# Actual Numbers from Marketing (Long Post)

**URL:** <https://forums.eveonline.com/t/actual-numbers-from-marketing-long-post/225654>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Tags:** industrial, feedback\
**Created:** [March 13, 2020, 10:23pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/actual-numbers-from-marketing-long-post/225654 "2020-03-13T22:23:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Alistair\_Atreides](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/alistair_atreides/32/267403_2.png) [@Alistair\_Atreides](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Alistair_Atreides)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 5:09pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/actual-numbers-from-marketing-long-post/225654/199 "2020-03-22T17:09:44Z")

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> [@Ghengis\_Tia](#):
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> Do you mean a “block” of items?

Yes

> [@Ghengis\_Tia](#):
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> Are the items identical or are they a number of different items you have for sale at that time?

I track a number of items but a block is a single item-type.

> [@Ghengis\_Tia](#):
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> Or, let’s say you have a 250mil item, and restrict yourself to a 10mil profit,

Each block represents a total quantity of items, such that I earn about a 10mil profit from it if I buy it at that price and sell it at that price. Simplifies the tracking of that sale of that block.

> [@Ghengis\_Tia](#):
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> I am assuming the 10mil profit is after you have subtracted all broker’s fees.

Yes this is included in my calculator.

> [@Ghengis\_Tia](#):
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> You only sell items that are not in “too competitive markets”? What constitutes a “too competitive market”?

If I have to adjust (modify order//relist) too many times, I have a low tolerance for it, maybe I will relist 3 or 4 times at most. This has to be considered for both buy _AND_ sells. Since the relisting eats up the profit from both ends.

> [@Ghengis\_Tia](#):
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> Maybe your methodology is specifically designed for the trader activity, not a simple sell strategy.

It is.

When I was selling Pi as a producer, I first sold to buy orders until I had so much rolling-stock that then I just put large amounts at certain price points. If the prices lowered, I held on to my stock pile, if the prices went up I keep feeding new orders.

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