Market Discussions

I am returning to Eve after a long...6 or 7 years... break. I am looking to do mostly trading and other things that do not require me to pay 100% attention 100% of the time while I play but also let me grow my bank roll. I have a couple of questions.

1. What are the major and minor hubs these days? I know Jita, obviously... I logged on to something like 2000 people there and I never remember there being more then 700.

2. What are the solid ways to make money in Eve these days for a solo player who wants to play mostly passively? I used to do a lot of station trading in Jita and will probably go back to that but I know the game has changed a lot and am not sure what else to look into.

Thank you!

Trading frictions are higher - 2% transaction fee and 3% brokerage on every transaction. Reducing to 1% and 2% respectively with maximum skill (accounting, broker relations) and standing. Brokerage fees in Citadels are set by the owner.

Secondary hubs are Amarr, Dodixie and Rens.

Passive play is possible - buy in bottom half of cycle, relist in top half and forget about it until it sells. Requires patience and capital.

Hek is actually a thriving hub, especially for items that low sec PvPers use frequently. There is some activity in Teonusude. You can position yourself so you can easily bounce between Heimatar (Rens), Molden Heath (Teonusude), and Metropolis (Hek), working all three markets. You can also play some shipping games where you can buy low in one region and sell high in another.

what Sabriz said you shouldnt consider hek or rens if you want to make isk in game. Yes it can be somewhat profitable not in a sense of isk/hr but for certain mods you will get higher margin out there but ofc volumes are so low that its hard to make decent amount of profit there!

Do a bit of everything:

-cook bluerprints overnight, relist in the morning
-list buy orders within a reasonable jump range
-setup PI factory planets between your hub of choice to your missioning area of choice
-put up sell/buy orders on mission hubs to catch the stuff from the lazier gamers
-etc etc..

The idea is to spread your investments, so that if one has a slow turnover rate the others can pick up the slack and your capital isn't tied up. You'll also pick up on trends that affect one another, like the recent Excavator Drones.

Now THAT would be useful :)

evenet.trade

This site allows a few parameters to be inputted for filtering and a search for specific items.

Haven't updated the SDE recently so a few skins aren't specified.

Updates every five minutes and shows current prices and volumes in the 5 major trade hubs.

No such button.
Give me a bit I'll see what I can do.

I am finding Hek to mostly have supply problems. Esp for t2 manufacturing materials.

TBH I am getting really annoyed that Jita remains king while the rest are becoming less active, it makes things very inconvenient.

Why IS this happening btw?

Spreads are controlled by brokerage fees and taxes. Brokerage fees went up, so there became a 7% gap basically where traders can't create any liquidity without losing money. If you want to buy or sell, sure, you can just place an order and don't need to worry about going back across the spread. However, this requires volume for you to get that 3-4% extra when transacting goods. Volume comes with concentration of players. This favors one hub for all trade.

The rise in brokerage fees is what is concentrating players into one hub. The citadels are what will spread it back out. I'm looking for a resident citadel with a savvy owner who has a low brokerage fee in nullsec.

Liberal Universalists has much to say on this and other topics. Channel KORNS public.