Commission tracking for retail stores
Retail staff sell more when they can see the scoreboard. CommissionBoard turns your POS sales report into every person’s commission and puts their rank and pace on their phone.
What goes wrong by hand
The spreadsheet takes hours
Copying sales into a sheet, checking formulas and fixing the one that broke — every pay period.
Staff find out on payday
A commission plan changes behaviour during the month. A number that arrives with payroll can only describe it.
Discounts and returns
Commission on the wrong figure is where disputes start. Calculating from the POS report uses what customers actually paid.
A plan the board runs
Structures the board can run:
| Commission | A per-person rate on sales |
|---|---|
| Goal | Monthly targets, prorated for part months |
| Threshold | Optional minimum before commission starts |
| Bonuses | SPIFFs and one-off bonuses, itemised |
How CommissionBoard helps
Any POS
Copy or export your sales report and paste it in.
A leaderboard that motivates
Rank, pace and days left, on every phone — without broadcasting anyone’s exact sales.
Multiple locations
Every store from one account, $20 a month each.
Payroll exports
PDF and CSV, each commission on its own line.
Guides for retail stores
- How to calculate commission — The formula, then every common variation with the arithmetic shown: flat, marginal and retroactive tiers, a minimum to earn, and a draw.
- What is a sales SPIFF? — A short, specific bonus for selling one thing: how to design one, examples by business, and the three ways they backfire.
- How to run an employee sales leaderboard that motivates — What to rank by, what to keep private, how often to update, and how to keep the bottom half of the board trying.
- Commission vs hourly pay — Hourly, straight commission, hourly plus commission, or the higher of the two — and the minimum-wage rule to check first.
Questions
Which POS systems work?
Any POS that can export or copy a sales report with each person’s name and sales.
Can I run SPIFFs?
Yes — one-off bonuses are approved and added to each person’s total, itemised.
What does it cost?
$20 a month per location, no contract.
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