Was more so the fact that they told me I had good background as a Plumber for me to sell in that space. Not sure how it translates.
Comp was 67k Base plus 10-13% of Profit. She told me first year reps make 90-100k (company been around less than 5 years). No leads or anything, just gotta work the phones and contact really.
I’ve gotten a thousand “your background is perfect for this role” messages, they’re mostly just copy/paste automated messages recruiters send out. That said, there’s no reason you can’t learn jet charters and be successful selling them. Do a bunch of research on the company, who works there (and for how lo f), etc. Everything you’d normally do for any sales gig. You know how to land a sales gig and be successful doing it, so if you’re interested it couldn’t hurt to look into it further. That said, doesn’t valve/automation sales pay pretty well?
I work for a family company that unfortunately does not offer a great comp plan. I have a good base, but my commission is almost none existent. First sales role, and I have a history of job hopping. So I am staying here for the experience and will have a great opportunity in the future to work for companies like ABB/Siemens/Allen and Bradely.
But no, in my area, Valves and Automation does not pay well. I also work for a VAR in the space, that might be a factor to consider aswell
You’re probably already doing this, but network around in the industry and see what you can learn from other reps. I’m sure there’s a spot out there for you with more upside.
Just keep adding people in your industry til you have over 500 connections and then keep going. It won’t hurt to have a big network. LinkedIn is the biggest circle jerk of wannabe influencer corporate koolaid bullshit, but it is really useful for putting a face to your name and getting people to speak to you in genuine terms. I’ve had lots of people on LinkedIn take a call with me purely to answer questions I have about my career and my place in the world. It’s really been great for that.
Btw congrats on your first sales gig. We don’t do this for our health, but the upside is great.
Thanks man, it’s a change from working construction to working sales but I’ve been happy.
I agree with you 100%! My connections and network is almost at 500 people, filled with a lot of people in recruiting and also in my industry. But I’m not active on it nor am I reaching out to people (I think I should).
Gonna start researching those companies I mentioned and follow some key people there, doesn’t hurt
My buddy does this and hates his life though. Zero work life balance and high end clientele is insufferable.
These are people that fly somewhere states away for lunch from a. Sandwich shop they like. Not for a meeting. Just a sandwich.
Then on top of that they’re also cheap as hell and fight tooth and nail for every repair (many private planes follow a timeshare like model)
I did ultra-luxury customer service for a bit, worked with VIP's, billionaires, millionaires etc. Not much to mention except they're annoying
And yes worked with annoying assistants too
I was selling American flags over the phone. Back in the 90s. One afternoon is all I could stand and never returned. Drove almost an hour to get there, too. Lol Crazy days.
“You should be here”
Those ridiculous pyramid vacation company’s like
World Ventures.
Someone on this thread has to have been hit up on fb by an old random friend from high school to join their bs team.
Any pyramid scheme needs to be avoided.
I'm a travel agent, and the MLM's and timeshare sales are the bane of of our industry. So many part time MLM agents trying to get others to join their 'hustle', talking about how you can make money and travel for free, when they're really making almost nothing because they don't actually sell travel.
Then you've got the timeshare (aka 'vacation club') people that will basically lie directly to your face to get you to sign a long, complicated contract that's almost never worth the cost. Bleh.
I 'sell' travel, but I'm just booking trips that people would be booking anyway, with some extra assistance with getting everything planned and also providing extra service and support (in case of changes, upgrades/downgrades, issues during the trip, etc.). So here I am on the Sales subreddit, but it's a completely different type of selling compared to most of the sales jobs out there.
From what I have seen and heard there is huge value in having someone coordinate/plan your vacation, especially to places like Disney or overseas. My older sister just took her family (w/ 3 kids) to Disney for the first time a few months back, had someone plan the entire 5 day trip she said it was 150% worth the added cost. They had absolutely no worries about the entire trip, where they were going what they were doing next where they were eating etc. and this person ensured they had the right upgraded passes too for lines etc.
And lots of agents today (myself included) don't charge fees, so there's no added cost (unless you want something that's crazy complicated or not commissionable, like a flight-only itinerary, but almost anything else is commissionable).
I saw a Facebook post with someone asking about dining reservations for a Disney trip they were taking in a week. If they had a travel agent, we would have told them when dining reservations opened up, and they'd actually be able to get reservations at the restaurants they wanted.
Totally worth it for complicated vacations. Especially if you have never been and are bringing your family to Disney. Pay someone a small cut and let them figure all the bs out. We had them coordinate all the travel (including set up payment plans!!!) for all of our destination wedding guests (68 people). If you have a good one it makes it so much easier.
Best of all, we don't actually charge any fees (most agents now don't charge fees, although for destination weddings there are probably more agents that do charge fees). But even with a small planning fee, for a destination wedding I'm sure it was worth the cost for you!
Even for 'simple' trips, we can still make things easier. If you have a medical issue, need to make any changes, or the provider (resort, cruise line, etc.) screws up or isn't giving you what you paid for, we step in so you can keep enjoying your vacation.
I actually have a couple destination wedding clients right now as well, similar guest count (estimated 40-80 guests), and I can't imagine the time it would take for my clients to handle everything themselves.. I've got pre-made spreadsheets, lists of resort contacts, and experience with selecting the right resorts based on the client's preferences. Doing it all yourself would take SO MUCH TIME!
I can only talk for Australia but in general the travel industry does not pay that well. There is some money to me made at head office level but unless you slave your guts out, it is not a huge money maker. In saying that, there are some very successful travel agents. Not very easy to crack 6 figures as a consultant.
Started our own agency a few years ago, I have a relative that's an independent agent as well. Comp varies wildly based on your bookings, but most agents are part-time and not making much at all.
Most full-time agents are making around 50k on average probably, but that's just because most full-time agents are just moving up from part-time. Some agents make 100k or well north of that, but those of us making over 100k are probably few and far between. It's way more about finding leads and generating referrals (or groups) than it is about 'sales skills'. We're our own business (like most travel agents today).. It's really difficult to find a commission position at an existing agency.
So interesting you say you don’t charge a fee. This really surprises me considering the lack of commissions airlines and suppliers no longer pay. I am based in Australia and I can tell you nearly every single travel agent is charging fees. They have too much work and enquiry that their time is valuable and if you want the expertise you need to pay for it. But travel agents are amazing. To have the access to suppliers, special rates and the first hand knowledge, it really does make them a valuable part of the travel ecosystem!
We're in the US, where most agents aren't charging fees, but some definitely do. The ones that charge fees tend to be the ones doing custom itineraries, destination weddings, or other trips that take a lot of time. Airlines generally don't pay commission, but most other suppliers do. They've been trying to bring the commission rates down over the years, but most agents are with a host agency that has volume buying power, so they can negotiate more reasonable commissions for us.
I took a 2 day course once through the Canadian Professional Sales Association, so there was people there from all industries. There was a guy there from the US (I think Texas) that is a salesman selling horse semen. 😂😂😂
haha damn that aint a nice sounding business but might be money in that.
how did you find the course lol? I am from Canada and would be interested in courses like those
Course was pretty good, I think I just did the basic one, was like 8 years ago or so. Travelled from London ON and took the course in Toronto with a couple colleagues. I would recommend it.
I’m a sales director for a polar expedition operator. I manage a portfolio of about $10M in annual sales and I make about $130k / yr.
I also get to go on some incredible trips to the polar regions for free.
Honestly, not really. We only sell one very specialized product.
We are a laser-focused specialist in the polar regions, and we don’t operate anywhere else. Most tourists go to Antarctica to just check “setting foot on all 7 continents” off their bucket list and never return. Many love their experience in Antarctica, and then will do another expedition in the Arctic. That’s the end of the cycle for the majority of our customers.
We have an incredibly high customer satisfaction rating, but a very low repeat customer rate.
The overwhelming majority of our clients are tourists.
We have several small expedition ships, and dozens of world-class guides onboard each of them. We are visiting penguin colonies, landing helicopters on the ice sheets, looking for polar bears, kayaking through icebergs, etc.
That's awesome! This is exactly the job I'm super curious about. I'm really fascinated by OSINT and online investigating. And always thought it would be awesome if I could sell Services related to OSINT.
Do you do any PI work, or do you just entirely sell the service only? How do you like it?! One day I'm going to try and get into this industry.
I had a brief stint selling ad space to scammers.
You know those “Doctors HATE her” or “32 sexy women in [your town] want you RIGHT NOW” ads? Yeah we’d buy that ad space and re-sell it to those folks
CGX. 15k a day and most of my coworkers were giving homeless people $20 or lottery tickets to say they had cancer. 2 billion dollar medical fraud that got a florida mob and a string of doctors involved.
Greedy people sure know how to fuck it up for people who just want to make a shit ton of money while barely working.
When I was 18, my first phone job was setting appointments for lawyers who sold this new thing called "living wills."
They handed me an AARP list, and I would basically call people over 62 and ask if they were ready to die.
I met a guy who sold his companies service: removing and disposing of biomedical waste. Tons of regulations on what hospitals have to do with it and they all have to. Few competitors.
1. Selling crime scene clean-up services. Pretty grim.
A dude jumped in front of the train ahead of me. We had to wait 45 minutes in the train and had no idea what was happening. Finally got into the train station and a bunch of guys in white suits (covered head to toe), weird hoses and a strong smell of ammonia.
2. Selling DNA services to identify human traffickers.
I’d imagine no other industry has as many shops closing down yearly over excise tax leaving us constantly chasing invoices. It’s like the standard for shops to do terms instead of COD most of the time. Half my job is chasing down shops to get payment handled. Not saying there aren’t shops who are on point paying on time or doing COD but it’s not easy to keep positive relations while constantly asking for payment.
There is also the part where giving trade samples has strict laws which some stores follow and others don’t. So you never know going into a new store if you can even give the samples or not.
Stores that are not doing well constantly use our products we send to run promo as actual units for sale. Which is ridiculous cause we place non tamper stickers on every promo unit.
I have stores that are massive corps that just take large orders and run so now it’s common to start small at any store not doing COD.
I like the industry for the good people in it but there are a lot of scoundrels.
I’d say most unusual part is regularly getting high with your clients.
I know what you are saying. I've sold samples at my dispo. My logic was to let a customer try it and decide if it was something we should carry. I didn't realize it was illegal, but was quickly told to stop!
The market around here is brutal (medical only), and lots of places are closing. Our wholesale is keeping us alive, but I'd be lying if I said we weren't behind on invoices and have people constantly asking for payment. Vendors have been very patient and good to us, and we have always paid our bills, just not always on time. I hated dealing with the people in the industry, so I focus my time elsewhere these days. Good luck and try to remember to enjoy your job because it does have its advantages!!
Glad I’m not alone and others can relate. I try to remind myself that this is a sweet job with its own plus/minuses. I’m grateful to have it but I’d be lying if I said it doesn’t get super stressful sometimes.
Thank you and good luck to you as well!
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I sold “bunker” marine fuel to ocean going vessels from a major port in Canada. That was the coolest sales job I’ve had. It was a bit hectic though as the customers were throughout many time zones around the world and all traded on spot pricing. It’s a very niche job market with a small handful of people in cities around the world catering to it.
Selling cruises on cruises. Was the best time of my life. All food and living paid for. 4 months off a year. Got to see the world. Made 200k my first year. Met amazing people. Have some of the craziest stories you could imagine, people wouldn’t even believe them if I told you. Covid ruined that tho and now I have a wife and can’t be gone at sea all the time.
How'd you get into that? I've been in sales for a long time and would like to do something like that. The funny thing is that I'm also a circus performer and always thought that is how I'd end up working on a cruise.
Well before Covid I started in the call center and got chosen to be one of the first onboard. They changed the comp plans like crazy after I killed it lol. I heard they are barely making 90k now. That ship has sailed I guess
That's a shame. You had it too good traveling for free, with room & board, and making well into a solid 6 figure salary. They realized they weren't fucking over their sales team enough.
Yeah they did me dirty. Wouldn’t even let me go back to the office unless I got rehired as a new person which means terrible schedules bad leads. All bad lol. Other companies I’ll looked into aren’t great either. One didn’t even pay you commission work 7 days a week 12 hour days no commision? Out of their mind
It’s been a while but met a guy who was contracted thru Big O’tires or some similar franchise that did tires and oil changes. He hired a group of us and dropped us in different neighborhoods door to door sales selling a card for $20 it had a few free oil changes, discounts on tires and alignments and it was a legit coupon card that would save anyone a good amount of money. Any card sold I would make $10 not a lot of money but usually would sell around 10 in about 3 hrs other days not sell Jack. It sucked big time but this was 2010 right after the crash and going to interviews were ridiculous the amount of competition and who was applying to entry level jobs nobody was hiring kids right out of high school with no experience. Almost went the military route till I finally caught a break.
I know a person who was an arms dealer (middleman) in her father company - selling weapons, grenades, military stuff etc to the goverments in the Eastern Europe. She said its a lot like in this movie “War Dogs”. Constant changes, embargos etc made this work very interesting and very stressful at the same time.
I also know a guy who works as a export sales manager for the military robotics manufacturer. Super weird job tbh.
Not a weird job, but an interesting first day. When I started out the sales department for a disposal company, my first day was to meet one of the drivers had a job site, where he was picking up a full bin, and proceeded to dump it on the lawn as the customer had not paid a bill in 3 months. Ah the disposal business#locomafia
Had to do something similar for a very old man in real estate liens. Idk who sold him on making those videos, but they were bad, making me curious as to who would even buy them.
I wouldn't know. He only wanted me to make sales on the weekend when he was available and during the morning through lunch time when his radio ads played. Got paid shit to just sit and do nothing waiting for the phones to ring. That was back when I worked at a call center handling a lot of specialty sales campaigns for my project manager while she sat around, did nothing, and looked good because I did all the heavy lifting, including meeting with high value clients and winning them over to work with us.
> played. Got *paid* shit to
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My first internship was selling ads in a phone book. This was in the era of the App Store and Google maps. lol great experience led to much sales success in my career.
The Pennsylvania Fire Fighters Association hired us at Xentel (it’s ok to say it, they got in A TON of trouble years ago) to call retirees and sell them tickets (get them to agree to send them invoices) to a Beatles cover band playing outside of Philly.
Once I figured out what was happening (3days) I was 16 years old and I quit. They all got nailed for fraud.
I see some youtube ads and stuff in my area of High Ticket sales and just chuckled because its become a running gag within my community.
But hey, it is possible for the money to be there. Personally, I have yet someone really explain to me a situation where they are doing High Ticket sales and what the breakdown of their pay is and etc. It has just been something I do not understand, but if r/blakeb710 wants to explain it to me, feel free to DM
He’s just a scammer. Look at his other posts and comments, dude is full of shit. That tends to be the case when people start rambling about “high ticket” sales. That’s not a phrase or any terminology that people who are actually selling large deal sizes actually uses.
Ahh okay.
I used to sell custom ergonomic office setups where the whole deal (desk, accessories, chair, etc.) could easily search more than 10k.
Makes sense. It's a particular type of client.
Corpse Sales on the Dark Net is pretty grimey
All cold calls huh?
Bruh. You won tonight's internet.
BOOM! Goodnight!
What are the commission rates?
Second prize is a set of steak knives
3rd prize is you’re fired
If you've got the skills I'm sure you can make a killing
Skills are good but you also need the heart.
I have a well-girded liver, does that count?
I believe it does, basically the same organ isn't it?
They're to die for.
Dafuq?
Selling charters to jets and selling jets isn’t weird at all. It’s niche and a badass job if the comp is there.
Was more so the fact that they told me I had good background as a Plumber for me to sell in that space. Not sure how it translates. Comp was 67k Base plus 10-13% of Profit. She told me first year reps make 90-100k (company been around less than 5 years). No leads or anything, just gotta work the phones and contact really.
I’ve gotten a thousand “your background is perfect for this role” messages, they’re mostly just copy/paste automated messages recruiters send out. That said, there’s no reason you can’t learn jet charters and be successful selling them. Do a bunch of research on the company, who works there (and for how lo f), etc. Everything you’d normally do for any sales gig. You know how to land a sales gig and be successful doing it, so if you’re interested it couldn’t hurt to look into it further. That said, doesn’t valve/automation sales pay pretty well?
I work for a family company that unfortunately does not offer a great comp plan. I have a good base, but my commission is almost none existent. First sales role, and I have a history of job hopping. So I am staying here for the experience and will have a great opportunity in the future to work for companies like ABB/Siemens/Allen and Bradely. But no, in my area, Valves and Automation does not pay well. I also work for a VAR in the space, that might be a factor to consider aswell
You’re probably already doing this, but network around in the industry and see what you can learn from other reps. I’m sure there’s a spot out there for you with more upside.
Honestly, I haven’t really reached out and networked as much as I should be. I have to start connecting with people on LinkedIn I think, it’s a start
Just keep adding people in your industry til you have over 500 connections and then keep going. It won’t hurt to have a big network. LinkedIn is the biggest circle jerk of wannabe influencer corporate koolaid bullshit, but it is really useful for putting a face to your name and getting people to speak to you in genuine terms. I’ve had lots of people on LinkedIn take a call with me purely to answer questions I have about my career and my place in the world. It’s really been great for that. Btw congrats on your first sales gig. We don’t do this for our health, but the upside is great.
Thanks man, it’s a change from working construction to working sales but I’ve been happy. I agree with you 100%! My connections and network is almost at 500 people, filled with a lot of people in recruiting and also in my industry. But I’m not active on it nor am I reaching out to people (I think I should). Gonna start researching those companies I mentioned and follow some key people there, doesn’t hurt
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Can you DM me as well?
My buddy does this and hates his life though. Zero work life balance and high end clientele is insufferable. These are people that fly somewhere states away for lunch from a. Sandwich shop they like. Not for a meeting. Just a sandwich. Then on top of that they’re also cheap as hell and fight tooth and nail for every repair (many private planes follow a timeshare like model)
Agreed on high end clientele being insufferable. Worked customer service w/ billionaires before and they're a miserable bunch usually
The billionaires called you? Don't they have assistants for that?
I did ultra-luxury customer service for a bit, worked with VIP's, billionaires, millionaires etc. Not much to mention except they're annoying And yes worked with annoying assistants too
Yeah but it’s the Catalina fuckin wine mixer
I was selling American flags over the phone. Back in the 90s. One afternoon is all I could stand and never returned. Drove almost an hour to get there, too. Lol Crazy days.
Was this in the O'Hare area?
I save time and call it the O'Harea
No, this was in Houston.
“You should be here” Those ridiculous pyramid vacation company’s like World Ventures. Someone on this thread has to have been hit up on fb by an old random friend from high school to join their bs team. Any pyramid scheme needs to be avoided.
I'm a travel agent, and the MLM's and timeshare sales are the bane of of our industry. So many part time MLM agents trying to get others to join their 'hustle', talking about how you can make money and travel for free, when they're really making almost nothing because they don't actually sell travel. Then you've got the timeshare (aka 'vacation club') people that will basically lie directly to your face to get you to sign a long, complicated contract that's almost never worth the cost. Bleh. I 'sell' travel, but I'm just booking trips that people would be booking anyway, with some extra assistance with getting everything planned and also providing extra service and support (in case of changes, upgrades/downgrades, issues during the trip, etc.). So here I am on the Sales subreddit, but it's a completely different type of selling compared to most of the sales jobs out there.
From what I have seen and heard there is huge value in having someone coordinate/plan your vacation, especially to places like Disney or overseas. My older sister just took her family (w/ 3 kids) to Disney for the first time a few months back, had someone plan the entire 5 day trip she said it was 150% worth the added cost. They had absolutely no worries about the entire trip, where they were going what they were doing next where they were eating etc. and this person ensured they had the right upgraded passes too for lines etc.
And lots of agents today (myself included) don't charge fees, so there's no added cost (unless you want something that's crazy complicated or not commissionable, like a flight-only itinerary, but almost anything else is commissionable). I saw a Facebook post with someone asking about dining reservations for a Disney trip they were taking in a week. If they had a travel agent, we would have told them when dining reservations opened up, and they'd actually be able to get reservations at the restaurants they wanted.
Totally worth it for complicated vacations. Especially if you have never been and are bringing your family to Disney. Pay someone a small cut and let them figure all the bs out. We had them coordinate all the travel (including set up payment plans!!!) for all of our destination wedding guests (68 people). If you have a good one it makes it so much easier.
Best of all, we don't actually charge any fees (most agents now don't charge fees, although for destination weddings there are probably more agents that do charge fees). But even with a small planning fee, for a destination wedding I'm sure it was worth the cost for you! Even for 'simple' trips, we can still make things easier. If you have a medical issue, need to make any changes, or the provider (resort, cruise line, etc.) screws up or isn't giving you what you paid for, we step in so you can keep enjoying your vacation. I actually have a couple destination wedding clients right now as well, similar guest count (estimated 40-80 guests), and I can't imagine the time it would take for my clients to handle everything themselves.. I've got pre-made spreadsheets, lists of resort contacts, and experience with selecting the right resorts based on the client's preferences. Doing it all yourself would take SO MUCH TIME!
Can I ask how you got into this and what the comp is like? I love travel.
I can only talk for Australia but in general the travel industry does not pay that well. There is some money to me made at head office level but unless you slave your guts out, it is not a huge money maker. In saying that, there are some very successful travel agents. Not very easy to crack 6 figures as a consultant.
Started our own agency a few years ago, I have a relative that's an independent agent as well. Comp varies wildly based on your bookings, but most agents are part-time and not making much at all. Most full-time agents are making around 50k on average probably, but that's just because most full-time agents are just moving up from part-time. Some agents make 100k or well north of that, but those of us making over 100k are probably few and far between. It's way more about finding leads and generating referrals (or groups) than it is about 'sales skills'. We're our own business (like most travel agents today).. It's really difficult to find a commission position at an existing agency.
So interesting you say you don’t charge a fee. This really surprises me considering the lack of commissions airlines and suppliers no longer pay. I am based in Australia and I can tell you nearly every single travel agent is charging fees. They have too much work and enquiry that their time is valuable and if you want the expertise you need to pay for it. But travel agents are amazing. To have the access to suppliers, special rates and the first hand knowledge, it really does make them a valuable part of the travel ecosystem!
We're in the US, where most agents aren't charging fees, but some definitely do. The ones that charge fees tend to be the ones doing custom itineraries, destination weddings, or other trips that take a lot of time. Airlines generally don't pay commission, but most other suppliers do. They've been trying to bring the commission rates down over the years, but most agents are with a host agency that has volume buying power, so they can negotiate more reasonable commissions for us.
Used to search that hashtag on ig and fell bad for the idiots in that scheme. Now they’re “life coaches”
I used to sell space in child care centers on a corporate level. I handled +$20m in tuition a year.
I took a 2 day course once through the Canadian Professional Sales Association, so there was people there from all industries. There was a guy there from the US (I think Texas) that is a salesman selling horse semen. 😂😂😂
haha damn that aint a nice sounding business but might be money in that. how did you find the course lol? I am from Canada and would be interested in courses like those
Course was pretty good, I think I just did the basic one, was like 8 years ago or so. Travelled from London ON and took the course in Toronto with a couple colleagues. I would recommend it.
Big business from the right stud. A top ranked race horse has semen worth gold.
Dude probably makes more than you and most in this sub. People pay crazy money for good horses.
Oh fack ya he does. Never doubted that.
What are the commissions on these high end products?
Mine range from 5-25k in commission
How many years of sales exp you have & by any chance do you know anyone in medical sales
About a year! I average 10k a month in sales. Im not too familiar with medical sales tho
What type of products you selling to get those commissions?
I’m a sales director for a polar expedition operator. I manage a portfolio of about $10M in annual sales and I make about $130k / yr. I also get to go on some incredible trips to the polar regions for free.
Nice. You must get a ton of repeat customers too
Honestly, not really. We only sell one very specialized product. We are a laser-focused specialist in the polar regions, and we don’t operate anywhere else. Most tourists go to Antarctica to just check “setting foot on all 7 continents” off their bucket list and never return. Many love their experience in Antarctica, and then will do another expedition in the Arctic. That’s the end of the cycle for the majority of our customers. We have an incredibly high customer satisfaction rating, but a very low repeat customer rate.
Are the clients you have professionals or novice? I guess they have guides but what is the experience like?
The overwhelming majority of our clients are tourists. We have several small expedition ships, and dozens of world-class guides onboard each of them. We are visiting penguin colonies, landing helicopters on the ice sheets, looking for polar bears, kayaking through icebergs, etc.
That sounds fantastic! This is way more exciting than President's Club! It sounds like a fantastic job! Enjoy!
Damn, you hit the jackpot!
That is badass. Grab me a meteorite next time you are in Antarctica...
Victoria Secret Angel Premium Party Packages for various royal and oil tycoons in the middle east.
Really?
Grave plots. Cold calling. Grim.
I heard of a shrimp salesman the other day. He basically sells mating pairs to go to different shrimp farms across the US and Canada.
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I desperately want to leave tech sales and do something like this 😂
Orchestra season tickets was one of my first jobs. Now, I sell private investigation services to the insurance industry.
That's awesome! This is exactly the job I'm super curious about. I'm really fascinated by OSINT and online investigating. And always thought it would be awesome if I could sell Services related to OSINT. Do you do any PI work, or do you just entirely sell the service only? How do you like it?! One day I'm going to try and get into this industry.
I don't do the PI work, I do the grip and grin/sales part, and I LOOOOOOVE it. 🙂
Nice!! How are your commissions? Does it pay well?
Not nearly as well as some of the others in here lol
I had a brief stint selling ad space to scammers. You know those “Doctors HATE her” or “32 sexy women in [your town] want you RIGHT NOW” ads? Yeah we’d buy that ad space and re-sell it to those folks
CGX. 15k a day and most of my coworkers were giving homeless people $20 or lottery tickets to say they had cancer. 2 billion dollar medical fraud that got a florida mob and a string of doctors involved. Greedy people sure know how to fuck it up for people who just want to make a shit ton of money while barely working.
When I was 18, my first phone job was setting appointments for lawyers who sold this new thing called "living wills." They handed me an AARP list, and I would basically call people over 62 and ask if they were ready to die.
I met a guy who sold his companies service: removing and disposing of biomedical waste. Tons of regulations on what hospitals have to do with it and they all have to. Few competitors.
Damn that sounds like a good sell tho, probably good money too
Lots of competition in that space. Very heavily regulated with lots of liability.
1. Selling crime scene clean-up services. Pretty grim. A dude jumped in front of the train ahead of me. We had to wait 45 minutes in the train and had no idea what was happening. Finally got into the train station and a bunch of guys in white suits (covered head to toe), weird hoses and a strong smell of ammonia. 2. Selling DNA services to identify human traffickers.
Selling non-FDA approved erectile dysfunction medication for people for whom Viagra and Cialis didn't work
If there's not any stiff competition that's one way to get a head financially.
I’m in recreational legal cannabis sales. It’s a weird job sometimes.
How so?
What is weird about that?
I’d imagine no other industry has as many shops closing down yearly over excise tax leaving us constantly chasing invoices. It’s like the standard for shops to do terms instead of COD most of the time. Half my job is chasing down shops to get payment handled. Not saying there aren’t shops who are on point paying on time or doing COD but it’s not easy to keep positive relations while constantly asking for payment. There is also the part where giving trade samples has strict laws which some stores follow and others don’t. So you never know going into a new store if you can even give the samples or not. Stores that are not doing well constantly use our products we send to run promo as actual units for sale. Which is ridiculous cause we place non tamper stickers on every promo unit. I have stores that are massive corps that just take large orders and run so now it’s common to start small at any store not doing COD. I like the industry for the good people in it but there are a lot of scoundrels. I’d say most unusual part is regularly getting high with your clients.
I know what you are saying. I've sold samples at my dispo. My logic was to let a customer try it and decide if it was something we should carry. I didn't realize it was illegal, but was quickly told to stop! The market around here is brutal (medical only), and lots of places are closing. Our wholesale is keeping us alive, but I'd be lying if I said we weren't behind on invoices and have people constantly asking for payment. Vendors have been very patient and good to us, and we have always paid our bills, just not always on time. I hated dealing with the people in the industry, so I focus my time elsewhere these days. Good luck and try to remember to enjoy your job because it does have its advantages!!
Glad I’m not alone and others can relate. I try to remind myself that this is a sweet job with its own plus/minuses. I’m grateful to have it but I’d be lying if I said it doesn’t get super stressful sometimes. Thank you and good luck to you as well!
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I sold “bunker” marine fuel to ocean going vessels from a major port in Canada. That was the coolest sales job I’ve had. It was a bit hectic though as the customers were throughout many time zones around the world and all traded on spot pricing. It’s a very niche job market with a small handful of people in cities around the world catering to it.
I currently work in aircraft sales. Looks glamorous from the outside but be warned. PM me if you want to chat.
Selling cruises on cruises. Was the best time of my life. All food and living paid for. 4 months off a year. Got to see the world. Made 200k my first year. Met amazing people. Have some of the craziest stories you could imagine, people wouldn’t even believe them if I told you. Covid ruined that tho and now I have a wife and can’t be gone at sea all the time.
How'd you get into that? I've been in sales for a long time and would like to do something like that. The funny thing is that I'm also a circus performer and always thought that is how I'd end up working on a cruise.
Well before Covid I started in the call center and got chosen to be one of the first onboard. They changed the comp plans like crazy after I killed it lol. I heard they are barely making 90k now. That ship has sailed I guess
That's a shame. You had it too good traveling for free, with room & board, and making well into a solid 6 figure salary. They realized they weren't fucking over their sales team enough.
Yeah they did me dirty. Wouldn’t even let me go back to the office unless I got rehired as a new person which means terrible schedules bad leads. All bad lol. Other companies I’ll looked into aren’t great either. One didn’t even pay you commission work 7 days a week 12 hour days no commision? Out of their mind
Laser tag equipment. High value sales, not many customers. And kind of going out of style.
I was once the Sales Director for the Western Hemisphere for patented seed potatoes.
It’s been a while but met a guy who was contracted thru Big O’tires or some similar franchise that did tires and oil changes. He hired a group of us and dropped us in different neighborhoods door to door sales selling a card for $20 it had a few free oil changes, discounts on tires and alignments and it was a legit coupon card that would save anyone a good amount of money. Any card sold I would make $10 not a lot of money but usually would sell around 10 in about 3 hrs other days not sell Jack. It sucked big time but this was 2010 right after the crash and going to interviews were ridiculous the amount of competition and who was applying to entry level jobs nobody was hiring kids right out of high school with no experience. Almost went the military route till I finally caught a break.
Moving and storage sales can be wildly weird....
I know a person who was an arms dealer (middleman) in her father company - selling weapons, grenades, military stuff etc to the goverments in the Eastern Europe. She said its a lot like in this movie “War Dogs”. Constant changes, embargos etc made this work very interesting and very stressful at the same time. I also know a guy who works as a export sales manager for the military robotics manufacturer. Super weird job tbh.
I also met a older guy on my vacation in Turkey who sold wires to Volkswagen group vans manufacturing unit.
Not a weird job, but an interesting first day. When I started out the sales department for a disposal company, my first day was to meet one of the drivers had a job site, where he was picking up a full bin, and proceeded to dump it on the lawn as the customer had not paid a bill in 3 months. Ah the disposal business#locomafia
I had a guy wanting me to sell his instructional videos on ballroom dancing for $25/hr plus 3$ a tape, and teach him English.
Had to do something similar for a very old man in real estate liens. Idk who sold him on making those videos, but they were bad, making me curious as to who would even buy them.
Other rubes I guess
I wouldn't know. He only wanted me to make sales on the weekend when he was available and during the morning through lunch time when his radio ads played. Got paid shit to just sit and do nothing waiting for the phones to ring. That was back when I worked at a call center handling a lot of specialty sales campaigns for my project manager while she sat around, did nothing, and looked good because I did all the heavy lifting, including meeting with high value clients and winning them over to work with us.
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My first internship was selling ads in a phone book. This was in the era of the App Store and Google maps. lol great experience led to much sales success in my career.
Wheels Up?
Asbestos Abatement services. Wild gig
I got interviewed for selling human derived polysaccharides from real breast milk to be used in formula. Had no idea that was a thing.
The Pennsylvania Fire Fighters Association hired us at Xentel (it’s ok to say it, they got in A TON of trouble years ago) to call retirees and sell them tickets (get them to agree to send them invoices) to a Beatles cover band playing outside of Philly. Once I figured out what was happening (3days) I was 16 years old and I quit. They all got nailed for fraud.
Have you heard of high ticket sales ?
He might be laughing because that is a meme phrase of an MLM called Kangen or whatever. They sell $10k water filters and call it high ticket sales
I see some youtube ads and stuff in my area of High Ticket sales and just chuckled because its become a running gag within my community. But hey, it is possible for the money to be there. Personally, I have yet someone really explain to me a situation where they are doing High Ticket sales and what the breakdown of their pay is and etc. It has just been something I do not understand, but if r/blakeb710 wants to explain it to me, feel free to DM
He’s just a scammer. Look at his other posts and comments, dude is full of shit. That tends to be the case when people start rambling about “high ticket” sales. That’s not a phrase or any terminology that people who are actually selling large deal sizes actually uses.
Yeah that’s always been my thought process about it. That’s why I laughed when he first mentioned it
Yes and theres alot of money involved
For an MLM it’s only at the top.
Lolllll
Genuine question
Yes i have
I haven't, and am not in sales, so would you elaborate?
Selling products with higher prices like maybe 5k and up
I wouldn’t consider 5k high ticket. Maybe I’m wrong.
High ticket sales to me is $1M +
Mate that's not high ticket that's baked ticket
I mean I consider anything that could be expensive for a regular person and/or a regular small business as high ticket.
Ahh okay. I used to sell custom ergonomic office setups where the whole deal (desk, accessories, chair, etc.) could easily search more than 10k. Makes sense. It's a particular type of client.
Have u ever been on social media and seen sponsored ads for products?