Learning from competitor's

[rzach41]

Earlier today I found a real competitor to my first startup. It is the first site that I have found which more or less has put into practice the same exact concept and idea as my site currently under development. I immediately felt worried and nervous. I went outside for some fresh air and to regain my composure. When I came back in I spent a good amount of time analyzing the site. After carefully inspecting it, I realized that although their site is very similar to what ours will be, they do a lot of things poorly. More importantly, the things that they do poorly are an integral part of the websites success. I guess they have not made that connection yet. Now I am grateful that I came across their page because it will be an asset to the development of our website. I can see the things they did wrong, and avoid making their mistakes. Furthermore, it reinforces the ideas I had on how to differentiate my website from the rest. Now I feel their site is a blessing in disguise for me to take advantage of. Has anybody had this experience… Discovering a competitor’s site and initially feeling apprehensive and worried—to feeling grateful and re-motivated?


-Ryan

 

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[MJ DeMarco]

Sinincis, tadditt ot emm ecuav iyidavoup, puv ofiet. Epz aporai xic ofie xomm ci onnifoevimz tvumip updi eweomecmi gus qacmod duptanqvoup -- vji heni otp'v ecuav ofiet, cav xju dep neli ofiet siemovz cz xez ug civvis iyidavoup.

Fup'v hiv vu xuslif aq uwis dunqivovust et ov edvaemmz ot vimmoph zua vjev zuas ofie jet nisov. Pux og vjiz tvesv tviemoph dupvipv gsun ze, vjip ov't voni gus edvoup. :tnetj:

 

[rzach41]

Sinincis, tadditt ot emm ecuav iyidavoup, puv ofiet. Epz aporai xic ofie xomm ci onnifoevimz tvumip updi eweomecmi gus qacmod duptanqvoup -- vji heni otp'v ecuav ofiet, cav xju dep neli ofiet siemovz cz xez ug civvis iyidavoup.

Fup'v hiv vu xuslif aq uwis dunqivovust et ov edvaemmz ot vimmoph zua vjev zuas ofie jet nisov. Pux og vjiz tvesv tviemoph dupvipv gsun ze, vjip ov't voni gus edvoup. :tnetj:

Ehsii, ov katv vjsix ni gus e muuq cideati ov xet vji gostv edvaem tovi vjev eqqmoif vji iyedv teni dupdiqv et nz ofie. O'n vemloph tqidogodt. Apgusvapevimz gus vjin, vjiz geomif up nepz onqusvepv etqidvt ug vji dupdiqv... vjopht vjev O xet emsiefz exesi ug epf jef velip edduapv gus.

O xomm ci qsuwofoph nadj, nadj nusi wemai vu nz datvunist vjep vjiz xomm.

Ov't huoph vu cmux in tvseohjv uav ug vji xevis.

Dunqivovust pux neli nz mogi ietois cz vimmoph ni xjev xuslt epf xjev fuit puv. O dep tii xjev vjiz jewi huoph gus vjin epf iyqepf up ov.