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[[File:MarketUploaderWindow.png|200px|thumb|right|EVE-Central MarketUploader]]The economic system [http://www.eve-ivy.com/wiki/index.php?title=Economics] in EVE is highly dynamic, driven in large part (but not all) by players, and the resulting supply and demand of goods.  This results in disparities in buying and selling prices, resulting in the opportunity for trade routes, where haulers can buy at a low price in one location and then fulfill demand at a higher price in another. The hauler's most vaulable resource for finding profitable trade routes is the EVE-Central Market Aggregator site [http://eve-central.com/home/]. Register your hauler character there and download the free market data uploader. [http://eve-central.com/home/software.html]  There are currently two versions of this program: one that requires a manual upload (v1.3.1), and a new alpha version that automatically uploads market data from your memory buffer (v2.0).  (As of December 2009, v2.0 was not a consistently performing program, and so the remainder of this guide assumes use of the more reliable v1.3.1.)
[[File:MarketUploaderWindow.png|200px|thumb|right|EVE-Central MarketUploader]]The economic system [http://www.eve-ivy.com/wiki/index.php?title=Economics] in EVE is highly dynamic, driven in large part (but not all) by players, and the resulting supply and demand of goods.  This results in disparities in buying and selling prices, resulting in the opportunity for trade routes, where haulers can buy at a low price in one location and then fulfill demand at a higher price in another. The hauler's most vaulable resource for finding profitable trade routes is the EVE-Central Market Aggregator site [http://eve-central.com/home/]. Register your hauler character there and download the free market data uploader. [http://eve-central.com/home/software.html]  There are currently two versions of this program: one that requires a manual upload (v1.3.1), and a new alpha version that automatically uploads market data from your memory buffer (v2.0).  (As of December 2009, v2.0 was not a consistently performing program, and so the remainder of this guide assumes use of the more reliable v1.3.1.)


Using this tool, any hauler can routinely earn 300K ISK or more per trade run in high-sec space with virtually no risk, even with a minimum of capital or experience.  Here is the process :
Using this tool, any hauler can routinely earn 300K ISK or more per trade run in high-sec space with virtually no risk, even with a minimum of capital or experience.  Here is the process:


1. Base your hauler alt in a system in high-sec with lots of stations - this does not have to be in a trade hub [http://www.eve-ivy.com/wiki/index.php?title=Trade_Hubs] like Jita, Hek or Rens.
1. Base your hauler alt in a system in high-sec with lots of stations - this does not have to be in a trade hub [http://www.eve-ivy.com/wiki/index.php?title=Trade_Hubs] like Jita, Hek or Rens.