Let us know what your skill level is.
If you just hit the next tier in crafting you'll only have 1-2 missions, and sometimes none.
I believe 65 is the first jump to the next tier.
So get a few skill ups with T1 and see if more missions become available.
Seems the wind crystals sell on the GTN for about 1-2k credits, so you can defiantly make some money. Edit: I've also done some of the 'lockbox' missions, and I've gotten 500-2500 (green quality or better) creds plus some items.
The people who really care about being the first to 50 on this game would have pre-ordered on day one. If they missed that, then they missed part of the race to 50.