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.

[Doll2233]

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.

Doing business is not easy if you are facing competition in the market. Millions of people are doing the business which are not successful because people want to do easy business and they are choosing easy route which is making them failure. They are not thinking critically and if they will think like other people then there will get  result of that in less efficiency. If you are thinking critically and you can solve the problem of the people you will earn a good amount of money. If you are a person who like to start a business then you should not start work blindly and should follow the mentors who are leading.

[Rengga Jati]

Copying someone else’s business won’t necessarily make you as successful as they are. This is absolutely true. Even when using the exact same recipe, a dish can taste different depending on the hands. Everyone has their own unique share of success or fortune. Expecting quick success simply by imitating another person’s business is a mistake. In reality, you can approach it through a process of observing, imitating, and modifying. But this requires conducting your own research from the very beginning. That is way, you will be truly ready to adapt the concept. That is suitable to your specific target market and conditions.

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,......

This is something that must be avoided. It cannot be denied that there are many individuals who act in this manner. resorting to various tactics that can harm others' businesses, all in an effort to further their own growth. Dishonest practices. It attempts to bring down competitors, are an unfortunate reality in the business world. Such behavior can be found across many different industries. For this reason, one must be fully prepared for all the risks inherent in doing business, while maintaining a realistic and proactive mindset. This ensures that we are equipped to find solutions whenever such problems arise.

[Crypto_Timothy]

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.

Definitely there are going to be someone better than you at certain things, even if at the moment you are doing very well, it is completely possible for someone to do that same thing and be better at it than you and really that's not bad actually, basically that's how life is. Now what matter is how you respond to that competition. Just like you said you either learn from the competition and then improve on whatever you see them doing better than you. You either do that or just wait till the competition runs you out and if course it's not a copy and paste thing, it has be relatable with your business and strategy otherwise the model would not work even if the same model is working for other people.

[Woodie]

Most upcoming brands make the same mistake early on. They study a competitor who is doing well, and instead of asking why it works, they ask how to do the same thing. New logos, new pricing tiers, new tone of voice, almost a copy of what is already out there.

Unfortunately in the world of business, you need to be up-to-date with what your competitors are doing, if you are in the same market and your products aren't selling while your competitor is having great sells..it's just logical that you get one or two ideas from them of how to make it work for you too!!

If your brand is trying to outdo a competitor feature for feature, you might want to step back and ask yourself, "what would this brand look like if that competitor did not exist at all?"

This would be a bad model, and as a business why not migrate to an area that would appreciate such services..

[MorganaX]

I understand the concept but I don't agree with you that smaller brands shouldn't copy, I don't even think any idea is ingenious as most new thing is as of an idea of previously existing idea, you can copy but their must be something different than the original or you are juts opening another branch for them, either you slashed down the price or add something else that resonates with the immediate peculiarities of communities that brands don't really see them make them yours. It's another way to bank on the model whilst doing something different

[pusaka]

In business, we must be creative, and sometimes we must put ourselves in the shoes of consumers. I won't give examples from large companies, but I can give examples from things we do every day. Take a restaurant, for example.

As consumers, we naturally seek out restaurants that maintain good taste and service. If we find that, we'll return, even if another restaurant offers the same dishes at a lower price. However, our comfort and satisfaction as customers can't be bought.

Well, we can apply this to the business we're running. It's difficult to open a business without competition; in any case, we'll inevitably find similar products, but with differentiating quality.

[nara1892]

I understand the concept but I don't agree with you that smaller brands shouldn't copy, I don't even think any idea is ingenious as most new thing is as of an idea of previously existing idea, you can copy but their must be something different than the original or you are juts opening another branch for them, either you slashed down the price or add something else that resonates with the immediate peculiarities of communities that brands don't really see them make them yours. It's another way to bank on the model whilst doing something different

Yeah, look, observe, imitate, and modify isn’t that what you mean? There’s nothing wrong with doing that. The most important thing is that your product isn’t an exact copy of a competitor’s. Unique and appealing modifications can make your product sell better than your competitors’ even if you’re selling the same product. In my opinion, the key is to understand and be aware of the situation so you know what people actually need. In business, the most important thing is being able to read the situation and be smart about promotion.

[Wahidcroposs]

There is no substitute for intelligence, thoughtful planning, and hard work when starting a business. One must harness one’s own inner creative potential to introduce something new. It is also wise to adapt the successful strategies of competitors for the benefit of one’s own business. However, copying something exactly can lead to a crisis of trust among customers.

[programmer3666]

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.

It is not like copying some basic things is bad. Take for instance, if you run a restaurant business across the street and you have another competitor running the same thing but that other restaurant has evolved and incorporated digital payment and also house delivery, but you are still running the analog way of hand to hand payment and walk-in patronage. Then all you are doing is losing valuable profits and customers, sometimes you have to be innovative and copy the common sense strategy. So there is a clear difference in the level of copying.

[Juicyhome]

That's harsh. Your statement topic. If they are competitors, it means they are doing something right. Instead of saying you won't copy them, why no learn from them. Pretty sure they have done somethings right. So why not learn the good once from them and disregard the once that are not good. That's much better. Learning what works and don't work is actually better. I wouldn't not throw away my competitors, I'll learn from them.

Copying is part of business,  no business owner initiate any ideas all are copied from people there is nothing wrong with copying from a successful business owner,  it's not a competition is growth and admiration,  no one copy from unsuccessful people it's only successful people new business owners copy from. In business if you want to be successful you have to do what successful people have done, envying them is what is wrong copying is good. Competition is where you try to do what your senior in business are doing wrongly because you feel you have more money than than, business is about experience, when starting a business one need to consult senior business owners before engaging in any business that's how to grow business.

[Fiasem20]

You shouldn’t copy your competitors because their decisions are different from yours,you may only see the visibility of their business but that doesn’t mean you have an in-depth understanding of what they’re doing that alone may make you experience a costly mistake.You can look up to their brand because that could be a reason to stay motivated,most times competition in the business industry is quite necessary because when you compete with someone it’s gives you this mindset of always thriving regardless.Don’t be a copycat rather come up with your own ideas and trace your uniqueness in the business you’re into,lastly when you copy other people’s strategies you would be limited to their ideas.

[Yeesha]

You shouldn’t copy your competitors because their decisions are different from yours,you may only see the visibility of their business but that doesn’t mean you have an in-depth understanding of what they’re doing that alone may make you experience a costly mistake.You can look up to their brand because that could be a reason to stay motivated,most times competition in the business industry is quite necessary because when you compete with someone it’s gives you this mindset of always thriving regardless.Don’t be a copycat rather come up with your own ideas and trace your uniqueness in the business you’re into,lastly when you copy other people’s strategies you would be limited to their ideas.

You're extremely right, you might even be better than that particular person. Sometimes being competitive might cause you great harm. Business is not something that one should mess with, because a single mistake can cause you great loss. Those people might use a unique strategy that they know is suitable for their business. Use your ideas to grow your own business. Technology has made everything easier for us. You can do your research through google and from other people's experiences.

[Uhwuchukwu53]

Despite the laws of copying, in the academic world, and technology and others area of life generally striving in life has shown some significant unwavering spirit that seems inevitable in every sphere that copying and duplicate as well aspiring, adotorating has become human life style, that is reason even while many author are been quoted, and everything one does has origin where the principles is gotten as initiating starting point, there is nothing wrong is copying ideas and models it to survive and make good out of it, every business man or investment has predicessor or role model they look up to which propelled them to push online of such business without such won't have ideas of going into such investment, I won't completely condemned copying ideas but kick against not developing a strategically the ideas where it move you to another level of greatness rather than stopping or failing with the ideas.