How to become a door to door salesperson

Official title: Door to door salespersons

Also called: Door-to-door salesperson, Door-to-door sales representative, Party plan salesperson

Door-to-door salespersons describe, demonstrate and sell goods and services and solicit business for establishments by approaching or visiting potential customers, usually residents in private homes, by going from door to door.

Main tasks

• Giving details of various goods or services and of terms of sale by visiting clients and potential clients in private homes
• Demonstrating or describing goods or services on offer
• Recording orders and transactions and placing orders received with suppliers
• Preparing invoices and sales contracts and accepting payment
• Distributing letters, information sheets and other documents to clients
• Compiling lists of prospective clients and calling on them to obtain new business
• Travelling between sales areas and clients and transporting samples or goods for sale

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

• Median pay: HK$16,500 a month
• About 732,700 people in 2025, and about 740,500 projected by 2028. (+1.1%)
• Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, by the ILO's global estimate.

Related jobs

• Sales demonstrators
• Food service counter attendants
• Contact centre salespersons
• Sales workers not elsewhere classified
• Service station attendants

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Questions people ask

Do you need a degree to become a door to door salesperson?

Usually not. Only 6% of people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

Will AI change the work of a door to door salesperson?

Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

• Census and Statistics Department (2021 Population Census): 2021 Population Census, Interactive Data Dissemination Service: working population by occupation (38 groups) and sex, age, education, income; median income and field of education (9 groups) (2021 Population Census), retrieved 4 October 2026
• Census and Statistics Department (General Household Survey): Median monthly employment earnings by occupation (9 groups), excluding foreign domestic helpers (Table 210-06317A); employed persons by occupation, age and sex (210-06307A) and by industry (210-06308A) (2025 annual (series to 2026-07)), retrieved 4 October 2026
• Census and Statistics Department (Annual Earnings and Hours Survey): Monthly and hourly wage percentiles by occupational group (5 groups) (Tables 220-23014, 220-23024, 220-23003) (2025 (May to June 2025), released 2026-03-23), retrieved 4 October 2026
• Labour and Welfare Bureau; tables published by C&SD: Mid-term Update of Manpower Projection to 2028: supplementary statistical tables (5 occupation groups, 17 selected industries) (2025 to 2028 (published 2026-09)), retrieved 4 October 2026
• International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Updated 4 October 2026