Ask HN: A competitor just launched and I am at 60%. Quits?

Re:Ask HN: A competitor just launched and I am at 60%. Quits? by borracciaBlu on Thursday July 20, 2017 @07:28AM (#14811512)

I think that have few competitors shouldn't worry you till the moment that delta between your product and your competitors it's solid. I would be even relieved about such a thing. You are not alone betting on this type of market.

Just to clarify the delta point. How can you be sure that the difference between your product and the competitors one is reasonable?

Try to use the product vision statement from Geoffrey Moore’s book Crossing the Chasm. http://elevatorpitchessentials.com/essays/CrossingTheChasmEl... Try to see if your point [5 (Unlike)] is solid enough compared to your competitors. If not, work on it.

I would think twice before to throw everything.

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Re:Ask HN: A competitor just launched and I am at 60%. Quits? by arisAlexis on Thursday July 20, 2017 @07:32AM (#14811523)

What if my product is almost identical? you think I should artificially change it so that it has a differentiation?

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Re:Ask HN: A competitor just launched and I am at 60%. Quits? by Mz on Thursday July 20, 2017 @08:02PM (#14817188)

FWIW, when I had a corporate job, there was an anecdote in some big meeting that a competitor had literally photocopied one of the insurance policies my company was selling. They didn't even change the font. Yet, they couldn't sell the policy as well because they weren't servicing it as well as my company.

You may think the product is almost identical, but it may not be as identical as you think.

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Re:Ask HN: A competitor just launched and I am at 60%. Quits? by alltakendamned on Thursday July 20, 2017 @08:26AM (#14811840)

You can compete on many different fronts such as quality, support, price, features, market focus etc.

Also, they just launched, that means they are just starting as well which tells nothing of possible future success.

Even if totally unique, the market might be large enough to have multiple competitive offerings. It's rather unusual for one player to grab the entire market.

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Re:Ask HN: A competitor just launched and I am at 60%. Quits? by borracciaBlu on Thursday July 20, 2017 @07:53AM (#14811629)

As I said work on it. You can differentiate by customers type (b2b or b2c), business model (subscription, advertise, once time payment, remarketing), features (mobile, web, offline) just to say some.

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