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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: LWC on February 23, 2011, 10:09:41 pm

Title: How do you pay your canvassers?
Post by: LWC on February 23, 2011, 10:09:41 pm
As in title...as in how do you pay them on the work they get for you? etc etc
Title: Re: How do you pay your canvassers?
Post by: Danny Guest on February 23, 2011, 10:17:23 pm
My canvasser starts in 2 weeks.

He gets paid £10 per hour and then £2 bonus on every customer he signs up. He will be working 6-8pm mon-fri.

Im adding him to my payroll and paying him in cash with receipt

Best Regards
Daniel Guest
Title: Re: How do you pay your canvassers?
Post by: bad trippy on February 23, 2011, 10:37:06 pm
My canvasser starts in 2 weeks.

He gets paid £10 per hour and then £2 bonus on every customer he signs up. He will be working 6-8pm mon-fri.

Im adding him to my payroll and paying him in cash with receipt

Best Regards
Daniel Guest
Will he be pricing the work Danny or just setting you up with a call back?
Title: Re: How do you pay your canvassers?
Post by: Danny Guest on February 23, 2011, 10:42:50 pm
He will be fully briefed on what pricing i expect and will do the pricing himself.

I have a set price for certain properties and for other buildings like garages/conservatories so i will place my trust in him to price accordingly

Regards
Danny
Title: Re: How do you pay your canvassers?
Post by: Sean Dyer on February 24, 2011, 07:37:52 am
The lad who helps me work from time to time im setting up as a canvasser,
Im gonna get him to price new cleans at a minimum of 50 % more than the regular price, and pay him 100 % of first clean of each job.

So if he brings in £50 , he should be on £75 .00 etc
Title: Re: How do you pay your canvassers?
Post by: TLC on February 24, 2011, 06:57:04 pm
I pay my lad the monthly value of what he gets. I also get the leafleting done for free that way on houses that aren't in.
Title: Re: How do you pay your canvassers?
Post by: Richard BF on February 24, 2011, 09:56:35 pm
I get paid a one off payment of X2 the value of the clean  , i usually book the people in there and then for the WC (Although it hasnt been done this time round) , i also do leaflet drops ....
Title: Re: How do you pay your canvassers?
Post by: Kwackers on February 27, 2011, 09:34:23 pm
Not many people doing it then? Nice post though.
Title: Re: How do you pay your canvassers?
Post by: ronnie paton on February 27, 2011, 09:40:47 pm
the best way is commision it gives them an incentive, you start throwing £10 per hour at them and they dont have the incentive to be pushed.

100% of clean is proberly better but what happens if they have one clean.......your working for free

maybe 50 % of clean and 50 after 4th clean?
Title: Re: How do you pay your canvassers?
Post by: Sean Dyer on February 27, 2011, 11:19:12 pm
the best way is commision it gives them an incentive, you start throwing £10 per hour at them and they dont have the incentive to be pushed.

100% of clean is proberly better but what happens if they have one clean.......your working for free

maybe 50 % of clean and 50 after 4th clean?

Its a fair comment, they might be one offs. but if they are they would priced quite high, so maybe split them 50/50 most jobs will be long term though
Title: Re: How do you pay your canvassers?
Post by: Kwackers on February 27, 2011, 11:46:44 pm
I'd definately agree. £10 an hour is all good. £2 per sale... in two hours your lucky to get 3-5 so that extra £6-10 is not really much.

the best way is commision it gives them an incentive, you start throwing £10 per hour at them and they dont have the incentive to be pushed.

100% of clean is proberly better but what happens if they have one clean.......your working for free

maybe 50 % of clean and 50 after 4th clean?
Title: Re: How do you pay your canvassers?
Post by: LWC on February 28, 2011, 08:13:36 am
I was thinking along the lines of 50% of first clean, that way we'd still be getting 50% of first clean and not working for free.
Title: Re: How do you pay your canvassers?
Post by: jim2011 on February 28, 2011, 08:18:41 am
i pay commission only and pay 70% on the first clean. Any thing they get is just extra at the end of the day and doesn't bother me paying 70%.Also if they get me to many im going to offer them a job in window cleaning. So every ones a winner.
Title: Re: How do you pay your canvassers?
Post by: Sean Dyer on February 28, 2011, 12:20:04 pm
I was thinking along the lines of 50% of first clean, that way we'd still be getting 50% of first clean and not working for free.
Your not working for free though are you? you are working to pay for your canvassers wages, so whetheryou pay them out ofyour pocket or from your new cleans the end result is the same

I dont mind cleaning a few properties and handing over the money for decent regular work that wll make me ££££ s the month after, the  year after etc
Title: Re: How do you pay your canvassers?
Post by: windiewasher on February 28, 2011, 01:51:04 pm
I have paid 2x cleans to canvasser and have had some good work.at the moment I've been doing my own canvassing and picking up very good close work.all good prices in the areas I want.
 Canvasser's are good if you know what work you want and  want to save a.few quid you are better doing it yourself.
Title: Re: How do you pay your canvassers?
Post by: mick hay on February 28, 2011, 01:52:49 pm
im thinking of getting a canvasser out there for one off upvc cleans, he would prob get 20% of the clean.
Title: Re: How do you pay your canvassers?
Post by: windiewasher on February 28, 2011, 01:57:55 pm
That's not very much m8.
I pay 200 % of first clean but if I was to take one or 2 working for me I would pay them about 8 to 10 for every clean I get at they price correctly.minimum price 8 quid.more for bigger.
I
im thinking of getting a canvasser out there for one off upvc cleans, he would prob get 20% of the clean.
Title: Re: How do you pay your canvassers?
Post by: R W C™ on February 28, 2011, 03:49:09 pm
I pay my canvasser 1x for 8 weekly work and 1.2x for 4 weekly work, he doesnt like to stop till hes got at least £100 of work but occassinaly comes under this but on average I get between £80 and £140 of new work each day he canvasses. I then pay him when he hands the job sheets over too me which is at the end of each canvassing day,Hes got the same business cards as me (with his name and number on, as well as mine) so if a customer needs too speak too there partner or changes there mind they can go direct too him or myself, weve built up a good relationship so I like too pay well as wouldnt want him too jack it in..

Hes due here in a hour with my new work  ;D
Title: Re: How do you pay your canvassers?
Post by: Kate2 on February 28, 2011, 04:26:55 pm
That sounds like a good working relationship RWC, have you used the guy for long?
Title: Re: How do you pay your canvassers?
Post by: R W C™ on February 28, 2011, 04:28:22 pm
Been a year now, hes just collected £116 for the work he got...
Title: Re: How do you pay your canvassers?
Post by: Kate2 on February 28, 2011, 04:29:18 pm
Sounds like it works well - it is about trust building and getting into a routine, glad that its working out well
Title: Re: How do you pay your canvassers?
Post by: windiewasher on February 28, 2011, 04:32:25 pm
fair play m8,does he go down as being self employed and through the books?
Been a year now, hes just collected £116 for the work he got...
Title: Re: How do you pay your canvassers?
Post by: mick hay on February 28, 2011, 04:35:19 pm
That's not very much m8.
I pay 200 % of first clean but if I was to take one or 2 working for me I would pay them about 8 to 10 for every clean I get at they price correctly.minimum price 8 quid.more for bigger.
I
im thinking of getting a canvasser out there for one off upvc cleans, he would prob get 20% of the clean.

thats not of a window clean....it will be on a upvc one off clean......£95 upwards!
Title: Re: How do you pay your canvassers?
Post by: R W C™ on February 28, 2011, 06:44:06 pm
fair play m8,does he go down as being self employed and through the books?
Been a year now, hes just collected £116 for the work he got...

Self employed as he works for other windies
Title: Re: How do you pay your canvassers?
Post by: windiewasher on February 28, 2011, 06:47:36 pm
nice one m8!
fair play m8,does he go down as being self employed and through the books?
Been a year now, hes just collected £116 for the work he got...

Self employed as he works for other windies
Title: Re: How do you pay your canvassers?
Post by: Kate2 on February 28, 2011, 06:50:11 pm
Great, sounds a keyed in type of person
Title: Re: How do you pay your canvassers?
Post by: LWC on February 28, 2011, 09:09:43 pm
Where comes the line where its YOUR work and them just doing it themselves?

I know youd set it all out, but how did you do it.
Title: Re: How do you pay your canvassers?
Post by: Kate2 on February 28, 2011, 09:12:42 pm
How do you mean Sensai? Their going to go into window cleaning? Its your job once the canvasser passes the work over? Contracts are signed and its your work. 
Title: Re: How do you pay your canvassers?
Post by: LWC on February 28, 2011, 09:25:12 pm
Oh i dont know, ive never done it before and im interested in getting it going. But a bright spark wouldnt take long to twig about getting the work.
Title: Re: How do you pay your canvassers?
Post by: Kate2 on February 28, 2011, 09:32:00 pm
Lol mate, not too hard, you get a contract running up with your canvasser, come to an agreement - you know what days he/she does, give them a couple of days when you are free to do the work, let them book your quotes and appointments and you just turn up.   I think by the guy that was saying earlier hes getting on quite well with his guy.  Just terms and conditions that you both feel happy and comfortable with.  

Just think its a question of working along side somebody that you feel comfortable with - you musnt look as a canvasser as a workhorse, he/she is part of your business, so you need to build a working relationship with them, and that then builds trust and commitment.

When I do commercial calling, I want to know what the outcome is - I need to be in touch mentally for the people I work for, myself I need to build a personal relationship with anybody I work for, otherwise I feel no point.

Hope that helps
Title: Re: How do you pay your canvassers?
Post by: Sean Dyer on February 28, 2011, 09:43:11 pm
Canvassers don't normally want to start scrubbing windows mate

But its a risk i suppose!

Title: Re: How do you pay your canvassers?
Post by: Matt Cornford on March 13, 2011, 07:48:43 pm
I pay my lad the monthly value of what he gets. I also get the leafleting done for free that way on houses that aren't in.

Yeah thats a very good idea TLC. Is he a good canvasser for yourself?