Ten checks before you sign anywhere.
The best door-to-door sales company to work for is the one that shows you, in writing and before you sign, how you’re paid, which payday a sale lands on, what happens when a customer cancels, which streets are yours, who trains you and whose name is on your contract. Door-to-door sales isn’t a scam by itself, but a company that won’t answer those questions in writing is one to walk away from.
The ten checks below work on any company. Under each one is how RCLX answers it, so you can hold us to the same list.
The checklist
What a good company answers.
Ask every company the same questions. The ones worth signing with answer them before you ask twice.
- 01
Pay is explained as a structure before you sign.
If the pitch is about what someone else made last summer, you still don’t know how you get paid. You want the structure: base or no base, what earns the commission, and what does not.
Ask: Is there a base or a draw? What exactly earns the commission?
How RCLX does itReps work as 1099 independent contractors on 100% commission, earned on completed installs.
How fiber sales pay works - 02
You know which payday a sale lands on.
A company that can’t tell you when a closed sale turns into a deposit will be hard to pin down later, when the check looks short.
Ask: What triggers my payment, and which payday does it land on?
How RCLX does itCommission is paid on the payday RCLX is paid for the install.
- 03
The chargeback window is a number, not a feeling.
Most install-based products can take a sale back if the customer cancels. The question is for how long and how it comes off. No number means the window is whatever they say it is that week.
Ask: How long after the install can a sale come back, and how does it come off my pay?
How RCLX does itIf a customer cancels within 120 days of the install, the commission on that one sale comes off your next check. After 120 days the install is locked and stays yours.
Read the 120-day window - 04
You can see your own numbers without asking.
If the only way to check your installs is to text your lead, you’re trusting a person, not a record. A login with your installs and statements settles arguments before they start.
Ask: Where do I see my installs and my pay statement?
How RCLX does itEvery rep gets a portal that shows their installs, their pipeline and a pay statement for every payday.
- 05
Your turf is yours.
Two reps on the same street means the second knock gets a closed door. Ask whether turf is assigned to you, or whether the whole team works the same blocks.
Ask: Is my turf assigned to me, or do reps overlap?
How RCLX does itEvery rep works exclusive turf, so two reps are never put on the same street.
- 06
They can put you in a market that’s open.
A great company with nothing open near you is a road trip, not a job. Ask where they’re working now and whether they can get into a market close to you.
Ask: Which markets are open now, and can you get into one near me?
- 07
Training comes from the company, not whoever is free.
If training is riding along with whoever had a good week, you learn their habits, good and bad. Ask who trains you and what the training covers.
Ask: Who trains me, and what does the training cover?
How RCLX does itRCLX runs pay, the rep portal, training and payday for the whole team.
- 08
Your contract is with the company.
When you sign with your crew lead’s company, your pay runs through him, and there’s nobody above him to go to. Ask whose name is on your contract and who sends the deposit.
Ask: Do I sign with you, or with my lead’s company? Who pays me?
How RCLX does itWe don't sign subcontractors. Crew owners sign direct with RCLX and run their team as a Market Manager, and every rep on the team signs their own RCLX contract.
Because every rep signs with RCLX, you can reach someone above your team lead.
- 09
You can look the company up.
A real company has a state record anyone can pull. If you can’t find one, you don’t know who you’re working for.
Ask: What’s the legal name and the state you’re registered in?
- 10
If you lead a crew, the team comes with you and the back office is handled.
Crew owners lose weeks building pay sheets, chasing statements and training new people. Ask what you run and what the company runs.
Ask: Can my crew come over together? Who runs pay and training?
How RCLX does itA crew can come over together.
A Market Manager earns on their own sales plus an override on the team's installs.
The override comes only from installs by reps assigned to your team.
The ladder is Rep, Market Manager, Regional.
The Market Manager path
Then check the market
A good company still needs open turf.
A company can pass all ten checks and still have nothing worth knocking where you live. Before you sign anywhere, look at how much fiber is actually being built in your area, and by whom.
Then ask the company which of those markets it can put you in.
See Where Fiber Is GrowingStraight answers
What people ask before they pick.
Is door-to-door sales a scam?
No, not by itself. Door-to-door is an ordinary way to sell home services like fiber internet, and plenty of companies run it straight. The bad deals tend to look alike: pay explained out loud only, no written chargeback terms, shared turf, and nobody to call above your lead. Run the ten checks on this page and a company either answers them in writing or it doesn’t.
What are the best door-to-door sales companies to work for?
The ones that pass these checks in writing before you sign. Pay as a structure, the payday a sale lands on, the chargeback window as a number, a login with your own numbers, assigned turf, training from the company, and a contract in the company’s name. Compare every company you’re talking to, us included, on the same list.
What should I ask a door-to-door company before I sign?
Ask how pay is built, which payday a sale lands on, how long a sale can come back after the install, where you see your own numbers, whether your turf is assigned to you, who trains you, and whose name is on your contract. Then ask which markets are open near you.
What’s the difference between signing with a crew lead and signing with the company?
The company holds the contract and the money. A crew lead runs the team on the doors. If you sign with the lead’s own company, your pay depends on him. At RCLX: We don't sign subcontractors. Crew owners sign direct with RCLX and run their team as a Market Manager, and every rep on the team signs their own RCLX contract.
How does RCLX handle a customer who cancels?
If a customer cancels within 120 days of the install, the commission on that one sale comes off your next check. After 120 days the install is locked and stays yours.
Still deciding whether the job itself is worth it? Read is door to door sales worth it.
Run the checks on us
Ask us all ten.
Leave your name and number and a recruiter calls you back. Bring this list to the call and ask every question on it. If you lead a crew, pick that option on the form and we’ll walk you through the Market Manager path.
Want the company details first? Here’s how RCLX is set up.
This checklist is general guidance, not legal or tax advice. Read any contract in full before you sign it. Nothing on this page is a promise of a specific territory, earnings, or service at any address.