# A local card some cities require to sell

A peddler license is a local card some cities require before you sell in person, and what is a peddler license here is that clerk's name for the same kind of card as a solicitor permit. Knockdesk is field sales software that logs the visit after the crew is allowed to knock. It does not issue the card and it does not track a license SKU. This page is general information, not legal advice.

## A card from the last clerk does not cover the next territory

You feel it when the crew drives into a new area with last month's badge. What is a peddler license is local. One clerk says peddler. The next clerk says solicitor. Open the clerk for the territory you will cut. Knockdesk does not issue the license and does not store a license SKU.

**Ask the clerk.** Each city writes its own packet. Do not reuse another city's file.

**Keep the visit.** A card in a folder does not log the knock. The 11 doors in the example still need a pin.

**No SKU.** The product does not issue or track a license SKU. The clerk holds the card.

## Three cards, eleven silent doors, zero SKUs on the desk

The crew collected 3 cards and planned 14 knocks. 3 cards sat in a folder. 11 knocks never hit a pin. 3 + 11 = 14. 11 / 14 is about 79 percent with no visit. The desk can hold the 3 visits after the clerk says go. It will not hold a peddler SKU next to those pins.

| Where the work lived | Count | On the desk |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cards in a folder | 3 | No license SKU. The clerk keeps the card. |
| Knocks with no pin | 11 | Missing visits |
| Planned stops | 3 + 11 = 14 | Only a logged knock becomes a visit |
| This page | 0 rulings | General information, not legal advice |

## Peddler and solicitor are clerk names for the same kind of card

A solicitor permit is the other local name. Sales canvassing is the walk after the clerk. The laws page holds the longer city reading this glossary does not repeat.

- [Solicitor permit](/glossary/solicitor-permit): The other local name for the license to knock.

- [Solicitor permits](/laws/solicitor-permits): City sources and the longer reading. Still not legal advice.

## How Knockdesk tracks it

Knockdesk does not issue a peddler license and does not track a license SKU. It logs the visit after the crew is allowed to knock, including nobody home. Do-not-contact pins stay off the next loop. This page is general information, not legal advice. Full desk is on the pricing page.

## Keep going from the clerk

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

- [Solicitor permit](/glossary/solicitor-permit): The other local name for the same kind of card.

- [Solicitor permits](/laws/solicitor-permits): City sources. Still general information, not legal advice.

- [Knockdesk pricing](/pricing): Full desk is on the pricing page. A free trial is not open.

## FAQ

### What is a peddler license?

A peddler license is a local card some cities require before you sell in person. There is no national card. This is general information, not legal advice.

### Is a peddler license the same as a solicitor permit?

Cities use both names for the same kind of local card. Ask the clerk for the territory you will cut. A card from one clerk does not cover the next area.

### Does Knockdesk issue or track the license?

No. The product does not issue a peddler license and does not track a license SKU. It logs the visit after the crew is allowed to knock.

### Is this legal advice?

No. This page is general information, not legal advice. Ask the clerk and counsel for the cities you work.

### How do I recompute the example?

3 cards in a folder plus 11 knocks with no pin is 14 planned stops. 11 / 14 is about 79 percent with no visit.

### Where do I read the city rules?

Start on the solicitor permits law page. This glossary page does not restate those rules.

### How much does Knockdesk cost?

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