Droid Engineer Archive

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Eege wrote:

Since I just mastered DE I am broke and scraping resources, so I am wondering, what are the best selling droids as of late?

I have made some BH droids, probbot and seekers - 0 sold

Made a medical LE droid crafting and the lot - 0 sold

Made an R2 entertainer droid w/ 3 effects - o sold

Made mouse droids with storage abilities - 0 sold

Made a R4 with merchant barker module in it - 1 sold.

So a little help would be appreciated. A lot of people seem to be visiting my vendors, but no one is buying.

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Maybe this isn't the kind of advice you're looking for, but I'm gonna go out on a limb and ask: could it be the environment in which you sell your droids, rather than the actual items?

If your shop is an empty house with no furnishings, no lights, no nothing, just vendors sitting there, people may get the impression that they should shop somewhere else. Do you interact with your customers? How about your vendor(s)? Do you have clear, simple name listings of your droids, or do you have a cluttered, confusing jumble of abbreviated descriptions in the deed title? Do you include your own item description of your droids and what is in them? Is your vendor stocked with a decent selection of droids?

If your shop is furnished, has lighting, plants, pictures, droid models, and other attractive things to look at which make it a pleasant place to be, they'll want to come back. And if your vendor tells them what they are buying (remember almost no one can decipher the default data given for a droid's attributes), obviously they'll be more likely to buy something. If you stock your vendor, people will consider it the place to go to find what they need, or to browse. Stocking your vendor is the most important thing you can do to get off the ground as a DE.

I don't know your situation of course, but I've always been of the opinion that most people who don't make any money with DE just aren't very good at it (see above), or don't put enough effort into it (see above). These are the people who then post sarcastic and bitter remarks about the profession being worthless, a waste of time, etc. I don't want you to do the same thing. Put your heart into it, don't be lazy, and you'll get a lot out of being a DE.


Rippen Tuck
RippenCo Droids, Inc.
Starsider, Naboo
-3988, 3796

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Eege wrote:

now that you mention it, there isn't to much in the main sales area. Back room is looking good, may have to do some rearranging. This used to be my armor museum till I decided to sell droids. I have my two vendors, one for BH droids (clearly marked) and one for others. I have 2 lights, and the ST armomr set, Marine armor set, and the maurader armor still all in the room. And so far only one display droid. More crafting in my future to make some deeds to display I guess. That and maybe bring more items from the back to the front room.

Thanks again for the help.

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Yeah, you'd be surprised how much appearance matters in sales businesses, just like in real life. I get compliments all the time about what a nice shop I have, and all I did was put some flowers, chairs, droid models, and plenty of lights into a symmetrical arrangement in two rooms. Make things look nice, keep things clear and simple, be dependable and helpful, take time to explain to people what your droids do. And KEEP YOUR VENDOR STOCKED. These are the keys to success in the droid engineer profession. Good luck!


Rippen Tuck
RippenCo Droids, Inc.
Starsider, Naboo
-3988, 3796

I am just a 4,0,0,4 DE. Slowly grinding out the last 2 trees. And being 4,0,0,4 limits my ability to do custom requests. So...

I only make MSE Storage droids and sell them at 3k a pop. Sometimes in crates of 5. Have sold over 30 crates at a slow pace during the past 2 months. Sales have picked up since I started advertising in my local Trade Forum about 3 weeks ago.

My vendor is Registered in South Coronet (but I doubt that actually influence sales)

I do not spam Coronet or other heavily trafficed locales. I do not use the /auction channel. My vendor is located in a PA Shopping Mall (which might influence sales - from browsing customers with some spare cash)

My target clients are players who need the extra storage... especially Jedi.


Hope that helps.

For me, I sell alot of BH supplies. I normally run out of stock on crates of Arakyds. I keep restocking, but they keep buying. The seekers sell to a slightly lesser extent. My best seller of all is crated detonating droids. I think I'm the only DE on the server mass producing these and they sell by the crate load. Word is getting out to all the BH's on my server and I've been seeing sales skyrocket. My feeling is, the less Jedi there are in the game, the better. Dark meat or white meat Jedi... Doesn't matter.

Of course we'll have to see if I can stay in business due to the vendor nerf, but those are my best selling items.

Those are the good sellers.

Now you need advertising.

What I do :
Put 10 item storage MSE on my vendor for 5K.
Go to the bazaar and put 10 item storage MSE for 6K with in description : cheaper at my shop coord, planet, closest city.

Also, if you can afford advertising 4, a barker droid will boost your sales, if used at the right place, at the right time. The Weekend after a publish, whatever is in the publish is a big selling period if you advertise well.

Oh, and planetary map is a must.

DZ70 combat droid on bazaar with better at my shop comment also works well.

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