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How to Calculate Sales Commissions
Sales commission calculation is foundational to motivating reps and driving revenue, but the method you use matters as much as the structure itself. As your team grows, manual processes that...
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Stop Sabotaging Your Sales Compensation: How Territory Alignment Drives Fair Payouts & Higher ROI
This is a guest blog written by Steve Benson, CEO at Badger Maps. Stop Losing Top Reps to Unfair Territory Assignment “We’re losing our best rep.” When your sales manager...
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What Early-Stage Revenue Leaders Need to Know from the 2025 GTM Report
If you’re leading a revenue team in an early-stage company, you’ve likely faced the same questions heading into planning cycles: The 2025 Early-Stage GTM Report, released by Mercury, with support...
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What Finance Needs to Know Before Rolling Out 2026 Variable Pay
If you’re a finance leader in a January through December fiscal year, December represents both your year-end close and your deadline for finalizing 2026 variable pay. Waiting until March or...
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Your 2026 Customer Success Comp Plan Playbook
If there’s one thing every revenue leader agrees on, it’s that Customer Success compensation is hard to get right. Designing a plan that motivates retention, rewards expansion, and doesn’t accidentally...
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Aligning 2026 Comp Plans with Your Board’s North Star Metrics
December is the time of year when annual planning cycles take place — board decks are finalized, budgets are set, and compensation structures are under scrutiny. Leaders want to drive...
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How to Spot Commissions Overpayment Before It Hits Your 2026 Budget
Year-end close is revealing uncomfortable truths for many finance teams: commission overpayments have been accumulating throughout the year, and expenses that seemed reasonable suddenly balloon beyond budget projections. As December...
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How to Test Your Comp Plan
Before rolling out any new plan, it’s essential to test it first. Otherwise, you risk overpayment, underpayment, or demotivating reps. QuotaPath’s 2024 Sales Compensation Plan Report showed that 65% of...
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10 Ways We’re Using AI at QuotaPath
This is a blog authored by our Director of RevOps and AI, Brandon Smith. We’re using AI… and we’re building with it, too. Plus, it’s not just our engineers; it’s everyone. Every Friday...
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How to Comp on Multi-Year Deals
Why paying reps on deal anniversaries is hurting your growth Multi-year deals are one of the most efficient ways to lock in revenue predictability, reduce churn, and improve CAC payback…but...
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The Incrementality of SPIFs
In 2024 alone, QuotaPath customers paid out $7.3M in SPIFs and accelerators. But how much of that actually changed rep behavior versus paying for results that would have happened anyway?...
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Commissions for the Modern CFO
The role of the CFO has evolved well beyond closing the books and managing budgets. Modern finance leaders are expected to act as strategic partners, aligning financial discipline with revenue...