Know the difference between buyers and decision makers

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Buyer: A buyer is a person or persons who wants to purchase a particular product or products.
Decision Maker: A decision maker is the person who ultimately decides if the purchase is made or not.

A person can be either or both. Just because a person is shopping alone doesn’t mean they are both. They could be a buyer but the decision maker isn’t with them or vice versa.

We often tend to focus more on the person who is probably showing interest in products or services you display or demonstrate and neglect the one who accompanies them. Let us understand with this an example.

A couple hunts into mens garments and the gentleman trying various outfits on him. Your sales person is focusing on him, displays the garments your store have and pays no attention to the lady. Now, the lady is the one who is going to take the decision which suits his husband (means to buy or not to buy).

Instead of overlooking the lady, involve her while you offer garment to the gentleman and perheps ask the lady, “Don’t you think this will look good on him”.

Involving decision makers is a sure-step process towards closing the deal.

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Nilesh Shah nileshshah@rancelab.com Over 10 years of experience in the field of software development, sales and marketing. He has assisted over 500 Retailers and Restaurateurs in implementing the Retail and F&B software with barcode & pos hardware for their business. He holds a designation of Director, Marketing in Rance Computer Pvt Ltd. He holds the certification from Microsoft Corporation and NIS. His current research focuses on developing and implementing intelligent retail systems that shoulders the responsibility of an entrepreneur. With such system, he is helping Retailers and Restauranteurs in focusing more on business expansion than of day-to-day complex operations. Click here to visit FusionRetail Blog. Catch me on Facebook. Follow me on Twitter

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