Bet9ja agents lament ‘unprofitable’ new target policy

Some Bet9ja agents have complained about a new bonus target policy purportedly implemented by the betting company, which they describe as “unprofitable.”

One of the agents, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, compared the new policy to “monkey dey work, baboon dey chop,” describing it as an imaginary “sports’ target that leaves the business unprofitable.”Information Guide Nigeria

According to the PUNCH, under the said policy, which went into effect in January 2023, agents are expected to turn in sales of N150,000 on’sports’ products., to get N30,000 bonus, of which some of them claimed was not like that before.

“It is an imaginary sports target as a requisite to get a weekly bonus, and it leaves us (agents) hopeless.

“It’s disheartening and also an inconsiderable decision for a company to take up this policy on her agents in these trying times despite the harsh economy where agents in rural areas barely make good sales since there are online competitors.JAMB Result

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“The commission given to agents is not enough to sustain the business at all. We rely actually on the bonus but now they have systemically scrapped it. This would mean doom for agents across the country in the coming days,” the agent said in a chat with our correspondent.

“Last week, I made sales worth N800,000 on other products, but on sport, I was not able to get anything, the sales was not up to the N150,000 (required to get N30,000). So it means I won’t get any bonus, all my efforts wasted, even despite making sales of N800,000 on other products,” an agent who spoke on condition of anonymity lamented.

“Sports target is the toughest to meet. Low sales have been a major problem since the economy has not been friendly to customers. It might cause half of the shops to get locked in coming weeks.JAMB portal

“The policy the betting company introduced was that agents would lose incentives if they don’t meet up with sports.

“We urge the company to kindly revert this policy to make agents focus on the business, rather than stylishly pushing them away. Is this a style to scrap agents? They should come out straight to tell us,”NYSC portal

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