Market Discussions

Is there a tool for finding the most demanded product in a region?

I feel like trading is such bad money compared to missioning though. It takes a long time to sell and I'm barely making enough profit. At least not more than level 4 missions.

Well, currently the most in demand item in the galaxy is probably oxygen isotopes. :D

To give you a little useful information, take a look at the price history of things. Maybe take a look at the data dump that was trialled recently, to see what was selling in a region. Of course, items that move a lot tend to have a low profit margin.

Diversify. Better to be selling 5 different things, than having five times the stock in a single item. And always reinvest your profit, until, at least, you get into bigger sums.

Stock a station with everything someone might need to fit out a type of ship that's for sale there. People are lazy. They'll pay slightly higher prices, if they don't need to go round five different stations to kit it out.

Think about the places you're stocking. Find somewhere where people mission out of and stock it. Stock places near null-sec bridges. Exploit the laziness of your fellow players.

If you're just starting out, buy in Jita, sell in a different region. and not in one of the smaller trade hubs. Pick a one or more stations and stock them.

Don't go with a single product. The key thing to remember is cashflow. Making 50% profit on an item that sells once a week generally doesn't stack up against an item that makes 10% but sells in a day. When you have more ISK and more order slots, you can afford to have things sitting, because the ISK is flowing at a similar rate (and it's easier on you), but not at first. Money tied up in things that sell infrequently isn't earning you anything.


100 isk at 10% a day is 177 after a week
100isk at 50% a week, is only 150..

The isk must flow.

that is a myth. trading is no doubt profitable, but unless there is a shortage of something or a huge war you'll never turn 100m into billions in that amount of time.

Minimum daily % profit required to turn 100m into 1b in a month (30 days) is 8. That's compounding though.

Tough but not impossible.

10% daily on 100m compounded for 30 days gives you a little over 1.7b

www.evemarketeer.com: Actually, I do not have it yet, but it is so ridiculously easy to add that it would be a crime not to if you need it :P

Look for it under the trade information menu in half a day or so :)

You can make ISK off of any item at almost any cost. how much and how long are the variables.

2 general requirements. Patience and knowledge.

P.s. I would be willing to help you more, mail me in game if you would like. and is your name reference to Ghost in the shell? (by far above and beyond the best of any animation ever)