Anyone know of any sales work for $100K possible?

Look into what industries are on the upswing. Trump says he is going to invest in infrastructure so look at companies that would benefit. Large equipment, metals (think nails, screws, beams etc...), or large construction companies.

A poster mentioned AV/home electronics. I could see that being a good industry and probably interesting as hell to boot.

You have to look at it from the standpoint of the person paying you.

Does their product sell itself? If yes, then why would they pay you to sell it?

If their product does not sell itself, then what knowledge/experience/connections/ideas do you bring to the table to generate enough new business to justify them paying you $100k?

You said in a previous post, that you want to sell running shoes... you probably won't make 100k selling them as a sales associate at a retail store. But you could easily make 100k if you opened your own running store. You could also make 100k selling them online if you got the marketing just right. You could also make 100k if you got into wholesale distribution channel. All of the options for making 100k I mentioned would require you to obtain some specialized knowledge that you do not have right now. So go acquire that knowledge and start making 100k.

"Does their product sell itself? If yes, then why would they pay you to sell it?"

Because the correct marketing is vital to let the buyers know the product is available. Without buyers knowing about a product if doesn't matter if the product sells itself.

Serious answer:

With no degree or applicable experience your looking at car sales or real estate sales. Very low barriers to entry, basically just a high school diploma and ability to pass background and drug tests. 100K+ potential but very competitive due to low barriers to entry. Almost no employer provided training or mentor-ship by experienced sales people. In some cases you may have to even pay for what little training is provided out of you own pocket before you can earn a dime. The great majority of people who start will make almost nothing (sub-minimum wage) before leaving the field. A small number will make a decent to good living. Top 1-2% car salesmen/saleswomen clear $100K+. Top 1-2% real estate salesman can clear $150K+ . My father was a real estate salesperson who regularly brought home high five figures (in today's dollars) when I was a kid. He later got his brokers license, opened his own brokerage, and eventually cleared something approaching $200K in today's dollars at the business' peak.

With an applicable undergraduate degree in science or engineering from a good school lots of additional opportunities open up. B2B sales roles in health care, technology, aerospace, etc. generally offer fresh grads base comp (i.e. guaranteed comp) on the order of $50K with 10-20% bonus potential on top of that. You'll receive extensive, paid training, and will spend several years working as support for more senior sales people before moving to the sales front line. For the first few years you won't make $100K, but you'll reliably clear $50K - $75K. Eventually you'll move out of a support role and into a front line role. At that point you'll still have a ~$50K base, likely some 10-20% non-commission performance bonus that you can think of a basically guaranteed, and will also be eligible to earn commission revenue. If you're a good performer in this type of role you're looking at total comp on the order of $125K to $200K+ depending on seniority, deal size, etc.

With an applicable graduate degree in business, finance, science, or engineering from a prestigious school on top of a good undergraduate degree, you can break into lucrative industries like management consulting, investment banking, and private equity/venture capital, or into strategy, corporate development, or business development roles at large/prestigious corporations. These aren't pure sales roles, but they require significant selling ability at senior levels. So much so that I'd bucket these senior roles as primarily sales jobs. Fresh grads (from graduate school) generally receive base comp on the order of $125-150K and 20-30% performance bonus on top of that. Over ~5-7 years you'll progressively move from a support role into a "rainmaker" type role. Comp grows quickly, with total comp reaching ~$250-300K per year over ~5-7 years. At 5-7 years you'll be eligible for promotion to Partner, Managing Director, Vice President, etc. (rainmaker level titles vary by industry) and will have an opportunity to receive a share of the proceeds from business you bring in / deals you make (this is called draw, carry, profit share, etc. depending on industry). Once you are in a rainmaker role, the sky is the limit on total comp. Partners in management consulting firms make $500K to $5M, Managing Directors at big banks came make 10's of millions, same for General Partners in private equity/venture capital. Corporate roles above the VP level are a bit lower paying, but still $1M+ potential with stock options.

Hope this is helpful.

pharma.

Financial products.

Precious Roy wrote:

Top salesmen at car dealerships will make $100k+. Lots of dealerships will hire people with no experience as long as you pass a criminal background check and drug test. Learning the product is pretty easy. Getting comfortable with the sales process can take a while. Learning how to read customers and close a deal is something that most people can get, but it is really something that is genetic as far as being really good at it.

Being a car salesman also requires the selling of your soul, and you can't put a price on that.

Counting sheep wrote:

Sell a bowing 747, they go for millions

What is a bowing 747? Some type of high-tech crossbow?

But will you have any actual time to spend all that money on things you would rather be doing?

Weddings

Estate sales and eBay reselling can be profitable if you know the markets. Antiques especially. Ever watch the show pickers?

IT sales guys can make mad dolla$$

doot doot wrote:

ft wrote:

Does anyone know of a sales position where it is possible to earn 100K realistically? I'm willing to put in the time to learn and sell.

Medical devices/implants.

Have been selling med device for 21 years. Income is variable depending on the year, and is extremely variable depending on the company and sector of the industry you're in.

I've made a great living and will retire comfortably. I have also been stressed beyond belief for twenty years so I'll probably die early. Not sure if I'd recommend anybody for this industry.

Pharma gets lumped in with med device but it couldn't be more different. You can make a decent living in Pharma but I've never met a Pharma rep who wasn't looking to launch into med device or something else. Pharma managers are highly compensated babysitters from what I'm told.

I know people making $100+ in dozens of industries. It's not a lot of money these days. You should make that in any sales position or you should be looking elsewhere.

I'm 3 years removed from college, and I am in a sales role where I get a $60K base (no draw or threshold), full healthcare without one penny coming out of my check, matching 401K and uncapped commission.

After commission, my total compensation comes out to 95-105K depending on how the year goes, and when sales close for me.

I am in SaaS based software sales, which is a good area of sales to go into. I am the only account executive under 30, let alone 40, within my company. So that should be noted that they don't usually hire someone that recently out of college with less professional experience, but I interviewed well and they loved that I was an NCAA student athlete. If you have a competitive background at the NCAA level you should utilize that area of your life experience, as many companies love that for a sales role.

Precious Roy wrote:

but it is really something that is genetic as far as being really good at it.

Isn't everything though?

If you have to come on LR and ask this question....you are not sales material.

Real salesman (many reps are really just order-takers) make big bucks and are born, not made. You know when you are one.

ft wrote:

"Does their product sell itself? If yes, then why would they pay you to sell it?"

Because the correct marketing is vital to let the buyers know the product is available. Without buyers knowing about a product if doesn't matter if the product sells itself.

Let me dumb this down a little bit. An iPhone sells itself, an Apple Store sales associate who works fill time at a decent location will produce $500k in sales in a year but only be paid $25-35k for his or her efforts. Apple does not need to pay them much because the iPhone sells itself.

On the other hand, you could earn $100k by selling $500k niche-market business software. You can earn that much because niche-market business software does not sell itself.