Editing Making ISK as an Explorer (section)

==What ''not'' to haul==
The first key decision that impacts hauling occurs during exploration: what to loot, what to leave behind and/or what to jettison. [[File:Cargo Sorter screenshot.png|200px|thumb|right|Screenshot from Mzsbi Haev's [https://therascan.info/cargo/ Cargo Sorter]]] On many exploration runs with ships like the T1 explorer frigates or larger, cargo space is not a major constraint.  However, T2 covert ops ships have much less cargo space which can easily become full.

You can quickly make rough decisions by sorting your inventory view by item value.  However, decisions on what loot yields the best ISK per m3 are greatly aided by a tool called [https://therascan.info/cargo/ Cargo Sorter] from Mzsbi Haev.  Cut and paste your cargo contents (Ctrl-A, Ctrl-V in-game works) into the tool and it returns the estimated ISK value per cubic meter occupied by that item.  This enables quick decisions in what to jettison.

The [https://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Containers#Jettison_container process of jettisoning] generates a cargo container that can be bookmarked for later retrevial, but only within the two-hour lifetime of an unanchored container in space.