Same way to make money in modern day capitalism, buy low and sell high.

Running trade routes selling an item bought cheaply in one system and sold well in another is the fastest way, otherwise it's selling the loot from poi's if you can find a vendor for all the things.

easiest early game? mine neo and sathium asteroids and sell the ore (not ingots) to a polaris refining station, you should get around 500k/stack. Later on once you unlock dense ice or rich asteroid mining drills, that can be quite profitable depending on where you do your mining, but will involve a lot of travel.

edit, thought it was more, but its closer to 200 - 250k/stack, still decent bank for a couple neo asteroids to get you started

Go to an Orbital Robotics Factory in Polaris space, buy all the the robotics you can afford. Go to an Optronics factory, sell all the robotics and buy all the Optronics you can afford. Then go back to the Robotics factory and sell the optronics back to them. It will always make a profit as opposed to buying/selling bridges/matrixes that will only profit if you meet the right buyer/seller price.

Thanks everyone i'll try these strategies and come back.

I'd like to say thanks for the info also, plus any other money making tips you might have would be welcome!

Originally posted by Dyspayr:

easiest early game? mine neo and sathium asteroids and sell the ore (not ingots) to a polaris refining station, you should get around 500k/stack. Later on once you unlock dense ice or rich asteroid mining drills, that can be quite profitable depending on where you do your mining, but will involve a lot of travel.

edit, thought it was more, but its closer to 200 - 250k/stack, still decent bank for a couple neo asteroids to get you started

any idea how to find polaris refining station, i'm still in starting system and dont have enoguh materials (espacially bridges and matrixes) to build a starter CV, so i wonder are the polaris refining station exist in starting system?

Not likely to find one in the starters unless you get lucky with one accompanying one of the trade stations in the trade hubs, but I've come across several while still in neutral space, so they are not that uncommon, but still a degree of RNG and exploration required.

That being said, if you are still in the starting system, best bet is just hit the POIs; abandoned are not usually armed with anything heavier than sentry turrets so can be taken on relatively early on and are a small source of credits and some exotic materials that cant usually be found naturally in the starting planet or system. Large amounts of credits aren't really needed before you get in to the wider galaxy, and even then "need" is definitely subject to play style.

If you're stuck on bridges and matrices there are several core-1 starters on the workshop that can get you warp capable on a single core (no bridges or matrices/gold required) - may of them easily upgradable to grow with you through to the mid-game.

t3 hack sites are probably the best time to credit gain there is, you can expect around 450k for each one. Not only that but you also get unlock points, nav data, schematics. Only issue is finding them.