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Courier / Hauling Jobs?
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Postre Moyano
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#1 - 2013-12-03 01:42:46 UTC
Hey guys, i m new to the game, and i think i find courier / hauling jobs fun!. I have done a lot of research about this matter, and i think i kinda have an idea of the difference of a Quick / fast delivery as a courier, and the tanky hauling bestowler.

My question is. Are any of these jobs profitable in the current version of the game? Are there jobs for High / Mid hauling ? What about courier? wich one is more profitable??

I have read about this big corp that takes most of these jobs. So b4 i spend lots of time training for this, i want to have someone with more experience with me , tell me if i should get in this business!

Thanks in advance for any feedback
Sabriz Adoudel
Move along there is nothing here
#2 - 2013-12-03 01:48:50 UTC
I like to think of courier contractors as useful idiots.

They do the most risky part of any market work I do (the only part with a realistic chance of 100% loss), and they receive less than 5% of the profits I make.

And that's on the honest courier contracts I put up. Sometimes I post a scam one as well, where the contract looks quite safe to a naive person but has been engineered to have a realistic chance of being failed. (E.g. 'take this 270000 m^3 parcel from one highsec point to another, the closest route going through Niarja and Uedama; oh and by the way, unless you take precautions against being cargo scanned, anyone scanning you will see three PLEX and five deadspace mods. Collateral ten billion.)



That said, I frequently will pay 25-50m for moving things around within contiguous highsec, if it has to be done fast. But if I'm paying that amount, it's because I see an opportunity to make a half billion or so out of the goods I am having hauled.

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Felicity Love
Doomheim
#3 - 2013-12-03 03:58:18 UTC
First of all, define how much time you really want to put into running around hauling other people's crap. Blink

The more time you decide you have to spend watching TV or reading while in warp, then the bigger the ship you obviously have time for.

Either way, start small, with a covert frig for doing those small, pricey cargos on fast runs.

Be aware that some courier contracts are too good to be true. Experience will help you define that for yourself.

Have fun Blink

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Sabriz Adoudel
Move along there is nothing here
#4 - 2013-12-03 04:54:59 UTC
Felicity Love wrote:

Be aware that some courier contracts are too good to be true. Experience will help you define that for yourself.

Have fun Blink


Every courier contract is designed to be good for someone. Experience will help you determine who that someone is.

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RubyPorto
RubysRhymes
#5 - 2013-12-04 08:41:50 UTC
Sabriz Adoudel wrote:
Every courier contract is designed to be good for someone. Experience will help you determine who that someone is.


Usually more than one someone. Almost always including the person making the contract.

"It's easy to speak for the silent majority. They rarely object to what you put into their mouths." -Abrazzar "the risk of having your day ruined by other people is the cornerstone with which EVE was built" -CCP Solomon
AlmightyWeaponX
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#6 - 2013-12-04 14:06:40 UTC
I enjoy being a space trucky, doesn't take long to learn the ropes and its pretty easy money but kinda boring unless you got some TV shows to watch or something similar on the side.
Dan Carter Murray
#7 - 2013-12-04 15:09:27 UTC
Postre Moyano wrote:
Hey guys, i m new to the game, and i think i find courier / hauling jobs fun!. I have done a lot of research about this matter, and i think i kinda have an idea of the difference of a Quick / fast delivery as a courier, and the tanky hauling bestowler.

My question is. Are any of these jobs profitable in the current version of the game? Are there jobs for High / Mid hauling ? What about courier? wich one is more profitable??

I have read about this big corp that takes most of these jobs. So b4 i spend lots of time training for this, i want to have someone with more experience with me , tell me if i should get in this business!

Thanks in advance for any feedback


see red frog freight or push. their pilots make a lot of isk. especially if you like hauling.

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TheSmokingHertog
Julia's Interstellar Trade Emperium
#8 - 2013-12-04 22:03:17 UTC
also check out PushX, for if you like empire hauling (mostly)

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joyous the
Slippery Penguin
#9 - 2013-12-04 23:06:32 UTC  |  Edited by: joyous the
join "haulers channel" channel, join "public contracts" mailing list
Brink Albosa
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#10 - 2013-12-05 07:04:46 UTC
I have a use for high sec couriers all the time. Check out my contracts around the Essence region.
Siigari Kitawa
Operation Sleepless
#11 - 2013-12-05 19:42:33 UTC
Couriers are fun. If you want to learn more about moving couriers, check out some of my courier tutorials at Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XcbApJL42w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZQKB41n7uY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrlUMiRL1jU

There are more, just browse "Eve" in my uploads. Enjoy!

Need stuff moved? Push Industries will handle it. Serving highsec, lowsec and nullsec - and we do it faster and more reliably than anyone else. Ingame channel: PUSHX