Sales Skills: Sell With Confidence
Learn to build rapport, ask the right questions, handle objections like “it’s too expensive” and ask for the sale with confidence, whether you sell in a shop, on the phone or for your own side hustle.
R199 once-off. Study on your phone, at your own pace. Get a certificate when you finish.
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Course title: Sales Skills: Sell With Confidence
Level: Beginner. No sales experience needed.
Duration: Self-paced — about 4 hours of reading, practice and quizzes across 7 chapters.
Format: Text lessons, short videos, practice activities you do at home, a quiz after every chapter, a final assessment and a certificate of completion.
What you need: A phone or computer with internet. All tools used in the course are free.
Price: R199 once-off (online)
Certificate: PurpleGrowth certificate of completion, issued automatically when you finish all chapters and the final assessment
The certificate you get when you finish
Your full name, the course name and the date you finish. Download it as a PDF as soon as you complete the course and add it to your CV.
- R199 once-off. No monthly fees and no registration fee.
- Secure payment through PayFast.
- Start straight away once your payment goes through.
- Study on your phone, at your own pace.
- 1,800+ people have signed up to Purple Growth eCampus.
What this course gets you
By the end of this course you will be able to:
Explain what good selling is, the types of sales jobs, and how commission works
Build rapport, ask the right questions and turn features into benefits
Take a customer through a full sale and ask for the sale with confidence
Handle objections like “it’s too expensive” and bounce back from no
Sell honestly and legally, and protect yourself from scams
Start and price a side hustle, and sell it on WhatsApp and Facebook
Find a sales job, pass the sales interview and hit your targets
Who this course is for
School-leavers and job seekers applying for sales, retail, promoter and telesales jobs
People already in retail or customer service who want to earn more through sales and commission
Anyone who sells, or wants to sell, their own products or services as a side hustle
Small business owners who want more customers
Where salespeople work and how they earn
Sales skills are used in retail stores, telesales and call centres, promotions and by anyone selling their own products or services on WhatsApp and Facebook. Many sales jobs pay a basic salary plus commission, so the better you sell, the more you can earn. Entry-level call centre agents usually start at roughly R5,000 to R9,000 a month basic, and outbound sales roles can add commission on top (see our call centre agent guide).
Will this course get you hired?
No course can promise you a job, and anyone who does is not being honest with you. What this course does: teaches you a full sale from first hello to follow-up, so you can answer “sell me this pen” in an interview, explain how commission works and show your own objection playbook. If you sell for yourself, you finish with a priced side hustle plan.
After you finish
- Add it to your CV under “Courses”, for example: Sales Skills: Sell With Confidence, Purple Growth eCampus (2026): building rapport, needs questions, features and benefits, closing, handling objections, consumer rights, selling on WhatsApp and Facebook.
- Apply for entry-level roles such as sales assistant, retail sales, promoter and telesales agent, or use what you learn to find your first customers on WhatsApp and Facebook. Never pay anyone for a job or an interview.
- Get job alerts. JobAlertsZA is a free tool that finds sales and retail jobs near you.
Further free resources
Free tools and sites you can use to find sales work and grow your own sales after the course. All free at the time of writing.
JobAlertsZA — upload your CV once and JobAlertsZA applies to matching sales, retail and entry-level jobs for you every day — https://jobalertsza.com/
SAYouth.mobi — free, zero-rated platform for young job seekers — https://sayouth.mobi/
WhatsApp Business — free app with a product catalogue, quick replies and labels for your side hustle — https://business.whatsapp.com/
Facebook Marketplace — list products for free to buyers near you — https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/
National Consumer Commission — consumer rights and the Consumer Protection Act — https://thencc.org.za/
Information Regulator — POPIA guidance for handling customer information — https://inforegulator.org.za/
Questions people ask
Is this a scam? Will you ask me to pay for a job?
No. R199 pays for the course, once. We will never ask you to pay for a job, an interview or a placement. You pay through PayFast and the course opens as soon as your payment is confirmed.
Do employers accept this certificate?
It is a Purple Growth certificate of completion that shows you finished the Sales Skills: Sell With Confidence course and passed its assessments. It gives you proof of the skills you trained in and something concrete to put on your CV.
I’m shy. Can I still learn to sell?
Yes. The course treats selling as helping people: asking good questions, listening and matching what you sell to what they need. You practise each step with role-plays at home, and there is a chapter on bouncing back from no.
Do I need matric or experience?
No. You don’t need matric or experience to do this course. Some employers ask for matric for their jobs, so check each advert.
How long does it take?
About 4 hours of reading, practice and quizzes across 7 chapters, at your own pace, with no deadline. Your progress is saved.
What if I fail a quiz?
You need 60% to pass each chapter quiz and 70% for the final assessment, and you can retake them as many times as you need.
Can I get my money back?
Yes, within 7 days, as long as you haven’t opened any course content. See our refund policy.
Course Content
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Course Includes
- 7 Lessons
- 35 Topics
- 8 Quizzes
- Course Certificate
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