Sales commission advice needed... NEW SUBFORUM SETUP FOR THIS!

[Mr. Flopnuts]

Originally Posted by BuckinKaeding

If the service costs you $90 a month per client, then you cant pay them any money at all, the cost does matter.

I work in Sales.

It will probably take your guys more than an hour to convince someone to put something in their bar.

$15 for a couple hours is nothing. I wouldn't take that job. Maybe once they reach a certain amount of clients $15 is something, but usually with stuff like that you give them a base pay at first until they reach a certain amount of Sales per month, then get them commission.

Remember, it's recurring. So 2 hours of work comes down to $180 a year. Which I would take happily. I would never suggest paying your sales guys anything over about 7%. They'll bitch, they'll whine, and they'll complain they're worth more. But they're really primadonna wannabe athletes and can be replaced by anyone else with a mouth. That said, you get this going in Seattle shoot me a smoke Austin. I have experience in selling bar owners, and am always looking for opportunities to make money.

1 suggestion is if this is a software type operation, throw in a 1 time "user license fee" and give your sales a guy a good portion of it to give him some up front incentive while he's building a long term income base. Seriously, hollar at me if you want to chat about this some more.