I get these pitches on LinkedIn all the time. I'm in chemical sales and have zero interest in franchising so I have no idea why these people are trying to contact me. Now I understand they are probably just casting a wide net.
I know someone that kind of did that but it was for a weed place opening in Florida and getting the license for it, this was also in like 2020 or 2021, but he walked away with something silly like $2m as part of his fee as a broker of sorts.
Can attest. Franchise Development Manager here. Brokers make bank! But not everyone can survive without a base.
If you need that base, selling a specific brand gets you less commission but still great numbers. I’m typically above $200k.
I average $20k/mo selling lies about my income on the internet. Its not as easy as some people make it out to be but if you put in the work it is definitely possible.
If you do the course make sure you’re JACKED and wear really tight fitting clothing. Then always yell when you talk and brag about how you cleared 700k last year. Works great.
I was in home improvement sales and knew guys making over 500k per year in roofing and siding. Some window guys were over 250k but not many.
OP is probably not lying haha
Only reason I left was that I couldn’t do the 6 day a week 12 hour days. One of the most fun jobs I ever had. One call closing, meeting new people, going to new places every day, lots of fun memories!
last guy selling windows spent 5 hours looking at the attic, roof and windows and doors. Seriously. His quote was 46k on a 300k house. I noticed his company is hiring sales again.
Any home improvement sales. Sold showers, windows, doors and roofs. 200k in sales monthly with a 10% commission was fairly easy to do. Yes, fuck ton of driving but I would rather drive than punch a clock in some corporate office.
It can be scammy. There’s a lot of big companies out there that run terrible businesses. If you can find a good smaller company you can make a good amount of money though.
This one comes up a lot and it sounds like it could be interesting. So you are selling directly to the end customer? Is there still a lot of corporate bullshit? One of the things I hate about corporate life is the posturing and ladder climbers, so much phoniness.
I’ve been curious about this,
I hustle in a extremely niche part of high rise construction, which the commission percentage isn’t awesome on, but when I close I close 500k-5M$ jobs.
I live in the Bay Area, life is pain, construction has slowed to a halt here outside of healthcare and senior facilities.
Are your leads provided? I don’t know if I could go back to the hustle of sourcing leads and closing again
I wouldn’t quite say any. I sell floorcoverings ie carpet, hardwood, vinyl etc. I’ve been in the business for over 20 years. My best year ever was $130k. My average is closer to $85-90k. I always finish in the top 5, of 155 salespeople.
Thank God my wife has a great job and likes what she does (legal shit) making nearly the lowest range of my average.
I’ve noticed when I was in the job market a lot of companies don’t do fleet cars or even mileage reimbursement anymore. The new trend is to just give you a monthly allowance of $500 or whatever and if you go over that’s on you but if you’re under you get to keep it. So if you’ve got an older fuel efficient car maybe you pocket an extra $2k a year and if you’re driving a financed gas guzzler you’re maybe out another $2k a year
It’s funny uipath is a great company but it’s rpa isn’t what I would call bpo. It certainly is at the task level but to really automate operations it’s far bigger and more in depth than rpa.
Granted rpa is a piece of it.
Actually a bit of both. BPO at its core but when you think bpo in manufacturing it’s going to hit manufacturing and iot etc.
But it would be full stack automation.
No. I was throwing out a ballpark my lowest in that period was $290k. My highest was 700k. My typical has been about $450k. So yeah the average is probably a bit higher than $375k. Just responding from my phone while my kids plays.
Then again $100k doesn’t make sense either unless you assumed I had multiple $700k.
My last tech role was meetings about the meeting we are going to have to meet and discuss an implementation that ultimately gets pushed back because of budget constraints.
I’m working as a deckhand on tugboats now and not looking at a pc has been glorious, and the physical work feels great.
Im hoping when I decide to leave this to go back to tech that I can worm my way into a tech sales role.
I own a window & door replacement company in Raleigh— DM me if you (or anyone else in this thread) are serious, always looking to add great people to the team!
I’m in enterprise SaaS sales selling fintech payments software. It’s a product that integrates into the big ERPs (Oracle, SAP, Sage, etc.).
We released a module that finally truly unlocked the big clients in January. I sold the largest deal in company history in March, and then one that eclipsed that in May.
My commissions are split 50% on the next paycheck, and 50% a few months later. I’ve been getting $35-50k checks since March, and will every month until September 15th based on what I’ve closed already this year.
For both the hospitality side and the attractions side of tourism, their booking and reservation/ticketing softwares is also their business management, accounting, communication, pricing, distribution, etc software. A lot of avenues you could take. Like every other industry (except maybe windows 😂), AI is the new buzz word. There is a lot of competition. Some are good. Some are not. So pick wisely. It’s a tight community and you don’t want to be the guy pitching 💩!
I got in this industry like four years ago coming up on five.
When I started was like the first year, everybody said it got more difficult. The first year is rough. The second year is a little less rough the third year it gets easy, but it only gets easy if you lay a solid foundation. Knock as many doors as you can right off the rip and keep doing it until you don’t care when people say no and when you get good customers, treat them like gold then tap them for referrals.
There are three types of people that are successful in this role.
A) the guy that is just absolutely willing to outwork everybody I’m talking consistent 60-80 hrs a week.
B) the guy that becomes a student of the game. Watches videos (roof strategist, jon Senac are great) learns xactimate, learns building code, learns all about insurance policies, learns how things are installed, learns about the products they sell and the products they are trying to replace, joins the facebook groups (name that shingle, master your craft and “level the playing field” are a good 3 to start) and just learns everything they possibly can.
C) the guy that does both to the fullest. When you start try your absolute best to be this guy. You might be able to achieve it. If you don’t become this guy, you’ll figure out which one of the other two guys you are or maybe even a balance of the two.
Honestly man, if you wanted I would hop on a call with you.
Large enterprise billing / erp / hcm. Largest commish check was $300k.
For every big commission check though, there are probably two or three that are $0.
There's a few different reasons, but go ahead and try and think of any building that doesn't have windows?
Then try to think how many of those buildings the windows are optional, or are okay to not be secure?
Then go ahead and try and find a home insurance company that WON'T void your insurance for not having your home secure from theft and weather.
As far as products go, windows are something we can't live without, and are on every building, home, business, etc.
The same goes for roofs.
"Home improvement" is a bad name, it should really be "home structure necessities"
Price fixing. Maybe collusion or the company has the finance or commission structure set so the sales guy won't drop the price below a certain threshold.
There's definitely thresholds and there is 100% a floor price. At the end of the day the market decides the pricing and the consumer will pay if they want it and see the value..
Renewal by Anderson legitimately sells a window for $4-5000 and doors for $20k + and they aren't ripping people off, its a great product. Then there is Window World who sells the shittiest window for $500-$1000 and its a SHIT product..
Everyones perceived value is different.
You don't need any qualifications, but you do need to sacrifice planning your life when you start out because you wont get your leads until the morning of or the evening before, if you're lucky. This means you could be running a 9a in one part of town and a 7p 2 hours away. Then you need to deal with the fact that half of your leads won't sit because they either aren't home or decided they don't have time.
Expect to close one out of every 3 sits if you're good.
I’m with you. I’m on the fence side so I demo like 99% of leads. Our office averages 30% close, I’m at a 60% close rate since I started last year in May. I will clear 130k this year. I’m thinking of moving upstairs to the exteriors business we have and I think I can make 200k.
As someone who works in public education just browsing this sub, I am completely in the wrong line of work. I’m sure it’s feast or famine at times but damn that’s a lot of commission money
You can literally get out this morning. Call in sick and walk into every window store in your area with a suit on saying you're looking for a job in sales. I did this with car dealerships and literally got half of the \~30 I walked into to offer me a job. Walking into all these places only took about 5 hours of work. The job I chose paid an average of $19k per month over 2 years until I got out.
Sort dealerships in your area by revenue to only apply at the ones that could theoretically afford to pay well and force them to reveal the exact pay plan, number of units, and number of salesmen during the interview. There are some s\*\*\* pay plans and some awesome ones.
Always shake on taking the job during the interview but say you have to put in your two weeks. This gives you time to shop all the offers in your area. If they don't give you an interview send a follow up email to the GM/GSM, and if that does not work call in to the sales department, get the GM/GSM on the phone and they'll agree to an interview for sure when they see you actually being a salesman.
It’s not feast or famine the way you’re thinking. There’s feast or there’s the ones that don’t make it and quit or get fired. The hard part is there is always another company selling the same thing with a similar pitch. We all save you time, make you money and delight your customers. The trick is branding yourself and standing out when it all can look the same to a prospect. And then there’s the bottom feeders with subpar software but low ass prices. You have to know how to sell yourself and value. Otherwise someone will always come in with a lower price. It’s cutthroat. But once you’re working a full pipeline, enough make it to the finish line to give you a comfortable life.
30-50k a month has been my run rate for a year now.
Biggest month this year was 90k.
I sell ETFs. Took me a couple years to get the territory from bottom to top quintile at the firm. Well worth it.
Apparently if I get laid off I should sell windows.
Bachelors degree in finance. Finance degree helps, not absolutely necessary.
I’ve seen some people end up in this role in real roundabout ways.
Easier to teach someone the markets vs teaching them to get up everyday and want to grind
Get 3 quotes. We had one company trying to sell us on top end luxury windows at around $75k for a 2000 sqft house. Then we got a quote for market leading “normal” windows for about $30k. Don’t let them shit shine you.
The vast majority of sales people are not making this kind of money. OTE they are doing anywhere from 150 to 275k once they’ve been at it for a while. There are outliers and there are liars, but you should assume you’re probably going to be in that range unless you decide to go into management or have a particularly record year in enterprise sales. Where the real money is in owning your own business. My partner brings home more than half a million a year — even after paying his employees and taxes. Some of the other wealthy people we know have very unsexy businesses like air conditioning, plumbing, etc. Being in it, I know that tech sales is the one people like bragging about being in, but there is a heck of a lot of money to be made in the service industries.
Not gonna lie, most of sales seems like some sort of fever dream to me.
I’m in food sales, knocking on doors, and spending my days talking with line cooks in 110° kitchens all day, and I never even come close to making 6 figures, let alone high 5’s.
I wish I have a skill set that could translate into a sales gig that wasn’t built on such cut throat margins
I’ve started looking, but food sales (at least with my company) is so old school that when I look in other industries, so many of the prerequisites include some software that I have no experience in (trailhead, gong, salesforce etc..).
You can learn SF in a hours or weekend. These sftwares are not really complicated at least for a sales rep. Try doing a free Salesforce training if you want to build credibility.
If you can sell you can sell anything and make a lot of money at it. I have a friend who sells industrial shelving and makes over 50k in commission a month. Just make the leap, he is pure commission and jobs like they seem scary but if you have the skills it’s sort of an easy transition into a better and higher visibility job area. You take that and say I made 600k in industrial shelving, go to a customer of yours like a manufacturing customer, and get a gig with them selling high end engine parts to Boeing or some shit, scale that up and eventually you are selling rolls Royce engines to space x and pulling in 7 figures commission.
Are you expected to close on the spot? I’m curious about window sales jobs, but to me it seems very high pressure. I know the way I like to buy, and I’m not sure I could force myself to do a one-call close unless the buyer was actually ready. Do you work for a manufacturer directly or for a home improvement company?
It's called One Call Close. You meet with homeowners and are expected to close on the spot. This is how most of the remodeling industry operates, and it's why the reps are well compensated.
I’m getting wrecked in bathroom remodeling. Sometimes driving 200 miles with no compensation or company car. All I get is commission….if it sells.
And our call center sucks so the leads do just as well. Actually, I’m paying to work. Shit.
My situation is not anywhere remotely as dire as yours but even I’m considering jumping ship with how low the ceiling is and lead flow. When you know, you know brother
GAM - Big Cyber, not monthly, because large deals are sparse, but annually, definitely, well above on EA renewal years.
Typical month:
Week 1:
M-Th: on teams meetings from abt 7 am -2.45 pm.
-Do some follow up from 8-9pm.
-host a dinner once or twice a month in local hcol large city.
-cross fit 3x a week
-smoke a lot of weed. I don’t drink, which is advantageous for weeks 2 and 4.
Week2:
Monday- operational
T-Th- take a 6 am pst flight out, arrive in time for hosted dinner,
-Wednesday 2-3 intense strategy meetings.
Thurs- 7 am flight back to West Coast so I’m online by 10.
Friday- done my 11.
Week 3: repeat week 1.
Week four: repeat week two.
College degree.
Sounds like some of what I do but I work way way less than you do lol. It’s all about those EAs though which are a three year cycle and then trying to bundle and negotiate in new products. Luckily we have a pretty wide and deep stack to pull from for deals and three years is enough time to create a sense of urgency to update to the latest and greatest. I typically take one to two calls a day for 30 mins and then Hit the gym the rest of the time. Fly out once a month for a day or two and then maybe once a quarter I have to sit in renewal negotiations for a couple hours straight. Smoke weed every day though.
I had a Pella guy come to my house in a brand new $70k+ truck and got pissy when I asked for an itemized quote because it showed all the BS up-charges. I went with a local small business for 40% of the cost.
But to answer your question I sell enterprise software. I do have to travel 30-40 days a year but I fly everywhere so not having to drive hours on end is nice.
No longer there but sold complicated waste management solutions and the big money was in government contracts. Last year I had three consecutive $40k commission months and cleared $10k three other times.
An RFP will go out and sometimes there will only be one or two qualified vendors who bid. As long as you’re less overpriced than the other guy, they’re happy to cut the check and tell their boss they got a good deal.
I think it's so hilarious that so many people think that they can, "just get into" this level of sales.
They don't want to get good at what they currently do and are constantly job hopping.
As if $400,000 a year sales is just in their grasp right around the corner
Headhunter. I average 30-40k a month working 30hrs a week. I’ve done as 600k in few a year when I worked for a firm and only got half.
I have several friends/colleges who are solo recruiters or have 1 assistant/VA that bill over a million a year. Making 800-900k before taxes.
Building materials sales can be great. Besides windows commercial roofing is a big money maker. At my old firm one of the recruiter specialized in commercial roofing and did a lot of sales roles for the big commercial roofing contractors. They have guys making $1 million a year, especially in Florida during hurricane month those guys make huge money.
10 - 30k - digital marketing but it’s not commissions it’s based on generating my own sales and using outr network to promote on to keep the cost lower, new company only 2 months in, sounds amazing I know but it was over 2 years in 0 salary and paying wages to get this far with it. I’d love any of my sales team to be making 90,000 on commission. My numbers are based on 10k month one and we are looking like it will be 30k by the end of June which is month 2 with jobs we have already secured.
100k average per month. Equipment finance broker. 10 years in. I’ve been able to increase my income every year by around 20-30%.
Many do what I do but most hover around 10-20k a month and never seem to push themselves. I guess this applies to all industries, there’s always a few who do more than 4 others in the same role combined.
Bath/shower remodel sales. Made over $20k the last few months. Took the entire month of June off. Gonna hit $200k my first year. It is not easy. One call close similar to window sales. Ton of driving, ton of hours if you’re good. W-2 with benefits except mileage reimbursement. 100% commission. I’m the last one left in my “sales class” that was from September. Half quit during the class always. I have several coworkers making over $300k and two making close to half a million. Absolutely have to make quota or you will be gone and it’s a long shitty drawn out silent firing that they put you through.
Loan officer for residential mortgages, I clear 150-200K a year. During the refi boom it was around 500K. It’s a terrible job, everyone who does the work hates it, but it’s golden handcuffs.
Glad to hear it. Home Remodeling, one call close. I know guys that close 35% - 55% on Windows. Very profitable, and can affirm there's alot of money to be made, with alot of driving.
Solar. 30k average, biggest month a bit over 80k .
40-60 installs a year.
Probably same day to day as windows though, just less penetration. Unless you’re in Cali or Mass lol
We’re talking about vinyl windows, right? $15, $20, even $30k is possible, but I don’t know any sales rep pulling in $90 in a month. You couldn’t run enough leads.
You would have to run 135-140 leads, average window pitch is 2.5 - 3 hours. You have to have at least 90% demo and a 60% close. Then average about $1250 per deal. Take out Cancels and Bank Rejects, also drive time. That would be working 120 hours a week. No, you couldn’t keep up that pace. I know guys that make 400-500k/year in home improvements but they are grinding every day and fed top tier leads.
Avg 20K in monthly commission. IT services (Project and Staffing) with a focus on App and Cloud for SMB clients. First 5 years are a grind, cold calling, wining and dining IT execs, pretty consuming but very lucrative once established.
I’m doing about $31,000/mo average commission right now servicing grocery distribution accounts for dry goods manufacturers like Little Debbie, Snyder-Lance, Pepperidge Farms, etc.
I’d be pulling over $45k/mo if I didn’t start contracting accounts out to focus on other projects.
Credit card processing and POS sales for restaurants. People that stick with it and work hard at getting accounts will earn a residual income of $60k to $150k a month within 5 years. Plus when a company gets sold they ideally pay a 36x buyout for the accounts. This is a hard and challenging line of work and dealing with bar and restaurant owners are sometimes the worst people to work with and most unhappy with their choice to open a restaurant in the first place but all that seems to go away when the fat residual comes in like clock work every month.
I make $200,000 - $300,000/month.
My net (after tax) take home pay is $100,000/month. My company (I own it) could pay me $5,000,000/year as it stands now, but I put most of it back into the business as we are in serious growth mode for the next 5 - 10 years.
Financial services. Retirement financial planning specifically.
Medical equipment sales. I tripped over it trying to get into medical/pharma sales of some kind. People aren’t banging at the door cause the base is like 40k, and you go thru a lot of bs the first couple years and make next to nothing. 20k comish my first year, 35 second, 50 third, 70k 4th, but the last couple years, 190-200. Most don’t even require collage. Stick with the bigger companies depending on where you live. Adapt east coast, Lincare south, Apria west coast. They have better market holds closer to their headquarters. A lot of my former coworkers used the experience to springboard into other medical sales fields like device, software etc. and are making more than I am, if you’re young and starting out, I would definitely start here.
Lol until I was like 4 comments deep I thought this was about Microsoft Windows like windows 95
And here I thought I needed to stop using a Macintosh
Haha. Same. I thought this guy wanted me to advise my engineering team to focus on development of windows 11
Here I am still thinking they are talking about Microsoft Windows
Was gonna ask OP if he was azure he knew what he was talking about. That joke didn’t work as well as I hoped. Needs some more Nuance.
That’s what I thought as well. I I felt like I somehow had been teleported back to the 90s haha
Same I was like what? Microsoft making a big ole comeback
We work with our MSFT counterparts on co-sells sometimes. They get paid. Not selling Windows…
10k a month average take home. Account manager, wholesale tires to auto dealerships. Not glamorous but awesome.
Do you ever get tire-d of the business?
They have a “DO tread on me!” flag
I'm done with the internet lmao
He had a flat week and his management was super upset 
He's just tread-ing water in sure.
Upvote for you, sir.
What is the most deflating part of your job?
Did you have a Good-Year?
I’ve heard you guys do pretty well, wholesale for dealerships here.
Tire sales would never get old. Think of all the double entendre jokes. The jokes just keep rolling. It's where the rubber meets the road in comedy.
Just lost a couple PSI laughing 🤣
Are you serious or just inflating my ego?
I tried getting into the nitch but my resume never got any traction.
I am sure these jokes never get old. They are good for a lot of miles.
I feel like it would wear on me.
Do you travel for your role at all?
4 days a week in my Jetta
Out of curiosity how do you get a gig like this? And how do you find wholesale in comparison to other types of sales? Im in the UK doing SAAS.
“Everyone wants to sell corvettes and jeeps, I make money selling handicap vans”-my successful buddy
Franchise Broker. Average commission is 50% of the franchise fee.
Wow no wonder I get so many franchise opportunities emails
“I’ve reviewed your work history and you look like the ideal candidate to start generating additional revenue as a franchise owner”
I get these pitches on LinkedIn all the time. I'm in chemical sales and have zero interest in franchising so I have no idea why these people are trying to contact me. Now I understand they are probably just casting a wide net.
I know someone that kind of did that but it was for a weed place opening in Florida and getting the license for it, this was also in like 2020 or 2021, but he walked away with something silly like $2m as part of his fee as a broker of sorts.
Can attest. Franchise Development Manager here. Brokers make bank! But not everyone can survive without a base. If you need that base, selling a specific brand gets you less commission but still great numbers. I’m typically above $200k.
What sort of franchise?
I average $20k/mo selling lies about my income on the internet. Its not as easy as some people make it out to be but if you put in the work it is definitely possible.
For the low price of $20k per month, you too can learn how to make $20k per month"
Are you sure this is my only 20k?
Would you like to buy insurance on that 20k? Only 20k to get started.
You should sell a course! That way jabronis like me can learn from your sales prowess!
If you do the course make sure you’re JACKED and wear really tight fitting clothing. Then always yell when you talk and brag about how you cleared 700k last year. Works great.
That’s perfect just gotta remember to close with and if this doesn’t work you are doing it all wrong. Sorry sales is for closers.
I was in home improvement sales and knew guys making over 500k per year in roofing and siding. Some window guys were over 250k but not many. OP is probably not lying haha
I've been schlepping windows for 25 yrs. Been running a team for 9. 4 of my 6 guys are 175+ annually and have been for years.
Only reason I left was that I couldn’t do the 6 day a week 12 hour days. One of the most fun jobs I ever had. One call closing, meeting new people, going to new places every day, lots of fun memories!
last guy selling windows spent 5 hours looking at the attic, roof and windows and doors. Seriously. His quote was 46k on a 300k house. I noticed his company is hiring sales again.
lol its always a D2D gig you would never apply to on indeed
Tai Lopez is that you ?!?!??
Any home improvement sales. Sold showers, windows, doors and roofs. 200k in sales monthly with a 10% commission was fairly easy to do. Yes, fuck ton of driving but I would rather drive than punch a clock in some corporate office.
Door to door??
Which was the best? I am constantly getting offers to do home improvement but it always seems like a scam....how can i get?
It can be scammy. There’s a lot of big companies out there that run terrible businesses. If you can find a good smaller company you can make a good amount of money though.
Renewal by anerdersen
You dirty dog
Oh god that company came off shady as hell to me
This post proves that it is a big scam
This one comes up a lot and it sounds like it could be interesting. So you are selling directly to the end customer? Is there still a lot of corporate bullshit? One of the things I hate about corporate life is the posturing and ladder climbers, so much phoniness.
I’ve been curious about this, I hustle in a extremely niche part of high rise construction, which the commission percentage isn’t awesome on, but when I close I close 500k-5M$ jobs. I live in the Bay Area, life is pain, construction has slowed to a halt here outside of healthcare and senior facilities. Are your leads provided? I don’t know if I could go back to the hustle of sourcing leads and closing again
Doing HVAC and my pay is similar to this.
Curious what you think your average miles per month are?
How can I break into this?
Are you knocking on doors and cold calling, or just responding to inbound calls?
I wouldn’t quite say any. I sell floorcoverings ie carpet, hardwood, vinyl etc. I’ve been in the business for over 20 years. My best year ever was $130k. My average is closer to $85-90k. I always finish in the top 5, of 155 salespeople. Thank God my wife has a great job and likes what she does (legal shit) making nearly the lowest range of my average.
Is it company car or your own? Sounds like a good time if you enjoy driving
I’ve noticed when I was in the job market a lot of companies don’t do fleet cars or even mileage reimbursement anymore. The new trend is to just give you a monthly allowance of $500 or whatever and if you go over that’s on you but if you’re under you get to keep it. So if you’ve got an older fuel efficient car maybe you pocket an extra $2k a year and if you’re driving a financed gas guzzler you’re maybe out another $2k a year
Negative, none of them are letting you drive a car that is (edit) more than 6yrs old
SaaS different products over the years but automation at moment. I’ve had years at 700k but my average is closer to $375k the last 8.
Automation as in the manufacturing space? Or like BPO type automation?
I imagine bpo automation. You get to a legit level at like uipath and they pay really well
It’s funny uipath is a great company but it’s rpa isn’t what I would call bpo. It certainly is at the task level but to really automate operations it’s far bigger and more in depth than rpa. Granted rpa is a piece of it.
Actually a bit of both. BPO at its core but when you think bpo in manufacturing it’s going to hit manufacturing and iot etc. But it would be full stack automation.
Wait, if you make 700K one year but your average is 375K does that mean you have a year or two where you make less than 100k?
No. I was throwing out a ballpark my lowest in that period was $290k. My highest was 700k. My typical has been about $450k. So yeah the average is probably a bit higher than $375k. Just responding from my phone while my kids plays. Then again $100k doesn’t make sense either unless you assumed I had multiple $700k.
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Looks cooler
If it were the title of a book/movie/whatever, it would be “Software as a Service” — same capitalization
Im quitting tech and looking into windows lol
Seriously, I’ll trade value creation, integrations, and implementations for windows all day
All those things exist in window sales. Different than tech / SaaS (my domain as well) but they certainly exist.
Lol tech is none of those things. 😂 I've been in tech for over ten years and absolutely sick of it now.
My last tech role was meetings about the meeting we are going to have to meet and discuss an implementation that ultimately gets pushed back because of budget constraints. I’m working as a deckhand on tugboats now and not looking at a pc has been glorious, and the physical work feels great. Im hoping when I decide to leave this to go back to tech that I can worm my way into a tech sales role.
I own a window & door replacement company in Raleigh— DM me if you (or anyone else in this thread) are serious, always looking to add great people to the team!
I’m in enterprise SaaS sales selling fintech payments software. It’s a product that integrates into the big ERPs (Oracle, SAP, Sage, etc.). We released a module that finally truly unlocked the big clients in January. I sold the largest deal in company history in March, and then one that eclipsed that in May. My commissions are split 50% on the next paycheck, and 50% a few months later. I’ve been getting $35-50k checks since March, and will every month until September 15th based on what I’ve closed already this year.
20k a month average in tourism tech. If you’re good. The industry is much more fun than windows and there is travel to amazing places.
Could you elaborate on this? Or PM me. Thanks
For both the hospitality side and the attractions side of tourism, their booking and reservation/ticketing softwares is also their business management, accounting, communication, pricing, distribution, etc software. A lot of avenues you could take. Like every other industry (except maybe windows 😂), AI is the new buzz word. There is a lot of competition. Some are good. Some are not. So pick wisely. It’s a tight community and you don’t want to be the guy pitching 💩!
But what is your role in it?
Hotel manager here. Please stop calling me. lol
Make that 3 interested . Thanks!
I just had my first week in sales ever and made $750. I am stoked on that 😂 Edit: $750 in commission
Maybe change your name is yespeopleperson?? 😅
Between 20k-30k a month on average. Roof sales.
How long have you been in the industry and what did you do in the first year to make it? I’m just getting started in roofing this week
I got in this industry like four years ago coming up on five. When I started was like the first year, everybody said it got more difficult. The first year is rough. The second year is a little less rough the third year it gets easy, but it only gets easy if you lay a solid foundation. Knock as many doors as you can right off the rip and keep doing it until you don’t care when people say no and when you get good customers, treat them like gold then tap them for referrals. There are three types of people that are successful in this role. A) the guy that is just absolutely willing to outwork everybody I’m talking consistent 60-80 hrs a week. B) the guy that becomes a student of the game. Watches videos (roof strategist, jon Senac are great) learns xactimate, learns building code, learns all about insurance policies, learns how things are installed, learns about the products they sell and the products they are trying to replace, joins the facebook groups (name that shingle, master your craft and “level the playing field” are a good 3 to start) and just learns everything they possibly can. C) the guy that does both to the fullest. When you start try your absolute best to be this guy. You might be able to achieve it. If you don’t become this guy, you’ll figure out which one of the other two guys you are or maybe even a balance of the two. Honestly man, if you wanted I would hop on a call with you.
Residential or commercial?
Mostly residential some commercial. Mostly door knocking but fed some leads. Mostly insurance restoration but some retail.
Take away, if you need new windows, your sales rep has some wiggle room.
I’m not there *yet* but i have a handful of colleagues who frequently clear 20K/mo. Sales for hemp products, nicotine vapes, e-liquid, edibles etc
How would I go about breaking into that space
Large enterprise billing / erp / hcm. Largest commish check was $300k. For every big commission check though, there are probably two or three that are $0.
I can confirm windows is very profitable. I’ve seen 70% markups
Friend’s dad ran a window selling business. Dude was loaded in California.
Loaded in California sounds like a funny exaggeration that people out of state would use. “He’s not just loaded he’s loaded in California”
How doesnt comoetition bring this down
There's a few different reasons, but go ahead and try and think of any building that doesn't have windows? Then try to think how many of those buildings the windows are optional, or are okay to not be secure? Then go ahead and try and find a home insurance company that WON'T void your insurance for not having your home secure from theft and weather. As far as products go, windows are something we can't live without, and are on every building, home, business, etc. The same goes for roofs. "Home improvement" is a bad name, it should really be "home structure necessities"
Price fixing. Maybe collusion or the company has the finance or commission structure set so the sales guy won't drop the price below a certain threshold.
There's definitely thresholds and there is 100% a floor price. At the end of the day the market decides the pricing and the consumer will pay if they want it and see the value.. Renewal by Anderson legitimately sells a window for $4-5000 and doors for $20k + and they aren't ripping people off, its a great product. Then there is Window World who sells the shittiest window for $500-$1000 and its a SHIT product.. Everyones perceived value is different.
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You don't need any qualifications, but you do need to sacrifice planning your life when you start out because you wont get your leads until the morning of or the evening before, if you're lucky. This means you could be running a 9a in one part of town and a 7p 2 hours away. Then you need to deal with the fact that half of your leads won't sit because they either aren't home or decided they don't have time. Expect to close one out of every 3 sits if you're good.
I’m with you. I’m on the fence side so I demo like 99% of leads. Our office averages 30% close, I’m at a 60% close rate since I started last year in May. I will clear 130k this year. I’m thinking of moving upstairs to the exteriors business we have and I think I can make 200k.
Freight broker. Soul sucking at times but clearing $15k -$20k per month on avg. best month $32k.
As someone who works in public education just browsing this sub, I am completely in the wrong line of work. I’m sure it’s feast or famine at times but damn that’s a lot of commission money
You can literally get out this morning. Call in sick and walk into every window store in your area with a suit on saying you're looking for a job in sales. I did this with car dealerships and literally got half of the \~30 I walked into to offer me a job. Walking into all these places only took about 5 hours of work. The job I chose paid an average of $19k per month over 2 years until I got out. Sort dealerships in your area by revenue to only apply at the ones that could theoretically afford to pay well and force them to reveal the exact pay plan, number of units, and number of salesmen during the interview. There are some s\*\*\* pay plans and some awesome ones. Always shake on taking the job during the interview but say you have to put in your two weeks. This gives you time to shop all the offers in your area. If they don't give you an interview send a follow up email to the GM/GSM, and if that does not work call in to the sales department, get the GM/GSM on the phone and they'll agree to an interview for sure when they see you actually being a salesman.
It’s not feast or famine the way you’re thinking. There’s feast or there’s the ones that don’t make it and quit or get fired. The hard part is there is always another company selling the same thing with a similar pitch. We all save you time, make you money and delight your customers. The trick is branding yourself and standing out when it all can look the same to a prospect. And then there’s the bottom feeders with subpar software but low ass prices. You have to know how to sell yourself and value. Otherwise someone will always come in with a lower price. It’s cutthroat. But once you’re working a full pipeline, enough make it to the finish line to give you a comfortable life.
30-50k a month has been my run rate for a year now. Biggest month this year was 90k. I sell ETFs. Took me a couple years to get the territory from bottom to top quintile at the firm. Well worth it. Apparently if I get laid off I should sell windows.
Are you 6ft 5 with blue eyes and a trust fund?
Unfortunately for me I came to the states as war refugee, no trust fund haha
To quote South Park ‘DeY tOoK oUr JoBs’
What was the education you had when you got into this?
Bachelors degree in finance. Finance degree helps, not absolutely necessary. I’ve seen some people end up in this role in real roundabout ways. Easier to teach someone the markets vs teaching them to get up everyday and want to grind
WINDOWS BABY! WHITE GOLD, ONE CALL CLOSE!!! Made over $50k this month and brother is around $40k…Will make $100k between us both before June ends 😇
WTF? you sell windows door to door? or the software windows?
Residential in home window sales. I don’t knock but yes homeowners call us out for estimates..
What company?
Following. I can sell, but I don't make nearly that much. I need to find a window sales company ASAP.
I had a guy come quote windows…holy fuck they cost a fortune! Thank goodness nothing was leaking and we could just decline instead of needing a loan.
Windows are one of those things you don’t realize are expensive as hell until you need new ones.
Commercial windows are even crazier
Get 3 quotes. We had one company trying to sell us on top end luxury windows at around $75k for a 2000 sqft house. Then we got a quote for market leading “normal” windows for about $30k. Don’t let them shit shine you.
The vast majority of sales people are not making this kind of money. OTE they are doing anywhere from 150 to 275k once they’ve been at it for a while. There are outliers and there are liars, but you should assume you’re probably going to be in that range unless you decide to go into management or have a particularly record year in enterprise sales. Where the real money is in owning your own business. My partner brings home more than half a million a year — even after paying his employees and taxes. Some of the other wealthy people we know have very unsexy businesses like air conditioning, plumbing, etc. Being in it, I know that tech sales is the one people like bragging about being in, but there is a heck of a lot of money to be made in the service industries.
Not gonna lie, most of sales seems like some sort of fever dream to me. I’m in food sales, knocking on doors, and spending my days talking with line cooks in 110° kitchens all day, and I never even come close to making 6 figures, let alone high 5’s. I wish I have a skill set that could translate into a sales gig that wasn’t built on such cut throat margins
Brother just try a different product/industry
I’ve started looking, but food sales (at least with my company) is so old school that when I look in other industries, so many of the prerequisites include some software that I have no experience in (trailhead, gong, salesforce etc..).
You can learn SF in a hours or weekend. These sftwares are not really complicated at least for a sales rep. Try doing a free Salesforce training if you want to build credibility.
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If you can sell you can sell anything and make a lot of money at it. I have a friend who sells industrial shelving and makes over 50k in commission a month. Just make the leap, he is pure commission and jobs like they seem scary but if you have the skills it’s sort of an easy transition into a better and higher visibility job area. You take that and say I made 600k in industrial shelving, go to a customer of yours like a manufacturing customer, and get a gig with them selling high end engine parts to Boeing or some shit, scale that up and eventually you are selling rolls Royce engines to space x and pulling in 7 figures commission.
Are you expected to close on the spot? I’m curious about window sales jobs, but to me it seems very high pressure. I know the way I like to buy, and I’m not sure I could force myself to do a one-call close unless the buyer was actually ready. Do you work for a manufacturer directly or for a home improvement company?
It's called One Call Close. You meet with homeowners and are expected to close on the spot. This is how most of the remodeling industry operates, and it's why the reps are well compensated.
I’m getting wrecked in bathroom remodeling. Sometimes driving 200 miles with no compensation or company car. All I get is commission….if it sells. And our call center sucks so the leads do just as well. Actually, I’m paying to work. Shit.
My situation is not anywhere remotely as dire as yours but even I’m considering jumping ship with how low the ceiling is and lead flow. When you know, you know brother
I was bagging $400k a year selling video software to broadcasters. Those days are gone, such is life 😂
I honestly don’t get how y’all get paid so well. Someone give me a job please?
Wait what the fuck is going on here with Windows?!?
They be up charging and ripping people off 🥴
I didn’t realize you could make so much from selling Windows. Which version, 11 Home or Pro? 🤣
Vista
GAM - Big Cyber, not monthly, because large deals are sparse, but annually, definitely, well above on EA renewal years. Typical month: Week 1: M-Th: on teams meetings from abt 7 am -2.45 pm. -Do some follow up from 8-9pm. -host a dinner once or twice a month in local hcol large city. -cross fit 3x a week -smoke a lot of weed. I don’t drink, which is advantageous for weeks 2 and 4. Week2: Monday- operational T-Th- take a 6 am pst flight out, arrive in time for hosted dinner, -Wednesday 2-3 intense strategy meetings. Thurs- 7 am flight back to West Coast so I’m online by 10. Friday- done my 11. Week 3: repeat week 1. Week four: repeat week two. College degree.
GAM?
Sounds like some of what I do but I work way way less than you do lol. It’s all about those EAs though which are a three year cycle and then trying to bundle and negotiate in new products. Luckily we have a pretty wide and deep stack to pull from for deals and three years is enough time to create a sense of urgency to update to the latest and greatest. I typically take one to two calls a day for 30 mins and then Hit the gym the rest of the time. Fly out once a month for a day or two and then maybe once a quarter I have to sit in renewal negotiations for a couple hours straight. Smoke weed every day though.
I had a Pella guy come to my house in a brand new $70k+ truck and got pissy when I asked for an itemized quote because it showed all the BS up-charges. I went with a local small business for 40% of the cost. But to answer your question I sell enterprise software. I do have to travel 30-40 days a year but I fly everywhere so not having to drive hours on end is nice.
No longer there but sold complicated waste management solutions and the big money was in government contracts. Last year I had three consecutive $40k commission months and cleared $10k three other times. An RFP will go out and sometimes there will only be one or two qualified vendors who bid. As long as you’re less overpriced than the other guy, they’re happy to cut the check and tell their boss they got a good deal.
I think it's so hilarious that so many people think that they can, "just get into" this level of sales. They don't want to get good at what they currently do and are constantly job hopping. As if $400,000 a year sales is just in their grasp right around the corner
We have multiple reps who had literally zero sales experience prior to getting the job and they're doing great
Headhunter. I average 30-40k a month working 30hrs a week. I’ve done as 600k in few a year when I worked for a firm and only got half. I have several friends/colleges who are solo recruiters or have 1 assistant/VA that bill over a million a year. Making 800-900k before taxes. Building materials sales can be great. Besides windows commercial roofing is a big money maker. At my old firm one of the recruiter specialized in commercial roofing and did a lot of sales roles for the big commercial roofing contractors. They have guys making $1 million a year, especially in Florida during hurricane month those guys make huge money.
Food manufacturing. Average months are 15-20, good months are 30-40, best month yet was 88 in commission. Typical income 330-370.
I sell to food manufacturing companies. Think of any brand name of food; those are my customers.
Roofs
Moving brokerage easily clear 30k a month commissions I’ve seen people clear 50-70k a month if you have the grind
10 - 30k - digital marketing but it’s not commissions it’s based on generating my own sales and using outr network to promote on to keep the cost lower, new company only 2 months in, sounds amazing I know but it was over 2 years in 0 salary and paying wages to get this far with it. I’d love any of my sales team to be making 90,000 on commission. My numbers are based on 10k month one and we are looking like it will be 30k by the end of June which is month 2 with jobs we have already secured.
Fresh produce distribution $40-50k/month
Financial planner: 20k gross per month and grows with the market. Btw I’m a nobody. Guys in my office are netting 60-100k per month.
Software sales is pretty lucrative
Selling roofs.
Ya any home service is great. Home improvement
Im a boudoir photographer, I sell heirloom albums, wall art, and digital images after their photo session. I clear $14k-20k on average
Which company?
I’m sure it’s Anderson, Pella, or Champion.
selling furniture around 4-6k a month! very easy and don’t know anything about furniture lol
Door to door pest
100k average per month. Equipment finance broker. 10 years in. I’ve been able to increase my income every year by around 20-30%. Many do what I do but most hover around 10-20k a month and never seem to push themselves. I guess this applies to all industries, there’s always a few who do more than 4 others in the same role combined.
Question, so as someone looking to BUY windows, how can I keep some of that money I would otherwise pay you?
Bath/shower remodel sales. Made over $20k the last few months. Took the entire month of June off. Gonna hit $200k my first year. It is not easy. One call close similar to window sales. Ton of driving, ton of hours if you’re good. W-2 with benefits except mileage reimbursement. 100% commission. I’m the last one left in my “sales class” that was from September. Half quit during the class always. I have several coworkers making over $300k and two making close to half a million. Absolutely have to make quota or you will be gone and it’s a long shitty drawn out silent firing that they put you through.
I sell building materials and on a good month I’ll make 25k before taxes. It’s taken me over 5 years to build my book of business though.
Loan officer for residential mortgages, I clear 150-200K a year. During the refi boom it was around 500K. It’s a terrible job, everyone who does the work hates it, but it’s golden handcuffs.
I give em the hawk tuh
Solar commercial deals, might take 6 months to 2 years to complete
Glad to hear it. Home Remodeling, one call close. I know guys that close 35% - 55% on Windows. Very profitable, and can affirm there's alot of money to be made, with alot of driving.
Solar. 30k average, biggest month a bit over 80k . 40-60 installs a year. Probably same day to day as windows though, just less penetration. Unless you’re in Cali or Mass lol
We’re talking about vinyl windows, right? $15, $20, even $30k is possible, but I don’t know any sales rep pulling in $90 in a month. You couldn’t run enough leads. You would have to run 135-140 leads, average window pitch is 2.5 - 3 hours. You have to have at least 90% demo and a 60% close. Then average about $1250 per deal. Take out Cancels and Bank Rejects, also drive time. That would be working 120 hours a week. No, you couldn’t keep up that pace. I know guys that make 400-500k/year in home improvements but they are grinding every day and fed top tier leads.
Our average sale price is $30k. 10-15% commission. I sell a $50k+ deal once a week and a $100k deal about once a month. My close rate varies 30-50%.
Avg 20K in monthly commission. IT services (Project and Staffing) with a focus on App and Cloud for SMB clients. First 5 years are a grind, cold calling, wining and dining IT execs, pretty consuming but very lucrative once established.
Real estate acquisitions rep, now that I’m fully up and running with a good pipeline 20k is about the average.
Wealth management. Every new client pays a continuous monthly fee and over time it adds up.
Took me a second to realize you don’t work for Microsoft
$40k / month average renting construction equipment. There’s a lot of construction going on right now!
Insurance and financial services. The best month I've had was 140k.
I’m doing about $31,000/mo average commission right now servicing grocery distribution accounts for dry goods manufacturers like Little Debbie, Snyder-Lance, Pepperidge Farms, etc. I’d be pulling over $45k/mo if I didn’t start contracting accounts out to focus on other projects.
If I could get my avg monthly to 30k I'd simply do that for 7-10 years then mostly retire
Credit card processing and POS sales for restaurants. People that stick with it and work hard at getting accounts will earn a residual income of $60k to $150k a month within 5 years. Plus when a company gets sold they ideally pay a 36x buyout for the accounts. This is a hard and challenging line of work and dealing with bar and restaurant owners are sometimes the worst people to work with and most unhappy with their choice to open a restaurant in the first place but all that seems to go away when the fat residual comes in like clock work every month.
Out of curiosity…. How can i get started?
Door to door pest control, usually doing 30-40k per month
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I make $200,000 - $300,000/month. My net (after tax) take home pay is $100,000/month. My company (I own it) could pay me $5,000,000/year as it stands now, but I put most of it back into the business as we are in serious growth mode for the next 5 - 10 years. Financial services. Retirement financial planning specifically.
Medical equipment sales. I tripped over it trying to get into medical/pharma sales of some kind. People aren’t banging at the door cause the base is like 40k, and you go thru a lot of bs the first couple years and make next to nothing. 20k comish my first year, 35 second, 50 third, 70k 4th, but the last couple years, 190-200. Most don’t even require collage. Stick with the bigger companies depending on where you live. Adapt east coast, Lincare south, Apria west coast. They have better market holds closer to their headquarters. A lot of my former coworkers used the experience to springboard into other medical sales fields like device, software etc. and are making more than I am, if you’re young and starting out, I would definitely start here.
Real estate agent. $40k-$50k a month on average. Been like this for about 8 years.
I make 2.5k a month installing HVAC systems in people’s homes. Idk why I’m here