I was watching a Newbie (been on the floor about 2 months) the other day trying to sell a new car. He was new to the car business, but he was following all the steps to the sale exactly as he was trained to do. He did a great walk around, a test drive and a service walk and then he sat his customer down at his desk. Everything that I had seen so far looked like it was going to be a deal and he would make a fair car salesman commission.

Car Salesman Commission and the Newbie

I kept watching and tried to get close enough to hear what was going on, but not to close. The Newbie went through the Four Square and the normal objections, got an offer and took it to the desk. I went into the Sales Office and listened to him try to sell the desk on his customer’s offer. The Desk Manager called him a “Weak Stick” told him to pull up his pants, penciled him back and told him to get a bump of he was going to be splitting his car salesman commission.

Get a Better Car Salesman Commission

So the Newbie goes back and starts grinding his customer for a bump while I listen close by. He starts out strong and in what seems like less than 5 minutes he gets a $25.00 bump in payment. From everything I know and have seen so far, he has a deal with the $25.00 bump. He stops at the $25.00 bump and heads back for the Sales Office. He is proud of his payment bump and tries to sell the desk that his customer won’t bump anymore. The Desk Manager is working several deals so he says “Write it Up”. The Newbie get a big smile on his face starts doing paperwork while thinking about his sales commission from the car sale.

Let’s fast forward to the Newbie’s customer coming out of the F&I Office. The Newbie does a spot delivery and the customer thanks the Newbie and drives away happy. I then go it to the F&I Office and find out that the Finance Manager bumped the Newbie’s customer almost $45.00 a month. He sold him an extended warranty, tire warranty, and got him on rate. The Finance Manager picked up a nice car sales commission and the Newbie end up with a few bucks over a Mini.

Opportunity for More Car Salesman Commission

I asked the Sales Manager why he took that deal and he said he had several deals working and he wanted to boost the newbies confidence and teach him a lesson. He asked me to show the Newbie where he went wrong and how much more car salesman commission he could have made.

The above example is not a common one, but it illustrates a good point. The Newbie got a bump pretty easy which tells a Car Sales Professional that there is more to be had. But the Newbie got a $25 bump, got excited and believed his customer. Then the Finance Manager got almost $45.00 a month more. Granted the Finance manager did a great job, but if the Newbie stuck in there a while longer and  worked his customer he probably could of got at least half of that $45.00 a month a better car salesman commission.

I am good friends with our Finance Managers, but when we are talking about putting money in my pocket it’s all business and friends don’t enter the picture when it comes to my car salesman income. The job of the Finance Manager is to get more AFTER I get all I can. I come first when it comes to money and my car sales commission.

It’s Your Car Sales Commission

So remember as a car salesman tip, when you are working a deal, what you don’t get the Finance Manager WILL get. So hang in there and get the extra. To put a different way; if your car sales commission is 30% and you get an extra $100.00 on the deal, you put an extra $30.00 in YOUR pocket. Now think if you got an extra $500 on the front end of the deal, that’s $150 for maybe an extra 15 or 20 minutes of work. So are you giving away your car salesman job commission? When you get a little extra on most of your deals that can add up to quite a bit of money over a year to increase your car salesman income. Remember the Finance Manager comes AFTER you, so where you rather put that sales commission, if your pocket of the Finance Manager’s pocket.

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Later, Fresh Up on the Lot
K.B.

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Telling is not selling and being a car salesman requires you to sell your customer rather than tell them. Most people are very skeptical when it comes to believing what other people say unless they are a trusted and respected source. They will believe someone that they know or have a reputation of being honest and sincere. People are resistant to having other people TELL them anything and especially a good car salesmen.

Being a Car Salesman and Our Image

Be A Car Salesman and Get Your Customer Engaged

I don’t think I have to tell you this, but I will anyway. Most people don’t trust car salesmen or car dealers. Being a car salesman may not be the most glamorous career, but when you can earn a six figure income selling cars for a living you should be able to be proud of what you do.  The average consumer is bombarded by the media and society with stories of how bad and dishonest car salesmen are and that they are not to be trusted. To be a good car salesmen and especially a successful one, we need to overcome the image that the average person has of our profession.

Be a Car Salesman and Get Them Involved

Lets get back telling and selling. Being a car salesmen to some is telling their customers about the car they are trying to sell. When you tell car buyers about the great features a car has they are often resistant to what you are saying. You need to get them involved, you need to have them experience the features. They need to see, hear and feel the features you are talking about. When they get involved and use their senses to experience these features their emotions become involved. When you show them and get them involved they will start believing in you and what you are selling.

Get your customer involved so they experience and feel the benefits. Get their emotions engaged and you will overcome their resistance. The car buyer that buys with logic alone pays a “Mini” but the car buyer that uses their emotions can help you create a very nice commission. Being the car salesman or car saleswoman that can get their buyers emotions involved in making their decisions is a good car salesman that has the potential to earn a six figure income.

Stop telling and start selling by getting your customer to see, feel, smell, touch and hear. When your words match their experiences you become believable and maybe even trusted so you can sell more cars and make more money.

Later, Fresh Up on the Lot
K.B.

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The Average Car Salesman Questions

You hear or see questions all the time asking how much does the average car salesman job earn or how many cars does the average car salesman sell. The average new or used car salesman doesn’t sell any cars or earn anything. There is no such thing as an average car salesman in the car business. I have seen car sales people earn less that $18,000 a year and others that earn a very nice six figure income. These same people may sell 3 or 4 cars a month while others may have sold 30 cars a month. Selling cars for a living is not a job that can be averaged out in order to make outsiders understand the car business because there is nothing average about a car sales career.

The Average Car Salesman is Never Average

A career in car sales is not one where “most” people can be successful. The good car salesman that sells car for a living is the farthest thing from the average car salesman. In fact a successful car salesman‘s success is dependent on their ability to connect and build a bond quickly with a very wide range of personalities. They can read their customer and adapt in seconds. They can read body language, they have the skills of a lie detector and they can change anything they need to change to build rapport with a potential car buyer.

The good car salesman might be compared to a chameleon for their ability to change and adapt to the situation at hand. Now I ask you, do you call that an average car salesman?

The Average Car Salesman Breakdown

When it comes to the breakdown of the “average car salesman” (being sarcastic) you have the following;

Newbies, Green Peas and Weak Sticks: They sell anywhere from 3 to 6 cars a month. The Newbies and Green Peas are understandable, buy if you are selling 3 to 6 cars a month for any length of time it is time to look for a new profession. Either they can’t close a door behind them or they just don’t care. Either way they are wasting “Fresh Ups”, time to move on.

The next group is hard to put a label on because is consists of a wide range of sales people (maybe, average car salesmen-being sarcastic again). The car sales people in this group range from 6 to 12 cars a month depending on their efforts, motivation, personal work ethic and ability to connect with different personality types. They might earn $25,000 a year up to $75,000 a year. They could be a the best car salesman at their dealership if they would make the effort and hone their skills.

The last group has been called many different names. Some call them veterans (but they may have been selling cars for a living for less than a year). Some people call them closers, top sales people, sharks, and a whole host of other names. They are the Top Sales People. They are selling cars consistently, month in and month out. They may sell anywhere from 16 to 30 cars a month and the are making a six figure income. Very often this group of car salesmen and car sales women sell 20% of a car dealers total volume. They close deals, sell extras, get referrals, make more gross and deliver lots of cars. They know how to connect with customers, sell cars and make a nice car salesman commission.

Now, back to the issue at hand. Can you tell me which one is the average? That’s right, there is no such thing as an average car salesman. Only successful ones and ones that are becoming the best car salesman at their dealership, the rest need to go.

Later, Fresh Up on the Lot
K.B.

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You start wondering why you are selling cars for a living and you are concerned about your car salesman income. You know that the days of the month are clicking by and you have not sold a car. You don’t want another weekly check that is a draw that is not enough to pay for lunch and coffee for the next week. All you can think of is how desperate you are to sell a car. You taking every up you can get.

Being Desperate and Selling Cars for a Living Does Not Work

It is strange and the only to describe this occurrence is to compare it to the way an animal can smell fear. When you are selling cars for a living and you desperately need to sell a car your car buyer can sense or smell your desperation. They can some how feel how badly you need to sell a car and are more resistant to connecting with you. They are not usually consciously aware that you are desperate, but they sense it and naturally back away.

The Newbie and Selling Cars for a Living

This desperation is very common to Newbies and Green Peas when they start selling cars for a living, but it can happen to even the most experienced auto sales professional. Being aware of this situation can help tremendously, but more importantly you need to change the way that you think and interact with your customers.

Regardless of how desperate you may be to sell a car you need to stop focusing on that fact and focus on your customer. Successfully selling cars for a living is dependent on your ability to focus on the customer in front of you. They are talking to you because they want to buy a car. Period. They need to feel that you are concerned about their wants and needs instead of your own. It is important for you to make them feel comfortable so they can say Yes, I will take that deal.

Car Salesman Tip: No matter what your customer thinks or asks, tell them that selling cars for a living has been good and things are going great. Sales have been good and your car salesman income has hardly changed. Let them know that the economy has had very little impact on your sales because your repeat business has been keeping you busy. Tell them you have had practically no change in your sales because get lots of referrals from happy customers.

Selling cars for a living and hitting that six figure income is dependent on you making your car buyer think that they are buying a car because it is a good deal and they want the car, not because you need to sell a car.

Later, Fresh Up on the lot.
K.B.

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I have sold cars to many people that would tell me that they sold cars before and when I ask them more about their car sales career I find out that they had a hard time making a consistent income. I am not talking about these people, stories and rumors to scare anyone from being a car salesman or car saleswoman. In fact I am a big fan of a career in car sales. I think it is one of the best ways to make a six figure income and have some fun at the same time.

Being A Car Salesman or Car Sales Woman – You Can Too!

Many people could sell cars for a living and do quite well if they understood the car business better and that is one of the reasons our blog Car Sales Professional. Many people think that in being a car salesman means that you need to have the “Gift of Gab” or to be a very social and talkative person. That is not the case when it comes to selling cars. In many cases new sales people that talk too much will very often talk themselves out of a sale before they knew what happened. Talking is a very small part of the overall communication between the car salesman and the customer.

Being a car salesman does not require any specialized skills, it just requires you to have an open mind and be willing to learn the car business. Any car dealership that you sell for will have a car sales training system that they use because it works for them. Follow their car sales training system, pay close attention to everything, watch the top sales people and read our car salesman tips.

You will notice that the top sales people and the bottom sales people use the same system, the difference is the sales person. Being a car salesman or car sales woman or should I say the top salesman requires a positive attitude, a desire to succeed and going the extra mile by learning all you can learn about selling cars. Don’t forget to implement the Car Salesman Tips on the blog and take more ups.

Later, fresh up on the lot
K.B.

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