Hi Carl
I totally agree with employing, I am going into hospital in just over 2 weeks and I will not be able to clean for a minimum of 6 months or even longer.
Dropping leaflets generates work but its a slow process and when you are expanding, slow is not reall what you want, thats why I am going back to my door canvassing days and taking on my own sales team.
Pay wise is a mixture of basic, commission and bonuses, at the moment he gets paid £15 per thousand leaflets dropped and £10 commission on any sales, this will continue and for each job he gets will pa him £10.
This is payable on all jobs from my minimum charge of £12 upto a £25 property, any jobs that he gets that are over £26 then he get half of the cleaning charge, so if he gets a £40 job he gets £20 in commission.
He is also paid a retainer of £60 per week.
The first 6 sales or £60 per month in cleaning charges are not paid any commission, so he has a target of 6 sales to reach before he can start to earn commission or bonuses.