Woo, today got premium customer ordered a whole cod fish, about 1.4k, each slice bigger than my palm.
Doing business is about extending conversation.
A: Fish fresh anot today?
Me: Fresh! We no fresh no sell one. (Abor i said nt fresh meh, extend further, bluffing + demo) Ytd catch one. Nah, u press and see this fish, bla bla bla
B: Is this fish tasty? Meat elastic anot?
Me: Of course tasty la, everyone eat will sure come back buy one (extend, empty promise), if nt tasty u come back i replace one for u.
C: Which fish nicer?
Me: All fish r equally nice wor (can stop here or extend suggest), but if u like steam fish, then this is better (extend even further) u can steam with (recipe sharing, bla bla).
Next level
D: (Just passing by the stall, nt stopping)
Dad: Ei, ur last Monday fish taste good anot? (knw details, extend upsell) tdy I gt this prawn, i rmb ur son like it, wanna get some?
Learnings
The conversation can be meaningless, telling the obvious or asking them boring questions.
Prepare a few "pickup lines". Just keep talking. The key is avoiding awkward silence, easier to close sales.
It's even better if u rmb some details if possible, establish more human touch and connection.
This skill is useful everywhere. #吹水讲废话
My dad used to call me "clam mouth", coz my face is serious by default #他生的 and i dun talk further when customer asks for price (my mouth = clam shell = close hard 😂).
Many customers walked away without buying if I served last time. Cost him some lost before, haha.
But! I'm now his favorite helper lol... compare to my brother. 🤣
Well, programmer better, by default can be "clam mouth", that's the common expectation. 😆