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Originally posted by punkworld
As long as industry-wide exclusivity isn't part of the deal (i.e. you are allowed to do online work in non-competing fields), being a sales rep could be a nice addition to normal webmaster work.
Webmaster work can get rather boring every once in a while, and human contact (even if it is through boards/icq) can really lighten that up. If you can get that and get paid for it, too, that's pretty nice 
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It's a nice addition but it's also a royal pain in the ass. Working with people isn't a problem, it's the hours that create problems, especially if you're a webmaster. You're online all the time so people are asking you questions all the time, asking for help all the time, bothering you all the time. Whenever you want to work on your own projects, you get distracted because somebody needs help with links or has questions.
If you're only selling something (content, scripts, hosting, etc), doing sales is great and not much of a bother at all. But when you're responsible for helping people send traffic, you tend to develop 1 too many headaches. But that's just me, you could be completely different.
Most of the full time sales reps I know are only available during business hours. They aren't webmasters. I think that setup is much better.