If you want your sellers to buy from you try selling them what they need

[Sticky Bomb]

If you want your sellers to buy from you try selling them what they need, if they already have other sellers then make yours more attractive.

By trying to make yours attractive, try not to make yours too cheap because if you think you're doing buyers a favor by making your commodity too cheap, you are only reducing the value of the products you have, and people prefer to buy some particular products that are more expensive because they associate the expensive price with quality. You also need to try not to look too desperate.

Sometimes it is not more offers to attract customers that you need; you need marketing. With good marketing, bad products have been sold.

Making goods and services more attractive doesn't necessarily mean making it cheap. It can constitute repackaging your offers to include other special offers that would make it stand out among your competitors.
In marketing, you sell your packaging even before you sell the product and a well packaged product of low quality can even sell faster and at a higher price than a more quality but lesser packaged counterpart. The packaging can include as little as offering home delivery service to purchased packages and adding a little fee to cover it and people would be glad to order from you since they can receive the packages at the comfort of their homes and save on time and energy to go pick it up by themselves.

[Royal Cap]

Your take?

I think in real business it is not possible to retain customers with such conditions or contracts. There is no guarantee that the person you are buying from will like your product or need it. Business is based on human needs, profit and product quality. Customers cannot be retained just for the sake of mutual benefit or the Bitcoin community.  Because even if you provide good quality products, if your price is a little higher than the market, the customer will eventually look for profit and go somewhere else. So I would say that it would be more realistic to directly understand the demand of the open market and provide good service at the best price instead of wasting time building such a chain.

[Versatile_choice]

Yes, one secret about business is that, if you want your business to keep moving try to find out the things that has a high demand and not the one that has a low demand. Most of the business people don't know this secret that is why their business is always stagnant no improvement. In business you don't decide what to buy rather you will check the things that people usually demand for, as a business woman and your business is not moving as expected try and reach out to those whose business is moving very well then you would find out the reason why your own case is different.

[Junii]

Your take?

You are absolutely right because markets work best when incentives matches. If you buy from people who are also potential buyers of your products  you create stronger business relationships and increase the chances of repeated transactions. However give and take  alone is not enough people will ultimately choose product based on price and quality  and also convenience. So in the long run  the sellers who provides the best value remains competitive and regardless of existing relationships. What i also believe is if your products or services consistently provide better value than alternatives then you can build a strong network effect where buyers become sellers and sellers become buyers.

[L E G E N D A R Y]

Yes, one secret about business is that, if you want your business to keep moving try to find out the things that has a high demand and not the one that has a low demand. Most of the business people don't know this secret that is why their business is always stagnant no improvement. In business you don't decide what to buy rather you will check the things that people usually demand for, as a business woman and your business is not moving as expected try and reach out to those whose business is moving very well then you would find out the reason why your own case is different.

Every good business owner should know that demand is very important in every business, but inasmuch as it’s one of the most essential factors, it is still not the only factor that drives a business. Alongside demand, other essential factors that makes up a good business is understanding the needs of the targeted customers, offer quality products and services, and always be ready to adapt to market changes when/if necessary. It’s also crucial to learn from other business owners who are believed to be running a successful business or businesses, so as to know where and when to improve in your own business.

[Somto9Light]

You are right because markets work best when incentives matches. If you buy from people who are also potential buyers of your products  you create stronger business relationships and increase the likelihood of repeat transactions. However reciprocity alone is not enough people will ultimately choose based on price and quality  and also convenience. So in the long run  the sellers who provides the best value remains competitive and regardless of existing relationships. What i also believe is if your products or services consistently provide better value than alternatives then you can build a strong network effect where buyers become sellers and sellers become buyers.

I agree with your thoughts here. Reciprocity can really help to strengthen business relationships, but when it comes to maintaining long term success, then the business owner must be sure to consistently deliver better value and quality services. People can indeed support people they know, but when it comes to what really drives a business then it goes further to quality, convenience and of course price. The moment that a particular business creates a much superior value to others, then it naturally creates a very strong network for buyers and sellers to continually support each other. 

[Yeesha]

If you want your sellers to buy from you try selling them what they need, if they already have other sellers then make yours more attractive.


Let's assume you want to become an online seller on a peer-to-peer Bitcoin Marketplace, and one of your main concerns is "who will my stuff" or "can I sell fast enough",  then you have an idea— you decide that instead of buying things with fiat currency from local sellers who hardly consider buying from you, you will be better off converting that fiat currency to Bitcoin to buy from local Bitcoiners who will also buy things you sell. You look for sellers on the marketplace who sell things you frequently or occasionally buy, and then ask them the kind of things they frequently or occasionally buy in order to supply them... But under the condition that you would mostly buy from them if their products/services are top notch (good quality) and more competitive or attractive than your former sellers, and you likewise promise thesame thing. And then you start buying from these peers and they start buying from you after comparing prices and quality of your stuff with their former sellers'

Your take?

Your are absolutely right, but I will also like add small thing. Let keep the quality of the goods and the prices aside, if you are not be kind or patient with your customers they will not purchase your goods no matter how expensive or cheap it is. Your attitude towards your customers matter a lots. Some customers could be so cruel, rude and arrogant but you just have to put up with their attitude to ensure that you were able to carry out your sells in peace and convincing manner.

[junder]

Business is strategical not emotional. People don't prioritise you because you are a seller, people will patronise you because of what you offer, how you offer it and at what comfort they get after paying. Know that some.people measure the worth of the value with the amount they will pay it. If it doesn't satisfy them they won't pay for it.

I agree with you that business is a strategy and yes this is just like a business that requires a strategy, when we do business then we will usually have competitors and from here we must be able to be smart to find loopholes in order to make things that attract many people to buy from us and of course this is called a strategy.

In addition, the way we ourselves offer it can be an opportunity to make other people interested in buying, when we convince them that we can be trusted then they will put their trust in buying from us.

[Die_empty]

Your take?

I think in real business it is not possible to retain customers with such conditions or contracts. There is no guarantee that the person you are buying from will like your product or need it. Business is based on human needs, profit and product quality. Customers cannot be retained just for the sake of mutual benefit or the Bitcoin community.  Because even if you provide good quality products, if your price is a little higher than the market, the customer will eventually look for profit and go somewhere else. So I would say that it would be more realistic to directly understand the demand of the open market and provide good service at the best price instead of wasting time building such a chain.

OP's concept reminds me of trade by barter, which existed when there was no generally accepted value of exchange. This kind of trade was successful because people only needed basic needs like food, clothing, and others. So it was easy to find someone who wants to exchange what you need. With the introduction of money, people now have the choice to buy from different vendors. Most people might not be interested in exchanging what they have for what they want. People will always seek the best price and quality.

[Cheema02]

People mostly trust those who they know or they buy from them and your idea is high lighting this basic and important principle of trading  so building a network where sellers and buyers can work together and can definitely improve early transaction in a peer to peer marketplace. But in theory it can reduce uncertainty for the new sellers since they already have their customers within the network but in practice markets does not always work so kindly and neatly and people usually do purchases based on their needs and the convenience and pricing rather than the reciprocal obligation. And in longer run product quality and wider market demand and competitiveness still matter more than the from whom you buy.

Yes, in any marketing the one and only main factor is trust which always preferable from both customer and producer side. Generally if customers and sellers knows each others well they have a relation like they trust on you each other so there dealings are easy and through this process there are many new buyers and sellers met to each other through the preference of old guys. So in this way transactions becomes easy because  every one knows each others. But markets not only run on the basis of relations because many buyers purchased according to there budgets and needs so in this way they meet many other merchants. With the passage of time demands of customers, market gape and competent prices becomes the major concern for every individual. So a successful or sustainable Business man always delivered a sustainable quality.

[justdimin]

Reciprocity can really help to strengthen business relationships, but when it comes to maintaining long term success, then the business owner must be sure to consistently deliver better value and quality services. People can indeed support people they know, but when it comes to what really drives a business then it goes further to quality, convenience and of course price. The moment that a particular business creates a much superior value to others, then it naturally creates a very strong network for buyers and sellers to continually support each other. 

I do agree that this is great, there is nothing wrong with that, and I feel like the best thing we can do regards to this would be "chad seller". What I mean is that, if you want your product to be sold, it is not the engineer that made the product, it is not the factory worker who worked on making it, it is not the truck driver, it's the salesman, and you could be selling ice to Eskimo if you found any good one.

So it is not really about "selling what the buyer needs" all the time, as long as you can have a great seller, they can sell any product that you make, to anyone.

[Accardo]

Your are absolutely right, but I will also like add small thing. Let keep the quality of the goods and the prices aside, if you are not be kind or patient with your customers they will not purchase your goods no matter how expensive or cheap it is. Your attitude towards your customers matter a lots. Some customers could be so cruel, rude and arrogant but you just have to put up with their attitude to ensure that you were able to carry out your sells in peace and convincing manner.

Getting customer's attention requires asking the right questions, this is what sales men do, they go on to brands or prospect to ask questions, it's an iconic thing, you have to know the right or the specific thing the buyer wants from a product. What color, brand, or make works best to meet their needs. You'll never get to know this without asking them indirectly, then bring in the accurate product, they'll have no option than to purchase.

[Pikiboy]

On a norm everyone has their own ways of running their business and if they don't patronized you it would also be hard and difficult for you to do the same to them, but what differentiates you from another person is packaging.
When you diverse a better way to market your products you wouldn't be that looking for your competitor to come patronized you as you would definitely have a wider audience to prioritized you than them. The main thing is that just be different from your competitors and you would see how people would rushed into patronizing you than them, make sure to sell what people's need and not what you need on the way because if you have same price rate or pricing level then you could find it that difficulties to follow up the request of people over there that is why it is good to sell a bit lower than what other are selling in order to attracts all the customers to yourself.

[slapper]

Most of the people come to a marketplace with what they have and hope someone will want it. You are doing the reverse. Finding out what is needed and then becoming the supply. This is great for small scale applications. Five, ten peers trading with one another. Reputation is personal, meaning quality remains high. The circle is very close and everyone is incentivized. But the second it grows past a certain number of participants, the personal trust layer starts thinning out. So you go back to the need for a rating system or dispute system. This is simply the duplication of infrastructure that you wanted to get away from in the first place. Does not mean do not do it. It means understand what you are building is inherently intimate.

The other thing is that you are creating switching costs organically. If I am buying from three peers who are also my best customers, leaving any one of them costs me revenue not just a supplier.