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Are commission-only sales jobs worth it?

I have been unemployed for over 3 months and I am desperate for a job. It seems like all I can find are commission-only sales positions. I have done sales before, but it was salary+commission. Has anyone worked for commission? How was the experience like? How is the job atmosphere? I am not a pushy guy, and I don’t like to fudge customers over, so I don’t know if I can cut it as a sales guy. Thoughts?!?

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linuxya offline Verified User (2 years, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 15 #
An Undisclosed Location | 8 months ago (35 minutes after post)

As you know, sales is about personal relationships and knowing your customers; they trust you enough to fill their needs. In high-margin activities, commission only could work fine (real estate, major sales).

If you have to do a lot of low-margin high-pressure, non-relationship based sales with plenty of add-ons to push, you may hate it.

But any experience will give you perspective.

What are your skills? Lots of places need business development people.

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An Unknown Location | 7 months, 4 weeks ago (4 days, 5 hours after post)

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An Unknown Location | 5 months, 3 weeks ago (2 months after post)

I found this post when I googled are “commission only jobs worth it?” I just applied for a merchant account position with Central Payment Corporation. Same as you, I’m not pushy. But I have another source of income (very small) that I possible could live on while I work my merchant account sales. I’m trying to make a decision.

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