[thelist] RE: Commission

[pms]

Ouch.

Has he defined 'salesperson commission'? Since you are the one to be
contracted to do the work, you would set (or not) any commission schedule.

  Perhaps flowers?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rachel Cunliffe" <rachel at cre8d-design.com>
To: <thelist at lists.evolt.org>
Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 6:47 PM
Subject: [thelist] RE: Commission


> Hi everyone,
>
> I'd like some outside input on a dispute that has come up quite a few
times
> in the past week.  I do freelance work for an internet company that is
still
> starting out, putting systems in place etc.  There's lots of ins and outs,
> since everyone involved is friends and know each other.  (That has its
good
> and bad points!)
>
> Last year, one of the guys talked to a few people (or they approached him)
> regarding development of websites.  In three particular instances (that I
> can think of for now), he met with the client, discussed ideas with them
> etc.  These sites never eventuated into anything, for one reason or
another.
>
> Within the past week, I was apporached by one of those clients saying that
> it got "snowed under" last year and they would like to actually get a site
> online and would like to engage my services.  They have even gone so far
as
> requesting possible times they can meet with me.
>
> I mentioned to the guy (who now lives in an entirely different city, ten
> hours drive away) that "his" client contacted me and if this would be ok
for
> me to deal with (I didn't have to, but I wanted to be non-sneaky about
> this).  He said that was fine that I put together the site, as long as he
> gets the salesperson commission (a percentage of the total website price).
> I tried to reason with him that since no contract was signed with the
> client(s) last year, he was not entitled to claim a commission on the
site.
> He's now claiming that if this happens with any of his other clients -
> whenever they decide to sort out a website (if they come to us, or if I go
> and approach them) that he wants his commission for something that never
> eventuated last year.
>
> How do other people define who gets the commission on a site?
>
> tia muchly
>
> .: rachel
>
>
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