Opportunities

What would a salesperson be without selling? A deserted island without inhabitants, a sailor without a ship, or the Friends sitcom without Joey? Of course, this is a joke, but this illustrates what Sales Cloud would be without the Opportunities tab. Opportunities are a key feature of Salesforce Sales Cloud. Opportunities is a place where a salesperson looks very often because it is the tab where they plan future sales, which can be carried out for both existing and new customers.

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Sales departments are sometimes divided into separate teams: farmers, individuals who take care of existing clients by upselling new services or products while maintaining relationships, and hunters, salespeople who acquire new orders and sign new contracts. Very often, both teams work with Salesforce Opportunities, but they have different statuses, milestones, or products they sell.

Opportunities themselves are basically a straightforward object, and their records are directly linked...