Commission with Multi-Year Accelerators

If you earn a commission on every deal you close that varies depending on the length of the contract.

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To help you quickly get started with QuotaPath, we offer a template library of some common and effective comp plans. The Commission with Multi-Year Accelerators plan can be found under Sales Representative Plans.

A Commission with Multi-Year Accelerators plan is commonly used by Account Executives, Enterprise Account Executives, Senior Account Executives, Sales Executives, and Sales Reps.

Plan insights

In order to incentivize longer contract terms, sales reps can be given higher commission rates for closing multi-year deals.

A few examples

Below are a few examples of how this plan could be applied in a variety of industries and goods sold.

An Account Executive has a monthly quota of $33,000 ARR and earns a 10% commission of 1 year deals they close, 15% of 2 year deals, and 20% of 3 year deals.

An IT Sales Rep has a software quota of $100,000 of revenue a quarter and earns 6% of deals they close that are less than 3 years long and 10% of deals that are 3+ years long.

An Insurance Rep has a resale quota of $20,000 of health plans per month and earns 15% of the premium of plans sold if it is a 1 or 2 year commitment and 30% if it is a 3 or 4 year commitment.

Let's take a look at how to set this up in QuotaPath

Plan Name: Commission with Multi-Year Accelerators
​Quota: $33,000 per month
​Commission Rate:
​1 Year Deals

Under 50% quota attainment: 5% on all deals closed
50-100% quota attainment: 10% on all deals closed
100-150% quota attainment: 12% on all deals closed
150+% quota attainment: 15% on all deals closed

2 Year Deals

Under 50% quota attainment: 7.5% on all deals closed
50-100% quota attainment: 12.5% on all deals closed
100-150% quota attainment: 15% on all deals closed
150+% quota attainment: 17.5% on all deals closed

3+ Year Deals

Under 50% quota attainment: 10% on all deals closed
50-100% quota attainment: 15% on all deals closed
100-150% quota attainment: 20% on all deals closed
150+% quota attainment: 25% on all deals closed

If this template closely matches your comp plan, choose "Use this template." On the next screen, you can fully edit the plan, its name, and its Paths to make it an exact match to your comp plan. It's quicker than starting from scratch. The template library is also a great way to see all the plans QuotaPath supports!

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