by 2wheels4me » Wed May 03, 2006 4:58 pm
There are plenty of options to be sure. How many hours are you selling on those 700 ROs? What percentage of the work is CP vs WARR vs INT?
We pay our advisors flat rate, same as techs. Not my preferred method but it's not my call. I've seen many shops use commission based on gross profit, sometimes just on labor, sometimes labor and parts. There are a couple of advantages with this set up. 1)advisors will be more watchful about giving money away via discounts, etc., and 2)their pay is always consistent relative to profits. In a small store you may find you'll have to offer some salary as well.
Also consider this. Good advisors can be costly, bad ones are ALWAYS costly. You don't want to over pay but this is a dangerous area to "cheap out" on.