How much should I buy plat for on my carrier?

[Lone_Wolf_07]

I was wondering how much I should buy plat for on my carrier; so, I can make a profit selling it to a station.

[Holeypaladin]

That's entirely up to you, but I believe most people mine it rather than buying it.

Keep in mind that the material source missions tend to ask for small quantities, so there's little need to stock all that much. A few Cutter loads at most, I'd say.

[1Nf@MOu$( Mr.Thorp )]

you mine and fill. then sell

[jimbalayajones]

You could try buying it from Commanders for 200K/ton and offloading it at a station that will pay you 260K/ton but you run into 2 problems...The demand at the station you are selling it at and the fact that Commanders will most likely go to the same station to sell their Platinum for 60K more...Mr. Thorp is correct...Mine it yourself then sell it...All the profit is yours...And Platinum is super easy to hog at a Hotspot...

[funkynutz]

Get tritium instead. Dual purpose...

Fuel for your carrier, platinum has no such use.

Goods for mining missions, where you can get up 10x market value...

[1Nf@MOu$( Mr.Thorp )]

Originally posted by funkynutz:

Get tritium instead. Dual purpose...

Fuel for your carrier, platinum has no such use.

Goods for mining missions, where you can get up 10x market value...

mine the platinum, sell it , buy tritium. if you take off the cost of tritium per ton of platinum youre still getting like 120-150k per ton.

[Planewalker]

Why not contact FCOC/PTN and get your carrier linked up with them?

Plenty of CMDRs doing cargo runs to/from carriers; all profit from it.

[Lone_Wolf_07]

what does FCOC/PTN stand for?

[funkynutz]

Fleet Carrier Owners Club and Pilots Trade Network.

[Lone_Wolf_07]

oh okay thanks

[funkynutz]

Pilots, not player... Corrected it in the previous post. https://pilotstradenetwork.com/

For the FCOC, check their discord: https://discord.gg/fcoc

[Lekug]

East India Company
There are several good reasons to buy it from other players. On my carrier if Im not in a hurry 200k is good. I sell for 260-285k using Inara to find those good sell spots. No less than that. Be patient for a good demand location. I buy it for up to 250k from others' carriers on occasion too though because there is special use we have for it.
*Inara setting for selling*
max star distance - 1,000 LY Max price age - 2 days
Min landing pad - Large Price condition - better than average + 25 percent
Max Station distance - any Min supply/demand - 100 units
Use surface station - Yes Include fleet carriers - no
Right now I see bacon city, Carnoeck with a demand of 6,000 at 280,000. This will go down as you sell. Do not have more than 25 percent of the demand on your ship when you sell something or you get a price hit. If a station has a demand of 800 Grandiderite do not have more than 599 on your ship. This is more an issue with the core stuff. These prices can change at night with the tick of a system. The high ones often are high because of a boom or public holiday state.
Wing Commander Lekug EIC