TJK
TUG Member
This might sound ridiculous, but at the age of 52 I'm considering a change of profession to be a timeshare salesman. Anyone have an idea of salary?
Thanks,
Tom
Thanks,
Tom
brockville said:Yes, it does seem a little crazy. I don't know anything about YOU personally. However, after our experience with time-share realtors - I would rank them in the 'used car salesman' category of trust. Just my opinion! Good luck.
tim said:JLB, when I see you in Branson, can I buy some of that soft frozen lemonade for my kids? Tim
shagnut said:You can make huge money. I was offered a job at Bluegreen (when I went on a tour) shaggy
BocaBum99 said:Now timeshare salesman are the best salesmen in the world. The timeshare sales job at the resort is the World Series of sellling. You need to get a couple to make the 2nd or 3rd largest purchase in their life without knowing anything about you ahead of time and without looking under the hood or doing any due diligence. That requires sales skill. What other job requires that level of difficulty?
So, if you think you can become a great timeshare salesman because you know a lot about timesharing. You should stop right there and consider a different career. The absolute best timeshare salesman say very little about the product. They spend all of their time trying to find what moves you emotionally and links those emotions to their product. They paint a picture of that dream vacation and they show you how through their product you can get that over and over again. If you can do that, you can be successful. If you can't, then you will make more money licking stamps at the post office.
Steamboat Bill said:Wow...what a great answer.
Perhaps TJK should consider selling cars like Lexus, MB, BMW, etc....it seems easier and more rewarding
rapmarks said:Boca, I know at Christmas mountain you can't keep your job if you only sell one timeshare a week. Our neighbor was their top salesman, he had just received an award for selling 16 million when he had a major stroke at age 43. He has come a long way back and he tried to go back in sales but they wouldn't keep him on because he didn't reach his quota. I believe the number is a cetain dollar amount.
Also, they get huge bonuses when they sell over a certain amount. I recently came across the guide as my daughter tried it for two months, and it is a sliding scale.
I know a lot of people who went into the business at age 50 or even 60. They a pparently are very successful, but it is strange how it changed some of them. They became deplorable people (and they probably were that way before but the easy money magnified it in them).
It is interesting that one neighbor moved up from Ilinois last year and their 21 year old son moved up too. He could not hold a job, went through 20 jobs in 8 months, and then tried selling timeshares in May. he is making a lot of money and still doing it.
BocaBum99 said:It must be similar for psychologists who deal with depressed people.
JLB said:I chuckled at some of Mr. Bum's comments, because that's what I used to do. It maybe wasn't their first or second or third largest purchase, but in an hour it was my job to get people to purchase a membership in something they had never heard of before, from someone they had never met before, to do something they had never considered doing before and that would change the way they had been doing something all their adult lives. And do that convincingly enough that they did not cancel (3-day) and they made their payments regularly (reserve). I believe I was the only one in the company that every got paid any of their reserve.
Steamboat Bill said:ok I will take a guess at your previous profession:
1. Some type of insurance salesman (viatical, disability, lonmg term, etc)
2. Some type of exercise/diet club
3. Scientology
JLB said:I called on two ads last Spring.
The first call I had to talk to a greedy, materialistic, spiffy, obnoxious, arrogant sales manager wench from ----.
The second one showed a bit of class, a desire to take a look at someone with a sales background, but without previous timeshare sales baggage (his words). He talk about developing innovative approaches.
I decided that if I could not talk about what we value from timesharing, like being able to share vacation time with our families, then really wasn't all that interested. In Branson I figured a lot of the prospects might be older than the Orlando crowd, and sharing vacation time with kids and grandkids might hit a hot button.
Of course, I would have to take up smoking, so that I could go hang out with all my buddies while I was waiting for the next peep. Then, of course, there's the investment in the gold jewelry. :whoopie:
I chuckled at some of Mr. Bum's comments, because that's what I used to do. It maybe wasn't their first or second or third largest purchase, but in an hour it was my job to get people to purchase a membership in something they had never heard of before, from someone they had never met before, to do something they had never considered doing before and that would change the way they had been doing something all their adult lives. And do that convincingly enough that they did not cancel (3-day) and they made their payments regularly (reserve). I believe I was the only one in the company that every got paid any of their reserve.
Oh, oh. I feel that knot in my stomach coming back. :annoyed:
Nice post, Boca.BocaBum99 said:...timeshare sales can get really lucrative.
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You do 10 tours per week, if you close 2 per week or 20% close rate at $15k, you sell $120000 so for the month, your commission rate is 12%. Now, you are making $14,400 for that month. So, your annual rate jumps up from $43,200 to $172, 800.
Now, let's say you are at a 30% close rate. Your monthly gross is $180,000 in revenue and you are at the 16% rate, so you net $28,000 for that month or an annual rate of $345,600.
BocaBum99 said:All you need to do to get a job is go to ANY timeshare resort in any location. Tell them you would like a job. You fill out the application with your name, address and telephone number and the only other thing you put on the application is you sold timeshares for X, Y and Z and your APG is $5000.
The only thing holding you back from starting the next day would be the real estate license you may need to sell timeshares there.
You will be making 10's of thousands of dollars per month and working only 25 hours per week.