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05-16-2016, 06:09 AM #1
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Signs of an Industry in Decline?
The merchant cash advance industry seems to be nearing some sort of transformation period if you will... I've been looking at the industry from two lenses and the picture doesn't look that pretty.
The two drivers of what I presume to be the ultimate "transformation" of the industry are:
1. Failure to Grow.
According to Bloomberg in 2015, market penetration stood around 1%. This is the same number as 2013 and 2011. However, the industry size has expanded - a ton. How do you grow an industry while the market fails to expand? We all know the answer.
Additionally, fewer and fewer businesses are starting. So, supply of merchants in this market that has failed to expand is dwindling. Finally, there's a massive recession nearing I think Goldman pegs it at a 50/50 shot, I think it's more like 100%
2. Low Grade "Professionals."
Anybody off the street can become an MCA broker almost literally. That has attracted some pretty shady characters. I get an e-mail from a scumbag a day, almost literally. Nonetheless, the average independent MCA broker relies on the following devices to survive:
- Lying & Con Games: In this case they're mostly trying to con merchants out of fees, other brokers out of deals, and marketing companies / lead vendors out of leads.
- Inflated Egos: When you have no real skill or anything of real value to offer society, you inflate your own ego I guess. Most small time, mom and pop brokers rely on ego to maintain their self worth. So in this sense, they actually take pride in stealing, conning, or lying to folks. When this scum bag behavior works, it boosts their ego. "My scumbaggery just got me a buck! I'm good at this scum bag stuff, man did my ego just take a boost!" It's a sick and pernicious cycle.
To be fair, not all small time brokers have egos. They have no pride and thus they will beg, plead, and offer all sorts of things that have no value for help getting ahead. These are often fun for me to deal with.
They'll beg me for leads and I've recently been telling brokers like this to send me a video of them on all fours barking like a dog, and tag it with their ISO name / logo. Then, I'll send them leads. I know for a fact that AT LEAST one will take me up on this because it seems everyday the desperation level is getting higher and higher..
What do you guys think? Where do you see the industry in 2 years?
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05-16-2016, 09:28 AM #2jotucker1983Guest
I agree 100% with the "failure to grow" analysis, but I think the comments about the "average" independent MCA broker surviving based solely on lying, conning, and other unethical procedures, is a bit overboard.
In two years I think this industry will still be around but I believe it will continue to evolve in such a fashion as to where more integrations with traditional networks, systems and players take place.
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05-16-2016, 09:34 AM #3
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05-16-2016, 10:00 AM #4
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05-16-2016, 10:12 AM #6
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LOL Probably one of the funniest things I have read here.. Why would she even post that...
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05-16-2016, 10:19 AM #7
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05-16-2016, 10:20 AM #8
How do you know it is going to be a good week? You log into to daily funder on a monday and see this Gem of a post.
HAPPY MONDAYJohn Celifarco
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05-16-2016, 10:26 AM #9
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05-16-2016, 10:56 AM #10
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Really makes you want to do business with this lady, eh? The good news is you are showing yourself for who you really are. Makes it easier to decide whether or not anyone here would want to work with you.
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05-16-2016, 11:00 AM #11
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05-16-2016, 11:28 AM #12
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Lying & Con Games: In this case they're mostly trying to con merchants out of fees, other brokers out of deals, and marketing companies / lead vendors out of leads.
Inflated Egos: When you have no real skill or anything of real value to offer society, you inflate your own ego I guess. Most small time, mom and pop brokers rely on ego to maintain their self worth. So in this sense, they actually take pride in stealing, conning, or lying to folks. When this scum bag behavior works, it boosts their ego. "My scumbaggery just got me a buck! I'm good at this scum bag stuff, man did my ego just take a boost!" It's a sick and pernicious cycle.
Is this autobiographical material?
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05-16-2016, 11:28 AM #13
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What do I think? Send me a video of yourself on all fours barking like a dog" and I'll tell you.
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05-16-2016, 12:02 PM #14
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Just ask Oprah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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05-16-2016, 12:10 PM #16
Interesting, because at the LEND-IT conference in April, they are/were saying that we have just begun to scratch the surface and they expect the overall industry, personal and business, to triple in the 3-5 years
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05-16-2016, 12:31 PM #17
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05-16-2016, 12:48 PM #18
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"Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent." -Eleanor Roosevelt
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05-16-2016, 01:18 PM #20
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Ill tell you one thing Yuliya..Perception is everything!! if you feel that way your going to struggle making a living in our space. You make it seem like we are manufacturing "knuckle busters" that merchants used to use when accepting credit card with a slip of paper they would scrape credit card to make an imprint.
I can tell you at Cresthill Capital we are growing submissions and funding amounts by the day and believe the top players are seeing the same results.Last edited by mcaguru; 05-16-2016 at 01:21 PM.
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05-16-2016, 01:20 PM #21
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05-16-2016, 01:21 PM #22
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05-16-2016, 01:25 PM #23
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Marcus Clapman | Business Development | Cresthill Capital
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05-16-2016, 02:46 PM #24
Starting to think she may be trolling us... just like her cohort used to do before getting banned. What was his name? The one with similar awful posts?
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05-16-2016, 02:54 PM #25
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I think she was just advertising her services and if that's the case she can apply for the "Geniuses World Record" on the most indirect AD ever posted.
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