Trying to understand the limitations on trading at a distance. The marketing skill states, at level 5, I can remote sell in the current region. So, if I were in Jita, bought some stuff, hired a courier to take it to another station within The Forge, I could setup a sell order in that station - correct? What if I wanted to sell in Dodixie, Amarr or any other station that is not located in The Forge region, can this be done? If so what still is needed. Similar with buy orders, level 5 of procurement states I can setup buy orders within the same region. What if I were in Jita and wanted to buy from Dodixie or any other station outside of The Forge, can this be done?
Thanks
Nope, the visibility of markets is limited to a region regardless of skills. If you want to set orders in Dodixie you would need to be in Sinq Laison.
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Thanks - that explains why when I check the market in Jita, nothing shows up for stations in Sobaseki (for example). It’s only one jump away, but it’s in a different region.
This limitation is wanted and established decades ago, so third level solutions fill the gap: EVE Tycoon is a tool to watch and compare prices and offers in all New Eden.
To go one step further, I primarily look at my characters as long hauling contract (when they are not mining the ore themselves). If you look at contracts, players will pay you to haul a load of goods from point A to point B. One must have the ISK to invest as you are basically putting it on as collateral. Also I never take a contract where the end point is a player made station. They could run a scam and lock you out preventing you from delivery.
Hauling ore shipments in a miasmos is a good investment but it is very risky business. Gate campers will set a lookout on one end and gank you on the other end. I have lost mostly empty miasmos because I set my return to the auto path system. On return it doesn’t matter to me, since I made my ISK. If I am in a hurry to return, I sometimes will sell off the miasmos and return by self destruct.
Jita to Dodixie is easy, you have one “choke point” in 0.5 high security at Uedama, if you auto path the “safe route”. Set your map to display Ships Destroyed in the Last Hour and you will know what trouble awaits. Avoid these systems, if you can. Forge your own routes setting up waypoints instead of blindly accepting what the client tells you is a “safe route”. In any case, learn to use the navigation system.
If you don’t care to be a truck driver in Eve Online, you can always post your contract and set a price to deliver them. Someone like myself, will find it, and get your goods to dock. If they get blown up and stolen, then you have your ISK collateral.
Have fun!
@Princess_Rose_Ivory - Thanks
I am looking into the transportation aspect (space trucker), but sense I don’t have the isk to pick up any contracts, I’ve been trying to make isk on market and transporting my own stuff. When I searched contracts, many of them seam like scams (50k reward with 10B collateral and 40+ jumps). Any additional tips/tricks/advice on contracts?
join a corp dedicated to hauling?
Sorry Jack, I have been out and about this summer. How could you not be a space trucker with the name of Jack T Colten. Start small and work it up. If you look at contracts, I did some short hauls from Amarr to Jita using a tayra. I had 200 Million for collateral and got 2 million on delivery. Making 1% to startup operations. Also make sure the load fits your ship. My tayras max out at 26K volume. Anyone asking for billions and paying squat is betting you don’t make it. Kind of like Clint Eastwood’s The Gauntlet.
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No good, if your load won’t fit.
Be observant of time. If the load isn’t due for 3 to 4 days, take your time to dock at stations along the way. This will greatly enhance your chances, should you get spotted by someone with an ALT gate camping the next gate. It is kind of like being a trucker in a Mad Max universe.
Fly Safe and have fun! o7
Jack,
The most important ship is friendship.
I’m living in nullsec these days, but I’ve got crap scattered all over Empire. Specifically, I’ve got about 4 million units of Tritanium sitting in Agil that I’d like moved to Keberz if possible, or Amarr if you don’t want to go into a 0.5 system. It’ll all fit into a specialised mineral hauler.
I understand you’re new and poor, but I’d be prepared to bet you want more work in the future, so I’d be happy to trust you with this shipment on basically no collateral, and if you can get the work done then there will be a lot more work (my alliance wants a truly vast amount of planetary materials, for example, and no one around here wants to mine mere R4 moon minerals, so there’s a shortage of hydrocarbons on the market in Querious).
If you’re interested, drop me a mail in game, and I’ll set up the contract. I’m happy to pay a couple of million for the stuff to be moved to where my Alliance’s jump freighter service can get it to me.
The Gallente market system rips you off Minmatar-trash. You can sell to the Caldari filth but we Gallente don’t want you to flood our market with your defective products in our region.
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