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== Market ==

Use your favorite [[Third-party tools#Market and Industry Tools|market tool]] to select the preferred market you’ll use to sell your injectors. You’re looking for a market with a steady trade in them (volume >15 or so per month), good prices, and low taxes and fees. Likely this will be one of the [[trade hubs]], but don’t discount the smaller markets, particularly in [[System security#NPC null security space|NPC nullsec]]. Find the market that offers the greatest potential profit margin by starting with the average buy price for a large skill injector at that market over the past year or so. (You’re in {{dothis|'''skill farming'''}} for the long haul, not to make a quick buck.) Subtract that market’s [[sales tax]] (8% at [[NPC corporations|NPC]] markets, as low as 3.6% with {{sk|Accounting|V}}) and [[Tax#Sales tax|broker fee]]. The broker fee is charged when you place any [https://support.eveonline.com/hc/en-us/articles/203218932 market order]. It starts at 3% but can be reduced by the Broker Relations skill, and by your standing with the market owner’s [[faction]] and corporation as detailed [[Trading#Taxes|here]].

Use your favorite [[Third-party tools#Market and Industry Tools|market tool]] to select the preferred market you’ll use to sell your injectors. You’re looking for a market with a steady trade in them (volume >15 or so per month), good prices, and low taxes and fees. Likely this will be one of the [[trade hubs]], but don’t discount the smaller markets, particularly in [[System security#NPC null security space|NPC nullsec]]. Find the market that offers the greatest potential profit margin by starting with the average buy price for a large skill injector at that market over the past year or so. (You’re in {{dothis|'''skill farming'''}} for the long haul, not to make a quick buck.) Subtract that market’s [[sales tax]] (4.5%<ref>Patch Notes: [https://www.eveonline.com/news/view/patch-notes-version-22-01 Version 22.01] Release 2024-07-25.1 - Marketplace taxes reduced to 4.5%. Down from 8%.</ref> at [[NPC corporations|NPC]] markets, as low as 2.03% with {{Sk|Accounting|V}}) and [[Tax#Sales tax|broker fee]]. The broker fee is charged when you place any [https://support.eveonline.com/hc/en-us/articles/203218932 market order]. It starts at 3% but can be reduced by the Broker Relations skill, and by your standing with the market owner’s [[faction]] and corporation as detailed [[Trading#Taxes|here]].

Deduct the average sell price for a replacement extractor at that market, and the result is a good estimate of the average profit you can expect per large injector there. Repeat this calculation for 5 small injectors.

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 == Market ==
-Use your favorite [[Third-party tools#Market and Industry Tools|market tool]] to select the preferred market you’ll use to sell your injectors. You’re looking for a market with a steady trade in them (volume >15 or so per month), good prices, and low taxes and fees. Likely this will be one of the [[trade hubs]], but don’t discount the smaller markets, particularly in [[System security#NPC null security space|NPC nullsec]]. Find the market that offers the greatest potential profit margin by starting with the average buy price for a large skill injector at that market over the past year or so. (You’re in {{dothis|'''skill farming'''}} for the long haul, not to make a quick buck.) Subtract that market’s [[sales tax]] (8% at [[NPC corporations|NPC]] markets, as low as 3.6% with {{sk|Accounting|V}}) and [[Tax#Sales tax|broker fee]]. The broker fee is charged when you place any [https://support.eveonline.com/hc/en-us/articles/203218932 market order]. It starts at 3% but can be reduced by the Broker Relations skill, and by your standing with the market owner’s [[faction]] and corporation as detailed [[Trading#Taxes|here]].
+Use your favorite [[Third-party tools#Market and Industry Tools|market tool]] to select the preferred market you’ll use to sell your injectors. You’re looking for a market with a steady trade in them (volume >15 or so per month), good prices, and low taxes and fees. Likely this will be one of the [[trade hubs]], but don’t discount the smaller markets, particularly in [[System security#NPC null security space|NPC nullsec]]. Find the market that offers the greatest potential profit margin by starting with the average buy price for a large skill injector at that market over the past year or so. (You’re in {{dothis|'''skill farming'''}} for the long haul, not to make a quick buck.) Subtract that market’s [[sales tax]] (4.5%<ref>Patch Notes: [https://www.eveonline.com/news/view/patch-notes-version-22-01 Version 22.01] Release 2024-07-25.1 - Marketplace taxes reduced to 4.5%. Down from 8%.</ref> at [[NPC corporations|NPC]] markets, as low as 2.03% with {{Sk|Accounting|V}}) and [[Tax#Sales tax|broker fee]]. The broker fee is charged when you place any [https://support.eveonline.com/hc/en-us/articles/203218932 market order]. It starts at 3% but can be reduced by the Broker Relations skill, and by your standing with the market owner’s [[faction]] and corporation as detailed [[Trading#Taxes|here]].
 Deduct the average sell price for a replacement extractor at that market, and the result is a good estimate of the average profit you can expect per large injector there. Repeat this calculation for 5 small injectors.