Technology trading

Here is a short guide telling noobs how to make up to $5 million profit in their first week. No this isn't a gimmick. And it does take about a week to get started. Be patient, it is worth it.

Background
Technology is an important resource in Cyber Nations. Small nations have about 5 and large nations have 10,000+. The more technology you have, the more it costs to research another level: In Cyber Nations, you can "sell" someone technology through Foreign Aid. Large nations would prefer to buy technology from smaller nations than research it themselves. Large nations have 2 options: Which do you think they prefer? =)
 * Your first 50 technology levels costs about $1 million.
 * After you get around 1000 tech, the next 50 levels cost about $5 million.
 * Research their own technology for ~$5,000,000 / 50 levels
 * Purchase technology for ~$1,500,000 / 50 levels from small nations.

Steps to find a tech buyer

 * 1) Familiarize yourself with Technology and Foreign Aid
 * 2) Register on the CN Forums]
 * 3) Read through some of the CN tech forum to see how other people do it
 * 4) Joining an alliance will give you more credibility
 * 5) Post on the forum. "Selling 100t/3m".
 * 6) Chat with other players on IRC.

What to do after you get an offer
This gets a little tricky. Luckily you have a whole week to figure out what to do. Below are the general steps.

1x1 trade
This is one buyer and 1 seller. The transaction takes 21 days.
 * 1) Buyer will send you $3,000,000.
 * 2) You must accept the money in the Foreign Aid screen.
 * 3) You instantly get $3,000,000.
 * 4) Make a note, recording the transation, maybe on your User Notepad.
 * 5) Buy tech in increments of 10. Do not buy more than 50.
 * 6) Wait 10 days
 * 7) Send the buyer 50 tech
 * 8) Buy 50 more tech in the same order.
 * 9) Wait 10 days
 * 10) Send the buyer the remaining 50 tech

3x3 trade
A 3x3 is when 3 buyers are paired up with 3 sellers. This transaction can be done in 1 day.


 * Buyer 1 sends MONEY to Seller 1.
 * Buyer 2 sends MONEY to Seller 2.
 * Buyer 3 sends MONEY to Seller 3.


 * Seller 1 sends TECH to Buyers 2 and 3.
 * Seller 2 sends TECH to Buyers 1 and 3.
 * Seller 3 sends TECH to Buyers 1 and 2.

Steps
 * 1) Buyer will send you $3,000,000.
 * 2) You must accept the money in the Foreign Aid screen.
 * 3) You instantly get $3,000,000.
 * 4) Buy 50 tech.
 * 5) Send 50 tech to one of the other buyers.
 * 6) Buy 50 more tech.
 * 7) Send 50 tech to the remaining buyers.

Note that you must wait 10 days before you will be able to do this again.

Tips

 * Try to get the Gold and Microchips resources. They make technology cheaper, and let you keep more money.
 * Get a Foreign Ministry. This gets you an extra foreign aid slot, so you can make a 5th deal.
 * Instead of buying tech in increments of 10, buy it like this (starting from 0): 4.5,10,10,10,10,5.5. This saves ~$50,000.
 * Do not try to cheat someone out of their tech. They will make you regret it many times over.
 * Be social, have fun!