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Atheros · 2018-11-04 07:56:12+00:00

Antiques, beanie babies, website stocks, real estate, cryptocurrency. What are we going to do next?

all2 | karma 2655 | avg karma 1.78 · | 2018-12-18 15:04:18+00:00

I smell a market for facial prosthetics (good ones) and sunglasses. Maybe large hats.

seanmcdirmid | karma 34701 | avg karma 1.77 · | 2019-02-15 17:00:50+00:00

You mean people will actually start using it to buy things rather than using it merely as a vehicle for speculation?

redorb | karma 1665 | avg karma 1.75 · | 2008-12-27 20:02:56

so someone is going to focus on building that next thing people will want; and however stupid it will be it will probably profit.

endemic | karma 840 | avg karma 1.94 · | 2017-09-07 14:55:33

Or "envision a future" where they "sell more stuff."

gavinhoward | karma 5026 | avg karma 4.18 · | 2023-04-03 10:58:42

Thank you!

And I think you're right, except that I am also betting that that tiny portion of the market will grow as the market becomes flooded with cheap, wrong stuff.

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bravetraveler | karma | avg karma · | 2022-03-25 13:00:16

I think that would be an odd transition indeed.

With that said, I understand a certain apprehension with this... in a future sense.

It may lead to a time where more and more things are essentially leased. Maybe to that eventual end.

This may attract a lot of favor, cheaper things are nice. The investors are happy because of recurring revenue. In exchange however, we lose control.

There's a good metaphor I can't quite remember, but it's based around a pile of marbles. Each one alone isn't of much interest, but it's a big pile

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fbdab103 | karma 4595 | avg karma 2.94 · | 2023-11-16 11:14:53

I guess everyone is looking for new revenue streams in this market.

greazy | karma 415 | avg karma 1.71 · | 2024-06-06 19:59:15

I think Time to Market.

test1235 | karma 1172 | avg karma 2.22 · | 2016-02-11 13:05:57

it already started happening - we're all paying attention to it and I bet more than half the people here are trying to work out how to make money from it.

dogman144 | karma 2538 | avg karma 2.78 · | 2021-08-05 10:07:38

Ya I wonder if we’ll start seeing attempts to corner the market in PoS.

survirtual | karma 906 | avg karma 2.19 · | 2023-06-07 21:53:42

Yeah, but will that make money next month?

Didn't think so. New plan: let's rip society apart and sell it. Huge profits right now in that market.

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freewizard | karma 730 | avg karma 3.48 · | 2021-06-03 23:46:56

They should and likely will sell glasses or cars or whatever new gadgets people ((will be made to) think they) need. :)

dfriedmn | karma 130 | avg karma 2.1 · | 2012-08-03 00:31:42+00:00

Haven't we seen enough of these?

I'm thinking punchd, Belly, LevelUp, Plink, not to mention offerings from Groupon, foursquare... They may be able to profitably acquire businesses now, but isn't it a coinflip as to who will win in the long-term?

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gruturo | karma 3260 | avg karma 4.47 · | 2022-10-19 02:53:09

So you're saying it is the next runaway financial success for selling stuff to people trying to keep their weight down? I'm sold, where do I invest?

choward | karma 3087 | avg karma 2.66 · | 2020-12-04 20:17:06+00:00

I'm guessing their own 3rd party seller marketplace is next.

salmanch375 | karma 14 | avg karma 0.78 · | 2014-04-14 07:52:07+00:00

yes logn. I have got this suggestion a lot and I must say I never thought about these markets before. But I will definitely explore this potential.

pknerd | karma 1608 | avg karma 1.13 · | 2012-04-19 10:31:41+00:00

The future is Marketplace

ojilles | karma 660 | avg karma 1.91 · | 2010-08-01 22:16:29+00:00

And those tools will become available, because apparently there is a market to sell to.

heisenbit | karma 2880 | avg karma 2.59 · | 2018-03-31 09:51:29+00:00

Build it and they will come. Scale it up and it will turn to gold. IPO before reality catches up.