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Sales Leadership with Fexingo: Quota Carriers, Sales Managers, and Revenue Teams

How Top Reps Use the Scarcity Principle Without Feeling Sleazy

Published
July 17, 2026
Duration
9:51
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Last updated
Aug 16, 2026

Discusses Salespeople know scarcity works—limited time, limited stock, exclusive access. But applied clumsily,…

Summary

Salespeople know scarcity works—limited time, limited stock, exclusive access. But applied clumsily, it destroys trust. In this episode, Lucas and Luna break down when scarcity actually moves a deal forward and when it backfires. They examine a 2025 study from the Journal of Personal Selling & Sales Management showing that time-based scarcity signals impr…

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Salespeople know scarcity works—limited time, limited stock, exclusive access. But applied clumsily, it destroys trust. In this episode, Lucas and Luna break down when scarcity actually moves a deal forward and when it backfires. They examine a 2025 study from the Journal of Personal Selling & Sales Management showing that time-based scarcity signals improved close rates by 18% in B2B transactions—but only when the constraint was genuine and tied to the buyer's timeline, not the seller's. They c