Duration: 1 month, however can be adjusted as needed
Purpose: Unlike most of the other people here, I have a concrete plan. I have all the skills I need to fly a freighter and I plan to do regional trading, but I unfortunately do not have the funds to have a good starting capital. However, when I do get this ball rolling, I can make lots of profit. I have done some smaller scale trading in my freighter, but nothing too big. I also plan on joining Red Frog when I meet the prerequisites, and possibly do regional trading on the side. Regardless, I have a very solid plan to make back this money, however, I need some capital to get started.
I would like to say that I have past loans under my belt, but unfortunately I do not. However, we all have to start somewhere, yes?
Cash out: At our agreed date.
Start date: 1 day after successful transfer
Terms are fluid, and can be adjusted as you like. If you want to contact me, please shoot me an evemail, or reply to this post. I should respond ASAP, but if I don’t give me some time.
There is the risk that you will lose your freighter in that month. Is there by chance collateral I or a third party can hold thats worth 2.5b until the month is up? If you haven’t paid your subscription maybe you can buy some plex early and use that as collateral since the term is so short since you’ll have to resubscribe soon anyway?
Lack of health made ganking a lot easier. Unmodified, the Obelisk has over 45x the amount of structural HP than a sigil (the hauler I was using), 17x the amount of shield and 20x the amount of armor. When modding a sigil for durability, you also lose a lot of cargo space. Of course, there is still the chance to get ganked in a freighter, but I would rather haul my high-value items in an obelisk than a paper-thin sigil any day.
I plexed not too long before I wrote this, so I’m not worried about my subscription running out. I don’t have much in the way of collatoral. The most I can do is about 50 PLEX + “Kaikka’s Modified 425mm Railgun”, which is an officer module worth around 1 billion last I checked.
Most of us start small where we can build up isk and be able to afford purchasing a freighter with our own isk.
The problem i see here, is that you seem to be very inexperienced. When I use my freighter alt, i have a webber/scout alt too, but i doubt you have one. I dont want to see you afk autopilot through uedama and die with my isk. And if you cant fly a freighter responsibly, you shouldnt be flying one at all.
Id go with maybe a DSP if you want more space, for now. It would be cheaper and faster and safer. Make money that way. And then buy your own freighter.
I just bought my freighter, in fact, after selling off my assets across all my characters/getting some money from close friends/doing some grinding. I always fly it as safely as possible, I never autopilot and I always fly with t2 reinforced bulkheads (https://gyazo.com/d50f281c8422c1b31d5b1c4b79c25658) and my ship is also insured, because trust me, I am just as paranoid about losing my ship as you are. Because I have the freighter I am lowering my loan to 1 billion, and that is to get the ball going so I can take on bigger hauls. The interest and length is staying the same. I’ve only ever been ganked once and that was at the very start of my hauling career where I didn’t really know what I was doing.
I really should have done this earlier, but I just updated the post.