"I've Been Dumped!": Handling Sales Rejection

It probably has happened more than you'd expect but everyone has been dumped, at one time or another, especially in selling. Unless you're born lucky, you'd want to get past it as quickly as possible.

Sales rejection can be quite a challenge to overcome but nonetheless, it's not impossible to get over it. You can start moving on with these tips:


It's not you, it's me.
Yes, it is the customer, not you. It's the product or the service that you're offering that they're rejecting, not you. So don't take it too personally. It might be a wrong timing for them, they might just be looking around, maybe they haven't decided yet or probably, they don't have a need for it yet but the important thing to know is YOU, as a human being, are not being rejected.


I'm not the right one for you.
Which might be true. "There are many fishes in the sea." That line is not only applicable to dating but also to selling. Why would you be so hung up on someone who doesn't see and need your product's/services' worth? You'll get only more and more frustrated and you'll also get those who already said NO, more and more irritated. Focus instead on the endless supply of "fishes" in the sea.


We need to see other people.
Again, true. Network, network, network. You don't know how many are going to say NO until you've talked to them all.You'll never know someone who badly needs your product or service until you've contacted them. Or until they were referred to you. 


I need some space.
They might just be browsing around, just comparing prices & quality so they can't commit. Yet. So there's a probability that they will come back. Keep your emotions at bay and let them look around, even at your competitor. Just keep your doors open and keep on entertaining as many customers as possible. Those who said No the first time might just turn up anytime, ready to buy from you.

Better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all
Or in this case, it's better to try and be rejected than never trying and never being rejected at all. Michael Jordan & Albert Einstein had to go through it to be the best at their field. So persevere and don't ever quit.




Just think about this, the faster you churn out NOs, the higher the probability you'll have a YES. Keep track of the rejections that you've received, take note of how many it was until you've reached a YES. So the next time you're getting rejected continuously, you'd turn that into something positive: "You're one step close to your next sale! Just keep the REJECTIONS coming!"