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I'd like to know whats the going rate right now on:

Small Homes

Medium Homes

Large Homes

Equipment Factories

Depends highly on your server and location.

You are probably best off asking on your server board.

Small Home 12-15k depending on style

Medium home 65-80k Depending on style

Large house--- Havent made any yet.. Mymedium orders are backlogged

Factorys 55-65k depending.

Hope this helps

The standard price for any archetect item can be figured at 3.5 cr per resource unit that goes into it.

That puts a small house at just under 12k however I sell for less as there is a lot of competition selling small houses.

Before deciding on any price, I start with the base price for me 3.5 cr per resrouce unit and then adjust up or down depending on the local going rate. But that will get you pretty close every time.

Isn't it it sad? You can sell your resources for at least 3 cr/unit, so our 'profit' (our grind) is minimal and let us not even discuss critical failures on subcomponents or the entire strucutre.

I had a weaponsmith (of all people) refuse to pay more than 3 cr/unit resource for a factory....so he did NOT get one from me. I know he doesn't use that pricing technique on his goods!

On Intrepid, ore is tight, so I would rather sell the stuff at a better price on the bazaar than go 3 cr/unit building materials.

You need to know where the material costs are on the market to make a fair price. I also trade for ore.......they give me an equal amout to the total of material needed plus 20% more. I have deeds ready to go, so I take on the responsibility of a future critical failure, and they don't have to wait.

As mentioned,price very much depends on the server and competition.

I experienced a new low last night - had a buyer lined up for a large generic for 130k - a decent return on the skills/materials necessary. He's on the way to pick it up and stumbles across some clown offering him one for less than 90k.

I appreciate the arguments about people selling to cover the cost of gaining more experience, and also the free market etc etc - but sweet baby jesus - that works out at barely 2cr per resource - excluding factory expenses etc etc. What next, 1cr per resource? Perhaps a free large home with every basic pistol? This profession sure knows how to screw itself into the ground!

There are times as an architect when I really could weep - and that was one of them.

Skarra, Master Architect

140k large home
60k medium
10k (or less) small

This is average. NOT what i charge. I charge:

150k
75k
12k

And this is only to the person that doest feel like shopping and i can normally have it for them on the spot or less than 24 hours. Then in some cases I tell them tommorow and they say 'sure' and I assemble this item. They tell me the next day 'oh i got one already'. Nice move. Now i have to get rid of this and ill have to work with everyone elses prices. Thanks..

Theres 3 options an architect truly has right now:

1 - Be something else
2 - Be something else, but dont untrain. Save up 1 mil and run harvesters until you are out of money. Have an arsenal of walls,components etc and just let it sit there. and wait.
Let all the undercutters kill themselves off and come back with realistic pricing for items that no one can have in those quanities readily.
3 - Do the worst thing you could possibly do ,join a PA ,and become thier ore-fed wall making slave.

Im starting to think we were designed for #3. Its just not realistic to make money at this point. Its not really even worth it to make the profit margin we do make. People just wont pay our prices so we have to merge with the 'market value' thats constantly manipulated by those that grind/sell/grind/sell. I'm personally going to try #2. I can untrain some artisian skills, forget my medic stuff and maybe scrape together an elite combat class. Run money missions and have some fun for a while.

Small Houses:25k-35kcr

Medium Houses:90k-100kcr

Large Houses:225k-250kcr

PA Hall :1,500,000cr (why? because I HATEbuilding them so much it takes 1.5mil to make me like it)

If you provide resources I charge 20% of above prices.

If you are cordial and respectful, I chargemuch less.

Wow.. some of you amaze me.

With one breath you are complaining about the low prices, and then with the next you are giving prices @ 3cpu.

I'm a master architect, and I routinely sell resources on the bizaar (or face to face) for 4-5 cpu.

Why on earth would you sell a structure (many of which are a pain in the butt to build) for less than you can get selling the resources.

I wont sell any structure to a stranger for less than 7-8 cpu. It's just not worth the time and aggrivation.

I was approached last night for a medium house. Fortunately a very polite enquiry, but the gentleman wanted one for less than 75K. I told him that if some idiot offered him one for that he should take it. I had all of the resources on me to build it immediately.. but im not wasting my time (and getting carpel tunnel) for less money than the material value. I did explain how much material was needed for the house, and he seemed genuinly shocked. Sadly of course with lowballers still hanging around I could do nothing but recommend he go elsewhere to buy.

Oh well... so long as i have cash to run harvesters, im happy to go on accumulating resources.. some of them are already going up in value (unlike the structures in my pack).

Positronic

M.Arch of Eclipse

Drue have you ever sold any houses at that price?

I get laughed at if I even try to charge 12k for a small house.

I dont even bother making houses anymore...I make walls instead...lots and lots of walls!

Have I sold anything at those prices? No I havent, but I have sold many many small houses at 12k. But that was b4 I made it to master arch. Now I dont need the exp, and I have enough money to last me for a month to run my harvesters and vendor. But as I said, if I get one of those rare cordial and polite customers, I charge them much muchless.

Inever gouge customers for resrouces at 3cr per unit. I generally charge2 to 2.5 for base resources, and then 3 to 4 for finished products.

I tis not sad for me at all, it is quite profitable.

Smalls 11k

Mediums 65k

Can't make larger yet. I've seen people on my server (Eclipse) hawking for less and sometimes get laughed at, but I'm not desperate for money. I will come down to 10k/60k for people who are polite, especially if they are an entertainer or doctor/medic and they don't have a dufus name (ie lEeT DeWd or Lukke Skiwalker).