Read around
- Read the blogs. Put <Eve Online Trading Blogs> into google as a start.
- The Blog Roll on Markets for Isk is a good start + the Business Blog Page
- Eve University is a good place for a read to get the basics nailed
Trading / Business
- The economy of Eve is very deep - there is a niche for everyone
- Start small - learn the ropes first and then go in deep
- The process that works at 4m ISK will work at 4bn ISK-with different items
- You don't need to understand the entire market to trade successfully
- You don't even need to know what the items you are trading actually do
- Stick to the trade hubs of Jita / Dodixie / Amarr / Rens / Hek to start with
- You don't need to leave High Sec to make your first 100 billion, and more
- If mining drives you - there are many Corps that go on regular mining trips
- You don't necessarily need to use spreadsheets
Staying alive
- Learn how to make undocking and docking bookmarks if you need to haul
- Use google to find best fits for ships if you insist on hauling over 100m ISK
- Use google to find out how much is sensible to haul per transport ship
Avoiding being Scammed
- Putting <Eve Online Scam> into google is a good start
- Don't accept anything that originates in Local Chat
- Ignore trade offers in Jita local chat
- A Buy order that looks very high is probably a Scam
General
- Don't ever fly with more than you can afford to lose
- Expect to be ganked at some stage - you will lose your cargo
- You can play Eve alone unless you want to do serious PVP or PVE
- You can do the Business side of Eve totally alone
- It is entirely possible to earn enough to play Eve for free
Hmm, I thought that I had responded to this yesterday.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if the guides are really that useful, they all pretty much say the same thing some with a bit more detail that others but essentially the same. I wonder if it is just a case of if you are cut out for what is needed.
For example I read your blog from the very first post, my accounts have been around a while and so started off with significantly more isk than you did at the beginning. I bought some BPOs and Skills and shipped them off to dodixie with an alt, a couple sold and I diligently altered the price once a day. I started out with cheap items trying to get in the mindset of a player with not much isk, I think they were sub 4m isk.
One or two sold then nothing, then a couple more sold so I probably increase my wealth y maybe 4m in a week, now I remember after 3 days you went from 4m to 38m I went from about 40m (worth of BPOs and skill books to 42m – (if I exclude income from other streams).
It got me thinking about why you can make 134m in 3 days and I make 4m in 5 and it can only really be knowledge. I don’t know what you do in r/l but you certainly have at minimum an above average knowledge in the mechanics of this and I wonder if that is what is needed to be successful, because lets face it 4m in 5 days doenst cut it.
In the end I moved the alt and the remaining items re still there in market.
if you want to try again - let me know, I suspect I can take you from 4m to 100m ISK pretty quickly
Deletehi Croda. I am willing to try again, should I drop you a mail ingame?
Deletesounds like a good plan - i am travelling for a couple of months though so lets revisit nearer December.
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