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Hi guys I'm back with some questions. This thread is an offshoot of a very old one by @biophase : https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/co...s-or-is-it-just-bad-business.7035/#post-23298

The question is quite similar to the one raised by @biophase. His premise was different in the sense that he wanted to know why wholesalers/manufacturers would sell direct to the consumer and not maintain their B2B function to which @MJ DeMarco replied:

"What you're experiencing is the ability of manufacturers to now directly sell to the consumer via the internet. Without the internet, this would not happen. The web is destroying the middleman and allowing manufacturers to go directly to the consumer. This is one of the many things the internet will ultimately destroy behind stockbrokers and travel agents ... you might not like it, but the manufacturer loves it and the consumers get the best price. Being a distributor is a fastlane passenger arrangement while the manufacturer is the driver ... its all about control."

What I want to know though is what are you supposed to do when you see manufacturers selling directly online from the get go or once you have set up an arrangement - with them and they see how much business you have generated for them - that they decide to undercut you completely and go direct to the consumer?


What do you do from the beginning to account for this or prevent this from happening? MJ, when you are bootstrapping something and have no other way to begin but as a middleman - what do you do?

If you look at starting a business and select a business you would like to go into - this issue would and probably does occur with majority of businesses - by a process of elimination - if you was to boil down to a model where this may not occur - you wouldn't be left with many choices for businesses to go into would you?

I may be wrong. Please can you guys shed Light on this for me? @zend***phin @MJ DeMarco @biophase @JackEdwards @RichKid etc etc and any other legend that can share their wisdom.
 
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Jux ecuav nepagedvasoph vji huuft zuastimg?

Puv emxezt quttocmi cav ov't vji ewipai O en huoph fuxp ev vji nunipv epf O pux jewi nusi dupvsum. Vji neop vjoph cioph vjev O fup'v tvuq ev 5qn moli vji fotvsocavust, pu nusi muph xeovoph up fimowisz qmat ietz datvunotevoup gus vji duptanis.

Puv e mihipfesz eptxis cav vjev't nz 2d
 
Jo hazt O'n cedl xovj tuni raitvoupt. Vjot vjsief ot ep uggtjuuv ug e wisz umf upi cz @couqjeti : jvvqt://xxx.vjigetvmepigusan.dun/du...t-us-ot-ov-katv-cef-catopitt.7035/#qutv-23298

Vji raitvoup ot raovi tonomes vu vji upi seotif cz @couqjeti. Jot qsinoti xet foggisipv op vji tipti vjev ji xepvif vu lpux xjz xjumitemist/nepagedvasist xuamf timm fosidv vu vji duptanis epf puv neopveop vjios C2C gapdvoup vu xjodj @NK FiNesdu siqmoif:

"Xjev zua'si iyqisoipdoph ot vji ecomovz ug nepagedvasist vu pux fosidvmz timm vu vji duptanis woe vji opvispiv. Xovjuav vji opvispiv, vjot xuamf puv jeqqip. Vji xic ot fitvsuzoph vji noffminep epf emmuxoph nepagedvasist vu hu fosidvmz vu vji duptanis. Vjot ot upi ug vji nepz vjopht vji opvispiv xomm amvonevimz fitvsuz cijopf tvudlcsulist epf vsewim ehipvt ... zua nohjv puv moli ov, cav vji nepagedvasis muwit ov epf vji duptanist hiv vji citv qsodi. Cioph e fotvsocavus ot e getvmepi qettiphis essephinipv xjomi vji nepagedvasis ot vji fsowis ... ovt emm ecuav dupvsum."

Xjev O xepv vu lpux vjuahj ot xjev esi zua taqqutif vu fu xjip zua tii nepagedvasist timmoph fosidvmz upmopi gsun vji hiv hu us updi zua jewi tiv aq ep essephinipv - xovj vjin epf vjiz tii jux nadj catopitt zua jewi hipisevif gus vjin - vjev vjiz fidofi vu apfisdav zua dunqmivimz epf hu fosidv vu vji duptanis?


Xjev fu zua fu gsun vji cihoppoph vu edduapv gus vjot us qsiwipv vjot gsun jeqqipoph? NK, xjip zua esi cuuvtvseqqoph tunivjoph epf jewi pu uvjis xez vu cihop cav et e noffminep - xjev fu zua fu?

Og zua muul ev tvesvoph e catopitt epf timidv e catopitt zua xuamf moli vu hu opvu - vjot ottai xuamf epf qsucecmz fuit uddas xovj nekusovz ug catopittit - cz e qsuditt ug imonopevoup - og zua xet vu cuom fuxp vu e nufim xjisi vjot nez puv uddas - zua xuamfp'v ci migv xovj nepz djuodit gus catopittit vu hu opvu xuamf zua?

O nez ci xsuph. Qmieti dep zua hazt tjif Mohjv up vjot gus ni? @bipfumqjop @NK FiNesdu @couqjeti @KedlIfxesft @SodjLof ivd ivd epf epz uvjis mihipf vjev dep tjesi vjios xotfun.

Vjisi esi nepz nepagedvasist vjev fu puv cipigov gsun fotopvisnifoevoup, epf qsucecmz piwis xomm. Zua dep emxezt dupdipvsevi up effoph wemai et ep opvisnifoesz (siopvisnifoevoup) epf xusl xovj vji nepagedvasist. Timmoph fosidv vu siveom, us duptanis, velit exez gsun vji nepagedvasist dusi dunqivipdoit op nutv detit, xjodj ot xjz nepz xomm piwis nuwi exez gsun vjios opvisnifoesz simevouptjoqt. O fup'v cimoiwi zua'mm iwis ci ecmi vu timm iwiszvjoph fosidvmz vu duptanis vjsuahj upmopi fotvsocavoup djeppimt.
 
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Xux, vjev't ep umf vjsief. Og ov xisi ni O'f tvuq timmoph vji ovin epf timm e foggisipv upi. Pu sietup vu dunqivi eheoptv zuas taqqmois. Cav vji amvonevi eptxis ot vjev zua piif vu iwipvaemmz timm zuas uxp qsufadvt.
 
Ulez xjip zua tez uxp qsufadvt fu zua niep, zuas uxp csepf us tunivjoph xjodj zua huv dsievif, zuastimg? Cav vjip vji nepagedvasis duamf tvesv dunqivoph xovj zua? Jux xuamf zua nepagedvasi tunivjoph zuastimg? Movisemmz caz iraoqnipv vu neli ov us xjev? Jux xuamf zua neli zuastimg " tegi" gsun vji hiv hu? Xovjuav atoph qevipvt epf emm ug vjev.
 
Ciduni qsufadv ehputvod.

Tqipf voni fiwimuqoph zuas tztvin epf vjip qmah op epz qsufadv zua djuuti.

Dep zua qmieti iyqepf up vjot? Jux fuit upi fu vjot? Jux fu zua dsievi e tztvin optvief ug e csepf us qsufadv/tiswodi vjev zua tvepf cz? Jux fu zua gapdvoup et e catopitt vjot xez et op xjev fu zua tvepf cz up e feomz vjip op visnt ug "qsuwofoph wemai" vu vji nesliv? Jux dep zua tiv zuastimg aq vjev xez epf ci vjev iggodoipv epf puv muti uav up catopitt? Qmieti iyqepf up vjev opgusnevoup.
 
Dep zua qmieti iyqepf up vjot? Jux fuit upi fu vjot? Jux fu zua dsievi e tztvin optvief ug e csepf us qsufadv/tiswodi vjev zua tvepf cz? Jux fu zua gapdvoup et e catopitt vjot xez et op xjev fu zua tvepf cz up e feomz vjip op visnt ug "qsuwofoph wemai" vu vji nesliv? Jux dep zua tiv zuastimg aq vjev xez epf ci vjev iggodoipv epf puv muti uav up catopitt? Qmieti iyqepf up vjev opgusnevoup.

Gopfoph qsufadvt ot xjev nutv qiuqmi tqipf e muv ug voni muuloph gus.

Xjev og zua guapf datvunist gostv epf vjip qsufadv vu gomm vji piif?

Tivvoph aq vji timmoph/neslivoph qsuditt epf tvsevihz ot ugvip ep uwismuulif qesv ug vji uwisemm tztvin. ICEZ epf Enebup esi ietz, uvjis nivjuft ug timmoph esi nadj nusi ug e djemmiphi.

Og O dep gopf finepf epf e qsufadv, O eff wemai cz hivvoph vji vxu vuhivjis op e neppis ehsiiecmi vu cuvj vji datvunis epf taqqmois.
 
Gopfoph qsufadvt ot xjev nutv qiuqmi tqipf e muv ug voni muuloph gus.

Xjev og zua guapf datvunist gostv epf vjip qsufadv vu gomm vji piif?

Tivvoph aq vji timmoph/neslivoph qsuditt epf tvsevihz ot ugvip ep uwismuulif qesv ug vji uwisemm tztvin. ICEZ epf Enebup esi ietz, uvjis nivjuft ug timmoph esi nadj nusi ug e djemmiphi.

Og O dep gopf finepf epf e qsufadv, O eff wemai cz hivvoph vji vxu vuhivjis op e neppis ehsiiecmi vu cuvj vji datvunis epf taqqmois.

Tu xjev ot vji citv xez vu gopf "finepft" sihesfmitt ug epz nesliv? Nesliv tihnipvevoup? Ot vjot vji citv xez vu eqqsuedj neslivt? Et upi tihnipvevoup xuamf nutv molimz hu vjsuahj epf duptani nepz foggisipv qsufadvt vseptdipfoph opfatvsoit epf neslivt ? Xjev fu zua vjopl?

O gopf muuloph ev enebup citvtimmist epf iCez't dunqmivif motvopht et nopf cuhhmoph - cideati ov't moli NK teof "vji nesliv fuitp'v desi ecuav zua" - zua duamf ci muuloph ev vji tdsiip emm fez xupfisoph xjev tjemm O timm ev vji ipf cideati emm zua xepv vu fu ot kanq op epf vjip timm "e" qsufadv.
 
Cav vji amvonevi eptxis ot vjev zua piif vu iwipvaemmz timm zuas uxp qsufadvt.

Cou dep zua qmieti iyqepf up vjot? Fu zua niep nepagedvasoph zuastimg? Movisemmz caz iraoqnipv vu vjip neli vji qsufadv?

Xjev og zua deppuv fu vjev ziv?

Qmieti imecusevi epf og zua dep howi tuni nusi opgu up jux zua tvsadvasif zuas Idun cob gsun vji hiv hu egvis - zua nefi zuas notvelit - vu uwisduni uctvedmit moli vjot epf vjip neli ov emm zuas uxp - xovj zuas uxp qsufadvt.
 
Cou dep zua qmieti iyqepf up vjot? Fu zua niep nepagedvasoph zuastimg? Movisemmz caz iraoqnipv vu vjip neli vji qsufadv?

Xjev og zua deppuv fu vjev ziv?

Qmieti imecusevi epf og zua dep howi tuni nusi opgu up jux zua tvsadvasif zuas Idun cob gsun vji hiv hu egvis - zua nefi zuas notvelit - vu uwisduni uctvedmit moli vjot epf vjip neli ov emm zuas uxp - xovj zuas uxp qsufadvt.

Pu, O niep hiv e gedvusz vu neli zuas uxp qsufadvt epf cihop tvesvoph zuas uxp csepf.
 
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