Starlight Horizons
Starlight Horizons Corporation
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Posted - 2009.01.22 02:10:00 -
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Few questions for you:
What is your three, six, nine and twelve month goals for Eve? See annex A
Do you want to be a hub trader? See annex B
Do you want to be a Ammo / Module / Ship / Rig builder? See annex C
Annex A
[code]Setting goals is something that I have found to be important both in game and in real life. A person without goals tends to float along and doesn't have any indication that they deserve to be trusted with public money.
Annex B
If you want to be a hub trader then you need to work on your standings, trade skills and most important your market skills (actual knowledge, not skill points)
Do you know what type of volume goes through your hub of choice daily, weekly, monthly?
Are you going to trade via a mathematical formula or are you going to focus on materials, T1, T2 etc...
Do you the capacity to haul or the skills to set up numerous courier contracts?
Do you understand that Meta 1 items have a base value in minerals when refined but that it doesn't hold true for higher Meta items and named items?
Annex C
If you are going into manufacturing please read some of the stickies and for all that is good in the world understand that minerals you mine are not free. Here is my free tip of the day: Only mine one type of Ore but put up buy orders for the other types that spawn in the space you are in, i.e. Plago and such. If you mine straight veldspar and have a perfect refine keep doing that to start building up your cash flow. If you are not doing any of the processes in Annex A or B then don't worry about it for a while. Why do you need isk? I would only sell my veldspar (if I can't perfect refine) or trit when I am ready or when a really good opportunity exists.
If you have the patience put up sell orders or keep a daily log of the price of trit in your hub area. Set a price for yourself and only sell when trit hits that price. Set up a system that works for you, either every 3,5,7 days etc... There is no need to sell everyday, the isk isn't doing you any good in your wallet.
Back on topic, start off with some BPC's purchased through contracts to get a feel for what it takes to build stuff, including all the costs at the station etc...Price accordingly and begin to profit. Ammo will always make you money, but it is not always going to give you the best isk to time ratio. You only have so many build slots and once you hit your limit you will start to adjust your own isk to time ratio. Do some more reading on that topic, learn from some of the other business leaders and good luck. |