Let me show some contract sales:
At first let's think about Catalysts: a hull costs around 1.2M, so having a perfectly researched BPO saves 0.12M. To make buying my blueprints profitable, you have to produce 333 hulls from each. I think most people will not produce so many and those who mass-produce probably had their own BPOs researched. But buyers are usually bad at math and having a "good BPO" feels good.
So - despite common belief - researching BPOs is a pretty profitable activity. Not only it had 400% return on capital, but I doubt if I bothered more than half an hour with one batch of BPOs (10 pieces, due to Advanced Laboratory Operation 4), so the active profit is 800M/hour.
The nasty part is that it's a passive income. Creating the blueprints takes about 2 months, and one character can handle 10, so that stellar 800M/workhour income translates to 400M/month passive income. This isn't the thing that will get you a titan by May. But it is the thing that creates you a nice "free" money pouring in.
What can you research? Open the contract interface and look for various blueprints to guess their price. Popular T1 hulls and mineral compressing modules are all good, lot of people want to "save money" by making their own ships.
Who should get involved: people with empty slots in their accounts. There is little reason to not spend 1 month to teach a dedicated alt research skills and covops frig. Cyno alts are also great researchers, as they are already in lowsec. The cynoed in ship can move the cargo. Permanent lowsec residents can also supplement their income. Character trainers can also research both on the learning capital pilot and the empty slots.
Who shouldn't do it? Permanent null and WH pilots as moving to the research station would take too much time. Permanent high mains with expensive pod are also not advised to walk around in low, though they can suck up the long highsec research queue times and research the same BPOs in 3 months.
At first let's think about Catalysts: a hull costs around 1.2M, so having a perfectly researched BPO saves 0.12M. To make buying my blueprints profitable, you have to produce 333 hulls from each. I think most people will not produce so many and those who mass-produce probably had their own BPOs researched. But buyers are usually bad at math and having a "good BPO" feels good.
So - despite common belief - researching BPOs is a pretty profitable activity. Not only it had 400% return on capital, but I doubt if I bothered more than half an hour with one batch of BPOs (10 pieces, due to Advanced Laboratory Operation 4), so the active profit is 800M/hour.
The nasty part is that it's a passive income. Creating the blueprints takes about 2 months, and one character can handle 10, so that stellar 800M/workhour income translates to 400M/month passive income. This isn't the thing that will get you a titan by May. But it is the thing that creates you a nice "free" money pouring in.
What can you research? Open the contract interface and look for various blueprints to guess their price. Popular T1 hulls and mineral compressing modules are all good, lot of people want to "save money" by making their own ships.
Who should get involved: people with empty slots in their accounts. There is little reason to not spend 1 month to teach a dedicated alt research skills and covops frig. Cyno alts are also great researchers, as they are already in lowsec. The cynoed in ship can move the cargo. Permanent lowsec residents can also supplement their income. Character trainers can also research both on the learning capital pilot and the empty slots.
Who shouldn't do it? Permanent null and WH pilots as moving to the research station would take too much time. Permanent high mains with expensive pod are also not advised to walk around in low, though they can suck up the long highsec research queue times and research the same BPOs in 3 months.
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