Selling tech door to door Best Buy and Amazon plan to find business that is percolating just under the surface by doing what brush salesmen used to do: Go house to house.<\/p>\n
With thousands of gadgets and add-ons available for communication and tasks inside the home, consumers may not even know what they need or what’s available.<\/p>\n
But suppose you could get a high tech person to come to your house, and review your needs?<\/p>\n
Best Buy’s in-home salespeople hope to do just that. The new program is aimed at ‘unlocking latent demand,’ Best Buy CEO Hubert Joly told The Wall Street Journal.<\/p>\n
It’s different than showing up to a store with an item in mind. In that case, the salespeople sell that item. They might have an upsell, too. But it’s probably not what the consumer needs.<\/p>\n
The house-to-house program will let consumers know what they could have and how it would help them. Plus, salespeople can schedule installation.<\/p>\n
Amazon’s program sends employees to homes to provide free ‘smart home consultations’ that let people test out voice controlled devices and other gadgets like smart switches.<\/p>\n
Unlike the traveling salespeople of yore, these consultants aren’t paid on commission and don’t press for an immediate sale. They just tell you what you could have.<\/p>\n
The two-year-old Amazon program is currently offered in six cities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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