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A performance difference so drastic in theory should sell itself. Many of the original motorized carriages were sold through the Sears catalog. Others were sold
by quaquaqua1 7y ago
A performance difference so drastic in theory should sell itself. Many of the original motorized carriages were sold through the Sears catalog. Others were sold by retailers who would bulk order from the factory and mark it up to the individual who eventually bought it. For those who could afford the investment and risk of learning new technology, the added benefits of motorized carriages were 10x better than carriages pulled by a horse (for those who needed to travel say 35 miles and not just 8 miles).
The real question is how two different companies selling basically the same thing can achieve drastically different results from each other in sales (think about Delta vs United vs American Airlines).
That type of sales is done through big channels and very intimate corporate contracts that are hard for newcomers to crack into (notice there are no new startup airlines out there :D)
- _448 7y ago> Many of the original motorized carriages were sold through the Sears catalog. Others were sold by retailers who would bulk order from the factory and mark it up to the individual who eventually bought it. This is then a classic chicken-and-egg problem. One cannot manufacture something unless there is a demand, and there may not be a demand unless the technology is proven. How does one crack that conundrum?
- quaquaqua1 7y agoThere is a demand in the abstract sense- people want safe, fast, cheap, enjoyable transport. Whether that is achieved through a horse or motor isn't important in my opinion. You used to use normal phones until you bought a smart phone, surely :)