How many ports?

Ok, so how many ports did you fly to before you made your first PROFITABLE sale?

I used initial port to buy cotton (supply high, demand none).

Now I can't find anywhere to sell it.

2 ports visited, no luck.

Also, how many ports are there?

I don't see many available on navs!
 

Jenner

I wish I was English like my hero Tj.
With cotton I'd take it to one of the refinery stations. Look on your galaxy map for what systems you can jump to and what types of economies are there.
 
I think there's five.

Anyway, mama always said, if you want to make money on cotton you have to pick it yourself.

Try tech and metals.
 
If you look on the galaxy map, each of the 5 systems has a description which will help you figure stuff out.

Cotton will be cheapest at Eranin because its an agricultural system.

I-Bootis (an industrial system) will buy cotton highest because they manufacture things from component materials.

You could then buy clothing at I-Bootis and ship it back to Eranin, but there are better trades available. :)
 
Make sure you buy what has high availability and sell it to a system that needs it. Tea from Eranin to Asselus Primus works well, and any equipment that helps agriculture to Eranin would be a good too although you need to have a bit of money to begin with to start trading that stuff.
 
Ok, so how many ports did you fly to before you made your first PROFITABLE sale?

I used initial port to buy cotton (supply high, demand none).

Now I can't find anywhere to sell it.

2 ports visited, no luck.

Also, how many ports are there?

I don't see many available on navs!

Just the one seemed inevitable to take food from an agricultural world to an industrial world . As it shows on the Galactic map what each planets economy is based on .
 
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About half a dozen attempts before I realised I had made a profit - I was looking at the wrong columns previously. :D

Out of those half a dozen I think three ended up with me reaching my destination intact. Now I've decided that trading is not feasible in a small ship like the Sidewinder and I've trying other routes until I get something bigger.

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