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8 Things to Review Before Accepting a Sales Commission Plan

Sales Hacker

That’s how my friend Stacey describes the way sales compensation plans have changed over the last 15 years of her SaaS career. Why do sales compensation plans have to be so complex? Sales compensation was set up to ensure that reps are suitably rewarded for their performance. Bookings vs. invoices. Ramp policy.

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What’s typical commission for SaaS salesperson? [Really 10%?]

Incredo

or “how long should I spend on developing my software ?”. To answer your questions correctly, we need to ask for clarification and more details about your software, its complexity and company goals. If you search on Google, Youtube or Quora, answers will tell you that 7%, 9%, 10% or more is the common approach. See below!

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What’s typical commission for SaaS salesperson? [Really 10%?]

Incredo

or “how long should I spend on developing my software ?”. To answer your questions correctly, we need to ask for clarification and more details about your software, its complexity and company goals. If you search on Google, Youtube or Quora, answers will tell you that 7%, 9%, 10% or more is the common approach. See below!

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The Rising Importance of Reseller Channels in SaaS

Tom Tunguz

Plus, value-added resellers charged buyers on a per-project basis which doesn’t align neatly with the recurring subscription intrinsic to SaaS. By leveraging another company’s sales team, your startup’s cost to book a marginal revenue dollar decline, as revenue scales and net margin increases.

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Do SaaS Affiliate Programs Work? [+7 Related Stories from SaaS people]

Incredo

4) Which compensation structures do SaaS companies usually follow? And end up wasting their time and resources with affiliates that underperform. I see many SaaS companies jump headlong into creating an affiliate program thinking it will bring in a large number of customers without much effort. But is your website ready?

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How to develop a success management strategy

Chart Mogul

Ingmar, our VP of Customer Success, and our support team cracked the code on first response time and measuring NPS. As we grow, we’re able to spend more time developing the proactive tiers of the pyramid without de-prioritizing a strong foundation of fast, helpful ticket replies and features that delight.

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How the ‘Netflix for Mac apps’ plans to beat Apple at subscriptions

Chart Mogul

After several recent high-profile Mac apps pivoted to a subscription model, users are left feeling cheated. Developer MacPaw is planning to solve that, with Setapp - the first all-you-can-eat subscription service for Mac apps. So it’s not that we’re getting rich during the development period, and even richer after each update.