Droid Engineer Archive

To better understand the rates at which to charge, can all DE's please respond with a droid and a price for it? Or a droid with additional components on it and a price to charge? I'm not exactly new to the DE profession, but I am getting further and further in the ranks to where as I will be opening my own shop soon andI would prefer not to jip the economy from the DE profession.

DarkLordSenn

Eclipse Server

Ah the price debat. Gosh, havent seen that come up in a while Now we'll see the DE union down upon us hehe

Seriously though this is my pricing for what its worth...

R2 w/ Med module and chem crafter - 45k

Probot - 15k

ADV Probot w/ any modules - 25k

Thats all I've sold (no not just those models ... only 3 bots total hehe (j/k))

-Kralis

Master DE Bloodfin

My price list:

Adv. Probot10000

Adv. R2 12000

Adv. R3 15000

Medic/Repair 15000

Protocol17500

All of these prices are with armor, but no modules. I charge 1000 Per Repair, Med 6, Item6 (or item 4X2), Data 6, and any Crafting module with guaranteed efficiency of 50% or more.

On average most people go with Crafting station/Med 6/Item 6/Repair combo on any droid ordered, so you can basically add 4000 to all the above prices to see what I charge per droid.

Sounds like a plan I tried that once ..... the only price they sold at consistantly was below my break even ...ie I went broke

Such is the way.

-Kralis

Master DE Bloodfin

I have moved to pretty much selling droids only through my vendor. I make alot less this way but its just so much easier and I can play my second account more. For setting up a vendor I have to streamline my droids though. I only make R4s for crafting modules/medic modules, probots and seekers. I will also keep 1-2 surgical droids stocked with med modules/stations and 1-2 LE Repair Droids stocked with WDG station/repair modules. Now if your still with me here are the prices I charge:

R4 w/ Med 6, Food/Chem Station & Armor 3 - 12k

R4 w/ Med 6 & Armor 3- 10k

R4 w/ Craft Station & Armor 3 - 10k

Probots w/ Armor 3 - 12k

Probots w/ Armor 4 - 14k

Seekers - 2k

Surgical Droid w/ Med 6 & Food/Chem Station - 30k

LE Repair Droid w/ WDG & Repair Module - 25k

Med droids are the biggest sellers and I have to restock them about every 3-4 days. Probots w/ Medium Armor outsell the Light armor ones about 10:1. I dont look at seekers as a real source of income, nor the Surgical/LE droids so their prices are slightly higher than competitors. Those are just there for convience, or people who want something that looks better than an R4.Stocking like that I make about 400k a week. I could make so much more doing custom orders but I really dont see a reason for the hassel. I have more creds than I will ever spend now, and this way I can just make droids every few days. Big thing that will help if youplan on giving this a shot is to premake all your commonly used parts. Droid brains, sensors, motive and adv motives, manipulator arm pkgs.. you will go through them all like water.

This is what I send out to people:

I make the following droids:
MSE Mouse - 650
Advanced MSE Mouse - 2000
DZ-70 - 2000
Advanced DZ-70 - 3000
WED Treadwell - 5500
Advanced WED Treadwell - 7000
Power - 9000 + Architect Cost
Advanced Power - 11000 + Architect Cost
LE Repair - 15000
Advanced LE Repair - 20000
Surgical - 20000
Advanced Surgical - 30000
Probot - 10000
Advanced Probot - 17000
R5 - 5500
R4 - 6000
R3 - 25000
R2 - 10000
Advanced R5 - 7000
Advanced R4 - 7500
Advanced R3 - 50000
Advanced R2 - 15000
Binary Load Lifter - 150000
Advanced Binary Load Lifter - 200000
Protocol Droid - 30000
Advanced Protocol Droid - 40000
Seeker - 1000
Probe - 1500

All droids come with level 4 modules and level 4 armor. (that means medical rating of 110,
I make weapon/general/droid, food/chem, clothing and structure crafting stations as well as repair modules.
They are an extra 2-5k to add onto the droid (depending on droid model you purchase).
Droids can be equiped with the following personality chips:
Stupid, Sarcastic, Prissy, Worshipful, Slang, Worshipful

I will not make a DZ-70 or a mouse droids with modules higher than level 3.

Level 5 modules are an extra 1k per module (due to rare resources), however most of the time they are not needed (because of stacking). Level 5 armor is an extra 1500 each unit because of armorsmithing costs and rare materials. Level 6 modules and armor is an extra 2k per item.

I have a vendor located by Moenia on Naboo, at coordinates 3564 -5112, as well as a vendor located by Restuss on Rori, at coordinates 5625 6594.

Mail me with an order or visit my vendors. Waypoints are attached.

Ackis - Master Droid Engineer/Maser Artisan

So what's the break even point/cost, and how do you determine it? (example would help as to figuring the real cost, including if price is altered by the quality of the resource, experimentation results, etc.)

It's obvious that you wouldn't want to sell below that value, but with little to no repeat business, I would expect a high markup, same as you get with furniture and major appliances.

To find a break-even price point - you need to calculate how much it costs you to harvest your resources and energy. How much credits do you put into it daily? How much energy? Then, divide that into the # of resources you gather for that particular resource, and you have your cost per credit.

DEs, armorsmiths, and weaponsmiths make gross profits, usually between 8:1 and 10:1 (meaning, for one unit of resource it took, they'll charge 8 credits to 10 credits). It also depends on the item. Some people sell droid batteries for 400 units - others sell them for 35 units. Some sell base droids at a high price, while others sell advanced/fully-loaded at the same price. It's that way with all things in the market - except structures and deeds. There's no other class that consumes as much resources as they need, and get a lower profit margin (typically 2.5:1 to 4:1).

Simply put - you need to discover what the market will bear, and what you can afford - and price to win. Check out your competition. Can you afford to go lower? If so, do. It does bring in clients.

>>>To find a break-even price point - you need to calculate how much it costs you to harvest your resources and energy.

I don't agree with this. To find a break-even price, you need to determine how much your resources would cost, if bought on the bazaar. If you're mining your own resources, then you could sell then on the bazaar for the market price. You're losing THIS much money when you consume resources.

Sincerely.

Break even to me is making more than just mining resources.