to lowsec....but i understand now that corps will usually transport an item that when broken down results in lots of tritanium like hybrid turrets and what not... |
Kyseth
Touring New Eden
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Posted - 2013.09.12 21:42:00 -
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While Tee Kay Souls pretty much listed the hubs you'd likely do station trading at, you don't necessarily need to trade at/to trade hubs.
For example, you could head to Jita, set up a buy order on some equipment normally used then head out to mission hubs on the edge of busy systems (or even at or beyond highsec/lowsec borders) and sell there. What people may have bought for 10k at Jita will suddenly net you 50k at a mission hub because it's convenient for them. This is just another way to do trading but I'd probably do like others have said and do some station trading first.
Make your life easier and don't pick Jita though. |
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