# Painting sales software for the color meeting

You need painting sales software when interior and exterior crews share a week and the color meeting happens in the house. Knockdesk is field sales software for that visit. It is not an EPA lead-paint module and it is not a color visualizer. Lead-safe work is the company's own rule.

## How painting crews sell

Painting door to door sales books a walk of the outside or a meeting inside to pick color. An exterior painting canvassing app has to show the seasonal push as turf, not as a poster in the warehouse.

**Exterior push.** The season is a turf with a weekly visit target.

**Interior meeting.** The color conversation is a sit. Log it on the address.

**Color.** The rep and the homeowner choose it. The desk does not render the room.

## Problems managers run into

The exterior push ends and the interior color meeting was never a visit, so the sold job has no pin.

**Season with no owner.** The block was assigned in a text and the turf is still blank.

**Color in a screenshot.** The choice is not on the visit the closer needs.

**Lead-safe guess.** The company rule is not a Knockdesk setting. The visit still must be logged.

**Interior and exterior mixed.** One outcome set hides which crew actually worked.

## How Knockdesk is set up for this crew

Name outcomes for exterior quote, interior sit, color chosen, and job start. A manager adds the outcome stages. Do not treat that as a preset. Territory, then turf, one vendor, CSV or Excel import. Full desk is on the pricing page. A free trial is not open.

| Piece | What the manager does |
| --- | --- |
| Outcomes | Separate exterior and interior labels so Friday can tell the crews apart. |
| Territory and turf | Cut the seasonal exterior push as its own turf. |
| Vendor | One paint vendor on that pack, with a saved rate. |
| Color note | Write the choice on the visit. There is no visualizer. |
| Full desk | Full desk is on the pricing page. |

## Coach the color meeting

Ask before you record. Skip the file and keep the outcome. Paste into Coach. The scored steps remain opening, rapport, discovery, presentation, objections, and close.

1. Ask whether this is the outside, the inside, or both.
2. Walk the surfaces they care about. Color stays their choice.
3. Book the start, and note lead-safe prep as the company's rule, not a software module.
4. Recap the scope on the visit so the crew paints what was sold.

## A Marathon for the exterior push

A seasonal exterior push fits a Marathon. An admin or sales manager sets prizes and makes it live. Reps can knock before onboarding is done. The Marathon can require finished onboarding before someone is eligible.

**Season.** The window is the exterior weeks, not one Saturday.

**Count.** Quoted jobs that have a start, or starts themselves.

**Formats.** Sprint, Head to head, Team battle, Custom Team Challenge, Territory War, Survivor, Achievement race, and Bracket are also there. Territory War is admin-only.

## Commissions, vendors, and the job that slips

Confirm when the job starts if that is when you pay. A cancel before the crew arrives is a void. The rate is the saved vendor rate, then the organization default.

| Job | What Knockdesk does |
| --- | --- |
| Vendor rate | Confirmation reads the vendor rate saved at that time. |
| Organization default | Fallback only when the vendor rate is missing. Otherwise empty. |
| No invented rate | The product will not guess the pay. |
| Void | Reversal equals the existing amount times negative one. |
| Dispute | Holds the written dollars until confirm or void. |

## Compliance for a paint crew

This is general information, not legal advice. Lead-safe practice is yours. Knockdesk logs the visit.

**Lead-safe.** Follow the company's rule. There is no EPA module in the product.

**In the home.** An interior meeting is a logged sit on that address.

**Recording.** Consent is the rep's step. A skip still saves the outcome.

**Do Not Contact.** Off the knock list, and excluded from coverage.

## Keep going from painting

- [Industries](/industries): Painting beside the other home crews.

- [Canvass](/canvass): Log the exterior knock.

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

- [Fence crews](/industries/fencing): A yard quote, not a color meeting.

- [Garage doors](/industries/garage-doors): Same-day replacement on its own page.

- [Knock tracker](/features/door-knocking-tracker): The visit stays on the house.

## FAQ

### What is painting sales software here?

It logs interior and exterior visits, the seasonal push, and the color meeting. Knockdesk is field sales software. It does not visualize color or run a lead-paint module.

### What is an exterior painting canvassing app?

An exterior painting canvassing app is the turf for that seasonal push and the knock on each house.

### How do painting door to door sales handle a color meeting?

Log the sit, write the choice on the visit, and book the start. The rep still picks the color with the homeowner.

### Does Knockdesk enforce lead-safe work?

No. That rule is the company's. The desk logs that the meeting happened.

### Can a new painter knock during onboarding?

Yes. Onboarding does not block knocks. A Marathon can still wait on finished onboarding for eligibility.

### How much does Knockdesk cost for a painting crew?

Full desk is on the pricing page. A free trial is not open. There is no second Knockdesk tier.