As a small business you have things that they do not have. Flexibility, customisation, personalisation. You can change your operations in a blink. You can customise contracts, sales and stores to be different from each other. You can invest more effort and time in being personally involved (as a business, not just as you personally) in your customers. The only way you could never really beat the game is if you were in something like industrial retail. A business to business sale that is only really after the cheapest item offers you nothing to bargain with. But truth is, even then you still can. You can offer support, extended warranties (if you have faith in the product), after sales service, small gimmicks (sometimes can work as a tie breaker) and so on.
By the sound of it, its not purely retail. So maybe you could price compete on basic marketing. We do the job properly, all your employees are X trained, focus on quality, provide more information services or updates. It can often be as simple as finding out what the competitor does and then do something different or just 1 thing better. Mid to large business spend shit tonnes on analysing competition. Being that you are direct with the ground floor and direct with the boss, you can do it so much more easily.
No we run transport. We still have a company but have to charge a ridiculous amount bc of taxes. What do they even do? Nothing....Just rich guy jet ski is what I got for my tax last year.
Bruh they will try to tax you more than you make in America, it's fucking hilarious. Your governemnt is against small business and do anything to stop it.
[–] AnmanIndustries ago
As a small business you have things that they do not have. Flexibility, customisation, personalisation. You can change your operations in a blink. You can customise contracts, sales and stores to be different from each other. You can invest more effort and time in being personally involved (as a business, not just as you personally) in your customers. The only way you could never really beat the game is if you were in something like industrial retail. A business to business sale that is only really after the cheapest item offers you nothing to bargain with. But truth is, even then you still can. You can offer support, extended warranties (if you have faith in the product), after sales service, small gimmicks (sometimes can work as a tie breaker) and so on.
By the sound of it, its not purely retail. So maybe you could price compete on basic marketing. We do the job properly, all your employees are X trained, focus on quality, provide more information services or updates. It can often be as simple as finding out what the competitor does and then do something different or just 1 thing better. Mid to large business spend shit tonnes on analysing competition. Being that you are direct with the ground floor and direct with the boss, you can do it so much more easily.
[–] Winona_p2 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
No we run transport. We still have a company but have to charge a ridiculous amount bc of taxes. What do they even do? Nothing....Just rich guy jet ski is what I got for my tax last year.
[–] Winona_p2 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Bruh they will try to tax you more than you make in America, it's fucking hilarious. Your governemnt is against small business and do anything to stop it.