Sales is a skill or an art?

3 vital points of doing  for every successful Sales ( whether a product or service )-

1. Know your product IN & OUT

2. Always be true, honest & transparent to your customer, one lie you will loose your customer forever

3. History of Install Base ( L3Y or L5Y sales data should be handy with you all the time.

Basically its a SKILL which can be developed over a period of time into an ART....

When I am working with people in different professions, I always have enjoyed observing the mastery and skill that they bring to their jobs. A great architect designing a new building or an engineer solving a tough problem is impressive to me. I have realized over time that we are bringing the same level of skill and mastery to our jobs. We provide a valuable service to people with problems and challenges that need solved. In many cases, we earn respect for being the ones who make things happen. Earlier in my career when I was building my style and developing the confidence that carries me to this day, I thought that we, as sales professionals, were somehow not as skilled as the “other” professionals that I dealt with. Time and many great experiences have thankfully disproved that faulty theory and have shown me that great selling is true art.

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So it involves a two-pronged

First: The process of scientific indicate the ability to Otkhaz sales through knowledge Jaidah decision of what is sold and the market, which are the sales process

Second, is the talent and capabilities of personal tags results relate to the existing personal process of selling

So said about the sales process is a science and art

Sales is a skill.  You can teach it and learn it.  Some people have a natural aptitude, some a great talent, some will never be any good because they are good at other things.  You can be utterly devoid of creativity and still be a good salesperson, although the really great sellers usually have a creative streak, and use it.

Sales is most certainly not art.  Where is the aesthetic appreciation?  If it were an art, people would pay hard earned cash to watch great salespeople sell.  If it were an art, people who love doing it would pay to do it.   Where is the communication?  (I don't mean the communication within the sales process, I  mean the communication - actual or implied - from the artist/seller to the person appreciating the art.)   If selling is an art, then surely cleaning toilets is an art?  They are both just jobs that companies employ people to do.  Sure, you can be a bit creative in the way you do them, but that's not art .... that's, err, just being a bit creative in the way you do something.

Sales is an Art. On the process of selling to get  a hundred percent sales, the  salesmen in the first place prepare strategy on how to close the deal with a product to a customer. Know the product that will going to sell and gather data about the prospect  customer's need (everything that is about the customer), and from that he will create an idea on  how to approach and present the product  enthusiastically. Thus, sales is an Art because there is a framework of preparation use as strategy to sell. Skill is the capability of individual to produce fine works of art.

SALES IS A SKILL AND IT COMES FROM PRACTISING AND EXPERIENCING IN THE SPECIFIED REGION / MARKET . AND DEVELOP THIS SKILL SET HABITS IN TO ATTITUDE AND AN ATTITUDE IS THE RIGHT MESSAGE TO SAY ITS EVERY THING  AGAIN IT IS A PART OF HUMAN SKILL   

Well sales is a combination of art and skill. In order to perform an art skill is required and by continuous disciplined practice this skill can be improved and can create much creative art piece.

Sales is skill that became an art.

I would agree with the provided answers... Thank You