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Thread: How much to charge for crates of seekers and arakyds
I sell My Seeker crates for 10k and arakyds between 15-20k.. on eclispe.. and i cannot stock my vendors fast enuff they fly out.
Jenden wrote:
mine are 4k per crate of seekers and 6k per crate of arakyd's, though I don't like making them so I only make them on demand (I can barely keep up with my normal droid orders with 3 factories, seekers/arakyd's just aren't cost effective).
You like to lose money then?
Here is how I sell them on Gorath:
Seekers: 1000/per or 4000 for a crate
Arykyd Probes: 2000/per or 8000 for a crate
I also put some individual BH droids up on the bazaars but I charge more for themon the bazaarto compensate me for the hassle of dealing with the bazaar and for running into town.. I prefer to sell them off my vendors to keep customers coming out and looking around there.
Warrhawk wrote:
Here is how I sell them on Gorath:
Seekers: 1000/per or 4000 for a crate
Arykyd Probes: 2000/per or 8000 for a crate
I also put some individual BH droids up on the bazaars but I charge more for themon the bazaarto compensate me for the hassle of dealing with the bazaar and for running into town.. I prefer to sell them off my vendors to keep customers coming out and looking around there.
Why are you selling your Seekers in Crates cheaper then if you would sell the individually? Unless its a typo, would make sense to sell your Seeker crates for 5k since there is 5 sets in a crate. And it is more convienient for people, taking up less spots in there inventory when they buy crates.
On Chilastra :
Seekers = 1.2k per / 6k for a crate.
Arkyds = 2k per (have not made crates yet, but if there is 5 sets in the crate then I would sell for 10k per crate)
Ackis wrote:
You like to lose money then?
no, I still make money off them (though not much, and even if I didn lose money from them I still net a good 2-300k per day, so I'm not hurting). The big trick was I don't raise my prices, back when seekers were only 1 charge I had to charge that low, as most other master DE's were charging half that at most to try and sell some. Since all my customers already know my prices, I don't raise them. Besides, since I'm not a MA its more time and effort than its worth to try and sell them (plus it takes time away from selling real droids for a decent profit), so I only make them on request.
I was being sarcastic.
Jenden wrote:
Ackis wrote:
You like to lose money then?
no, I still make money off them (though not much, and even if I didn lose money from them I still net a good 2-300k per day, so I'm not hurting). The big trick was I don't raise my prices, back when seekers were only 1 charge I had to charge that low, as most other master DE's were charging half that at most to try and sell some. Since all my customers already know my prices, I don't raise them. Besides, since I'm not a MA its more time and effort than its worth to try and sell them (plus it takes time away from selling real droids for a decent profit), so I only make them on request.
When charges came in I raised my seeker prices from 800 creds each to 1000 creds each (which is what I charged when BHs could get them from the vendor) and my probes were always 1500 creds. I think I lose money when I sell them at this price, but it's a serviceI provide to the BHs on the server. They know they can always come for a visit and I'll have crates there. Cuz I'm such a nice fish. Arakyd single: 1800 / Crate of five: 8000
Nobody complained so far.
I do my seekers and probe stock in runs of about 100 each (takes about a week to sell)
Seekers 1.5k (per single) 5k a crate
Probes 2.5k (per single) 10k a crate
Kamayyk
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