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A Question about Station Trading/Daytrading
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Jort Khurelem
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
#1 - 2013-07-26 09:02:33 UTC
I'm new to EVE, and I'm interested in a career as a trader, but I have a question: can you do this from Amarr VIII, or do you need to be in Jita?
Wafflehead
Garoun Investment Bank
Gallente Federation
#2 - 2013-07-26 10:50:58 UTC  |  Edited by: Wafflehead
Amarr is a trading hub yea, not as busy as Jita.

So yes you can

Trading Hubs: (In order of size)
Jita
Amarr
Rens
Dodixie
Hek
I am providence
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#3 - 2013-07-26 11:21:43 UTC
Before i took my stuff and transfered it to jita, i traded in Amarr - so its possible, yes.


Pro:
- not as much rivals as in jita
- some items have more margin then they have in jita

cons:
- not as much customers as in jita
- therefore less frequent trades
- some goods are not or just hardly tradable (because nobody bothers to haul them into any other hub then jita)


At some point it makes a noticeable difference where you trade.
But for a beginner its ok to start in amarr, dodixie, hek or rens (or any other tradehub) - the more experience and ISK you get, the more jita is the better location for trading if you ask me.

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Jort Khurelem
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
#4 - 2013-07-26 16:16:42 UTC
OK, thank you. Maybe I'll start in Amarr then, and when I get better at it, I'll move to Jita. Smile
MotherSammy
Clan Sammy Trade Empire
#5 - 2013-07-27 08:21:46 UTC
Wafflehead wrote:


Trading Hubs: (In order of size)
Jita
Amarr
Rens
Dodixie
Hek


In my experience dodixie usually has a higher population than Rens. Unless there has been recent fluctuation in population, i'd swap their positions on this list.
Eve Mogul
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#6 - 2013-07-28 22:23:25 UTC
I am providence wrote:
Before i took my stuff and transfered it to jita, i traded in Amarr - so its possible, yes.


Pro:
- not as much rivals as in jita
- some items have more margin then they have in jita

cons:
- not as much customers as in jita
- therefore less frequent trades
- some goods are not or just hardly tradable (because nobody bothers to haul them into any other hub then jita)


At some point it makes a noticeable difference where you trade.
But for a beginner its ok to start in amarr, dodixie, hek or rens (or any other tradehub) - the more experience and ISK you get, the more jita is the better location for trading if you ask me.

This is all very relevant and good advice ^^^^^

A suggestion though: instead of moving to Jita once you start having some successes in Amarr, why not simply expand your operations to trade between Amarr and Jita when you're ready. It may not be your style of course (although there's definitely money to be made), but I know that station trading on it's own makes me want to stab myself from boredom, so just another option to think about.

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Sabriz Adoudel
Move along there is nothing here
#7 - 2013-08-01 00:48:07 UTC  |  Edited by: Sabriz Adoudel
I trade from Dodixie alone, and really only trade in a few commodities, and haven't needed to expand from that hub yet.

My trading capital is presently 7-9 billion ISK. Once I hit 30-50b I'll probably need to expand (and the goal is then to expand to a second small hub, not to Jita). But for now, there is an enormous amount of commodities I've considered trading but do not believe I have enough capital to deal in - I've only just started trading in hulls larger than t1 cruisers, for instance, and I still only trade in Gallente ships.


(Edit to clarify: I don't just trade in Dodixie but across a 10j radius of there)

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Rhivre
TarNec
Invisible Exchequer
#8 - 2013-08-01 06:18:46 UTC