Weekend commission check stories

share your best commission check stories, like what you've did the first time that you secured a bag as new AE, or your biggest score.

Here's mine: I had been doing the work of an inbound SDR at a seed stage company with no OTE, just base. There were no AE touchpoints and it occurred to me that we should prompt leads to jump into calls instead of using chat only ( I know, we didn't know better). I started doing calls, conversion rate went up like crazy and we hired a Head of Sales. This guy was a Jordan Belfort type of sweet talker but lazy as shit, so he was let go within 2 months and we hired an AE and a new Head of Sales. I was quietly promoted to AE (I just went with it), and after 3 months the CEO had a meeting to tell me that he'd been paying commission to the other AE and that it was only fair to retroactively give me the equivalent accrued from those 3 months. It was mesures by revenue and I had been building the book of business so I just got my first massive check. I immediately booked a trip across the globe to meet up with this chick that I had met and loved a few years back (what a simp right). That trip kicked off our relationship and she crossed the globe to move in with me, so is fair to say that a massive check had a life changing impact. Second to this, beyond all of the cool material shit I've bought thanks to sales, traveling has reaped the biggest benefits for me. I just read some typos and grammatical errors but I'm on mobile and scrolling up to make changes is a pain so fuck it and sorry XO XO
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antiASKHOLE
Tycoon
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Bravado's Resident Asshole
Im still waiting for the big one. Nothing crazy yet.
Justatitle
Big Shot
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Account Executive
Your story beats the hell out of me buying Air Conditioning for my house with my commish…
KingofGIF
Politicker
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AE
I’m gonna have to buy some AC’s this year and I’m not looking forward to the spend
Justatitle
Big Shot
0
Account Executive
You going window units or what are you looking into?
KingofGIF
Politicker
0
AE
Window units are are in my area, gonna go for ductless mini splits
Justatitle
Big Shot
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Account Executive
Literally what I did for my house. Ductless with 4 heads, best decision I ever made.
Sunbunny31
Politicker
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Sr Sales Executive 🐰
Beats my story of taking my family to Jamaica and buying a car.
northstar
Valued Contributor
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VP
Big ups to the CEO for being a fair employer. I hope the business is still doing really well
KingofGIF
Politicker
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AE
He’s doing well indeed. He began exploring spirituality without religion and became like a wiser version of himself and we’re still in touch
Kosta_Konfucius
Politicker
3
Sales Rep
Big commission check I have done was a ring, that has been it!
jefe
Arsonist
2
🍁
Amazing story.

Nothing too crazy on my end. Just some foolish purchases of expensive goods, and adding to the down payment for the house I just bought.
KingofGIF
Politicker
1
AE
Congrats!
jefe
Arsonist
0
🍁
Thanks 🙏🏻
Jace
Contributor
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Account Executive
That’s pretty awesome dude
JustGonnaSendIt
Politicker
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Burn Towns, Get Money
Last big commission check I got, I walked into a car dealership looking like a complete bum (old gym shorts, white t-shirt, soccer slides), and bought an awesome sports car right off the floor. One of those cars that's basically a racecar that can somehow get a license plate.

They assigned me a new sales guy (2nd day on the job) because I looked like my budget was about $5K with a 550 credit score.

Manager was super worried to let me test drive, and the sales guy didn't even know how to drive said car.

LOL were they wrong when I wrote the check and didn't need any financing. Sales rep won the weekly bonus with 1 sale.

Still talk to that guy. He's trying to get out of the auto racket into tech.
KingofGIF
Politicker
0
AE
Incredible story, show that rep the path of light towards tech sales, and kudos for the sport car! Got some non doxxing photos or details to share? I’m a bit of a car enthusiast myself. Also love it when people judge how you look while purchasing consumer products and then freak out
JustGonnaSendIt
Politicker
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Burn Towns, Get Money
It's from American manufacturer. Not brand new, but very lightly used (on the track) by the previous owner. Production numbers under 2000 total units.

For people that know me personally, any additional info combined with the story would surely doxx me lol.

Sorry I can't share more.
KingofGIF
Politicker
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AE
This is a safe space, thanks for sharing that. Have fun in the track!
Error32
Politicker
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ISR
NEVER heard of this guy, but your post doesn't inspire confidence in him...
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