You shouldn't copy competitors in business!

[Rabata]

Copying competitors may not give you the best result in your business, because everyone has their own skills instead develop your own business skills, and see how you can have an edge over your competitors, this will enable you to really be ahead of your own competitors. Also when you spot any good quality or strategy that your competitors posses, instead of doing the same thing you have to improve on that very thing, and do it better than them. Also in business there are rules, and there could be danger associated with copying a competitor pattern of business without the persons permission, and when this happens legal action can be carried against you.

To do well in business, you should not only look at what your competitors are doing, but also try to understand where your own business is lacking. If you make a mistake, you should correct that mistake yourself and take good care not to repeat it in the future. If a shopkeeper does not just compete to reduce prices but also focuses on the quality of his products and customer service, he can get good results.
I do not see the way of providing service in your own way by learning from other people's good strategies and learning from them. Because a person may have many good strategies, if a new businessman learns from them and uses them in his real life, his business will be better. However, following common business ideas is not the same as using someone else's well known name, symbol, or secret business information without permission. It is more important to focus on gaining the trust of customers in addition to thinking about surpassing your competitors. Because if you make your products and practices very bad while competing, then your business may gradually suffer losses instead of being long-term.

[Bitcoin Maxi]

There are people that are exceeding great and better in business and one might sometimes want to follow their pattern because they are doing great. The thing is that it's not bad to actually strive to do better as our competitors do,we can always learn from competitors that are doing well and not that we tried to copy their format because their pattern might not work for another, instead restrategize and look into what's best for your own business, try to be creative and innovative and bring up ideas perfect for your business because every business is unique in its own way and there are different strategies that keeps the business going. It crucial we look into our business and know what works for it rather than wanting to copy what others do in their businesses.

[DPHOR]

There are people that are exceeding great and better in business and one might sometimes want to follow their pattern because they are doing great. The thing is that it's not bad to actually strive to do better as our competitors do,we can always learn from competitors that are doing well and not that we tried to copy their format because their pattern might not work for another, instead restrategize and look into what's best for your own business, try to be creative and innovative and bring up ideas perfect for your business because every business is unique in its own way and there are different strategies that keeps the business going. It crucial we look into our business and know what works for it rather than wanting to copy what others do in their businesses.

In addition every business is different and unique in it's on brand, design, packing etc.
Every individual or group should learned how to create there own ideas, skills, innovative thinking and help to boost their business.
Then could get the collectives information for proper documentation and analysis in your own business. As we knows, there is always a competition in all business line especially when they noticed that you are making profits due to your own uniqueness, most of them would want to adopts to your strategy to deploy that to their business in other for them to at least have more sales just as you does. What make business unique is packaging and the methods of promotional techniques you have deployed to sell yourself very well on the business line.

[Bright0515]

There are people that are exceeding great and better in business and one might sometimes want to follow their pattern because they are doing great. The thing is that it's not bad to actually strive to do better as our competitors do,we can always learn from competitors that are doing well and not that we tried to copy their format because their pattern might not work for another, instead restrategize and look into what's best for your own business, try to be creative and innovative and bring up ideas perfect for your business because every business is unique in its own way and there are different strategies that keeps the business going. It crucial we look into our business and know what works for it rather than wanting to copy what others do in their businesses.

Absolutely right, in business what works for you might not be what works for someone else, that is the reason why it is important to take note of what others are doing and try to see what you can do differently. But the problem with a lot of people is that they assume the word competitors means that they have to imitate or copy exactly what others are doing but that is the wrong mentality to have.

If there is one thing that grows a business that is common faster is uniqueness, what's that one thing you have that others doing the same business as you don't have?

[Pearl_20]

It is not possible that you will be in business with competitors and you will not copy them. Unless you invented the business will be only when you will not copy.

Those businesses that you are seeing, they are copying each other. Many of them can even know themselves, doing meetings and have price regulation just for their progress in the community.

But only what you can say is that you should make your business better than the others. If you do not copy them, you may not get it right.

You're absolutely correct, every business that you see today was somebody's else's idea, meaning people actually copies another people's idea of business and may be polished it to their taste and that's why copying a competitor isn't bad entirely because some of it advantages is that it can save you from mistakes and make you do things differently. You said something interesting about making your business better than others and that's true, copying isn't the problem but the approach, some will copy price, products and how the shop size and arrangement looks like and then forgetting real thing.

As a business owner your outmost priority should be you satisfying your customers and look at your competitors and how they relate with their customers, so instead of copying their products and price try and improve on doing things differently that's how you scale up as a business person.

[LUCKMCFLY]

There are people that are exceeding great and better in business and one might sometimes want to follow their pattern because they are doing great. The thing is that it's not bad to actually strive to do better as our competitors do,we can always learn from competitors that are doing well and not that we tried to copy their format because their pattern might not work for another, instead restrategize and look into what's best for your own business, try to be creative and innovative and bring up ideas perfect for your business because every business is unique in its own way and there are different strategies that keeps the business going. It crucial we look into our business and know what works for it rather than wanting to copy what others do in their businesses.

I don't see anything wrong with this, as long as it's not an exact copy of what others are doing. If they can take ideas and then adapt them to their own style, then that's fine, it's acceptable. In fact, there are people who only copy the worst aspects of others. If it's a very successful company and they can take ideas and then make them different, adapting them to their capabilities, it's not bad.

As long as it's for improvement, that's fine, but not as a blatant copy paste. Some people copy ideas from Coca Cola, from well-known brands, whether in marketing or things like that. That's what I mean. The idea is that the business keeps improving.

[Biirakedee]

I don’t think studying your competitors is a bad thing, in fact it can help u understand what customers want and what is missing in the market. But first you need to understand why things are working for them if not, that is where your problem starts. Instead of copying the whole idea of another person’s business, you should learn from what others are doing and find a way for it to work better for your own. Sometimes you don’t need a completely new idea to stand out from others. You may be selling the same products as others but with better customer service and a more convenient way of delivery, that alone can make people choose you over the competition. You should give customers a good reason to choose your business.