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Looking for advice on an accounting tool
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Florian Bao
Black Box Technologies
#1 - 2012-02-05 12:16:08 UTC
Hi, I am looking for an easy and good way to keep track of my weekly / monthly Profits / Losses.

Can somebody recommend a tool to me that will display that to me without offering my full api to random websites ?
Siri Irme
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#2 - 2012-02-05 14:42:54 UTC
You should try EVE Mentat.
Scion Lex
LEX Investments
#3 - 2012-02-06 03:02:59 UTC
Alot of people use a spreadsheet program like excel. You can usually get your hands on one for free and they are highly customizable (sp?).
Florian Bao
Black Box Technologies
#4 - 2012-02-06 03:56:13 UTC
well, i am basically looking for one that will read my api (locally) and show proper records.

And excell is not an option, sry :( (too many transfers)
Mu-Shi Ai
Hosono House
#5 - 2012-02-06 04:26:35 UTC
Eve-profit.com is really the only thing I know that does exactly what you want to do with a great deal of reliability. Most of the local applications are really about keeping track of orders, assets, and all your different finances, but they tend not to have good profit-tracking features.

So I think if you're looking for something that exists and is publicly available (i.e. not a piece of software custom created for private use) to fulfill this need, you're probably out of luck.

That said, Eve-profit.com does seem very much above-board, and has never given me any problems. It has the precise stats that I need (daily buy/sell/profit figures being the most important ones), and I just input that data into my own spreadsheets to keep track of monthly trade finances down to the day.
Florian Bao
Black Box Technologies
#6 - 2012-02-06 05:09:34 UTC
hm, can somebody comment on the trustworthyness of a site like eve-profit?
Lost Hamster
Hamster Holding Corp
#7 - 2012-02-06 08:55:50 UTC
I would recommend EMMA. The setup, is not the easiest, however as I have found it gives the best accounting infos.
Florian Bao
Black Box Technologies
#8 - 2012-02-06 09:00:11 UTC
could you provide me with a DL link? <3
Darth Inglip
Doomheim
#9 - 2012-02-09 06:32:20 UTC
I have an account on Eve-profit and find it's a great tool to use, especially to get an overview of how well I'm doing.
Zalmun
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
#10 - 2012-02-09 07:54:59 UTC
I also recommend EVE Mentat, but it probably depends on what you do. For trading, EVE Mentat has been the best for me so far. I also use the data it pulls from market cache in my own custom spreadsheets for extra functionality.
Lost Hamster
Hamster Holding Corp
#11 - 2012-02-09 11:27:02 UTC
Florian Bao wrote:
could you provide me with a DL link? <3

EMMA:
Ambo wrote:
You can find the installer here: http://code.google.com/p/evemarketmonitorapp/downloads/list

This is not the latest version but will auto update on startup.
Florian Bao
Black Box Technologies
#12 - 2012-02-09 12:03:28 UTC
currently trying EMMA and liking it!

However I miss some functionality of eve-profit :/

But its pretty awesome - thanks