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Re:Ask HN: Industries Ripe For Disruption? by icefox on Tuesday February 10, 2009 @03:02PM (#475815)
So far the only auction site I have seen that has gone anywhere is tfields.com which started as a transformers toys auction site and grew from there. It is a real catch-22, you need lots of buyers and sellers suddenly.
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Re:Ask HN: Industries Ripe For Disruption? by ssharp on Tuesday February 10, 2009 @03:59PM (#475951)
I think the best model to beat ebay is to create a "Ning" style auction site where you have separate auction sites dependent on the community that they target.

The best strategy for a startup to topple a massive corporation is to flank them. Hit them in their weak spots, grow, and eventually you might get enough resources to topple them.

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Re:Ask HN: Industries Ripe For Disruption? by noodle on Tuesday February 10, 2009 @03:04PM (#475818)
my initial thoughts on how to make that happen would be to round up some medium-sized ebay sellers, ask them what their needs are, build the site to meet them, and offer them free auctions for a period of time to switch and help promote.
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