Market Discussions

This is just a bit of preliminary market research. If you had the option to buy EVE related swag, well designed & high quality ofc, for ISK or PLEX would you?

I mean rl swag. I happen to be an artist and a designer with the tools connections & skill to produce almost anything. I work in jewelery and accessories specializing in leather but I also do clothing.

I specified "uber space rich" because the (very loose/only conceptual at this stage) idea would be to make limited runs of very highquality goods to trade for plex

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As a man who works in the fashion industry, I can with some authority that there is plenty of substance in style & whats more, being a man of substance is always in style

This line is stylish but completely lacking in substance.

It wouldn't apply.

1. I'm not making and actual currency
2. I wouldn't use EVE's logo or branding
3. The fashion industry is free of copyright laws & utility patents. Only trademarks apply (see 2.)

@Raw You may have a point with the EULA. I did just get off of a 12hr shift so maybe I will take some time to study the document and reassess after a nap.

It really depends on what you make. If you make tacky looking poorly fitting shirts, then no I wouldn't take them if you paid me. The problem with EVE paraphernalia is that my EVE addiction is not really something I run around to people bragging about.

I would definitely buy computer upgrades for isk.

I'd agree with BB, computer/gaming related things I would happily trade for PLEX. When CPP had that video card offer for PLEX I was one of the lucky few who got one. Not because I needed the video card mine was already better, but it was for the fact I could. I gave that card away to a friend.

Approach CCP, ask them about royalties and what not.

I would imagine, for tax and legal reasons, they'd not be able to pay you in PLEX. But you could buy PLEX.

What have you got to loose? All they can do is say no.

Closest thing I'd get is something along the lines of a Kershaw Cryo with a proper brown/rust type coating that will hold up to abuse with a Rifter on the handle. It's a knife for those you who don't know.

Or even better the Cryo II when that is released, same thing but instead larger 2.75in vs 3.38in blade off memory.

Safe to say this is very wishful thinking.

If this was to work I think Eve would just allow you to use the Eve store items with plex.

That would inflate the hell out of plex though.

So my real question to you is.

If it's Eve related swag wouldn't it need to use Eve logo's and such. (( Like the other Eve stuff I already own? ))

Or would it be just generic clothes made to look like in game Eve items?
(( I can already buy black/white/red addias and fast and furious 6 stuff at the mall ))

I'm not sure exactly what customer base you are looking for.

If you have good look a like gear on the jackets and shirts and maybe the not so tight pants it might be worth buying.
(( Not so baggy black cargo pants as an example ))

Your toon looks to be just young enough to have missed the old eve store.

It had a lot of swag. (( I got multiple gurrista items, blood raider shirts, amarr key chain, art books, coaster, plenty of other nerdy items even patches and playing cards ))

They shut down the store back in October. Was horrible timing as it was right before Christmas and I had to change my entire list.

I think you should approach them about what you can do and see if they like your stuff enough to add you as a vendor.

They use to do laptop covers as well. Pretty sure that market already got saturated.

If CCP didn't think it was worth it to keep stuff on the store due to lack of sells it might be hard to find a customer base at all.