and as to the tele taxi's if I have a day of doing nothing but tele taxi's earning an average of 2k per taxii recon ill have about 50 customers (depending on the amount of time I play and the day I do business (most likely saturdar cause schools out for the kiddies) it will be worth my while
I doubt it, it hasnt been worth my while before when i did it(and i only did it cuz i was unaware of anything on how to play the AH right at the time).

The economy has thus already inflated, the most you can actually pay for with the gil earned here is maybe things like chocobos or daily livings.

Remember theres not always a constant demand for teleports, somedays there COULD be 50 customers(per hour? But 50 is rare), but there can also be a flat 0. There are many reasons why Tele-Taxing is a waste of time if it is your main source of making gil.

1.) There are many ways to travel that are more time saving which includes:

-Outpost Warping: While it might cost more and not everyone has it, it saves time. If you actually do your supply quests you can save more time, and time = money for your customer. I would personally stay at my home nation if i wasnt a WHM, and seek with my flag up unless i am sure i can make a PT. Because of outpost teleports, not to mention Return Rings are awesome as they tele you to the outpost so i can go back to home nation, and port to where i wanna go.

-Airship/ship: 200gil/100gil respectively, fixed and easy, no matter how much things rise this is constant and fixed.

-Chocobos: It would be much wiser for someone to leave town in a chocobo than shout for more than 5minutes max in order to save more time.

These all compete against you, and i never asked for a tele in any of my other jobs..its not worth it i feel.

2.) Wait time:

Many people would indeed, NOT be ready to be teleported when you invite them. It takes time to send the invite, and wait for them to switch their jobs/sub, or buy food or finish crafting or whatever the hell else they need to do. Although the time might be short it will eventually add up and waste you time that can be spent making more money elsewhere. Zoning to your Mog House for MP is also factored in, and it also adds up. Not to mention you guys can be way accross the map...the time spent gathering is alot and significant.

I just wanna be clear, TELEPORTING IS NOT FREE FOR THE WHM, IT COSTS ALOT OF TIME.

I could spend my hour farming elementals any place and get 50K an hour and not have to deal with people. Or I can sit in jeuno and tele people for 10-20k (or even 0 if theres no demand) an hour. Every minute I'm in the game is time I could have spent earning money. Everyone looks for the way that will maximize that money vs time invest. With whats costing now and ways to get money i totally find taxi-ing to be a huge gross waste of time and headache. I cant imagine how much teleing i have to do for an Eranse scroll(1mil on middy).

In that same time to tele i can probably travel around and desynth stuff and get stacks of stacks of cotton thread which is 40K a stack each as well as other stuff. Probably around 10mins if the AH has enough supply to get 5 stacks and if i HQ enough.

Compare against what I "could" be making being a Teletaxi. At MOST, assuming people were ready to actually go when they said they needed a tele, you could do perhaps 15 teleports an hour, when you figure time to invite, negotiate, and gather people as well as shout your services. And what if people run off after you tele and dont pay? Or what else, dont pay you the right ammount and haggle? What about the limitations of the 6 party members that can be teleported? And surely not every person is going to go to the same place.

With the current value of gil, i would charge 5K for basic tele...but 3K minimum to make it worth my time.

3.) Mining. Fishing. Farming bees/coeurls/goobues/whatever. Learn a craft and stick with it. ENMs. BCNMs. Gardening.

Every one of the above activities makes more money than being a tele-taxi. and i can attest to it with what those items cost now..


Only reason to taxi? You need quick cheap starting capital...but even then i feel the above methods are better. I just honestly cannot see WHM Tele-taxi as being a viable main source of income. Good money on the side yes, but never as main....and if i take it as a side money gain, they are going to have to come to me as its a service. Oh yeah..i forget..many people expect YOU to come to them, i am not doing that when i can make more money sitting here crafting/etc.

You can still do it, but i really dont think its worth your time.