Steven W. Erbach
serbach at new.rr.com
Wed Jul 16 08:26:29 CDT 2003
Kath, >> I am currently paying 10% commission in finders fees. I personally think 15% sounds high. << Anything that'll leave more money in my pocket is desirable. As I remember from my selling days most commission plans had a sliding scale based on the size of the sale. We are certainly groping in the dark on this. >> Initially I had a rate for my *own* clients and a slightly higher one for referred clients (where finder fees were payable), but it was too complicated, and a bit unethical (IMO). << I remember reading about a small business (a bookseller, I think) that got in Dutch with the Feds for anti-trust violations because he offered different pricing to different clients without having a price list. I think that every kind of business has to watch out for this. >> 10% commission on work up to $1000, (eg. maintenance jobs, initial client meetings etc.) 5% on work over $1000. Nothing payable after 2 years. << Sounds good to me. Thanks very much. Regards, Steve Erbach Scientific Marketing Neenah, WI "Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits." - Mark Twain -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://databaseadvisors.com/pipermail/accessd/attachments/20030716/17ed50d1/attachment-0001.html>