I'm gonna drop some knowledge from my younger days as one of these guys, and why I hated doing it. The goal is, make the sale or make it so they never talk to the company again. It was considered a "badge of honor" to have someone call in and complain about how rude you were. The boss WANTED that to happen, but told the people on the phone you were fired, while apologizing, and , yup, offering the same products/services at a discount to make up for it as a last chance to close the sale. The sad thing is, if you look at the sales data on it all, it works to a degree that is just dumb. So yes, this is how door to door works and it works very well. I lasted 2 weeks doing this type of thing. I just didn't have that mean in me to handle it.
This is the thing, I've wanted to start a cleaning service like this for a while but I don't want to sell door to door as it's a shitty thing to do. The only other alternative is flyers I guess.
My great grandfather was a door to door salesman in the 50s (it was more popular back then). He’d sell things people actually needed, and it was a convenience when he’d come to their door selling furniture instead of them having to go out and get it. He was white selling in a black community which was very segregated, and he’d always bring candy for the children, remember names, and hang out even when he’d have nothing to sell. He was very well liked there and respected. This is definitely not that
i heard that back in the day salesman really knew how to talk, Charisma 100 Speech 100 type of persuasion, they know how to greet their client with a small talk that makes people feel comfortable, like when they say it's a pleasure to meet you, you can mean it when you say "the pleasure's all mine", i guess the art of successful Door to door salesman is just lost art
Because your gandpa was an actual sales person. He probably knew his products very well and knew how to consult on them, increase the value for the same price. That’s how they did it before the internet and some of them were amazing at marketing at sales processes without even knowing it. Treating people with respect, for example goes a very long way.
True, its very rare to meet someone like that deez days as most are desperate to make a sale to sustain themselves from the soaring food and energy prices.
Having been a door-to-door salesperson (even worse, for a PG&E program) at 19 years old out of desperation, the way it works is so heinous. They encourage you to be so unbelievably aggressive with it, I didn’t last two full months. When I was out with my “mentor” at that job, I had an old woman literally spit at me and tell me to fuck off, and when I started to walk away, my mentor was like “wyd? Your pitch isn’t over!” Like YES IT IS
Dam why do so many ppls door to door jobs seem so ass😂. My d2d job is the complete opposite of what people are saying their experiences are like lol. I love this job and Intake pride in being good at sales
I’m in sales and one of the first things we learned is to never make yourself the center of attention. Try to get the client to understand that they can benefit from your service, not that they can benefit from you. Guys like him are why people hate salespersons.
Truee. Usually d2d salesmen get a bad name cos of how common people dont take their job seriously. I work through appco and their rules are very strict. What everyone else has claimed about their bad job is the complete of what appco says to do
@@XavierPersuades is appco still commission only i worked for a related company 4 years ago and ik back then all companies in that sphere basically operated on scamming their employees
A door-to-door salesmen that pulls a gun, then asks "see how you were so unprepared? You wouldn't be if you had _product_ ." is a pretty strong concept lol
The fact that companies still force employees to subject themselves to essentially being clowns for hire, to harass regular people who literally will never want them to be there and will never want their product, is beyond me.
Pssst….I have a secret..If no one accepts horrible jobs, the horrible jobs change into better jobs so employers actually have people willing to work. If people are willing to work horrible jobs, why would an employer make a single change?
@@pb9927Lol. Just a millennial who figured out the trap and wants to show people how to take their power back. If it wasn’t so comfy in mommy’s basement you would actually believe in your capabilities and try harder.
@@pb9927I bet you think tipping cashiers is a good thing! You don’t realize tipping only makes worker conditions worse. It purely incentives employers to pay less per hour because you get tips!
@@pb9927 but they're right... about one thing - people will always be willing to work horrible jobs, that's why shitty companies still have people working for them
I was bamboozled into being a door to door sales woman when I was a teenager (I desperately needed more money). The owner of the company was an Ahole. To be honest, it is super embarrassing asking people for money / to buy product. People were always (understandably) rude and hateful. This should not be a profession for real 😭
It honestly depends how you sell for real. This job is harder than most which is why most don’t do it and it gets a lot of hate. Selling doesn’t have to be a ahole type of thing. i’ve never had a complaint and people that claim to hate salesman end up giving me fat tips, referring me to family/ friends, and following me on my social medias to keep in touch with how i am. This guy is just confident because he knows that if someone is upset with him, he’ll just get the next house for $300 and blow the last guy off. He is a millionaire doing this so it must work to some degree.
Think about. You're trespassing on someone's property, disturbing them, and then demanding they give you their time and money for a shit product they don't need.
which is how you know tay zonday's comment is absolute bullshit nobody is buying from someone who leans away from the mic to breathe and nobody who looks and acts like tay zonday has ever been somewhere actually poor and high-crime
I hated being a door to door salesman. Some homeowners would tell me no but my boss would tell me to go back and try to convince them even though they already said no. 😑
@OfficerBMTliking your own comment twice is just a whole new level of self meat riding that’s way too inappropriate for RU-vid. You should just do what your mom does and make videos for the hub instead.
I did this for four years, year round and actually did really well. I now sell equipment to large energy companies and continue to do well in my sales career. However, what i saw in door to door is that the people who didn’t make it treated people like tools, like $ signs, or lied to make deals happen. I just focus on what’s best for my customer and humanize the interaction as much as possible. My main focus as a sales guy is to not be a sales guy as much as possible funny enough.
Exactly. The best salespeople are doctors. You don't ever question what they give you or what it costs... Because they are the experts. If you're able to demonstrate your expertise about the industry in 2 minutes you'll be the best salesperson ever.
As a kid we had a salesman come to our door, and I accidentally answered it since I expected my brother to be coming home from a high school event he had. Upon seeing the random guy on my step, I got so anxious and stunned I slammed the door in his face before he could say a single word. I then ran to my mom and cried because the idea of talking to strangers stressed me out so much (and still does).
i always thought every door to door salesman was supposed to be super charismatic when I was younger and even up to recently as I’ve never seen one irl but man this guy really broke that illusion.
That's because door-to-door salesmen are the lowest of the low when it comes how charismatic they are. They often can't sell shit. Anyone with any real people skills in selling bullshit is a professional lobbyist. Who in the right mind buys some random thing, just because it presented to you in a 5 minute pitch, for something you didn't even think about 10 minutes ago, and had no research on it?
As a psychologist i wrote a thesis on the anger positivity that actually occurs with door to door sales basically if they never take no and try to make you angry when you say no and if they get you to call the company/complain after the conversation you are around 90% likely to buy the product you rejected at the door from the “manager” you’re complaining to at a discounted rate as the managers “apology” who will always agree with someone complaining and always say the employee is going to be “fired” because of the complaint you just made. In truth ALL they want you to do is buy the product but if not ideally complain to your manager because your more likely to buy the product over the phone at a “discounted rate” while complaining then at the door or a store or pretty much anywhere because you’re being told you’re right the employee is wrong and will be personally hurt by being fired… this is where the phrase “the customer is always right” comes from and why people who follow that rule are going to be promoted over people who look after other employees feelings in any retail job like McDonald’s
As a person that did door to door for almost 9 years I can defiantly 100% say that people like this DO NOT speak for all of us! We are not all rude like this. Most door to door guys are very polite and do their job very professionally, it just sucks to have this much negative connotations about us because it's really not what door to door marketing is all about. It's not always all about "making the sale that day" or that minute... most of the time people knocking doors are just trying to set appointments, one thing I was taught is that absolutely nobody likes to be SOLD anything, people just like to be informed and make a decision completely on their own.
Amen brother. Glad you’re one of the good ones. You make my job easier. Even if I don’t make the sale I want to leave people better than I found them and restore integrity back to the industry.
I dont want people at my house dude. It's inherently rude to just come up at my house and try to sell shit. I dont judge you because you got to make a living but damn the job IS rude.
I want to believe he's somewhat self aware and keeps posting his failures because he realized people enjoy watching those for some twisted reason. Monetized schadenfreude basically.
I was a door-to-door salesman for ONE day. When I got home from my first shift I broke up in tears and ended up quitting before my second ever shift. I am not built for the public humiliation and mental strain of delivering some guilt-tripping act for hours and hours on end. I raised money for charity and was instructed to make people feel guilty for not providing for the people in Ukraine, when in reality about 70% of what they’d donate goes to me and my boss’s salary. I do not want an entire neighborhood in my own hometown to associate my face with “that annoying” salesman”.
I feel you, working on the streets for Red Cross trying to get anyone to pay us monthly was hell too. It's literally manipulating people, I felt so disgusting
It's your brain telling you it's wrong because it is. Most people who are successful in direct sales are manipulative and lack integrity. Now there's exceptions if you're genuinely selling a good product you put effort into and respect boundaries. But that is obviously not the majority.
As a much younger man, I used to collect, door to door, for Cancer Research. And that was from people who had already subscribed and committed to handing over £1 per month (back in the 1980’s, when £1 could buy you a whole pack of cigarettes or a pint of beer). And that was unpleasant enough an experience to put me off humans generally. So I feel for you, my friend. Hope your life is better now? This guy that Charlie is talking about though, his website and Tic Tok seem to be fair game to me. Charlie usually says, “Don’t!” go and tell these people what you think of them on their channels, but this HAS TO BE the exception! The whole basis of his schtick is based on invading people’s personal space and ruining their days. I hope an army of DM’s crush him until he stops and thinks about what he’s doing with his life.
We had a massive issue in my apartment building with door to door salesman, except they were scammers. They knew that the apartment building had one specific electric company. So that utilized that to Target people. They would dress up and pretend they are from the electric company there to give them "a discount if they can get their account number." iSolarr
Part of the reason I hated my carpet steaming job that I had before my current job was that they didn’t want cleaners, they wanted salesman. They didn’t care about quality work, they cared about who could up sell the services the most and the schmucks that focused more on good work were always punished with the redo cleanup jobs for no money. Worked with our branch’s top salesman once and watching him bully an old lady into agreeing to adding on her sectional just to mist it with water while she was out of the room disgusted me to my core. Glad I’m working in a non-sales job now.
I will not give any names for obvious reasons. I work (I'm not proud but work is work and I have a family to maintain) for a very large financial institution and one of the top money lenders for cars for people with bad credit. We have this dealership... I have lost count of how many complaints we have received. I have reported them more than once (back when I was new and naive) for being basically scammers and sleazeballs. Their salesmen are absolutely disgusting. Yes my company continues to do business with them instead of cutting ties like any person with a conscience would do. Why? Because they bring a lot of money. I know that my company knows that they are a bunch of liars and scammers. I have brought it to their attention many times. They don't care. As long as a profit can be made, let the used car salesmen (literally) lie to people. Good luck in court. I don't expect working there for much longer. The only reason I am still there is that I have personal reasons that required vacations. I feel zero pride working for that company.
my dad did door to door sales in the UK, my takeaway from the experiences he's told me about is that middle class neighbourhoods were the most likely to close a deal with but the lower class neighbourhoods were the most friendly and most likely to offer you to come in for a cuppa or a beer
I'm starting to feel like the best way to drive away door to door salesmen is to pitch _them_ some random product before they can get to theirs, the absolute shock and confusion might stunlock them long enough to beat even a high level salesman, and if it doesn't work first try you'll have a very entertaining 15min boss fight of sales pitches.
I’ve had a gun pulled on me one night, but completely understandable. Super cool guy at the end of the day, and we had a good laugh. If he wasn’t just a normal guy, I probably would’ve been shot.
As someone who does door to door, my general belief is that you shouldn’t use it to build a clientele unless it’s something people would need. Also once you hear the magic word no that is when you just leave. There’s no point in wasting someones time who doesn’t need what you are selling.
When I had done it, my supervisors liked the idea of three no’s. Yet I knew when someone didn’t actually want the product. I also was a good human being and cared for my customers so lol. Now I’m a teacher and feel way better!
Circle of trust lol I do d2d as well, but yeah, the best approach is just being indifferent. If the customer wants it, they'll let you know, and if they don't, best to leave it there
@malachiramirez2004 the first no is foreplay .. 3 no's is the golden rule .. and no I would not waste time on a hard no, but at the same time most people are programmed to say no a few times before closing
I did door to door appointment setting for exterior remodeling salesmen and that's exactly what we did. I told them right away, I'm not selling anything but I noticed their (roof, siding, windows) looked like they could use some work and my company will be in this area on X week so if they're interested in any exterior remodeling then I can set up an appointment. If they said they weren't interested I said alrighty, thanks for your time and I left, sometimes I'd offer a card if they said they might be interested but weren't sure. I got 10-20 appointments a day and 5-20 ended up in sales every week meaning a few thousand dollars in bonuses for me and tens of thousands in sales for the company. I only went to houses that actually could use work and knocked on probably less than 100 doors a day. I truly believe that just being a decent person in any line of business will ultimately make you the most money in the long run.
The worst thing is when door to door salesmen make things difficult, I had a guy try to tell me that he 'wasn't trying to sell me anything' lol. I ended up just shutting the door on his face.
Living in America as a foreigner, I always just pretended like I don't understand the salesman, and talk like I'm still learning the language. You can see them giving up very quickly once they realize they're wasting their time, not yours. Or maybe the ones I met were just nice fellas.
Your like my mum, pretending she's to dumb to use fast forward on the remote just so I'll do it. Or every chinese person trying to bring through dodgy food through border security.
@@blakeariusong. Or those ppl tht come in and say they dk how to send emails where i work. And theyre tops 30 smn. And some r elderly with grnadkids who cldve taught them. Or ive taught them before. But u guyses situations r def funny* at least
I KNEW IT 😂😂😂😂😂 I sell door to door and i’m as always wondering how people don’t know english after living here. So i just demonstrate what i do now and speak very simple english. it’s good to know that now i just look like an idiot 😂
I once had a job as the salesman. Was nervous about it, but the branch manager hyped me up. I hated it, absolutely hated it. The money I earned felt gross and other times it felt like I was working for free...which I was. When my branch manager started suggesting lying to close deals, I dipped.
When i served a mission and sold door to door at different times at my life and in. Both cases we were told many times. "If they say no, leave." I know obviously there are pleanty of missionaries and salespeople who dont listen to that but the genuine respect you earn from people by just repescting their boundries (especially if they have a sign i.e. no soliciting) will do so much more for their perception of you and the organization you're with than any sales pitch ever could.
My sister was approached by a salesperson, and at some point he supposedly went on for a while about how much she's wasting his time and how he'd make more money without her. Needless to say she never bought a damn thing, nor ever cared for the company again. I don't know how this is supposed to be effective.
Yeah this is usually my approach with any sort of sales person who's too stubborn to take no for an answer. I indulge them and really make it seem like I'm interested, then hit them with the "I have no interest to buy anything from you, sorry" after they've wasted 15 mins on me.
I heard they're sometimes rude on purpose so the people get upset and call the company later that apologizes and says the respective employee has been fired and then offer you a discount on their products.
@@user-up1id5rv2m Yeah. Initial prices are always marked up like crazy. Then they'll just apologise and seemingly appeal to you by offering a discount. Some people will bite then because they either did have some vested interest in the product/service or they might feel guilty and make the purchase, etc. What you can do then is to negotiate further with the guy to get even more discounts, then proceed to tell them you'll think about it some more. Same with scammers, the best way to deal with sales people is to waste their time because time = money. They'll know not to call you again after that.
if i owned my own place and i had salespeople knock my door, im going to be kind enough to open it and see what they are selling to see if i would actually want to look into it and see if i want to buy it. i'll look at their websites, ill ask questions, look into the products and go from there. i think what customers our selves tend to not do that we realistically should give some people the time of day for as door to door sales pitchers is, to give them a chance to explain the product because u dont no what they are trying to sell to u and it could actually be a really good product and something u would like to buy or keep returning to. not all companies for sales pitching jobs are bad and will return if you bought the item to give u deals and discounts on their products when uve bought one which is decent because not all of them do and most fake their prices. take whatever wifi connection u have bought and are on. when u buy the wifi thing and have it installed, u tend to get deals and discounts for certain things and extensions which are extremely cheap. i had this deal with sky in which i had 3 months free of protecting 3 devices in my home which if broken or needed replacing as long as it wasnt by our own hands, would be replaced for free or we would be given the money on how much the market price of it currently costs. after that, the next month would be at half the normal price for this extension b4 finally going back its normal price in which u can cancel at any point in time. i currently still have this extension however im needing to cancel it i just dont no how to get around with contacting them and getting it sorted as i was setting it up while i was tryna get to work at the same time. so idk alot of what was said and what the T&C's of it were because the guy on the phone was scottish and the phone i was ringing it on was very quiet and would have consistant issues making it hard to understand. my only issue with it but ill be able to sort it out.
@@user-up1id5rv2mYeah, that usually goes “I am so sorry to hear that Salesman was so disrespectful to you. He was fired the other day, so we’d like to offer you our ‘special discount’…” Probably is extremely effective. You’re getting a “discount” about thing they advertised, so people think they’re getting a deal when they’re getting scammed
I always wonder why people answer the door to people they don't know. When I'm home I want to be left alone, if I'm not expecting company or a delivery I'm not answering the door. I'm not paranoid or anything, I just wanna be left in peace
Yeah, if youre not expecting company, 99% of the time its people you have no interest in talking to. Once in a blue moon its someone you know just stopping by randomly but most of the time its salesmen or religious fanatics.
Imagine it’s an emergency going on and someone’s like “I didn’t know who it was so I didn’t answer next thing I know everything I owned and loved is burnt to a crisp” 😂😂😂
this is giving me flashbacks to an aggressive gamestop manager at the gamestop i used to go to. He would never shut up about the powerup membership and all the stuff i could preorder that day. I literally told him 6 times in the same visit i didn't want to renew my membership yet, and had to tell him NO to all the preorders he was trying to push. I would avoid his line anytime there was another employee there. Also, everyone needs to buy a NO SOLICITING sign, i havent had a salesman at my door in about 10 years. they do still leave those door hangers though, but at least i dont have to talk to any of them.
I’m so glad you made this video! I can’t stand those guys and they’re scamming young kids Into buying their course by lying to them about how much you can make and how easily door to door is when everyone hates dtd salesmen’s
I do door to door sales. I make a VERY good living doing it. I sell a service that’s free until it comes to fruition sometimes a month or more later. Just because you’re locked in the rat race doesn’t mean everyone else is.
@@ryanstevens4477then you gotta say that about all salesmen. Yes, there are certainly snakes but they were plenty of us who take ethics and respect to a higher standard. Our team fed the hungry every month and anyone who were caught lying were instantly canned. Outlier office but still. BS breeds a BS culture/office . Highstandarda breeds the ultimate team that homeowners respect more so than average
I remember in college when I was desperate to get a job on my resume, I almost joined a company that was in this sort of business. Fortunately, before the second round of interviews I had post-nut clarity and decided to just take my chances on a job in my field of expertise
Gotta love the way he (presumably) talked himself out of a sale with the "if it's worth doing later, it's worth doing today" pitch. This is what happens when salespeople don't understand or pay attention to the way contractor jobs are scheduled. I work in appliances and you see issues coming from that all the time with new construction and renovation projects.
I didn't think door to door salesmen still existed. In the early 2000's i had a job trying to sell like $2000 vaccums door to door. They'd drop us off in a neighborhood, assign us blocks then give us a meeting spot and time to go back. It was about a mile from my house so after about 6 doors slammed in my face and a bit of humiliation, i left the vaccum on someone's lawn and walked home feeling slightly defeated lol. Shortest job i think I've ever had.
I hooked up with a chick who was going door to door selling kerbee vacuums. I told her to stop by after her route if she wanted a drink or two afterwards lmao
I live in Utah. A lot of the pesticides, solar, etc salesmen you might of encountered in the US probably came from here. This is a recruitment hub because of the amount of returned Mormon missionaries. Ive seen these tactics be trained into people and it is wild to see everyone else finally seeing it
Right I can't even count the amount of people I know/have heard of being "in solar" or similar avenues living in Utah. Horrible. And I hardly ever hear them say they didn't like it which baffles me.
I knew someone who was a childhood friend that ended up like this guy. Worst part is that its not even an act for the sales pitch, even me and our close friend group became just another potential sale for him….as much we tried to get him to separate work from us he wouldn’t so we all eventually just had to stop talking to him
My husband *_LOOOOVES_* soliciters of any kind. Particularly if its the Mormons, because he was raised in the church, lmao. I've seen him stand on our porch and waste two full hours with some guys. He's turned it into an art form and its glorious to witness him in action 😂
@@jennzifurwait a second, challenge them? You can't just leave us with that and not tell the whole story, what would he challenge them to? how did he even do it?!
I’ve done very well for myself as a door to door salesman, with very few bad interactions. It’s all about being respectful of people who aren’t interested and not being an ass. We’re not all bad I swear.
Yeah Charlie has no idea how sales work. You don’t use a script because you see people as less than human, you use it to keep yourself on track and in control of the conversation. Besides, people would be surprised at how similar and almost identical most interactions are despite the script
At least he's not getting screamed at! His charm in his script keeps people from getting outright pissed so it makes his life a lot happier@@TezTheAztec
@@TezTheAztecI do see your point alltough I feel like in my experience some bad apples I worked with do use the script they have and can't really see the person they are talking to. So it doesent come off as dynamic and more like a robot reading it to a wall.
NPC script is the worst. I did door to door before. If the product or service sucks, there is no way to sell. The key is to find the one who can be benefited, and make the process as painless as possible.
Nah man. An actual GOOD door to door salesman needs to have a decent ability to improv. Your approach needs to differ depending on the person. This dude and his weird pickup like-esque script is just bad. You can't make the customer feel odd about your interaction the moment they open the door. Sure he may get some sales but he would do a hell of a lot better without the NPC script.
I worked not as a door to door salesman but a telemarketer for a whopping 2 weeks. I knew within the first day I was not going to be there long. Stayed long enough to collect a paycheck and bounced. Sad part is there were numerous people there who had been there for YEARS. They all seemed utterly miserable
I’m a salesman - you gotta respect the “No”. Trying to force the sale only hurts you long term. It would be much better to say, “ Would you be interested in me checking in next year to gauge interest?” Most people say yes, which means you have a cell phone and a requested follow-up. Then, next year you call and say, “We spoke last year - it wasn’t a good time then, but you asked me to call and set this up in a year. What do you think?”
A moral salesman sure. But 99% of the time your never going to uphold a lead to the importance it should be. I'd rather make $200 THAT day and have a few more no's thrown in my face than have a 2% chance at following up months later.
@@system331 the thing with sales: situations change year after year. I’ve found that many people who give you a “No” one year are interested in a free quote the next year. The most important thing for me is to always establish a next step (like, reaching out next year). If they agree to a next step (most do), then I reference that when I reach out again: “You asked me to reach out in a year to get you a free quote.” That almost always lands the quote. The question is, are you playing the long game or the short game. I’ve found more success and better relationships playing the long game. As for how I manage all those contacts, I use a prospect management system (Pipedrive), which holds info, tracks prospect progress, and schedules next steps into my calendar.
@@enzime that’s not how I see it. If they agree to a follow-up, then a follow-up they shall have. If they say no, I respect. However, most people like that I honor their answer straight up - much preferred to being pushy. If they say no this year, I think it’s perfectly reasonable for me to say, “I understand and won’t take up much more of your time this year. Would it be alright if I checked in next year just like I did today?” In my opinion, that’s being very courteous. This works for me - if something else works for you, I say go for it. I’m just not a fan of burning bridges (which is what the gentleman in the video is doing). Like I said, if you’re in sales and doing something different works, don’t let me stop you. Enjoy the success!
This is pretty different, but I helped my sisters sell girl scout cookies a year or two ago and man... its brutal. People just arent ready for the cookie wisdom.
At least girl scouts have to charm to them. It's kids, who doesn't want to support kids who are actually putting in work... This guy is just lame. His pitch is bad , his prices are high. No redeeming qualities
Girl scout cookies generally fly pretty fast--I wouldn't say that's a real-world sales experience, just like selling lemonade at a lemonade stand when you're 8 isn't the same as owning a business. People buy these things to support the kids and feel good about themselves for the rest of the day, not because they wanted to buy overpriced cookies or lemonade.
I can’t imagine doing this with people’s homes. I used to do door to door for businesses and that was hard enough. Literally no one wants what you’re selling no matter what it is
I could not finish this lol. I worked sales for 20 years. A lot of this is standard practice and it hit way to close to home. Most company’s make you get rejected 3 times before giving up
I was a door-to-door salesman, and I think I can unravel this mystery. It is possible he's a very successful door-to-door salesman My closing rate was about 5%, but that is still above average. I know that sounds low, but Charlie said it, nobody likes door-to-door salesman. The best in the business usually never come close to closing one out of 10 pitches, so you just have to get used to failing more often than not, there is no way around it. As to why he's choosing to display his failures, more than his successes, I think it's just more entertaining. He wouldn't have a successful online presence otherwise, it just brings in more people.
Probably the most sensible comment here. It makes sense, I don’t get why people act like him using similar lines to people is something new to sales. When I sold gym memberships at planet fitness our pitch was given to us verbatim for on the phone or in person. And the only thing that changed was Sir/Ma’am. The interpersonal sales shit is usually at the end near closing and not in the first beginning and middle
Yeah, been in door to door for a year. I've literally sold window washing. Easiest way to make $250-500 in a day. It's like gambiling but the results are guaranteed. Just keep knocking, be funny, and don't get the cops called on you, and you'll get deals. Pretty full proof.
@phoenixb5787 most people here don't understand it. They don't understand sales and have worked for a bad company. This is working for yourself and offering a home service, that's all and it works. I've only knocked 4 homes and sold 2
@@MBSMythicno bro he's not just getting told no and leaving he's insulting them and their intelligence after they say no. This is either a prank or he's a horrible salesman 😂. The fact you can't see that is weird
I've had one door to door salesman come to my house in my entire life. He was very nice, not pushy at all, and sold me very reasonably priced cleaner concentrate I still use years later that was only $20 It was kinda fun honestly.
LOL, I had the same thing first year I got my house. Dude came up wanting to sell some cleaner. I was new to this, so just bought it so he'd leave. 99% sure his was a scam, but if you got something real, that's cool!
I had a brief stint in door to door sales selling fire safety equipment that actually worked and was really good. I made a couple sales just being nice and showing them a quick demonstration, but people do not like being sold to at home, they can smell a pitch from a mile away, and if someone says “no” to me, I’m leaving, so it didn’t last. I was encouraged to get my foot in the door, look for the nearest expensive item, and tell them how much it would suck to replace it or their precious family memories/pictures. It’s a no from me. I never went back and never will.
I did door to door sales for 1 week (In UK) and instantly quit. I hated how I was treated, by the company. I did the 9am - 5:30pm like they asked, yet expected me to stay out till 8pm. They only let me quit the week after because I ended up having a very bad panic attack. I'm so glad I quit because despite how "family orientated" they acted I felt like I was looked down upon. They encouraged me to spend my life on work and to forget family/ friends. They expected me to go on 1 week business trips for more sales. It may have been 1 week but it was 1 week of pure hell. The way they talked about customers behind their backs also made me wanna quit too and how they talked about other employees that also quit was horrid, describing them as weak and incompetent. They would also get mad at me if I accepted "no" from a customer saying I should just push on with the sale. I hated that the most because I am not the kind of person to push boundaries, especially if someone is already uncomfortable. It wasn't worth the pay they were offering me. Im glad I quit. Never doing such a job again
@@Zargabaath I am aware I could have walked away. That is exactly what I did after a week. I walked away. I stopped listening to their manipulation tactics and decided to not stay before I got more wrapped up. You are right I could have walked away sooner but they manipulated me into staying a bit longer with a promise of it would get better. It didn't get better. I quitted. Simple as.
I use to sell internet/tv as a door to door and legit tried to help customers who wanted the service. We had a script but a lot of time I built rapport and cared for the people I talked to. Mainly because I knew they probably got a lot of other salesman trying to shove stuff into their faces and I understood the frustration. I’m glad Im in a better job now but I can’t say door to door didn’t teach me confidence and how to talk to complete strangers. You learn there are still a lot of good people in the world.
Had door to door electric company pretending to work for the electric company saying it would be cheaper. Turns out it costed 3x that amount and some third party that sells electric to that company. Told him he can't be on the private property unless he got permission from the landlord. Walked him 200m to the office. No one was there of course. He continued anyway. He didn't care if I told him the truth and to find a better job. They will have different people by next year anyway.
Don't know why there would need to be a door to door salesman for internet/TV when TV stations have existed for almost 100 years. And today, it's very territorial. Even if another company stopped at my door, it wouldn't be available because the large corporation has a monopoly in the area.
I work as a window cleaner. A few months ago during our slower season, there was a period where work was either optional or you could do door-to-door knocking. Of course I chose to stay home. I know how pissed people get over soliciting, even most cities in my area have required soliciting badges.
As someone who used to work in sales for years, if you want to get back at rude salesmen after saying no, tell them “I only give my business to winners and I don’t see one”
If you're gonna go promote this kind of service (window cleaning, pressure washing, etc.) you're better off leaving leaflets. That way you don't have to go through this awkward rigamarole and you leave them with your contact information which they can use at any time if they want your service.
I've seen some videos from a guy that does yard work on abandoned houses for free, which he asks the neighbors about and tells them what he's doing. Much more likely to gain customers with that sort of tactic.
I've worked for guys who did door to door and leaflets, and door to door is far superior. Everyone says they hate door to door sales people, but the numbers don't lie. Some people will never buy from a door to door sales person but a lot of those people would probably never buy from a leaflet as well.
Spoken like someone who has zero idea what they're talking about and has never tried it. How many leaflets that are stuck under your door do you look at before throwing away?
No one likes feeling like they are being sold to. People are sold to all the time, but when we catch on, it feels particularly scummy. That's why when a salesman comes up to you and starts making small talk, and being all charming, it immediately sets off red flags that say "this guy is just trying to butter me up for a sale".
you get sold to everyday. like watching this video. at the end of the day we’re all consumers. you got suckered into watching this video just off of a few worlds in a title and a picture. Moist has a good two for entertaining videos but at the end of the day it’s his income and a product he has to sell to us the viewers to make his money. everyone gets sold to. some are just better than others
I mean, this is pretty accurate when it comes to door-to-door sales it really is just a Numbers game. The more doors you knock on the more sales you’ll more than likely get, but of course, that comes with a lot of people closing the door in your face.
It’s just as you said, if someone is able to get everything wrong on a test it’s only possible if they know all the right answers and go on to avoid it
"Ms. Palmer down the street..." is a common gimmick that D2D salesmen do to try and trick you into thinking that other people in the neighborhood are buying your product, but 9/10 is just a flat out lie to try and trick you into buying the product or service. They taught me that at my D2D job and other companies teach it too. I always hated using that boilerplate pitch cause I always felt like I was lying to the customer. My boss did not like it when I told him that I didn't like lying to the customer.
I only use that if I actually talked to the person I mentioned. Normally when I got to a new area (since I worked for a company who sold security cameras/alarm systems) I'd find the people with our sign outside talk to them for a bit and ask about their neighbors. If I could I'd get a post from them on an app called "Nextdoor" which basically let's the neighborhood know I'm in the area
My first job interview for "marketing" ended up being door to door. Day 1 was going with someone who had worked showing you the gift of the gab, the "law of averages" in which on 100 doors you will get 3 sales. There were 3 other young people (18) who where really sold on how much you could earn, all I saw was you could have days where you earn nothing.
SAME BRO SAME. Did they also did the gumball analogy for you with "If you have 986 red balls and 4 green ones you need to twist the gumball 100 times to get all the greens" like broooo
I feel that if you just get rid of the "salesman" persona, simply come up to the house and straight out say what you're about (ie. cleaning windows) while also looking like it (work clothes and equipment on hand), it's faaaar more likely to land you a sale
The thing people don’t understand is people don’t want to talk to you as a d2d salesman. They don’t want to buy anything so you have to build some trust, rapport, Value and need first, then close, at that point they have an objection you can resolve, or are not interested.
Dang I actually just recently left my D2D salesman job and I couldn’t imagine treating people like this. Yeah some people are mad when answering the door but 99% of the time they’re very respectful if you are to them.
at least in that first clip, those steps are all the things I was taught to do door to door sales. Minus the whole arguing with them part near the end. We're also just taught to count the no's. Its expected to get a bunchhhhh of no's before anyone even bites at your pitch. I always hated the idea of pushing when people say no. They taught that you had to keep pushing until a person said no 3 times, and then you could finally leave. I absolutely hated it. I wasn't even a salesman. I was a technician who they wanted to do sales too.
I did roofing sales for a short time and it was honestly beyond aggressive with our training. Manager's rule was "if you get into their home, you dont leave until you have the sale"
I am a real estate agent and a huge part of the way i get clients is going door to door, if you arent a dickhead and respect peoples boundaries when they really arent interested, youll do good and most people will be pleasant, theres a lot of benefits to it, you get over your fear of social interactions, you get better at starting conversations, you learn how to read body language, you gain confidence during social interactions, you learn how to handle rejection, and more. It does actually work if you do it right. its not about convincing someone to buy a product or service, its about finding someone who already needs said product/service and handling any objections they might have, for example, if someone tells me they arent interested in buying or selling a home at all, then i move on, but if someone mentions that they'd like to but they're waiting for interest rates to drop, then i handle that objection and keep talking and moving forward. If youre kind and considerate and you know what youre doing, you really won't have a bad time.
Oliver isn't a door to door window cleaning salesman... he's selling his online training courses to people watching his videos... that's why his videos are labeled things like "Make $1000 a day, I'll show you how". He's only using his videos to drive traffic to his website where he will attempt to sell you his training courses for like $5000. He doesn't even do the window cleaning himself... he subcontracts the work to other people.
@@mariya_tortilla Probably the same principle as phishing, spams and pyramid schemes - you don't need to convince everyone, you just have to reach enough people for the 0.1 % of gullible idiots to amount to a decent profit. It doesn't matter if you only sell to the village idiot if you can reach enough villages.
I worked at a call center that was intended to be "Legal Services" but really we had people out at truck stops nagging people about joining our Pontzi scheme for lawyers to fight their cases while they were on the road like right outside their truck doors.
its usually the lower income neighborhoods where people arent super uptight about this sorta stuff. i sold solar panels and alarms for 4 summers and mostly encountered uptight people in richer areas.
I was a door to door salesman for a summer. If you have a real product that stands on its own, anyone can do it, it just comes down to consistently knocking on doors. You have to be able to handle rejection like it's nothing though, which is easier said than done. I had people react to me in extreme ways simply for knocking on their doors. Had the cops called a few times too.
I used to be a door to door salesperson because I was desperate for the $500 a week and the job description was purposely deceptive as to what the "sales" position was. I got fired because when people said they weren't interested, I would simply not push them and leave.
I left health insurance sales to be a high school custodian. At first felt like a big step down in life and it was scary, I definitely make less money. But God being a salesperson, especially over the phone, was just soul crushing. If anyone else is out there thinking of leaving sales, DO IT! Best decision I've ever made, 1,000% happier.
Can't speak on insurance sales but i worked in cell phone sales for about 3 years and top performers(top 10%) earned roughly 90K after their 10K bonus. The average was about 55-60K though. That being said it was the most mentally draining thing i've ever had to do, you're being micro-managed constantly, are told to offer to the customer 3 times and after the third no you are supposed to go to the back to get a manager involved. Managers refused to help with customer escalations and billing disputes. You're basically told to lie to people, and exaggerate the truth so far that people often forget or are confused as to what is going on. It's great money especially just starting out, but man is it toxic.
So I did something similar for a Credico company, except it was selling internet in Walmarts. The turnover rate for the company was absurd, and basically the only reason anyone stayed was because of emotional manipulation. We were "independent contractors", so we didn't get any benefits or minimum wage despite working over 75 hours a week. Some people (like my roommates) literally just made nothing some weeks. Here's the schedule I worked when living in Tampa: Monday - Saturday -- 7:30 am arrive at office in Tampa for leaders' meeting and interviews -- 10:00 am atmosphere (basically just drilling people on their sales pitches as loud music blared. usually ended with managers hyping people up/announcing the previous day's "high-rollers"). -- 11:00 am driving out to the events, which were always at Walmarts. I'd often times have to drive as far as Lakeland, Palmetto, and even Bradenton, and no one *ever* helped with fuel expenses -- ~7:30-8 pm arrive back at office to set goals with whoever I trained that day, have them meet with the main manager etc. 8:30 pm was the earliest I ever got out of there. It was basically a sales cult, and I'm extremely embarrassed to have moved halfway across the country for it
The Nest doorbell has helped me avoid the door to door window people, pressure washers, lawn care, and the always weird, “my truck broke down and I have a bunch of meat that my manager says I need to sell before it goes bad and I have to pay for it”.
Whenever me or any family sees a door to door salesperson around, we all just ignore them. After a few knocks, they leave. One time though, a guy just wouldn't give up, so my mom opened the door, said "NOPE." And then just shut the door back in his face. 😂
I once had a job with the Census where I had to go to addresses where either the occupants didn't submit their forms for the decade or it got lost in the mail or the like. The job is pretty much a script they made for anyone to use but you might be surprised how often I've approached a household and, while most were quite nice, even friendlier than I expected for such a task and how it can be taken, some people I kid you not looked at me like I was a G Man. They were hostile and refused to cooperate with me but it was like they were afraid of me or something. Their barking was usually behind a screen door or running back into their house with a look of panicked fear. I just am putting numbers on some paper for a population tracker and they can refuse to answer what they don't feel like. Looking back, I wouldn't be surprised if I'd have gotten assaulted or worse, haha.
What sucks is people like the guy Charlie is talking about make Census taker's jobs infinitely harder. People assume you're a salesman when you're just trying to collect information that helps the government function properly
So there's some interesting legal arguments to be made here. You don't need consent to film in public as in public there's no expectation to privacy. Since this is someone's home and property you do need consent to film HOWEVER since it seems they're filming from the street and everything visible in the video is visible from the street, they may be able to get by.
@@Haarschmuckfachgeschafttadpole Ya but YT has a privacy policy and will make you blur out faces if they complain.I’d assume tiktok has something similar.
As a door to door salesman for a week at Kirby, first they didn’t pay us for orientation and we had to make 15 appointments to make 650. Second they lied to us telling us we didn’t have to knock or sell and our team leads would do the knocking [they lied] We were working from 10:30-9 the latest I got home was 11pm. I sold 2 almost 3 but I’m glad I left town
I did canvassing, but was not nearly as bad. Still had rude people and situations were so awkward.. the good thing is I got paid hourly too so the environment was actually pretty healthy among us working college students. I can’t imagine how door to door sales would go though based on commissions…
We’ve started telling anyone knocking on our doors for *anything* that we charge $250 per hour for any consultation and require a 2 hour minimum. They always say “thank you for your time” and leave. 😂
Just respectfully say no and close the door. Why make up weird scenarios that aren't based in reality? You're only setting yourself up for negativity. I mean, they don't have to pay you at all, and can just ring the door and talk shit anyway. If they are in a bad mood this only throws flames on the fire. If they are nice people anyway and leave immediately, you would have had the same result with a 'no thank you, good luck' and a immediate door close
I work in a form of door to door. The second someone says no, I’m out. If they have a no soliciting sign, I won’t even bother. Never understood why these people keep going when the person clearly wants you gone
Yeah I understand why people don't like salesmen coming to their homes. But when I was one, man did I hate people who would just be like "we don't want any" without even knowing why I'm there or had those stupid "no salesmen" signs
@@mind-of-neosome people do these jobs themselves, or have friends/contacts who do it for them, many people just contact people as and when they need work doing, so why should they have to be harassed at their door by salesmen? You can’t hate people for wanting nothing to do with people who bother them on their own property lol.
I knocked on so many doors with no soliciting signs. I personally never had a single bad experience from it. I started to wonder why people even had them. The occasional "did you not see the sign?" which was really easy to brush off. "Oh, my apologies I actually hadn't seen it. My names..." I'm a pretty small blonde guy though so I don't look very intimidating to say the least.
I knocked on so many doors with no soliciting signs. I personally never had a single bad experience from it. I started to wonder why people even had them. The occasional "did you not see the sign?" which was really easy to brush off. "Oh, my apologies I actually hadn't seen it. My names..." I'm a pretty small blonde guy though so I don't look very intimidating to say the least.
I swear to god if someone said they didn't see my "no soliciting" sign, then began to go into a sales pitch I'd shut the door on their face, complete disregard for other people's wishes because they're so desperate to make a sale lol, embarassing.@@jeremyowen1
the only door to door salesman I ever hired was 1 dude offering bug spraying services with a fat discount. We needed the service so we took it, have had them for years now and added multiple properties. I don't think i'll have another pleasant door to door salesman story in my lifetime.
