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by shostack 2030 days ago
Any thoughts on how to better align sales with net outcomes based on your experience?
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I'm not the person you asked, but the most relevant advice I got was to pay half the commission after month 1 and half after month 12.

It helps weed out the less honest people, aligns sales with support, and protects cash flow.

At a small company you would ideally have engineering involved before any contracts were signed.

At a large company you generally pass the sale off to a integration team who isn't commission based. And that team will quickly find out if the customer was badly lied to, And you will have time to cancel the commission.