# Sell in person on assigned turf

What does a field sales representative do? Knockdesk is field sales software, and they sell in person on assigned turf, log the visit at the door, and bring the outcome back so Friday matches the territory.

## The title does not replace the pin

An outside sales representative is the same job as a field sales representative when the week is in person on assigned turf. The title on the offer letter does not tell you who hit which door. If two reps can claim the same houses, the week is already split. If the visit never lands on the pin, the manager coaches a story.

**One owner.** A field sales representative holds turf. Shared doors are not a team sport. They are a collision.

**The visit.** The job is the door they stood at, including nobody-home, not the miles they drove.

**The seat.** The phone is the desk. Clock-in, the knock, and the deal have to live on that seat.

## Five days, 200 knocks, a week you can recompute

Labeled example, not a customer. One field sales representative works five days on one turf. They log 40 knocks a day, 200 for the week, with 50 contacts and 8 sits. Contact rate is 50 / 200 = 25 percent. Sit rate is 8 / 200 = 4 percent. If 30 of those knocks were never logged, Friday shows 170 knocks and a contact rate of 50 / 170, about 29 percent. The extra percent is missing doors, not better talks.

| Case | Knocks | Contacts | Contact rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Logged week | 200 | 50 | 50 / 200 = 25% |
| 30 knocks missing | 170 | 50 | 50 / 170 is about 29% |
| Sits | 8 on 200 knocks | 8 / 200 = 4% | The sit still needs the pin |

## Field, outside, and inside are not the same week

Outside sales is selling in person, away from a desk. Inside sales is the desk or the phone. A field sales representative lives in the outside week, on turf cut from a territory, not in a call queue.

**Outside sales.** The motion. In person, away from a desk. The representative is the person doing it.

**Inside sales.** The queue. Useful, and a different job than the knock.

**Closer or setter.** A split of the same field job. The representative may set, sit, or both.

## How Knockdesk tracks it

Knockdesk assigns turf cut from a territory, logs the visit on the pin, and clocks the shift with location required. The representative's week is knocks, contacts, and sits on that turf, not a name on a roster card. Full desk is on the pricing page.

## Keep going from this term

- [Glossary of field roles](/glossary): Field sales representative, outside sales, inside sales, closer, setter.

- [Outside sales](/glossary/outside-sales): The in-person motion this representative is hired to run.

- [Field sales guide](/guides/field-sales): The week outside: territory, visit, and deal.

## FAQ

### What does a field sales representative do?

A field sales representative sells in person on assigned turf, logs the visit at the door, and brings the outcome back so Friday matches the territory.

### Is an outside sales representative the same role?

Yes, when the week is in person on assigned turf. An outside sales representative and a field sales representative are the same job with two names.

### Do they only knock doors?

Door-to-door is one motion. A field sales representative may also walk into a local account. The visit still has to land on the pin.

### How do you measure the job?

Count knocks, contacts, and sits on the turf they hold. In the example, 200 knocks and 50 contacts is a 25 percent contact rate.

### What if two representatives share doors?

Then nobody owns the turf. Cut the work so one person holds the slice. Shared doors are collisions, not coverage.

### Does Knockdesk replace the manager?

No. Knockdesk is field sales software for the visit and the turf. The manager still coaches. The representative still knocks.