Outbound SDR Comp Structure - What's the sweet spot?

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I'm putting together an SDR Comp Plan 2.0 for the future of my small SDR team. I'm a believer in comping the right behaviours such as qualified opps and closed won %, but I'm always finding ways to add variable income for SDRs such as bonus' around consistency etc.. The existing plan is good, but I'm looking to make the next one better.


My main question is - how much should I pay out per Sales Accepted meeting, and what are some great comp plans (or not so great) that you all have seen or enjoyed in the past that you would say worked in motivating and fairly compensating SDRs (specifically outbound prospecting, not inbound marketing qualifying).


The volume for my SDRs will be around 7-10 qualified outbound meetings per month likely for the next 6-10 months.


Wondering if there is a % of average deal size to consider here. Our average deal size is above $10k USD but below $15k USD. But we're moving up market quite a bit these last 6-8 months as we're a new team.


Are we talking $150/ sales accepted? $200?


Looking for some inspiration - Thanks!

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BlueJays2591
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Federal Business Dev Director
We go off of meetings created and then the reps will get more points once the meeting is moved to a certain stage so we can focus on higher quality meetings over quantity. 
Jaga
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Director of Sales and Business Development
ya my existing plan is $100 per sales qualified meeting (meaning the meeting took place and the AE is pushing it through the pipe)
, a % of ACV if it closes, and $200 for every qualified opp created over and above your monthly quota.

Im more wondering what the amounts are that people think makes sense. as well as any unique structures that im not considering.

Can you tell me more about those "points" you used for meeting progression

BlueJays2591
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Federal Business Dev Director
we have a monthly commission total and a point total quota so commission is based off of % of quota achieved. 1 point for setting a meeting/opportunity (needs to have at least authority and need behind the meeting set) and if the AE is able to move the lead forward in the sales cycle after the initial meeting, it gets an additional 2 points for a total of 3. quota is around 15-18/month
Jaga
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Director of Sales and Business Development
Got it so at 18/month that’s technically 6 qualified opps at 3 points each or some other combination basically? 
BlueJays2591
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Federal Business Dev Director
yep should be 6-8 opps to hit 18. goal is to get mostly opps that will progress with some that might not. 75%+ should progress if they're qualified properly 
Jaga
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Director of Sales and Business Development
Ya we have a decent acceptance rate. About 70%. What does quota attainment payout for them if you don’t mind me asking? What does the ramp look like in dollars
BlueJays2591
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Federal Business Dev Director
averages out to $2300/month but can go past that pretty significantly if they achieve over quota due to multipliers kicking in. 
Jaga
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Director of Sales and Business Development
So approximately every 3 point meeting is about $380 
BlueJays2591
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Federal Business Dev Director
typically. there's bonuses for closed business as well.
Jaga
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Director of Sales and Business Development
Nice ok. Last one. What’s your average deal size? 
BlueJays2591
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Federal Business Dev Director
typically around 100-300k, but it will range from 2k up into the millions 
Jaga
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Director of Sales and Business Development
Thank you, very helpful

Rallier
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SDR Manager and Consultant
When I was an SDR in NYC, our comp plan was 60k base, 20k OTE (uncapped). OTE was based on meetings, but we got a small percentage of anything that closed
Jaga
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Director of Sales and Business Development
That's basically my existing comp plan, with some other bonuses around hitting quota multiple months in a row - But im just wondering how much people were getting per meeting, and who all was comped for meetings as WELL as qualified opps after the fact. Do you recall yours?
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