Newcomer / Intro How can I earn good money

Hello, I would like to have some tips and info on how to earn some good money.
I have been doing trades, and then passengers mission, but it doesn't get me much money everyday.
Thank you to answers.
 
"Good money" is very subjective. What do you want to do with it (what is your short term goal) ? How much do you need? What do you think is good enough for you to make per hour? How much do you make now?
 
Removed, OP already has an Anaconda and is earning 5 to 10 million an hour. Not sure why he is asking for advice on newcomers forum.
 
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I meant more that i'm earning actually, witch is around 5 to 10 million a hour depending the mission I can get and if everything goes well witch is not often. But my goal is to upgrade my anaconda for combat, or exploration. buy a dedicated ship for passengers misssion, have a special ship to go explore the univers, and see thargoid. mostly to upgrade and buy new ships.
 
Trading and bus driving can both be very profitable, but you need to be shifting sufficient quantities, especially for the former. If you want to make good money as a trader then you need to pay attention to your routes, seek out the good ones for yourself (don't rely on third party tools), though in the early days just running basic medicines from an industrial system to a system in outbreak will quickly earn you enough cash to buy a T6 and from there it is only a hop skip and a jump to a T7 and after that the galaxy is your, trading, oyster. For trading my recommendation on ship progression would be Sidewinder > Hauler > T6 > T7 > whatever you like.

The T6, when equipped with appropriate modules, is also very good for passenger missions and as an explorer, both of which will bring in cash by the bucket loads, with care.

If you are thinking about combat then I can't help you.

I allready did all that ^^ but im bored i want more incoming to fit the anaconda, and other ships as well witch i dont have any
 
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Removed, OP already has an Anaconda and is earning 5 to 10 million an hour. Not sure why he is asking for advice on newcomers forum.

Yes, OP is doing just fine, when I was starting the game over 3 years ago, it took me a month to get the Cobra. That's how low the income was back then. Now people complain about 5-10 mil/hour...
 
Removed, OP already has an Anaconda and is earning 5 to 10 million an hour. Not sure why he is asking for advice on newcomers forum.

yes because i just got on the forum never really been a part of the community. i did enjoy the immersion on my own until now. and i just came here to asked for advice. thank you
 
take a medium or small ship..
equip it with a fuel scoop & advanced discovery scanner.

fly to Ceos.. yep its a good 500ly away.. scan systems enroute.

when at Ceos take all of the data delivery missions yo can handle to sothis, both newholm station and sothis mining outpost (- hence the non large ship)
sell your exploration data at sothis.
pickup data missions from both stations back to new dawn station in Ceos
rinse and repeat until bored..
once allied with the factions you can look to get 20m+ per hour easily.

I did this yesterday in a sidewinder with no issues, made 200m + and also ranked up to 58% post captain from nothing..
 
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Yes, OP is doing just fine, when I was starting the game over 3 years ago, it took me a month to get the Cobra. That's how low the income was back then. Now people complain about 5-10 mil/hour...

I'm sorry if u took it that way, i'm not complaining i came here to talk to people, if they knew some staff ii missed out, or tips that could be usefull witch i don't know about like colonia or watever i dont know. i dont consider myself as an expert in the game, so i came here.
 
I'm sorry if u took it that way, i'm not complaining i came here to talk to people, if they knew some staff ii missed out, or tips that could be usefull witch i don't know about like colonia or watever i dont know. i dont consider myself as an expert in the game, so i came here.

I understand, no problem. Welcome to the forums! :)

I don't think I can help you much, it looks like you figured out more or less how the game works.
But if you didn't visit these forums in the past as you say, than you missed some money making schemes or exploits, guides on how to make 100-300 mil/hour. Those who didn't, made small fortunes in just a few days. Last example of this was "fixed" by FD just couple of days ago so you're too late. You can read about it HERE.

What you can do is hang around and watch out for the next one, they pop up every few months or so.
 
I understand, no problem. Welcome to the forums! :)

I don't think I can help you much, it looks like you figured out more or less how the game works.
But if you didn't visit these forums in the past as you say, than you missed some money making schemes or exploits, guides on how to make 100-300 mil/hour. Those who didn't, made small fortunes in just a few days. Last example of this was "fixed" by FD just couple of days ago so you're too late. You can read about it HERE.

What you can do is hang around and watch out for the next one, they pop up every few months or so.

Yes this is my reason for comming, a friend told me about this, and they patched it few hours later and i didnt got a chance to get benefits..
but i guess i will hang around the forum now.
 
I'm only earning 100 mil per hour now that skimmers have been nerfed. I'd love to tell you how, but if I do, it'll be all over Youtube and the forum within a couple of weeks and in will come a swarm of nerf bats from FD HQ, just like last time.
 
Wing trade missions. Im currently running 4 at the same time solo right now. I stand to make about 40-50 mil from it. For only a couple of hours of work.
 
No one's mentioned combat actions yet so, Pirate Hunting missions.

Reliable 20 mil an hour, pushing up to 30 mil if the stars align. You need to find the right system with the right state, but it's straight forward from there.

The schemes already mentioned aren't "good money", they're exploits. I'd suggest avoiding them personally, too easy is a lot worse than too hard.
 
No one's mentioned combat actions yet so, Pirate Hunting missions.

Reliable 20 mil an hour, pushing up to 30 mil if the stars align. You need to find the right system with the right state, but it's straight forward from there.

The schemes already mentioned aren't "good money", they're exploits. I'd suggest avoiding them personally, too easy is a lot worse than too hard.

thanks for the reply, i actually agree with you but ... . i will try those pirates mission, thx for the tip.
 
Wing trade missions. Im currently running 4 at the same time solo right now. I stand to make about 40-50 mil from it. For only a couple of hours of work.

Sounds like they must be Elite level missions?

Didn't realise you could do wing missions solo either, or will that be the next 'nerf'?
 
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