I was talking to a corp-mate last night and she mentioned that she used to go to fringe mining systems away from trade hubs and put up buy orders for Trit at much cheaper than the current prices (ie. 1,000,000 trit @ 4.0 ISK ea/ whereas Jita is around 5.07). She said she made a hefty profit because miners either didn't know where to take their minerals or couldn't transport them.
My question is- Can I tell where these systems might be by looking at the starmap and it's associated statistics? Should I use an external website? I have a miner myself, but I normally followed my corp to mine, so I'm not really sure where these systems are I should look for.
Best Answer
You probably couldn't find these systems from the star map itself. The only real way is to get into a ship and actually go visit some systems a reasonable distance from trade hub.
A site that may give you hints is Eve-Central. Here's a link to the Tritanium orders page on it. Look for systems still with green security status, but there are large sell/buy orders for Trit at below Jita prices. Pay careful attention to your route to these systems though, it is possible that the route to some of these places may take you through low-sec where a hauler or freighter may be quite vulnerable to pirates.