Market Discussions

I am considering training a trade alt up on one of my two accounts. First let me say that the Jita .01ing for multiple hours a day does not really appeal to me right now as I don't want to put that much time in to it (maybe in the future tho). I will probably make him as a trader / hauler buying low and then shipping to other trade hubs where I can sell for a larger mark up.

I am not asking for advice on how to run the trader, I am am asking for your opinion on if you think this would be profitable over level 4 running and exploration (also considering this would be split training on an account). As for start up money, getting a good 500+ million for start up cash wont be a problem.

Does any one run a character like this? Would you be willing to give me a ball park of what one may expect to pull in doing this, or is it really hard to say?

Thank you.

Making 35-50 mill per day once you get everything up and running is not much of an issue. Just use hauling companies (Red Frog and Push) to run your freight. At first it seems really annoying to pay 5 mill for something you can do yourself, but the time and risk saved is well worth it. Then it is just sorting what you will stock, which takes a bout a month to sort out, trying different items, seeing what works. also remember what made 2 million per unit last week could be unprofitable next week. At least for me it has been kind of a rotating basket of items that works.

When you are a younger trade without a large pool of isk to invest in trading, I would actually reccomend starting out in one of the smaller trade hubs. I traded out of Rens for the first month or so of my career. Less .01 isking (compared to Jita) and more low-volume-higher-margin opportunities (again, compared to Jita). As a young trader without a lot of starting capital, lower volume higher margin is a good starting point.

Training up a T1 industrial and doing some light-duty hauling yourself can help kick-start your profits and doesn't take much time or expense. As you get wealthier and deal with larger volumes of materials, using transport companies becomes more attractive.