Market Discussions

TLDR version:

I'm forming a channel ("The Silk Road") for merchants and industrialists to come from all over the universe (0.0, high sec, low sec, w-space) to come work together regardless of their political loyalties. The goal is to network and have a more fluid exchange of both material and intellectual resources so that we may all benefit.

This channel will be public until we get enough members where we can justify a fee.

This is strictly anti-scamming/spamming. I place great emphasis on political neutrality and the desire to work together for profits. The rules will be enforced. Be respectful and mature.

Detailed version:

Hello,

I wanted to create something for us merchants, industrialists and miners, us CREATORS, that goes beyond corp, alliance and regional boundaries, beyond Jita and Amarr, Rens and Dodixie. I think we as entrepreneurs have a special place in the universe of New Eden and there is no shame in saying that our interests go toward creating rather than destroying. (Not that there is anything wrong with those who destroy. They make work for us after all )

I understand the hardships of being the smaller guy in EvE starting a small corporation, trying to find trust worthy people and forming a community of your own where you can create. Even though you may have the skills, ships, industrial resources and the capitalist spirit, the hardest part is networking. And that goes the same for even larger industrial entities. At the end of the day, the most valuable commodity in EvE is trust.

Networking is important because it forms bonds and opportunities you would not be able to form selling/buying on the Jita market for example.

So what exactly is my point? What am I trying to offer here? Well I am creating an in game channel by the name "The Silk Road." As many of you may know, the historical Silk Road was a link between Europe and Asia where spices, silk, ideas, and all forms of trade exchanged. Although empires rose and fell among those lands, the Silk Road continued to be a tool used by entrepreneurs throughout the ages. This channel will work much the same way.

Imagine a Jita local chat without spammers and scammers, policed and maintained. Now imagine that that chat wasn't just limited to one system, but something that was all encompassing across EvE. That is my dream and I want you all to become part of it.

Now how do you become part of this? Well my plan for now is to leave the channel open to any and all until I cam popularize the channel and draw members in. Once that happens, the channel will allow only accept members who can donate 100 mil (100,000,000 ISK) every month (1st of each month) for as long as they wish to stay and follow the rules.

The purpose of the fee is for various reasons. First off, I too am an entrepreneur and a capitalist. I an investing my own resources in making this idea work and I am seeking to profit from it myself. "It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest." ~ Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations. Your interest is my interest. Your level of success affects my level of success.

Secondly, it provides a first line level of defense against would be scammers/spammers. The way scams work, one has to throw as many darts at the board as possible. 99 percent of them miss. Our advantage in this situation is even if they do pay the first fee to get in, they only get one chance until they get booted.

Thirdly, we make sure that the people who do join, are at a level where their presence is beneficiary to our group. For most potent industrial corporations, 100 mil is a very manageable price, especially for what we would be providing: a Trans-Universal market not limited by politics who's only goal is to help the members grow and be successful.

So for now join "The Silk Road" in game channel and join the mailing list by the same name. Introduce yourself and whatever you can do. If you are looking to buy in bulk at a lower price, or want to find a partner to build capitals, and everything else in between, do it. If anyone is spamming/scamming, mail me and I will make sure that person does not bother us. Keep in mind that during the free trial period, ANYONE can join so be careful.

Eventually I will switch the channel to "member list" to moderate it so only people I add onto the list can join. Send 100 mil to this account with the reason being "Silk", and you will be added. Membership fee will be due on the first of each month. There is a 5 day grace period after which I will remove you. So long as you do not scam and you are respectful to the members, you are free to go and come as you please.

Please keep politics out of this. Discussion is fine but if your corp/alliance/coalition is at war with another member, I do not want the dirty laundry to be aired in the channel. So long as the 100 mil fee is paid, you may even want to join with a simple alt and keep yourself as private as you wish.

We'll keep it fun and beneficiary for everyone involved. We'll have lotteries, raffles, third party exchanges, auctions and whatever else we can think of. Give it a try, we could all use a few more connections, big or small.

Channels already exsist and do not charge so why pay for your service you offer no kind of benefit over one of the free channels currently.

this looks like a i need isk so join my ultra-super secret club for a fee and do what others are doing for free

send the isk to me with the reason [80085] by the way for the membership fee

All i've found there is spam and low brow barking. I'm looking to build quality. And there's nothing "super elite and secret." Simply want to build something worth my time and the time of others. Too bad it bothers so many.

That about summed it up^^^^^^^^^^^^

Goonswarm scams maybe :P

no one with an IQ above potatoe will pay to sit in a chat channel when so many exsist

1) if your dumb enough to click on something and read it once maybe twice and not see the scam or fail behind it your about to get what you deserve
2) so many channels who the fak wants another one that they have to pay for to be part of the elite uber super friends club, because when you slap a price tag on something so basic that anyone can make a room and moderate out the trash, ya know at 0.00 cost your plan looks more and more like a lazy attempt to make money with no benefits to the clients or real substance to make it a valuable endeavor
3) as for the goon post what does it matter he is a goon if he can make valid points (still waiting) they should be taken at that value

more to come.........

1) never said 100m is going to break my bank and i would not pay to be part of your "special club"
2) what your offering exsist if you dont look for it i am not going to point you in any directions im not here to guide you just point out that nothing special exsist about your idea its impotent and weak as you contradict yourself in the general idea of it IMO
3) say no scams etc but then offer micro lotteries etc all of which can be a scam in some sense or another

:( and i wasnt invited ahhhh dayum

im sure most pyramid schemes have good front men that make thier shiney Shite product look good and i see you doing the same just pointing out your not offering anything worth 1 isk a month

im not here to feed you info pull ur hands out your arse and look if you cant do ground work yourself your pretty useless

apparently we play two different versions of eve yours must have flower rainbows and unicorns where ppl hug and skip and please feel free to explain you "illogical" comments as thats all you seem to be able to spew out , and simply cannot grasp that on one hand your saying heres my chat channel scammer free but heres some tools ppl use to scam let me mix them together and call it a safe haven free from the usual drudgery of scams