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"Successful Idea?" Copycats

by IM Listing
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What is you opinions on people that copycat successful sites such as for example someone thinking to themself "Facebook seems to be popular maybe I should start a site just like that" the fact of the matter is I hear people talk about this all the time, not the people that are actually doing anything but the people that are philosophizing about starting up a website.
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  • Profile picture of the author dvduval
    To take that a step further, software developers often create "Facebook Clones" and then sell the dream that "you can have your own Facebook". There is nothing wrong with dreams, but upon endeavoring to create your own new market, it is important to research the competition, and decide you you can do better. Even with a good idea, you need to understand how much money and effort are needed to compete.
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    • Profile picture of the author hugofortin
      Hi,

      This is human nature. Some are leaders, others are followers.

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      • Profile picture of the author IM Listing
        Originally Posted by hugofortin View Post

        Hi,

        This is human nature. Some are leaders, others are followers.

        Hugo
        You don't say..... lol no for real that is completely true some people do not have a original idea in their head and it's much easier to copy and follow then innovate and lead.
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    • Profile picture of the author IM Listing
      Originally Posted by dvduval View Post

      To take that a step further, software developers often create "Facebook Clones" and then sell the dream that "you can have your own Facebook". There is nothing wrong with dreams, but upon endeavoring to create your own new market, it is important to research the competition, and decide you you can do better. Even with a good idea, you need to understand how much money and effort are needed to compete.
      So what I am comprehending from your statement is that it's what you bring to develop on top of the platforms which can make the difference in success or failure.
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  • Profile picture of the author mlord10
    This happens in many other instances, and is far from limited to just internet marketing. For ages people have been coming out with ideas, and eventually someone either rips them off, or slightly improves on the design to make even more money.

    As long as you are not "copying" I don't necessarily conclude that following is a bad thing.

    The phrase "You don't have to reinvent the wheel" gets thrown around quite often in entrepreneurial circles.
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    • Profile picture of the author IM Listing
      Originally Posted by mlord10 View Post

      This happens in many other instances, and is far from limited to just internet marketing. For ages people have been coming out with ideas, and eventually someone either rips them off, or slightly improves on the design to make even more money.

      As long as you are not "copying" I don't necessarily conclude that following is a bad thing.

      The phrase "You don't have to reinvent the wheel" gets thrown around quite often in entrepreneurial circles.
      A wise man once told me if you want to come up with a successful idea take a pre-existing success and add value on top of it.

      Where do you think the whole idea of bonuses comes from??
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  • Profile picture of the author DogScout
    The Ford Model T car was designed by Childe Harold Wills and two Hungarian immigrants, Joseph A. Galamb and Eugene Farkas.

    But it is Henry who figured how to build it cheaply.
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    • Profile picture of the author IM Listing
      Originally Posted by DogScout View Post

      The Ford Model T car was designed by Childe Harold Wills and two Hungarian immigrants, Joseph A. Galamb and Eugene Farkas.

      But it is Henry who figured how to build it cheaply.
      Know that is what I'm talking about ford
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    • Profile picture of the author Mohammad Afaq
      Originally Posted by yukon View Post

      LOL, by the time a guy got his facebook clone running , the next fad would kick in.

      It's like chasing the stock market, If everyone else already made money from a stock, hell it's to late for you.

      What was the name of that site before Facebook, Oh yea myspace...
      But it's still a social networking site

      Myspace and then Facebook, they do pretty much the same thing.

      And nothing says are new website can't beat facebook.
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    • Profile picture of the author BobJutsu
      Originally Posted by yukon View Post

      LOL, by the time a guy got his facebook clone running , the next fad would kick in.
      Yeah, but who is building that next fad...somebody has to, now don't they.

      Innovation is rarely the work of a single individual pulling ideas out of thin air, and innovators are more often than not people who have spent a good deal of time "copying" what others were doing and then twisting, bending, prodding it until it was "original".

      Whoever the hell built the model-t (read some post above mine, I can't be bothered to actually copy/paste the name...busy guy) couldn't have built it unless someone else first built a carriage, an engine, etc. And whoever invented an engine couldn't have done it without copying a piston and lever, etc, etc.
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