I had almost 3 weeks off work, and though I was away from my PC, I had access to EVE on another machine. A lot of access. I was able to spend a good 2 hours a day updating orders, researching new items to trade, and hauling the items around myself in a blockade runner. As things stand my current position is:
On the 17th of December I had 5,7 Billion, so that means an increase of 5.5 Billion ISK in 3 weeks! This is above and beyond what I expected for this time, and I'm very happy with how it went. However, my daily routine took a whopping 2 hours to complete, which I simply don't have time for on most weeknights. Which brings me to my change of plan.
I am going to stop doing my own hauling, completely. It is too time consuming, plus I'm running the risk someone will play "blockade runner roulette" and gank my BR on the off chance the loot is worth it. As such I will be trying out New Evolution Express for my hauling needs. They seem reasonably priced, and are vouched for by croda in his blog. If they work for him they will work for me. As such I will no longer be running my characters to Jita to do their own buying.
Up until now I had been keeping each characters money separate to keep track of who was making profit where, but as I will be contracting out my hauling I don't want to run around. Therefore I am creating a character with no skills who will sit in Jita, buy the items, then contract them to my other characters. Those characters will then create hauling contracts to New Eden Express to deliver them to my trade hubs.
All of this means I should drastically reduce the time spent flying around, to keep my daily routine to sub 1 hour, and allow more time for researching new items for sale. It will likely take a few days to get this up and running, so I'm expecting a dip in profits until I do. Long term though this should be much more efficient than my current "do everything myself approach".
Only time will tell.
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