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<p>[QUOTE="RonSanderson, post: 2383061, member: 77413"]Do you have something to offer that no one else sees? Perhaps a career is waiting to be invented by you.</p><p><br /></p><p>What can you find in these forums, for example, that seems to be a common wish, complaint, or niche that no one else fills?</p><p><br /></p><p>If we look back a few decades, the idea of the local coin dealer has been disrupted by third-party grading, online sales, and high-detail digital photography that enables both of them. These each opened new careers.</p><p><br /></p><p>What can you see that might need solving?</p><ul> <li>Low-cost coins don't get graded because of their cost. This opens opportunities for affordable grading, photography, and encapsulation (I wish all my holders were the same size, for example, but most of my Lincolns are not encapsulated.)</li> <li>Are there overseas markets for low-grade US coins that seem to be surplus to the domestic market.</li> <li>What niches have opened up by doing specialty tasks within the current market framework? For example, you can get a CAC sticker to affirm a grade, which is a niche that would not exist without the TPGs in the first place.</li> </ul><p>Maybe the members can offer ideas of what they might wish they had - and maybe you can invent a way to fill that need.</p><p><br /></p><p>Good luck![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="RonSanderson, post: 2383061, member: 77413"]Do you have something to offer that no one else sees? Perhaps a career is waiting to be invented by you. What can you find in these forums, for example, that seems to be a common wish, complaint, or niche that no one else fills? If we look back a few decades, the idea of the local coin dealer has been disrupted by third-party grading, online sales, and high-detail digital photography that enables both of them. These each opened new careers. What can you see that might need solving? [LIST] [*]Low-cost coins don't get graded because of their cost. This opens opportunities for affordable grading, photography, and encapsulation (I wish all my holders were the same size, for example, but most of my Lincolns are not encapsulated.) [*]Are there overseas markets for low-grade US coins that seem to be surplus to the domestic market. [*]What niches have opened up by doing specialty tasks within the current market framework? For example, you can get a CAC sticker to affirm a grade, which is a niche that would not exist without the TPGs in the first place. [/LIST] Maybe the members can offer ideas of what they might wish they had - and maybe you can invent a way to fill that need. Good luck![/QUOTE]
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