New solar sales job

[nrgdeville]

Hi to everyone on here. Today is my first post on here. Recently I've just interviewed with a company called Solarcommunity based in Austin, TX. but I will be working in Houston doing sales. First I will start off as a W-2 contractor for the first 6 months and if I do well then I will come on with the company and full benefits. They are paying me a base salary of about 20k and .20 per watt on everything I sell. Does anyone know where I can get the study material for the entry level exam to nabcep? What challenges do you think I will first encounter starting off in this industry? What are the common objections you get from customers and what ways can you suggest to me to overcome them? Thanks everyone and I look forward to learning from everyone.

[yksolar]

Hello, I am new too

II am new in solar industry too, and I also want to have some more knowledge if any people can help, thank you.

[Naptown]

Hi to everyone on here. Today is my first post on here. Recently I've just interviewed with a company called Solarcommunity based in Austin, TX. but I will be working in Houston doing sales. First I will start off as a W-2 contractor for the first 6 months and if I do well then I will come on with the company and full benefits. They are paying me a base salary of about 20k and .20 per watt on everything I sell. Does anyone know where I can get the study material for the entry level exam to nabcep? What challenges do you think I will first encounter starting off in this industry? What are the common objections you get from customers and what ways can you suggest to me to overcome them? Thanks everyone and I look forward to learning from everyone.

First off you will most likely starve at what they are paying you for a while. Say you need to make 50K a year to make ends meet that means you need to sell 150KW a year. Do the math and take whatever they project and cut in half to get a realistic earnings figure.

Nabcep entry level requires a 40 hour classroom training look for opportunities to take the class at local colleges, electrical trade organizations etc. This will most likely cost over 1.2K depending on the area you are in. ( I took it for $50.00 but it was only 20 hours and designed for people with electrical experience) Too bad that even though I passed the test for the 40 hour course they will only credit me for 20 hours.

Good luck to both of you.

[russ]

The NABCEP site has a lot of information/study guides etc.

http://www.nabcep.org/resources

[s.xavier]

Beginning PV challenges Q/A:

1) Stay positive
2) Many peeps do not have an idea so you have to be patient and provide all the info in an easy to understand way
3) Off-grid apps -- be very careful with them
4) Understand when a project doesn't make much sense
5) Keep yourself up to date with the changes in the PV world (for example, not knowing Evergreen is bankrupt and selling their modules)

Like everything in life, you have to learn learn learn and learn some more... Keep a positive attitude and customers will help yah ring the register!

Rock n Roll and good luck!

( I took it for $50.00 but it was only 20 hours and designed for people with electrical experience) Too bad that even though I passed the test for the 40 hour course they will only credit me for 20 hours.

Good luck to both of you.

I feel yah pain Naptown... good work nevertheless and yah one step closer