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What should a door-to-door salesman sell to profit good?
#21929788 - 07/11/15 05:11 PM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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Give me some ideas!
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Re: What should a door-to-door salesman sell to profit good? [Re: Lived_1978-2043]
#21929808 - 07/11/15 05:16 PM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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Solar panels, something kids just have to have that is cheap, idk where you're from but on the west coast we are in a drought so drought tolerant things would be cool like plants.
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Re: What should a door-to-door salesman sell to profit good? [Re: SuperFly]
#21930139 - 07/11/15 06:37 PM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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Girl scout cookies or drugs
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Re: What should a door-to-door salesman sell to profit good? [Re: Lived_1978-2043]
#21932480 - 07/12/15 08:26 AM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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Re: What should a door-to-door salesman sell to profit good? [Re: Lived_1978-2043]
#21933144 - 07/12/15 11:50 AM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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"I sell ice in the winter, I sell fire in hell I am a hustler baby, I'll sell water to a well"
Selling door to door isn't about selling good products, its about being a good salesman. Those shitty water filters, herbal detox whatever has a high markup and you can hustle is the right product.
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Re: What should a door-to-door salesman sell to profit good? [Re: Ahab McBathsalts]
#21933470 - 07/12/15 01:06 PM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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people still sell door to door? How do you find anyone home? consider some other avenue to sell.
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Re: What should a door-to-door salesman sell to profit good? [Re: Stonehenge] 1
#21972462 - 07/20/15 07:30 PM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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A college education. Then buy the product. Then don't be a salesman.
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Re: What should a door-to-door salesman sell to profit good? [Re: Stonehenge]
#21972908 - 07/20/15 09:04 PM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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Some christians found me at home today. I wasn't buying shit.
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Re: What should a door-to-door salesman sell to profit good? [Re: Ahab McBathsalts]
#21973617 - 07/20/15 11:23 PM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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door to door sales are a waste of time... unless of course you have something so awesome, so usefull, and at such an unbeatable price that after youve interupted the potential buyer from their dinner/movie/nokkie/what-the-fuck-ever they where doing in the comfort and privacy of their own home, they dont feel like skinning you alive. which is hard.
p.s. if your still convinced this is a good idea, dont sell cable. been there... it doesnt work. doors hurt your face.
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Re: What should a door-to-door salesman sell to profit good? [Re: Absolem0918]
#21974021 - 07/21/15 01:57 AM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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Stonehenge said: people still sell door to door? How do you find anyone home? consider some other avenue to sell.
Actually many people are home especially the baby boomers many are retired, i have some experience, at least in California, what the numbers are like.
you will knock on about 4 doors to get 1 during primetime (usually around time when people get off work or home) you will be lucky to get 1 out of 10 to open during the early mornings or afternoons.
the trade off is, seems slightly better mood as a whole at end of the day.
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Absolem0918 said: door to door sales are a waste of time... unless of course you have something so awesome, so usefull, and at such an unbeatable price that after youve interupted the potential buyer from their dinner/movie/nokkie/what-the-fuck-ever they where doing in the comfort and privacy of their own home, they dont feel like skinning you alive. which is hard.
p.s. if your still convinced this is a good idea, dont sell cable. been there... it doesnt work. doors hurt your face.
Yes i can agree here that most door to door sales are a waste of time, but not all. if you are in the western US for example, there is a home remodeling contractor and with average self generated commissions ranging anywhere between 1500-2500 average per sale depending on the area, with poor reps doing 3-5 deals and good ones over 25 deals, sometimes 30 (42K in one month being highest ive heard or seen while i was there for a few months.
sales is the highest paid profession in the world, look up zig ziglar and chet holmes to see the kind of money they were making, a more popular sales persons name you might remember is Jordan Belfort "The Wolf of Wall Street"
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Re: What should a door-to-door salesman sell to profit good? [Re: randycandy]
#21975028 - 07/21/15 10:12 AM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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I see figures like that all the time dangled before unsuspecting prospective salesmen. The ones making money are not making it going door to door. If they use d2d at all, they will pay bird dogs to do that part and get most leads from advertising.
>commissions ranging anywhere between 1500-2500 average per sale depending on the area, with poor reps doing 3-5 deals and good ones over 25 deals
Baloney, the poor reps make an average of diddly squat and the good ones do better. If a bad salesman could make upwards of $4,500 a month they would be overrun with applicants for the job. Typical hype.
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Re: What should a door-to-door salesman sell to profit good? [Re: Stonehenge]
#21975162 - 07/21/15 10:58 AM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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dyson vacuums
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Re: What should a door-to-door salesman sell to profit good? [Re: TravelerOfSorts]
#21975421 - 07/21/15 12:22 PM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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A guy I used to work with sold door to door and I think it was insurance, he said if he would have stuck with it he could have been making 60,000/year all the while being able to smoke or whatever he wanted as he went about it. He was known to tell a tale though so you could probably cut that number in half
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Re: What should a door-to-door salesman sell to profit good? [Re: LoveNaborFuckHater]
#21993809 - 07/25/15 06:12 AM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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oil changes, ect. especially if you get the ase cert. then people worried about warranty issues will be ok with it. lots of non males put off changing oil. it would be high start up cost though.
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Re: What should a door-to-door salesman sell to profit good? [Re: trscstghst]
#22001668 - 07/26/15 08:17 PM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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can u explain why it would be high startup cost I think going door to door selling something would be good character building and I would like not having to go in their homes.
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Re: What should a door-to-door salesman sell to profit good? [Re: TravelerOfSorts]
#22001794 - 07/26/15 08:40 PM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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Re: What should a door-to-door salesman sell to profit good? [Re: Terillius]
#22050175 - 08/05/15 08:55 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Terillius said: A college education. Then buy the product. Then don't be a salesman.
I concur, I too used to be a door to door salesman and didn't even realize how much I hated it after a while. Now I'm in a university on track to go to a top business school or to get my ph.D in psychology. Imagine doing that when your 50, you don't get insurance, you don't get 401k, you have to work outdoors even in non-optimal conditions, many times you have to travel, you can be arrested for soliciting in some counties, you might make $0 all week if it's a tough territory your covering, etc.
Go to community college and get a 3.0 minimum, transfer to university get a 3.5 minimum, transfer to a top graduate program of your choice and watch the real money flow.
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Re: What should a door-to-door salesman sell to profit good? [Re: trscstghst]
#22698594 - 12/25/15 02:35 PM (8 years, 1 month ago) |
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trscstghst said: oil changes, ect. especially if you get the ase cert. then people worried about warranty issues will be ok with it. lots of non males put off changing oil. it would be high start up cost though.
Yes have done the oil change coupons,made ten for each one sold a bonus of a free coupon for every 5 sold,sold them for 20 a piece,basically just getting people into the shop to upsell new tires other services,would sometimes make 90 in a few hours 3to6 Would get fucked with by cops from time to time
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Re: What should a door-to-door salesman sell to profit good? [Re: DottoreWolfe]
#22700469 - 12/26/15 01:05 AM (8 years, 1 month ago) |
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DottoreWolfe said:
I concur, I too used to be a door to door salesman and didn't even realize how much I hated it after a while. Now I'm in a university on track to go to a top business school or to get my ph.D in psychology. Imagine doing that when your 50, you don't get insurance, you don't get 401k, you have to work outdoors even in non-optimal conditions, many times you have to travel, you can be arrested for soliciting in some counties, you might make $0 all week if it's a tough territory your covering, etc.
Go to community college and get a 3.0 minimum, transfer to university get a 3.5 minimum, transfer to a top graduate program of your choice and watch the real money flow.
A degree is no guarantee of a large income. It certainly will improve your chances of higher pay, but not guarantee it.
OP, It would really depend on your location to determine what the best product would be for you to sell.
Start with something you believe in, things are easier to sell if you believe they are benefiting the customer.
Remember that 20% of the sales crew makes 80% of the money. If your good you can sell anything and make a good living.
Sales professionals are some of the highest paid individuals in the world. If your serious about being a sales professional I highly recommend that you read The Closer. You can buy it here: http://www.bfg3.com/
Commission based sales is a great way to earn more money than a doctor without the expense of a formal education. However it takes moxy to stay in the top 20% of the sales crew.
Good luck and remember the ABC's of sales...
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Re: What should a door-to-door salesman sell to profit good? [Re: george castanza]
#22701337 - 12/26/15 11:41 AM (8 years, 1 month ago) |
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Also, there is huge opportunity cost in the plan put forth in what you quoted. He's talking about going to three schools over the course of 10 - 12 years, making little to no money the whole time. Then you start out new in your career and have to spend years being supervised, getting licensed or doing post-docs. Its a huge amount of risk and a huge cost.
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Re: What should a door-to-door salesman sell to profit good? [Re: DieCommie]
#22718445 - 12/30/15 08:25 PM (8 years, 1 month ago) |
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I sold alarm systems door to door for a while. It pays good when you sell but it is hard to get people interested. You literally have about 10 seconds when they open the door to get their attention.
It is a job that is tough if you can't handle rejection. I was pretty good at it, my income was mad streaky though. Some weeks I would make a shit load and then nothing the next week.
It was stressful because it was commission only. I would get $300 in commission for a sale and there was bonuses if you hit the sales goals etc. Also they would feed us lunch every day.
I worked with a few other guys we rolled a van around & smoked herb all day and were allowed to drink within reason because it makes your sales pitch better if your a little buzzed. Also we worked sunny, rain, sleet or snow.
We pretty much would only work in shady ass ghetto neighborhoods in Sacramento, Yuba city, Stockton, etc. and we would literally follow crime headlines. I remember there was a home invasion in the pocket area in Sacramento, and we went out there the next day because selling alarms is really selling fear of your neighbors and crime and insecurity.
I wouldn't want to do it again but it was a learning experience and helped me sell at other sales jobs I've had that were not door to door. Maybe if you had a better product it's different.
This dude is the worlds greatest door to door sales man. We would watch this dude to get pumped up.
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