# Prove the knock was at the door

What is geofencing in sales is the job of proving a visit happened at a place, not in a parking lot. Knockdesk is field sales software that ties the visit to location permission on the phone. A knock not at the door is unverified.

## A pin drop from the van is not geofencing in sales

You feel it when Friday shows 200 knocks and the crew never left the lot. What is geofencing in sales is not a named product on a radius. It is the rule that the visit has to stand at the household. Location permission is what ties that visit to the pin. Without it, the desk cannot mark the door.

**Permission.** The phone has to allow location. That is what ties the visit to the address.

**At the door.** A knock logged on the stoop can read as verified. The outcome still has to be saved.

**Not at the door.** A knock from the van still saves. The desk marks it unverified.

## Nine at the door, three from the lot, two Fridays

Maya logs 12 knocks on Dock loop. Location is on for 9 of them at the household. Those 9 are verified. The other 3 are logged from the lot, so they are unverified. If Friday treats all 12 as coverage, three doors never happened. If Friday reads verified visits, coverage is 9. Same walk. Two counts.

| Count you read | Numbers | What Friday believes |
| --- | --- | --- |
| All knocks | 12 logged | The turf looks finished |
| Verified | 9 at the door, location on | Nine households actually saw a knock |
| Unverified | 3 from the lot | Three pins that still need a door |
| If location was off | 12 knocks, no tie to the porch | The desk cannot mark verified |

## Geofencing is the job. Verified is the label.

The fence does not replace the outcome. Not Home at the door can still be verified. Sold from the lot is still unverified. Read both. A deal that opened on an unverified knock is a deal you cannot defend on the pin.

**Outcome.** What happened at the household. Not Home still counts as a knock.

**Mark.** Verified or unverified. That is how the desk answers whether they were at the door.

**Deal.** Keep the deal on the same pin as the visit. An unverified knock still shows on that household.

## How Knockdesk tracks it

Location permission ties the visit. A knock not at the door is unverified. The visit still saves on the pin, including Not Home. Full desk is on the pricing page.

## Keep going from the door

- [Field sales glossary](/glossary): The hub this term opens from.

- [Canvass](/canvass): Log the knock on the pin, then see whether the desk marked it verified.

- [Check-in](/glossary/check-in): The visit start that still has to stand at the address.

- [Pricing](/pricing): Full desk is on the pricing page.

## FAQ

### What is geofencing in sales?

Geofencing in sales is the job of proving a visit happened at the address. Knockdesk ties that visit to location permission. A knock not at the door is unverified.

### Does an unverified knock still save?

Yes. The visit stays on the pin. The desk marks it unverified so Friday does not treat the lot as a porch.

### What if location permission is off?

The phone cannot tie the visit to the door. The desk cannot mark the knock as verified.

### Is Not Home ever verified?

Yes, if the phone was at the door when the knock was logged. Nobody-home is still a knock. The mark is separate from the outcome.

### Does Knockdesk sell a named geofence product?

No. Location permission ties the visit. Verified and unverified are the marks on that knock.

### How much does Knockdesk cost?

Full desk is on the pricing page. A free trial is not open.