Architect Archive
Thread: Need a Price List
First of all you should bear in mind that prices will depend a lot on the economy of your server. So if I tell you that 30k is the "going price" for something then that might be way too much or way too low for your server. Some items vary more than others of course. I've seen factories go for 30k to 60k on just my server. But really best answer I've seen is below.
FAQ answer...
http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/board/message?board.id=architect&message.id=44120
Q-5.1: What should I charge for a building/harvester/piece of furniture??
A-5.1: Copy/paste from ZenDragonMLS -
"Find the vendors for many of the Master Architects on your server. Go visit them. Copy down the prices. Talk with miners and ask them where they get their harvesters and how much they pay. Check the Bazaar for furniture prices. Check the Trade Forum for your server.
Then sit down and figure out what kind of business *you* want to run. If you want to be a low-cost / high-volume guy, then figure out how you can keep your operating costs as low as possible and yet pump out lots of stuff (high-volume means you will need extra lots and/or people to mine for you). If you want to focus on furniture, then you need to make sure that your vendor always has a large selection on it and you need to advertise a lot. If you want to only service miners by making high-end heavy harvesters, then figure out the economics of *their* business and charge for your harvesters based on their payback (e.g., selling someone a money-making machine that never decays for an amount that they can earn back in 2-4 days is not a recipe for long-term success.)
You get the idea: price is only *one* aspect of your whole business model. Think through how you want to play and pick your prices to fit that model. Whatever you do, don't take some "rule of thumb" like "charge X credits per unit of resources that it takes you to build it" and call it a "business model". Take more control over your business than that."
Medium Mineral and Water: 50k+
Other mediums: 75k
Houses: not a lot of profit in those