Any car dealership salesman here ?
 

I'm just wondering is there license or cert to complete in order to become a salesman??

Thanks

I don't think there is...

However, you can PM Rich Sandor and he can tell you all about it.

You could also PM 'TheSalesman'

http://www.vehiclesalesauthority.com

This website has everything you need to know about becoming a car dealer.

you have to get level 1 to get started in the business and it costs about $700 to take the course and get the certificate.

And also you have to pay $150ish to renew your license every year.

It's also worth noting that you need a clean criminal record.

^ as posted above, you need to take the VSA course and PASS it (though no one really ever fails). The class and the exam are dead easy... the hardest part about it is waking up early to get to the classes. You'd have to be pretty retarded to fail. I believe it's $400... that's what I paid when I was in the industry.

Here's the thing about auto sales... have you seen the movie The Goods? It's kind of like that. You'll have sales managers hounding you, making sure you make sales, follow up calls and create new ups. ... you'll start to act like your coworkers, make comments about customers while trying to assess their buyer potential...

Some people really like the industry, I personally don't like the idea of chasing customers to get the sale and working evenings and weekends. It works for some, not me. But with everything, there are really great sales people and some really crappy ones. It's up to you to decide how you're going to end up.

The sales industry is pretty sh!tty right now and I hope that you have some experience in sales. I started in sales less than a year ago and if this was my only source of income, I would be on the streets. I do this for fun because I like working here for my employee discount and I hang out a few of the people here. I own 3 Hondas so the discount helps and its close to home. If I needed to make money, I wouldn't start in sales at this time. Although it has picked up a lot since I started. I got the job with no sales experience because I was a lot boy here for over 3 years.

Thanks for the info guys. Answered all the questions.:)

Every year you have to renew your license.

sorry to bump this old thread but i was wondering how does the commision work for car sales? for example, how much would you get for selling a BMW 3 series or an Honda accord? Does the % commision increase if you sell higher end models?

thanks in advance !

Commission is based off of dealer profit. The more profit = more commission.

Can someone use a real life example of commission?

Eg. If you sell a BMW for $40,000, what is company profit, and what is % commission
Or If you sell a Honda for $30,000 what is company profit, and what is % commission

I'm curious as to how much a salesperson makes on a sale ... approximately. And how many you have to sell to put bread on your table.

Buyers haggle, profit varies.
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I don't work in a franchised store but new car commissions are unbelievably low, on almost anything under $30k I think you'd be LUCKY to make $500. Many cheap cars like Civics might earn a salesperson as little as $250.

It's a very tough industry to break into and has a ton of turnover because people either aren't able to sell enough or aren't happy with what they have to do to make enough money to live.

Best of luck but think long and hard before you move into this industry.

Mark

Less than you would think. On a 40,000 NEW car you could expect maybe 2.5 3k in pure profit at most. I had a flat rate comission, %15 on all profit when I sold motorcycles. In the car industry however, I belive there is a tiered system as well.

What's the base salary like, before commissions....for someone just starting out?

The money is in used cars where they have an actual margin to make money. Anything new will just have some guy with the msrp in your face he printed off the net.
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so say the car dealer (store) makes $3000 off a car that was $40,000. How much does the sales rep make in commission from the $3000?

Is there like a percentage from the total profit that the sales rep gets?

It all depends on the dealership.. Varies. I went to a dealership looking at a viper and the sales guy said if i reccomend sales to him he would give me 300 cash per person that buys a vehicle through him so he must get decent comission.

He however wouldnt budge much at ALL on the price of the viper though, so hes probably trying to sell sticker price so he gets max comission

uhm from what the salesman have told me at work, if lets say they bought a car or got a trade-in that was 8000, and they sold it for 10,000. that's a 2000$ profit, now the salesman who sold it will get a % of it , he gets 20% i think, and then im assuming the rest goes to the company

Salesmen don't stick to the price because they want "max commission" rather because the management said so.

Had I been able to lightly discount a lot of bikes when I was selling, I would have made way more money because of more sales.


Really guys, unless you've actually done this as a profession you can't really grasp how it works.

go apply at cowell vw, I see their ads looking for sales people all the time

so do u still work as a car sales rep? How much (%) you get for each sale when u sold bikes? Have you sold any actual cars for your firm or another firm?

Hey man, i know to be a realtor, you can do the assignments on your own time and you don't have to go to any early morning classes. To be a car sales, is it the same? or is it required for us to attend class instead of studying on your own time?

Where does the exam take place? I am looking to enter into this field in the future.

Thanks in advance !

worked at a used dealer, we had a based commission rate of 350 (if buyout), 450(finance/lease) on each car we sold, if buyer was a friend or family we get paid an extra 100 ontop of the 350/450. no salary.

VSA licensing course was 2days in surrey, and exam was open book i believe.