A random objection, ten seconds to answer, then the model answer and the technique: practice before you pick up the phone.
Answer on reflex, because you already have
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Ten cards drawn from the deck, based on your choices
Call context
The next step changes: a meeting to book, or a decision to get.
Who you sell to
When the segment changes the answer, the card tells you.
Objection types
Mode
Time to answer
44 objections in your selection
What’s in the deck
Cards you flag for review come back more often.
Build a deck for your team
Pick objections one by one, then share the link: every rep practices on the same deck.
An objection doesn’t give you time to think. The prospect says “just send me an email” or “it’s too expensive,” and your answer has to come right away, calm, without sounding defensive. What comes out in that moment isn’t what you know, it’s what you’ve already said out loud a few times. That’s why objection handling is learned like a move in sport: you rep it cold so it’s there when the call is live.
Reading a list of rebuttals isn’t enough. You recognize the right answer when you read it, but you can’t find it under pressure. This tool flips the order: the objection shows up first, on its own, at random, and you answer out loud before seeing the model answer. The gap between what you said and what the card says is exactly what you need to work on.
Most sales objections fall into eight types, and within each type the same lines keep coming back. Once you have an answer ready for each one, most of your calls stop surprising you. That leaves the genuinely new situations, which is where your attention should go.
Pick the context (booking meetings or closing), who you sell to (small business, mid-market or enterprise), the objection types to work on and a mode. The tool draws ten cards from a deck of 64 objections, avoiding two cards of the same type in a row. Cards you flagged for review in an earlier session come back more often: your progress stays in your browser, nothing is uploaded.
In timed mode, you get ten seconds (or twenty to start with) to answer out loud; the card flips on its own when time is up. In review mode, you flip it when you’re ready. On the back: what the objection often means, the model answer, other ways to answer with the technique behind each, the next step for your context, how the answer changes for your segment when it does, and the trap to avoid. Then you grade yourself honestly: “nailed it” or “review.”
In quiz mode, three answers appear: the right one and two that sound right but aren’t, the kind you hear every day (arguing, apologizing, folding, discounting). They’re plausible on purpose: ruling them out is how you understand why the right one works. At the end, your results show your score, your weak spots and a cheat sheet of the objections to work on, ready to print or save as a PDF.
Every answer in the deck is built with one or more of these four techniques. The first one, acknowledge, always opens the answer: it’s what takes the tension down. The other three move the call forward.
Show you heard it, without arguing or caving.
Check it’s the only reason, or the real one.
Hand the floor back with an open question.
Say the objection back in their words to clarify it.
After the technique, there’s always a next step: a specific time when booking meetings, a dated decision when closing. An objection handled well that leads nowhere is still a lost call.
Sorting objections by type shows you where you stall most often, so you can practice those first. Your session results tell you your weak spots.
“It’s too expensive,” “we don’t have the budget,” “sharpen your pencil.” Rarely about the number: usually the value isn’t clear yet.
“No time,” “not a good time,” “I need to think about it.” Another priority is taking up the room, or a doubt hasn’t been voiced.
The one-pager, the proposal in writing, the contact form. Often a polite way to hang up, sometimes a real need to forward something.
“We already have a tool,” “we’re all set,” “we do it manually.” The need is covered, not necessarily well.
“I’m not the one who decides,” procurement, corporate, the committee. Your contact is often the one who will champion the deal.
“Not interested,” “we don’t have that problem,” “take me off your list.” A reflex to defuse, or a request to honor.
“Your competitor is cheaper,” “we just signed with someone else,” “why you?” A comparison you need to make easy.
“Call me later,” “in six months,” “I’ll call you.” Without a specific time, it’s a no in disguise.
A sample from the deck, one objection per type, with the model answer for booking meetings (or for closing when the objection only comes up late in the cycle). Swap the brackets for your own context.
Model answer: Fair enough, that matters. Too expensive compared to what: your budget, or what you expect to get out of it? That’s exactly what the meeting is for: putting a number on what it would return. Tuesday at 10 or Thursday at 2?
Rarely about the number itself: the value isn’t clear yet, or it isn’t their budget.
The trap: Dropping the price on the spot: you confirm it was padded and start negotiating against yourself.
Model answer: Got it, I caught you between things. Let me give you the reason for my call in one sentence, and you tell me if it’s worth a conversation. Fair? If not, how about fifteen minutes Wednesday at 8:45? I’ll send the invite, and you can move it if it doesn’t work.
Either genuinely slammed, or a reflex to end the call.
The trap: Asking for “just five minutes”: they just told you they don’t have them.
Model answer: Happy to. So it’s actually useful, what would you want in it: an example from your industry, or just a time to talk? I’ll send it with two fifteen-minute slots, so all you have to do is pick one.
More often than not, a polite way to hang up.
The trap: Sending the deck and hanging up: you join the pile of unread emails.
Model answer: That’s a good sign, it means this matters to you. If you could change one thing about what you have, what would it be? Let’s take half an hour to compare on that one point. If yours does it better, I’ll tell you.
The need is covered, not necessarily well.
The trap: Knocking their current tool: you’re attacking their decision.
Model answer: Thanks for letting me know. Who makes the call, and what part do you play in it? Could you introduce us? I’d suggest a twenty-minute three-way call, and you stay in the driver’s seat.
True, or a way out. They often still influence the decision.
The trap: Hanging up to hunt for the decision maker: you lose an ally who knows the context.
Model answer: Totally fair, you don’t even know why I’m calling yet. Is it the topic that doesn’t interest you, or the timing? If it is, a short call early next week is enough to see if it’s worth it. If not, I won’t call again.
A reflex in the first seconds: they don’t know what this is about yet.
The trap: Plowing on with your pitch as if nothing happened.
Model answer: Thanks for telling me, that helps. Apples to apples? What’s included in their offer? Let’s put both offers side by side, line by line: you’ll see what the gap pays for, or that it pays for nothing.
They’re comparing, and asking you to justify the gap.
The trap: Cutting your price on the spot, or bad-mouthing the competitor.
Model answer: Sure thing. Later as in this afternoon, or more like next week? I’ll pin down an exact time. Does Thursday at 9:15 work? I’ll send an invite so we don’t miss each other.
Often a polite way out, sometimes a genuinely bad moment.
The trap: Saying “okay” with no date or time.
Answering “it’s too expensive” with a feature list answers a question nobody asked. The prospect feels contradicted and shuts down. Acknowledge first, then ask a question.
“Sorry to bother you” confirms you’re a bother. You can be polite without apologizing: “I caught you between things” says the same thing without putting you on the back foot.
“Sure, I’ll send an email” or “I’ll call you later,” with no date and no question, means accepting a disguised no. They won’t read the email and won’t pick up the callback.
A discount with nothing in return teaches the prospect your price was negotiable, and the haggling starts again at the next step. If you move, ask for something back: term, volume, date.
The prospect chose it. Criticizing their choice means criticizing them. Compare on facts, and say so plainly when the other option is better on a point.
That’s a request to honor immediately, not an objection to handle. Depending on where you call, the rules require it; either way, it’s what protects your reputation and your company’s.
Open “Build a deck for your team,” tick the objections your reps hear most right now, and copy the link. Everyone practices on the same deck, in the same context and mode, from their browser. Nothing to install, no account to create.
A simple format to kick off the week: ten minutes in pairs, one reads the objection, the other answers, then compare with the card. Each rep’s printed results become the starting point for one-on-one coaching, and the call scorecard lets you check on recorded calls that the reflexes made it into real conversations.
Keep the deck in step with the field: when a new objection keeps coming up on calls, add it to your own cheat sheet, and drop the ones the whole team has mastered.
Free resources to work on objections and the rest of the call.
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