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Sales Partner, self-employed
Own Time Studios builds websites, booking platforms and apps for businesses across Essex and London. We are looking for one or two people who can sell them.
Commission onlySelf-employedFlexible daysEssex and London
Read this first.
This is a self-employed, commission-only role. There is no salary, no basic pay and no guaranteed income. You are paid 50 per cent of the price of each project you sell, when the client pays. If a client takes their money back under the 60-day guarantee, the commission is returned. It is not suitable if you need a guaranteed wage. There is nothing to buy from us at any stage: no fees, no training charges, no lead costs.
What we build
You will be selling work that is already live.
These are real businesses running on what we built. Three of them are public sites you can open from your pocket. The salon's try-on tool lives inside its booking journey, so we link to the write-up.
Restaurant and events venue
Booking, ordering and events platform with card payments.
Salon
Website with an AI image try-on tool inside the booking journey.
Barbershop and independent retail
Conversion-focused sites for appointment-led businesses.
Photographer
Image-heavy portfolio built to strict performance budgets.
All of it is real work for real clients, and all but the salon can be opened on your phone in front of a customer.
The role
You open the doors. We build what you sell.
You are not reading from a script and you are not chasing a list someone else wrote. You pick the market, we prepare the ground, and you have the conversation. The technical side is ours.
- 50 per cent commission on every project you close, paid when the client pays. If a client takes their money back under the 60-day guarantee, the commission is returned
- You set the price on each deal, above a minimum we agree in advance. Your 50 per cent is of the full agreed price
- You choose the market. Tell us the industries or specific businesses you want to approach and we build you a research pack: what they use now, where it falls short, what we would build, and how to open the conversation
- A working demonstration built before you walk in
- Face to face rather than cold calling. Phone and email where they work better, but meeting owners in person is the approach we believe in
- You are not alone in the room. Once you have secured genuine interest or a signed agreement, one of us can attend the client with you or on your behalf. You do not need to answer deep technical questions yourself
- Training on the products if you need it. A technical background is preferred, not essential
- One day a week or five. Your hours, your methods, your patch
The money
What you earn is half of what you sell.
Commission is 50 per cent of each project's agreed price. A simple website sells for less, a booking platform or an app for more.
At the interview we will show you real project values and what each one paid.
This is a new role, so there is no past salesperson's record to show you. There is no guarantee of any earnings. What you earn depends entirely on what you close, and it is before tax, National Insurance and your own travel costs.
Who this suits
Who this suits.
Essential
- Confident approaching business owners face to face without an appointment
- Able to hold a commercial conversation and ask for the sale
- Comfortable working entirely on commission with no guaranteed income
- Self-motivated and able to organise your own time and workload
- Honest and reliable representing another company to its future clients
- Registered as self-employed or willing to register, and able to invoice
Desirable
- Previous experience selling to small and independent businesses, for example card payments or EPOS, print or signage, telecoms, business services, hospitality or trade supply, recruitment or property
- An existing network of local business contacts in Essex or London
- Some understanding of websites, software or apps
- Full UK driving licence and use of a vehicle
No formal qualifications are needed and no coding knowledge is required. We provide the research, the demonstration and all technical support.
The other arm
We also run a local social app.
Shout Social Media Ltd is a local social platform, live on the App Store and at shoutsocialmedia.app. It puts a town's people, events and businesses on one live map, with a business directory, ordering and proximity-based promotions. Selling for Shout is not part of this role today. If that changes, we will publish the terms.
Apply
Apply.
Three short steps. It takes about four minutes and it saves as you go, so you can stop and come back.
Luke Dykes, who runs the studio, reads every application personally and replies within three working days, yes or no. If it is a yes, the next step is an informal chat of about 40 minutes, by phone, video or in person.
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