EVE New Citizens Q&A

When I look for buyers to my goods, I have the feeling that the market only shows me nearby systems, no further away than, say, 6 or 7 jumps. Is that the default setting of the market? Can it be changed to show me the entire galaxy?
Recently I made as far as 18 jumps after having mined omber in the Gallente space and went back to my beloved Amarr space, and I was expecting I'd be able to fetch a handsome price for that mineral which cannot be found in Amarr space apparently. However, the price wasn't that awesome, and I wonder if there's a way to show the best buyers in the whole galaxy, or in a larger space than the local sector anyways. Possibly including very low sec space?

Market browser options can be set to show orders on station / system / region - and thats all. Use EvE Central as it was said above.

Don't expect huge profit by selling ore or some low-grade stuff: difference in prices between regions in HiSec is not big enough. You may check main trading hubs if you're interested in trading.

The price wasn't awesome because you're not the first player to come up with the idea of inter-region trading. You'd think that non-Amarr ships and gear wouldn't be available in Amarr space, but they are. There are thousands of player traders, capable of flying freighters (400,000 m3 cargo), looking for the slightest price difference between buy and sell locations, so they can make a profit.

It's not just hub-to-hub, either: there are price differences between the trade hub and the entrances to various 0.0 regions, between the hubs and the starter newbie school stations, hubs and agent mission hotspots, etc.

As far as the mineral difference between high, low, and null sec, it's like this:

- high sec is crowded and has only the lower ores (people transport the higher minerals in, or obtain them from recycling loot).

- low sec is full of pirates and PVP'ers, allowing only ninja-mining (why the mining frigates were introduced).

- null has recently been revamped to be more self-sufficient, they have all the ores and minerals there.

EVE has had 100,000 players for more than 10 years; we've figured out the obvious profits by now. The game has a much more complex manufacturing system than other MMO's though, so it's still possible to make profit. Also, people are lazy and want their stuff at their door, so there's profit there too. Just look beyond the obvious.

double post, please delete :)

Thanks everyone for the very kind reply! I still find the market a bit confusing, but I'm definitely using the EVE Central site for now :)
It's still strange. Once it told me that I could sell a type of ore at 200 ISK if I went to a certain system. I went there, but I only managed to sell it at 100. That was still good compared to the system I mined it from, but still confusing as to why only half the price. I guess there is some mechanic I'm failing to notice....

There are also eve-central based scams. A player can put a high-priced buy order in one region and then another high-priced sell order in another region. Eve-central spits out the trade. Player travels to the sell region buys out goods, then seller cancels the buy order.

Always make sure the prices are inherently good before buying, don't depend on specific sell orders. That way, of you arrive at station and the buy order is closed out, you can just make your own sell order, and probably make a better profit anyway.

Which is why you mine in fleets in 0.0.

A squads worth of Procurer/Skiff drones assigned to a tackler can yield hilarious killmails when someone comes along.