Merchant Archive

I have had to master Merchant because a blue glowing box told me. At first I was just so UPSET. I mean jeez, can I get a break...(chef/entertainer now merchant...). Not anything against those professions.. just not one I would like or even though about trying. Well now that the entrance fee exploit is gone... Master Merchant is tough... its totally based on time and other people.

What I did first was to finish the management tree and get advertising III ASAP. Reasons are 6 total vendors = more xp intake per hour from just having them up. Advertising 3 to be on the planetary map vendor directory. Those 2 things will help it go a lot faster. But to get those you need to take action. I will just post what I did to maximize XP per day.

First set up a store either near a big commercial district or somewhere you know a lot of people will pass by. Be original, funny and witty. I named my shop Walmart and had a slogan just like in RL. Always low price.... always.
Well after that is setup easiest thing to sell if you can't craft anything like me, resources. Everyone needs em, and everyone wants em. Put them up in stacks(I sold in 3k stacks). Write up an email, list all your resources with their stats add your store waypoint, and email it to yourself. Search for crafting professions(ctrl+v and anyone with a title that crafts)and just email them. Some people might get offended or become rude, just merely let them know you are trying to master merchant and if they do-not like your emails that you will try not to email them again but can't be 100% on that so just tell them to ignore you. One mad person can be 100 satisfied customers.

Also what I did was place the resources I was selling in the galactic bazaar at the same CPU(credit per unit) as in my shop. Anyone who buy's it send them a thank you email that you wrote up. I personally had one that stated the resource they bought, and told them if they need more or similar resources come to my shop, waypoint attached. This will draw some nice business. Entrance fee is a must until advertising 3, then disable it cuz people will just not go in...I know I wouldn't.

So these are just my tips for people trying to XP merchant ASAP. With 6 vendors you can get 900*24=21600 XP a day. That is just for having vendors, plus 50 per person initializing and 50 more for entering if fee is enabled still. I eventually expanded to having armor/weapons/spice/stims/food/powerups and had 2 emails running out. Listing items for combat and crafting professions.

Hope this helps, if not just hit back.

the_undeniable_element -:- grifta

Since I wrote this I have gotten master merchant, and moved on. But I got it fast and legit, no exploits just hardwork.

I'm 2 boxes away from mastering merchant myself and did it the same way you describe. I got management 4, set up all my vendors, got Advertising 3 and then listed them all on the global market. I've been harvesting resources as well. I also buy and resell alot of stuff. It's a cruise profession. I like the fact you don't have to be online to get exp, but it does kind of drag on. It's taken me a little over a week but I haven't played much.

yea I bought and resold alot once I had creds. I started with 300k lol so not much to start a business . If you are close to mastering and have creds to spare get a few friends or start spamming emails saying 1kor whatever you can afford to whoever enters house and views my 6 vendors. I was paying 5k once i was down to last 6k xp. did it in about 45mins then.