Why people are not using the opportunity which knocks their door?

Last few weeks I got a chance to know that most of the people are not willing to accept an offer/opportunity which knocks their door. Instead they are searching the same opportunity somewhere by spending more money/effort/time.

Recently we developed a web application for promoting live music events and for hiring Artists, and I am trying to sell it to a suitable person. You can refer the details at http://qualitypoint.blogspot.com/2010/07/offer-to-buy-exclusive-rights-of-our.html

Actually I am willing to close this sales even if I get the price same as our Development cost. Because I hope it will bring me more business opportunity in future. I approached lot of people for this sales. But no one is willing to use this opportunity. It is really very strange. Because, I came to know that the same people are spending more money/effort/time for getting similar application.

If you had experienced the samething, you can share your experience.

 

your work is good,,,,,,,, you will get your reward for hard work surely,,, patience

 

some people are just short of hearing.

or may be they were taking shower when opportunity knocked and left the door?

 

Hi,

I think they only want the best opportunities that can be found through their own effort and money....
They don't want that the opportunity will be spoon feed to them...

 

If the product is right, and the prospect is right, a failure to close the deal lies with the salesperson. Could be that they don't trust you. Could be that your sales copy/sales script isn't quite as persuasive as you believe it is.

Blaming the prospect for not buying from you is a bit of a stretch in my opinion. I can only imagine what a professional sales person like Zig Ziglar would say to a statement like that.

 

I do all my own programming.

 

@marketingideas I am not blaming the prospect for not buying the product.

@eastindiacompany yes, I believe hard work will surely give reward.

But, my question is not about selling my product. I would like to know why people are hesitating to accept any opportunity. It is applicable for me also.

Even, I could be missing to accept any good opportunity which comes automatically.
So, I want to avoid those situations again. And therefore knowing reasons for refusing the opportunity may help me to use any further opportunities.

(eg. I may be spending more time/effort for searching good employees while some good candidates may be available near my place itself)

 

There already needs to be a demand before the supply.

 

When something looks too good to be true, then it probably is.

That's why many people won't accept a great opportunity.

Good luck!

 

I have also been a victim of this. I have found peoples searching for exact business opportunity which I already offered. Not only this, but they also are throwing questions about us in air, but not directly to us. I wonder, what makes such things happen.

 

People need to listen more and try to talk less. Some people afraid to take risk.

 

those that risk win in the end

 

Seems like you are to me. I get offers to be a millionaire from Nigeria in my e-mail all the time. Think I don't want to be a millionaire? Nobody will take an "opportunity" from you unless they trust you.

They aren't broken, they don't want to spend more money to get the same result, they probably go to restaurants on cheap night as much as the next person to save money, but they won't buy off you if they don't trust you.

This is 100% a salesmanship failure if you can't as much as break even on a good product that can save a prospect time, money, and energy. People pay good money for products that can do all of that.

 

Poor planning.

 

@marketingideas I agree the need for the Trust in the Buy/Sell. Your "Nigeria millionaire e-mail" example is not really opportunity. It is a well known fraud. So, don't confuse opportunity and fraud. My question is about opportunities.

In my script sales, the people are not having any question about possible fraud in the sales. Because I am showing them the demo of already developed script and I am showing them the third-party feedback/comments about our script development/reputation.

And, mostly I am contacting the people in my business circle such as LinkedIn only.

Only question may be why I should give this opportunity to someone else instead of using myself if it is a great offer.
For, this question also I have made my explanation stating that our core strength is in doing coding/development, but not in marketing/promoting the application.

So, the reason may not be the afraid of fraud. My understanding is people are hesitating to accept any voluntary offer even when they believe it is a genuine offer.

 

I believe in "work smarter, not harder". Maybe soon the people you are speaking to will come around to the same frame of mind.

 

maybe that people you`re talking about want to sweat to get something...your offer is too served on a tray..

 

qualitypoint, if you want to blame people for turning down your opportunity, go ahead. People accept new opportunities every day. They just haven't accepted yours. That's why people pay marketers/salespeople the big bucks, because we've spent year studying and practicing techniques to make the prospect see how great our product is, and sign the dotted line.

You think you are the only person out there with an "opportunity"? The people you are offering this to will see 2,000 other advertisements for various products today. That's 2,000 opportunities. I wonder why they don't take them all?

 

You are just going to have to keep trying. A lot of people won't buy any software from a small company because there is nobody around when something goes wrong or when they want something changed. It looks like they are being stupid developing their own software at a higher cost but what they are doing is safeguarding themselves from the supplier/support disappearing.

 

This is exactly It. Some people may not want the supply. As in no demand.
Why would they spend on something they don't want nor need?