Dropbox Company's Feedback from Potential Customers (Essay Sample)

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Company’s Feedback from Potential Customers
Question 1
A global market survey presents a Google advertising that is not able to work efficiently for Dropbox with the following reasons; first the Google app cannot be used to open up Dropbox storage device app due to incompatibility between the two apps. The Google advertising provides a free storage space of 15GB for the information which is too large for Dropbox applications as its maximum free storage is 5GB. Third, low fee charges for Google platform makes it more difficult for Dropbox managers to adjust their operational fee charges in meeting their costs of production, and thus, Google provides a threat to Dropbox users. In addition, Dropbox users find it hard to cope with account creation which is a mandatory for Google advertising, a situation that scares away customers. Technology makes Google chrome categorical for specific file storage thus inhibiting the Dropbox app for its multipurpose function for all storage files attached to the Google advertising app. In addition, the introduction of photo locker in Google chrome attracts more customers creating unfavorable competition for Dropbox customers.
Question 2
The main drawback of the traditional “business plan” approach is its application of planning and research strategy in meeting the demands of the customers for newly discovered goods and services. In practice, a competitive business enterprise should be willing to welcome feedback from its potential users, purchasers, and other micro-enterprises, who will help evaluate the product before it is officially launched into the global market. Moreover, a traditional business plan focuses on intuition and poor marketing methodology which are far below the existing demands for contemporary consumers. Similarly, owners of traditional business enterprises are likely to listen less to their business competitors and opt to execute free sales of their goods and services for their low potential customers. The long-term effects of such aging business plans will contribute to unhealthy competition in the whole market. With start-up companies inviting feedbacks from customers, there will be unhealthy competition among businesses.
Question 3
The issue of offering discounts by entrepreneurs may lead to unpredictable fall in prices of particular goods and services. Many firms are forced to lower the prices for their goods and services to attract more customers; a situation that result in low profit gains for the sales made and reduced competition for the quality products in entire market. Small businesses with low productions will be influenced negatively by low gains in profits thus standing a high chance to close down. Further, the existence of unhealthy competition among businesses will lead to shortage of products, manufacturers may shift from production of goods in bulky to producing limited quantities considering a risk of low gains at the end of the season. In regard to this situation, provisions of discounts for a longer duration of time will imply that many custo...