EVE New Citizens Q&A

Hello guys, now i know the stuff i have asked so far have been basic, however i can not get my head around blueprints so i need your help once more.

I have a caldari shuttle blueprint. I know it is useless but i want to produce some since they are easy. Now i bought a blueprint off the market, but from my understanding you can not use it forever. but it gives you the option to copy it, but the lab that i used did not do it.

If you bought it off the market, that's a blueprint original (BPO) and it lasts forever. An original can be researched (material efficiency and production efficiency) and copied. You're likely to find very long lines for ME and copying in highsec.

You don't need to copy the BPO unless you want to sell the copies (on contract), you can just manufacture from the BPO. You should do some ME research on it before you start making any of the shuttles, or you're likely to take a loss on making and selling them

Once you research that blueprint to improve ME or PE, you can't sell it on the market anymore. Also, if you make copies from it, you can't sell the copies on the market.

Contracts are for selling researched blueprint originals, and blueprint copies.

People can get blueprint copies for T2 items from the invention system. They'll have pretty bad ME or PE stats, but it's the only copies they can get. The T2 item market depends on a healthy trade in BP copies.

Sure there is; they used to be sold by the NPCs in each station but a few years ago player production has taken over (with CCP turning off NPC sales).

You just have to find stations that don't have a shuttle yet. Instead of producing a LOT and trying to sell in bulk at a trade hub, you can spread out stacks of a few shuttles to as many stations as you find that don't have any. People will pay 20-50k per shuttle, if you're the only one there, which is more than it'll cost you to make them.

Only 1 use for a shuttle: To shuttle you to another place while providing a slightly bit more protection then when just using your Pod. But then again, you might as well pick a frigate and fit it for propulsion and you will be faster.

http://eve-central.com/home/quicklook.html?typeid=672

selling at jita is probably your best bet,shuttles are kinda useless,i either use frigate or just capsule in high sec,i personaly wouldnt go into that market

for starters drones and ammo are better volumes

Here is a link to a video series called Eve Online Research & Lab Tutorial, Parts 1-4, made by AndrewTheRed1, which explains the basics of blueprints and research:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aG7C5679YrI&feature=share&list=PLD4039F65A12E8128

He has a related video series on Market & Industry which begins with a detailed discussion of blueprints and manufacturing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnzqRJuXL7A&feature=share&list=PLD4039F65A12E8128

Just about no one uses the direct trade due to scamming.

Is it better to set up private contracts or maybe even public ones then. I am going to be speaking to a few corporations and see if can convince them shuttles are the new space ferrai's xD

Why would anybody want to buy shuttles from you when they are easily obtained from the market at a low cost.

If you want to supply direct to a buyer:

* Build on request (pull system - start production once order is in).
* Build on supply (push system - build and sell stock, more competition and more research needed on what to build/sell).

With the 2nd one I mean, if you know certain alliances use < Insert shipname here > with < insert modules for the fit here > you can look what market prices would cost them, look what your production would cost you and maybe contact them with a nice deal (above your production cost but below what normal market would cost them), keep in mind that this also can involve T2 production and large quantities.

Also:

IB4 I own a Ferrari and don't care about ISK