Shipwright Archive

Seems to vary quite a bit. I was going like 8cpu when the prof first came into game but didnt matter ppl still paid way to much for pure crap back then from starport camping shipwrights. Id just suggest selling it at what ya feel is reasonable anymore. If it cost you 3 cpu to harvest the stuff then add a few more on for the crafting and all. Cant really go by what anyone else says anymore heck they say sell stuff at 3 cpu from your shipwright but be damned if theyre gonna sell ya stim d's and food at those prices Make it reasonable ya might sell some and retain customers best suggestion i can give ya

Unfortunately, the CURB/respec flooded alot of elite professions with ignorant masters who are using sub-standard resources. These are the people who are pricing their ships too low. I charge 3-5cpu for most ship chassis. I mine my own resources and have a couple of good sub-contractors, so I can do that and still turn a decent profit. I was charging 375k for master level ships and just raised it a smidge.

Message Edited by HauKola on 07-08-2005 07:11 PM

Try this for more acurate cost:

Calculate the actual cost of the materials, then add a "hourly wage" multiplier. If you only price to cover the cost of the metals and not your effort, you won't even break even. (lets not get into the cost of rent, crafting tools and stations, city taxes, etc etc...a "real" answer would need a CPA to figure out good pricing)

I don't bother making chassis anymore, there's a zillion of them out there at stupid, stupid prices. I just direct my customers to the nearest bazaar terminal.

have a couple on my vendor....4cpu of the rarer normal ships....I can't keep the heavies in stock at 400k....tho i do have one guy i make chasis for at 3 cpu ...and has gotten a couple from me ..and i expect a couple more for him...but other than that...and special orders aye chassis are a waste of your time because of the people who didn't want to lose everythin in practice mode when grinding...I myself lol..blew 11 mil like THAT lol no low quality chassis for me =0

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Pondafarr wrote:

Try this for more acurate cost:

Calculate the actual cost of the materials, then add a "hourly wage" multiplier. If you only price to cover the cost of the metals and not your effort, you won't even break even. (lets not get into the cost of rent, crafting tools and stations, city taxes, etc etc...a "real" answer would need a CPA to figure out good pricing)

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Rofl and very true. I charge 6cpu, but i only make them as custom orders, I dont stock them on my vendors.

Just to add 6cpu is for the person off the street, regular customers and certainly guild mates pay less, sometimes a lot less.

Special order chasis' are the only way to go to avoid empty pockets

Well I only stock master level ships, and I sell them all for 3 CPU 450k). I generally stock 2-3 of the popular ones (Decimater and Nova) and 1 or 2 of the other types of master. I use any resources I can find for 1.5 CPU or less.