Marketing

Nobody can deny EVE has many different ways to MAKE or ACQUIRE the much-coveted ISK.

Keywords being, those are two separate types of moneymaking, one siphons ISK from NPC sources, generating them out of nowhere (so-called "ISK faucets"), the other makes another player part with his hard-earned ISKies for something you have to offer.

The first type of income, "making ISK", is really simple:

Run missions for ISK rewards, kill NPCs for their bounty, sell NPC tags or overseer effects to NPC corps, run NPC tradegood routes, or get your own ship blown up for insurance money (arguably not the smartest thing to do, but nevertheless it's a valid alternative in some cases).

You don't need "businessman smarts" to do any of the above. You just make it, and cash in. There's nothing much to talk about here.

The other type of income, "aquiring ISK", requires a bit more mind-work... as it means you have to offer something that ANOTHER player might want:

This section covers miners, moon-miners, salvagers, manufacturers of all kinds, traders and certain subsets of them supplied by NPCers (PvPers, mission runners, belt ratters and complex runners selling loot and salvage, more precisely) on top of service providers (mercenaries and researchers). Yes, you read right, miners, looters and salvagers too. They don't make ISK out of nowhere, they need to aquire them from other players.

Presented here are a series of guides - from basic 'Making ISK' guides to more involved and technical tutorials - to help you find your niche within EVE. We will point you in the right direction to find the useful utilities that will help you organise your activites.