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Profitability
How to make X: the per-unit cost, profit and margin of a BPO at Jita prices, at ME 0/5/10.
What you'll find here
The answer to "how do I make this, and is it worth it?" Every blueprint (BPO) page carries a profitability card: the per-unit material cost, the profit per unit, and the margin, all priced at Jita and shown at ME 0, ME 5 and ME 10. It is the manufacturing mirror of the market price — the cost side of the equation, so you can see at a glance whether a product makes money or loses it.
How to use it
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Open a blueprint. Find a product in the blueprint browser and open its BPO page.
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Read the run. The card opens with how many units a single run produces and the unit price of the finished product at Jita.
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Compare the ME columns. The table lists materials cost per unit, profit per unit and margin, each at ME 0, ME 5 and ME 10, so you can see how the numbers improve as your manufacturing efficiency goes up.
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Mind the caveats. Profit and margin turn green when they are positive and red when they are negative. If some materials have no Jita price the card says the figures are partial, and the ME columns are illustrative — they do not include structure or rig bonuses.
EVE context
Manufacturing is one of the core economies of EVE: you buy materials, run a BPO in a production facility, and sell the finished product for more than the inputs cost. The whole game of it comes down to two numbers — what the materials cost and what the product sells for — and the gap between them is your margin.
Material Efficiency (ME) is the skill-driven lever that widens that gap. A higher ME means the run consumes fewer materials, so the cost per unit falls while the selling price stays the same. The ME 0 / 5 / 10 columns show how the same BPO improves as you train Manufacturing Efficiency, which is why a product that loses money at ME 0 can turn a tidy profit at ME 10.
All prices are taken at Jita, the reference market, so the figures are a consistent baseline you can compare products against. They are a starting point for your own math, not a guarantee — real-world facility costs, system-specific prices and market swings all shift the final number.