Why Most 'Remote Closer' Courses Are a Scam—And What We Built Instead

By Kane Hammontree, Founder & CEO, Virtual Sales Society

Let me tell you what nobody in the "remote closer" space wants to admit.

Most of the courses, programs, and "mentorships" promising you a six-figure income from your laptop are, at best, incomplete—and at worst, outright scams. They take your money, dump some theory on you, maybe throw in a few scripts, and then disappear. You're left with a certificate nobody recognizes, skills you can't prove, and zero job opportunities.

I've watched this industry for years. I've seen the promises. I've seen the results. And I've seen thousands of people get burned.

That's why we built Virtual Sales Society differently. But before I explain what we built and why it actually works, let me tell you why the current model is broken—and why I'm the right person to fix it.

The Scam Economy of Remote Closer Courses

Here's how the typical "become a remote closer" program works:

Step one: You see an ad. Someone's sitting on a beach or in front of a Lamborghini, telling you how they made $30,000 last month closing deals from their phone. They promise you can do the same in 8 weeks.

Step two: You pay $3,000 to $10,000 for a course. You get access to some videos. Maybe some scripts. Maybe a Facebook group where everyone hypes each other up but nobody actually has a job.

Step three: You "graduate." You get a PDF certificate. And then you're on your own. Good luck finding a company that will hire you. Good luck proving you can actually close. Good luck figuring out why nobody is responding to your DMs.

The dirty secret? These programs make money by selling the dream, not by producing closers who actually get hired. Their business model doesn't require you to succeed. It only requires you to buy.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the market, business owners are desperate. Online coaches, agencies, and education companies selling $2,500 to $15,000+ offers over Zoom are scaling rapidly—but they can't find qualified salespeople. They hire "closers" who interviewed well but can't actually sell. They burn through rep after rep, blaming each one, when the real problem is that nobody trained these people properly and nobody verified they could do the job.

Both sides are getting screwed. Career-changers waste money on worthless training. Businesses waste money on unqualified hires. And the only people winning are the course sellers who cash checks and move on.

I decided to build something that actually solves both problems.

Why I'm the One Building This

I didn't grow up with advantages. I was raised in project housing by a single mother. I spent years bouncing between foster homes. By 18, I'd faced serious legal charges—later dropped—and I was standing at a crossroads that most people don't survive.

I chose reinvention.

I moved to Los Angeles and built a window-cleaning business from scratch. I knocked on doors myself. I sold directly to homeowners. The first six months were momentum, but the next four years were a grind. I launched two other companies during that time—commercial cleaning and a skincare product line. Both failed. I burned my savings. I lost partnerships. I spent months rebuilding credibility after making promises I couldn't keep.

But I kept knocking. I kept selling. I kept learning.

By year five, my window-cleaning company was stable and profitable, running multiple crews across LA. But I knew the bigger game was still ahead.

When COVID hit, I pivoted. Tried real estate in Florida. Another dead end. But while consulting for solar companies, I found the pattern that would define my career: marketing plus sales plus speed equals leverage. The same principles that helped me dominate with a mop and squeegee could dominate a national industry.

In 2020, I moved to Canada and launched SOLVE, a clean-energy and home-services company. The first year was brutal. I lost $70,000. I didn't take a paycheck. I learned electrical basics, roofing basics, and permitting from the ground level.

Then the floodgates opened.

$600,000 in year one became $20 million in year two. Then $50 million in year three. I added SOLVE Roofing in 2025—$2 million in its first year.

Total sales to date: over $80 million.

I didn't skip the struggle. I weaponized it. Everything I built came from learning how to sell—and how to build systems around sales that actually work.

That's the foundation of Virtual Sales Society.

What We Actually Built

Virtual Sales Society isn't a course. It's a career infrastructure.

We solve both sides of the market at once: we train individuals to become legitimate, verified remote closers, and we help businesses build the systems required to actually deploy those closers successfully.

Then we connect them through a curated marketplace that protects everyone from the chaos of the open market.

Here's how it works.

For Career-Changers: The Remote Closer Career Track

Our flagship 12-week program transforms beginners into job-ready virtual closers. But unlike every other program out there, we don't just teach you and wish you luck. We train you, verify you, and connect you to real opportunities.

AI-Powered Training That Actually Works

The AI Sales Gym is the core of our training system. It provides unlimited roleplay practice with instant scoring on call structure, tonality, and objection handling. You don't have to wait for a coach to review your call. You don't have to guess what you're doing wrong. After every session, you know exactly what to fix.

This kind of rapid feedback loop was impossible before AI. Now it's the standard. And it means our students get more quality reps in 12 weeks than most people get in a year.

Certification That Means Something

Graduates earn VSS Certification—Bronze, Silver, or Gold—based on objective performance metrics. Not course completion. Not how many videos you watched. Actual demonstrated ability to close.

When a company sees a VSS certification, they know exactly what they're getting. They know the candidate has been tested. They know the candidate can perform. That's the difference between a PDF certificate and a professional credential.

A Marketplace That Gets You Hired

Certified closers are listed in the VSS job marketplace, where partner companies actively recruit trained talent. Career Track graduates get priority visibility and direct introductions when opportunities match their profiles.

This isn't "here's a list of companies, go cold DM them." This is a curated, gated system where qualified candidates get matched with qualified opportunities. No spray-and-pray. No ghosting. Real introductions to real jobs.

For Businesses: The VSS Business Accelerator

Here's what most business owners don't want to hear: their closer problem isn't a closer problem. It's a systems problem.

A great closer in a bad system looks average. An average closer in a great system looks like a rockstar. Most businesses between $50K and $300K per month in revenue don't have sales infrastructure—they have chaos. They hire a closer and try to duct-tape the funnel, CRM, and follow-up around them. It never works.

The Business Accelerator fixes that.

It's an 8-12 week done-with-you sprint that installs everything you need: offer positioning, sales scripts, CRM pipelines, funnel infrastructure, reporting dashboards, and management rhythms. We build the machine first. Then we plug in the people.

The 30-Day Speed-to-Launch Guarantee

Most agencies take 90 days just to "get things dialed in." That's code for "we don't know what we're doing."

We guarantee that your funnel, CRM, and ad campaigns are live and capable of generating appointments within 30 days of kickoff. If they're not, we keep working for free until they are—and we credit you toward future placements.

We can make this guarantee because we've productized every step from offer to ads. We're not figuring it out as we go. We've done it dozens of times.

The 45-Day Rep Guarantee

Once your infrastructure is built, you can plug in VSS-certified setters and closers. And we stand behind them: if any rep doesn't hit activity metrics within 45 days, we replace them for free.

That's the difference between hiring off the open market and hiring through a system that vets, trains, and guarantees its people.

The Math That Makes This Worth It

Let me put real numbers to this.

One solid virtual setter and closer pod for a $5,000 offer:

The setter books 60-80 qualified calls per month. The closer converts 20-25 percent. That's 12-20 new clients, or $60,000 to $100,000 per month in new revenue.

Even if your net margin is only 20 percent, that's $12,000 to $20,000 per month in extra profit from one functioning pod.

The Accelerator exists to build the system that makes that pod possible and repeatable. Once the pipes are in, adding reps is just pouring more water through.

For career-changers, the math is just as clear. Trained, certified virtual closers working with legitimate companies can earn $8,000 to $15,000 or more per month—without a degree, without starting a business, and without leaving home.

But only if you actually have the skills. And only if you can prove it. And only if you're connected to real opportunities.

That's what VSS provides.

What Makes This Different from Everything Else

Let me be blunt about why VSS isn't like the programs you've seen before.

We're not selling a dream. We're building a career path. Our business model requires you to succeed. If our graduates don't get hired, we don't have a marketplace. If our Business Accelerator clients don't scale, we don't get referrals. Our incentives are aligned with your outcomes.

We verify skills objectively. AI-graded practice means you can't fake your way through. Certification tiers are based on demonstrated performance, not attendance. Companies know exactly what they're getting when they hire a VSS-certified closer.

We solve both sides of the market. Training closers without job placement is worthless. Placing closers into broken systems is also worthless. We build the infrastructure on both sides so the connection actually works.

We put our money where our mouth is. 30-Day Speed-to-Launch Guarantee. 45-Day Rep Replacement Guarantee. We're not asking you to trust us—we're asking you to hold us accountable.

Who This Is For

The Career Track is for you if:

You're stuck in a job you hate and you want a real path out—not another side hustle that goes nowhere. You're willing to put in 10-15 hours a week for 12 weeks to build a skill that can pay you $8,000 to $15,000 or more per month. You want to work remotely, set your own hours, and build a career that doesn't cap your income. You're coachable, you'll do the reps, and you're serious about making a change.

The Business Accelerator is for you if:

You're running an online coaching, agency, or education business selling $2,500+ offers over Zoom. You're doing $50K to $300K per month but you're stuck because you can't build a sales team. You've tried hiring closers and it hasn't worked. You're ready to stop treating sales like a prayer and start treating it like a system. You want someone to build the infrastructure with you—not just give you theory and leave.

Who This Isn't For

If you're looking for a get-rich-quick scheme, this isn't it. If you want to buy a course and never open it, save your money. If you think you can watch a few videos and start making $20K a month without putting in the work, you're going to be disappointed.

VSS is for people who are serious. We've built a real system that produces real results—but only for people willing to do the work.

The Bottom Line

The remote closer industry has been dominated by people who make money selling dreams, not building careers.

We built Virtual Sales Society to be different. Train people properly. Verify their skills objectively. Connect them to real opportunities. On the business side, build the infrastructure that makes sales teams actually work. Then connect both sides through a marketplace that protects everyone.

I didn't build this because I needed another business. I built it because I've been in the mud. I know what it takes to build something from nothing. And I know that the key to everything I've accomplished is learning how to sell—and building systems around sales that actually work.

That's what Virtual Sales Society teaches. That's what Virtual Sales Society delivers.

If you're serious about a career change or serious about scaling your sales team, this is the professional track.

Everything else is noise.

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Ready to get started?

Career-changers: Apply for the Remote Closer Career Track at https://join.virtualsalessociety.io/

Questions? Reach out at support@virtualsalessociety.io

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