Droid Engineer Archive
Thread: Prices on the new builds?
I coulda sworn the subject of this thread was Prices on the NEW builds of droids lol. aka droids with combat modules. 
To that end, I have sold out at 50k, and those weren't even max combat rating + HAM 1700 (r3s, obviously). I'll be bumping it up to 75k for today.
Been trying to figure out what to charge but not to up to date with the econemy on valcyn... probibly have to check the master DE shops around to figure it out...
So, apparently the trick is to sell tons of kits and only a few droids to turn a profit if you have limited resources?
Only asking 'cause I'm new to the droid engineering profession.
I have good sales at these rates:
Adv Probot 495 combat rating 1100 HAM 2 X level 4 armor: 40,000
Adv LE repair 297 combat rating 2200 HAM 1 X level 6 armor personality chip: 45,000
Adv R3 594 combat rating 1666 HAM 2 X level 4 armor: 50,000
Adv R2 495 combat rating 1666 HAM 2 X level 4 armor: 40,000
Adv R2 297 combat rating 1666 HAM 2 X (regular modules) 2X level 4 armor: 40,000
I also sell battery crates at 50 credits a charge, or 1000 for a crate of 5, 2000 for 10, and so on up to 5000 for a crate of 25, all have 4 charges of course.
And, I sell Droid Repair kits at 40 credits a heal, or 10,000 for a crate of 10, each is 25 charges, 1600 heal. This may seem like a high price, but with all the sub parts that have to be made to create the final product, i feel justified. So crates of 25 sell for 25,000, but customer gets 625 heals. Andthat will last a long time.
I routinely sell out at these prices all the time. As many others have stated, advertising is everything. Everyone sells droids. But my shop sign says, "DROID BATTERIES, Droids, and Droid repair kits".
Trust me, the droid battery part draws em in, and once they see my wide selection of crafting/medical/item storage, combat, and combat/hybrid droids, they end up buying a droid. Of course this means I have to keep at least 400 batteries in my vendor at all times. The one time I let my battery stock run low, droid sales plummeted. So every 2 days I dutyfully do a factory run of 500 batteries, and break the crates up in to 5, 10, 15, and 20 packs leaving 1/2 in the 25 crates, and put them on my vendor.
If you offer the complete package (all types and models of droids, battery crates, repair kit crates), and advertise, you will make alot of money. But dont forget, LET PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT YOUR SHOP. Set up a hot key that shouts what you sell, where you sell it, and how low your prices are (even if they aren't). Every time you pass though a city, hit that hot key. And if you have to wait for a shuttle, hit the key every minute or so. Now get out there and sell 