# Start at the business door

What is walk in prospecting is starting at a business door, not a household porch. Knockdesk is field sales software for that walk: you cut turf from storefront pins, log the outcome at the counter, and set field prospecting to Full, Semi, or Unrestricted so a rep cannot claim every shop in the commercial area.

## A shop everyone can claim is not walk in prospecting. It is a fight in the lobby.

You feel it when two reps tell the same owner two offers before lunch. What is walk in prospecting only works when the business pin has an owner. Cut turf. Put one vendor on it. Business Closed still saves. Gated / No Access still saves. A note in a phone is not a visit at that door.

**Cut the pack.** Draw the commercial territory, then cut storefront turf by lasso, CSV, or pins already on the map.

**Log the door.** Business Closed, Gated / No Access, Contact - Call Back, Interested, Sold. The outcome sits on the pin.

**Set the rule.** Field prospecting is Full, Semi, or Unrestricted. Full is assigned pins only. That is the default.

## Full lockdown, nine closed, five gated, eleven callbacks

Plaza shops holds 54 storefront pins. Field prospecting is Full, so Maya cannot log an unassigned shop two doors down. She logs 32 visits. 9 are Business Closed. 5 are Gated / No Access. 11 are Contact - Call Back with a follow-up on the pin. 7 are Interested. If Friday only counts the 7, twenty-five business doors disappear. If Friday reads the 32, the pack still has work, and Full kept the unassigned counters off her day.

| Beat | Count | What stays true |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Storefront pins on the turf | 54 | Assigned. Full blocks the rest. |
| Visits logged | 32 | The walk, including closed and gated |
| Business Closed | 9 | Still a visit. The place was not open. |
| Gated / No Access | 5 | Still a visit. The owner was not reached. |
| Contact - Call Back | 11 | Follow-up sits on the same pin |

## Walk in prospecting is the business door. Canvass is the desk for that walk.

Household knocking is a different playbook. Walk in prospecting starts at the counter. Coverage still moves when Business Closed is logged. Field prospecting is the org rule that decides whether an unassigned shop can be a new pin. Read the B2B walk-in page when the crew sells merchant services, fiber, or any other storefront offer.

- [B2B walk-in prospecting](/solutions/b2b-walk-in-prospecting): Storefront territories, gatekeepers, and the callback on the pin.

- [Turf](/glossary/turf): The pack of business pins one rep can hold.

- [Door knocking tracker](/features/door-knocking-tracker): The status on that shop, including closed and gated.

## How Knockdesk tracks it

Cut storefront turf inside a commercial territory. Put one vendor on that pack. Field prospecting is Full, Semi, or Unrestricted on System Settings. Full keeps the rep on assigned pins. Semi allows unassigned places only inside a territory that allows field prospecting. Unrestricted lets them create a pin where they stand. Log Business Closed and Gated / No Access on the pin. Full desk is on the pricing page.

## Keep going from the counter

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

- [B2B walk-in prospecting](/solutions/b2b-walk-in-prospecting): The storefront playbook this term sits on.

- [Canvass](/canvass): Log the business visit on the pin you already hold.

- [Door knocking tracker](/features/door-knocking-tracker): Closed, gated, callback, and sold on that shop.

## FAQ

### What is walk in prospecting?

Walk in prospecting is starting at a business door. On this desk that is a storefront pin on turf, with an outcome at the counter.

### Is walk in prospecting the same as household canvassing?

No. The door is a shop. Business Closed and Gated / No Access are already statuses. The household playbook is a different walk.

### What is Full, Semi, and Unrestricted?

Those are field prospecting modes. Full is assigned pins only. Semi allows unassigned places inside a territory that allows field prospecting. Unrestricted lets a rep create a pin where they stand.

### Does Business Closed count as a visit?

Yes. The shop was worked. The next loop should not treat it as a fresh counter.

### Can two reps walk the same shops?

Not if you cut turf and keep field prospecting on Full. Overlap is how the lobby hears two offers.

### Where is the B2B playbook?

On the walk-in sales prospecting solution page. Gatekeepers, follow-up, and merchant services sit there.

### How much does Knockdesk cost?

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