Commission Questions


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How much is the average sales commission in B2B SaaS sales?

I'm currently running a SaaS and I'm starting to look around to hire the first sales rep / sales agent, so the last few days I've read a lot about creating a sales plan, commissions, base...

asked Jul 20 '14 at 22:46
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James
6 points

2 Votes
2 Answers
2.41K Views
Should you have a cap on sales commissions?

I have a small sales team that gets a commission for each new client they sign on for a B2B SaaS app.Should I cap their commissions at some point? What are some strategies on how to structure sales...

asked Apr 18 '14 at 21:40
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Patricia Brock
12 points

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2 Answers
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X percent of sales from now until end of time is too much?

I have a friend Z who has been acting as the middle-man between me and his clients. Z contributes to less than one percent of my business' revenue. The projects that Z refers usually amounts to $1k...

asked Mar 8 '13 at 01:50
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John
170 points

5 Votes
1 Answers
3.95K Views
Commission structure for hardware vendor reselling SaaS software

I'd like to get some input on appropriate commission structures for a hardware vendor re-selling my company's add-on software that works with their products. I've read a bunch of the commissions...

asked Mar 9 '13 at 03:43
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Joe
26 points

1 Votes
1 Answers
6.97K Views
What is an acceptable commission structure for a marketing rep?

I am a marketing professional with over 10 years of successful experience. My specialty area is strategic thinking/planning. Recently a local company in its first year of operation asked if I...

asked Jan 18 '13 at 12:56
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Carol Hughes
6 points

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3 Answers
2.15K Views
SaaS company incentives

We run a Enterprise SaaS company. Monthly, we pay our salesmen and distributors a commission upon their clients sales. I'm afraid we're not giving incentives to software development, hardware...

asked Dec 28 '12 at 07:08
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Sd Reyes
156 points

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2 Answers
1.91K Views
SaaS founders incentives: Business and Technology

We are two 50/50 founders of an enterprise SaaS company. both cofounders are tech people with a good grasp of business knowledge. Mainly, one of our cofounders brought most of our clients and...

asked Dec 28 '12 at 07:14
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Sd Reyes
156 points

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1 Answers
1.66K Views
Business Plan question on owner equity

This is my first business so excuse me. I'm establishing a salary for myself as an employee but suppose I wanted a percentage of sold goods also. Should that be included in the budget against sales...

asked Jun 1 '12 at 01:09
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Chieftec
10 points

3 Votes
3 Answers
6.28K Views
Channel Partners : How to calculate their Cut/Commission

We are developing product which is SAAS based and is expected to launch by August 12. I am in the process of finding Channel partners/*.Partners, who would help me sell the product in respective...

asked May 12 '12 at 13:26
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Ameya Phadke
56 points

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1 Answers
2K Views
Is it legal to pay someone a commission for helping us raise funding?

Our startup is at a very early stage, and we do not want any institutional funding at this moment, for reasons out of the scope of this question. We are instead looking for funding from friends and...

asked Apr 5 '12 at 03:36
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Royal1122
252 points

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1 Answers
2.21K Views
What should be our commission/expectation if we can help a big company to stop losing money?

Short background: we are 3 developers who formed a small startup for a very niche market. We do mostly programing but recently we started to provide consultancy as well. We've been working with a...

asked Mar 23 '12 at 11:23
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Adhg
250 points

1 Votes
1 Answers
2.43K Views
Commission or Compensation for a Regional Outside Salesman for a Product-Based Business?

My Company & Personal Background I have never hired/managed a sales person, but I would like to hire my first. From when I founded the company 3 years ago up until now, I've only received...

asked Feb 13 '12 at 08:09
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Clint
695 points