Marketing and Procurement allow you to enter the orders remotely but you would still have to physically move the commodity.
For example if you are currently in System 1, but have assets in System 3 you can put those assets in system 3 on the market using the Marketing Skill. But if you wanted to sell them in system 2, you would have to go to System 3 and move them to System 2 first.
I hope this answers your question and I hope you decide to apply for membership with TTI.
Raaz
PS. On the subject of trading here's an interesting article for you
http://www.eveguardian.net/index.php?op ... Itemid=153
Galactic Trader: A Dead Profession?
Written by Shar Tegral
Friday, 03 December 2004
Routinely I hear many pundits claiming that various changes to the economy, and the methods involved, have ruined the profession of cargo transporters and traders across the galaxy. So for a few days I teamed up with a friend and we decided to see how true this belief might be.
Now let's be a little honest, success in this practice will require some starting funds, good training, and most importantly a good ship. The more cargo you can carry per trip the better your profit margin will be for the time you spend.
Both of us are long time veteran players, with over 15 million university credits, and even using off the shelf equipment we started off much better able then the new pilot entering the space lanes. We decided on limiting our mutual bank at 25,000,000 isk and set a limit of two days normal flight time.
Wow.
Two major things occurred to us. First, my god this is boring with added emphasis on boring. Second, what an easy way to make casual money.
While everything went very well I need to point out one big "oopsie" that was made in this experiment. The one cargo type that sucks to high heaven as a cargo hauler is: Minerals. While you can often acquire minerals below market average and sell them for a good net profit there is one major limitation, volume.
Considering the number of miners trying to push their product onto the market you will always be able to find high volume of discount minerals. However it is locating buyers willing to purchase minerals, at a profit for you, in a volume that makes traveling there worth it.
My partner made this huge mistake. He saw minerals at a steep discount and located a solar system with numerous orders at high volume. However this solar system was noticeable by others and by time he had traveled there, in his Mammoth fully loaded, all the demand was completely filled. He then spent two hours moving to every small volume buyer to keep from making a loss on his investment. (I think he should have taken the loss since the time wasted was more valuable in the long run.)
Remember: Highly competitive markets require speed to capitalize on them. If you are slow, don't enter those markets. Also try to avoid highly specialized markets where there are only one or two buyers total, it will save you some embarrassment. (Currently I have 26 million isk tied up in a cargo waiting for the market to recover. Someone beat me there.)
Our ships were top of the line due to our training. I flew my beautiful Gallente Iteron Mk V while my friend, a truly loyal Matari who flies only Matari ships, flew his rugged and speedy Mammoth. The configuration of our ships was very similar indeed.
For the high power slots, absolutely nothing was placed on our ship. For the medium power locations we both used two 10mn afterburners and three capacitor rechargers (I). In the low ship berths we placed either engine overdrives for speed runs or cargo expanders (18%) for volume hauls. Nothing that cannot be acquired off the shelf, or anything needing too much training making it inaccessible to new pilots. (Another side note: The Bestower is a very accessible industrial to pilot for the new pilot.)
The next thing we did was to familarize ourselves with the new and improved market data streams. We had heard of changes, we have heard people cheering and we have heard people crying out in pain. We decided to take a look only at the things we needed to know: How much cargo is there, How much does it cost, and how much profit we can make on hauling it to the buyer. And that doesn't nead any training at all other than a sharp mind.
When we opened up the market data stream the first thing of note is how crisp, clear, and concisely all the information is presented to you. The ability to see buyers and sellers at a glance was a huge positive change to say the least. What excited us next was that the new interface was a recent addition to the pod pilot's virtuality. You do not have to be hooked into a station to see market changes or do some research.
Wow.
The final thing that made us swear by the new market is the fuller integration between the market interface and the space ship's navigational arrays. Where as before you could set the autopilot now you can even dock directly from the station list in the market display. (You can also do this from the "assets" database accessbile by all pod pilots.)
This is a piece of cake!
We started small trying to simulate what a new pilot might have access to considering his funds. Moving things like Garbage and Water. We then moved up the food chain to thing like Tobacco, Carbon, Electronic Parts, all the way up to Planetary Vehicles.
The key thing to remember is to always go for a full cargo. Never half step simply because you might make a better margin but don't have the funds to do a full load. Quantity is where you make your best profit. Another thing to consider is a multiple run to satisfy a buyer's volume in entirety. This will ensure that you get the best price for as much cargo as possible. (However that can be risky as someone can come along satisfying the customer's demand, decreasing the price asked.)
Always check for convenient hauling. Quite often you can find cargoes that will net you anywhere from 10 - 100+ isk per unit while remaining in the same system or with in 1 - 2 jumps. Always consider time as much a factor in your revenue projection as is net profit. Going 12 jumps to net 15 isk per unit is a relative waste of time.
We could not help adding a few words on the value of teamwork. Our society forces us to consider any advantage, such as lucrative trade routes, as treasured items not to be shared with anyone. Yet working together with a friend, or more, expands the one resource that is even more valuable, information.
Cross regional hauling is very lucrative when targeted just right. However the time involved in discovering those cross regional markets will see you losing out to someone who already knows about them. The only way to overcome such a handicap is to work together. Share information across regions to make one another more effective. This may mean that you have to indulge in a bit of quid pro quo but when your profits soar from such dealings it is not a losing situation at all.
In example, we discovered, my friend and I, a very lucrative cross-region trade item. Between our two vehicles we were able to haul almost 90% of the buyer's demand in one trip. The total net was 15.8 million isk, which we shared. For a 12 jump trip.
The upshot was that once we had sold the product the price demands dropped about 600 isk per unit. In other cases we've seen where one full truckload can drop the buyer's price by 10 - 15%, total. This is enough of a drop in price to reduce any significant net profit.
At the end of our two-day experiment we had taken our extravagant, to a new pilot, 25 million isk and nurtured it to a nice 65 million isk pot. 20 million isk a piece for a total of 8 hours of zero risk piloting time requiring only the skills need to fly a truck well.
The only thing that we can tell you at this point: If someone cries about how disappointing "trade" is don't believe him or her. They are either trying to discourage other budding traders to protect their markets or are simply disappointed that they can't find anything with higher margins then the gold mines they are already pumping as hard as they can.
And while there is a third possible reason, even the Jovians have yet to design a trading algorithm that works in conjunction with the "autopilot", we feel it is not necessary to elaborate on this "lame" type of thinking.[/
