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DrakoonShao

Fri Apr 30, 2004 1:29 am

I would like to start off by apologizing if this has already been covered somewhere in the stickies above, I must have missed it when I tried digesting all the info a while back.

Well I've made it to Master DE. I experimented along the way and finally got to the point where I think I make quality enough droids to sell. I happily made up a couple "entertainer droids" with all 6 effects modules and ran around Coronet trying to sell my droids. The third person I sould one to happened to be another DE who really needed one for his client but apparently didn't have one on him. Thing is, after he bought it from me he sold it for over twice the price he paid me for it. Now I'm not mad, it was a learning experience and I got to talk with him and learn a lot in the process. One of the things I learned was that I wasWAY under pricing my droids

I had added up the resources it took to make the droid, figured about what I spent on them, then did a certain percent mark-up. This was apparently really low though. So as a result I want to know this. How do some of the more experienced Master DEs determine the prices on their droids? Is there a forumula or do you just throw out a price and see how it goes?

Drakkoon Shao (Gorath) -- Smuggler
Smuggler's Alliance Ace-- Vaksai - Firespray - YT-1300 - YT-2400 - ARC - Scyk

Shaelyna Kadas (Gorath) -- Spy
Novice Pilot -- Heavy Tie Fighter

Kallarrlo (Gorath) -- 12pt Wookiee Weaponsmith and Alliance Ace

Opyso (Gorath) -- Ithorian Force Adept

R0ZM4N

Fri Apr 30, 2004 1:50 am

#2

I'll let you in on a wee secret flower, although many posters are about to give you their pearls of wisdom gleaned from months of DE'ing; ideas based around the multiplication factor's due to factory runs; increased pricing via use of named or rare or both resources; marking up not based on the droid at all but on the value the resources could fetch on the boards and of course pointers to existing guides available in the stickies with custom droid configurators such as deadfish.com.

When it comes down to it though honey, you were bang on with your second shot, you chuck it out and see how it goes. Personally, I charge quite high so I don't have to be constantly running from home to vendor and I bring the prices down if something just isn't shifting. You'll be hard pushed to find better advice than that... IMHO

Good luck and welcome to the best club in SWG

Kisses

Cass

...From the desk of Colonel Cass L'Arcana...
Imperial Armed Forces | Distinction & Honour

Aloohna

Fri Apr 30, 2004 4:25 am

#3

I agree with Cass, it is the best club on SWG! I've been neglecting all my other characters for a month now.

As for pricing, its tricky, half the persons I talk to say I am too expensive, the other half says i am too cheap. I got in touch with several DE's on my server and got an avg pricing that way. I'm not the cheapest, and not the most expensive either.

*shrug*

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KotoraDE

Fri Apr 30, 2004 4:36 am

#4

well, this is a tough one as server prices vary i try to be fair not too cheap and not too expensive when i first started i used the pricing guide on www.undeadfish.com was a handy tool but then i found my feet you sorta find out which droids you can up a little and which need to come down...

but there is a little trick to makin customers happy ..for all my email droid orders i will create a backpack and pop the droid in with a few batterys and a repair kit...sort of an aftersales service..as then i can pop the backpack on to the vendor and send the mail tellin customer that there droid is complete and read for collection ...

People will pay what yu want for your droids but BE FAIR !! combat droids for 110k thats not really fair but i have seen them sale for that.

and welcome to the best club in SWG (thou a little buggy at times:smileytongue

DrakoonShao

Fri Apr 30, 2004 9:17 am

#5

Thanks for the info. I think I will use the undead fish calculator to get a general baring as mentioned and go from there. I was just kind of in shock after I found out I could have been selling my droids for twice as much, and not be living near poverty because of resource buying and such. Hopefully as I get more experience I will be able toadd to discussions here. This part of the forums is certainly better than all the negativity in the Smuggler area right now

Drakkoon Shao (Gorath) -- Smuggler
Smuggler's Alliance Ace-- Vaksai - Firespray - YT-1300 - YT-2400 - ARC - Scyk

Shaelyna Kadas (Gorath) -- Spy
Novice Pilot -- Heavy Tie Fighter

Kallarrlo (Gorath) -- 12pt Wookiee Weaponsmith and Alliance Ace

Opyso (Gorath) -- Ithorian Force Adept

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