Hey guys!
I know a lot of ppl use space weed factories to raise a bit of money. I would like to set the best buy/sell prices for energy and weed.
I didnt found a post with this info, so I would like to ask you, what prices are you using to buy energy and to sell the weed without need to watch to much that while it make "profitsssssssssss"?
*Obs: I know how to make a loop, I just wonder how are working for the guys who are not using loop on it.
Space Weed Factory - Managing Prices
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On the resource side, weed uses huge quantities of energy, so buying cheaper makes a big difference. For each L-sized dream farm+bliss place combo, every credit you can shave off the buying price of e-cells is 9k credits per hour in your pocket.
Personally, I don't consider it particularly worth it to build energy-loops for weed, because while weed has a hig profit margin per credit spent on stations, it's profit per energy cell isn't really that great. Better to find a spot with lots of cheap NPC energy.
On the products side, you can sell anywhere pretty reliably at avg -1 prices.
If you happen to be near a buyer like a Pirate base with no competition in sight, you can often push your prices above average and still attract masses of NPC customers -- this is pretty situational, though.
The best way to go is to play around with it a bit and see how high you can get away with selling it for in your particular game at that particular location.
Personally, I don't consider it particularly worth it to build energy-loops for weed, because while weed has a hig profit margin per credit spent on stations, it's profit per energy cell isn't really that great. Better to find a spot with lots of cheap NPC energy.
On the products side, you can sell anywhere pretty reliably at avg -1 prices.
If you happen to be near a buyer like a Pirate base with no competition in sight, you can often push your prices above average and still attract masses of NPC customers -- this is pretty situational, though.
The best way to go is to play around with it a bit and see how high you can get away with selling it for in your particular game at that particular location.
Set your energy buying price at 14 or 15. Your factory energy buyer will buy at that or below. If there are several SPP's in nearby sectors, and one or more is always selling at 12, then you're golden. But don't depend on the NPC traders to supply your complex with energy. They're not very efficient.
Set your spaceweed price at (Average - 1) and the NPC traders will flock to buy it. It's best not to sell it with your own freighters because they can get scanned by local cops along their route and be forced to drop the 'weed, which means lost profits.
Set your spaceweed price at (Average - 1) and the NPC traders will flock to buy it. It's best not to sell it with your own freighters because they can get scanned by local cops along their route and be forced to drop the 'weed, which means lost profits.
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