How to donate for community goal?

[GameWarrior2216]

I decided to start the community goal where you donate one of three different items but I don't know where to donate them to! I have the items in my cargo but on the missons page there's no donate button nor is it anywhere in my computer systems.

Am I missing something here? Do I just jettison them in the station or what?

[Arya]

Make sure you're signed on. Go into Community Goals and sign up for the one you want.

[GameWarrior2216]

Do I sell them in the market? And yes, I've signed up already.

[Arya]

Originally posted by GameWarrior2216:

Do I sell them in the market? And yes, I've signed up already.

Not sure. Try selling one and seeing if that works.

[GameWarrior2216]

It works. Why is selling considered donating? I'll never understand the people of the future.

[St_Minorto]

its not that type of donating. they say bring as goods we pay for that.
we have moneyy but not goods

[Sapyx]

It's a trade CG, not a charity CG. It's not asking you to "donate them" but rather, to pay you generously for them. Charity CGs, when they happen, pay a lot less. Sometimes you make a loss; just ask the veterans of Bast.

These days, trade CGs usually generate quite a lot of profit, because FD manually alter the demand statistics at the receiving station to max out the demand for the CG items. It usually means you can make several thousand credits per tonne, just from buying and selling the cargo; the CG payment afterwards is just an added bonus.

CGs always use the already-existing game mechanisms, rather than create special mechanisms for the CG. "Exploration" CGs like the one that just finished in PRE Gamma require you to sell data to the Universal Cartographics office. Bounty-hunting CGs require you to hand over bounty vouchers to the local security contact.