Sell goods or services door-to-door or on the street.
U.S. Workers
4,590
Median Salary
$34,530
10-Year Growth
-10.0%
Annual Openings
2,700
Typical entry: No formal educational credential
11 of 12 tasks have some AI capability
Exposure Trend
This score reflects estimated AI technical capability for tasks in this occupation. It does not predict employment changes, and it does not account for company-specific constraints, regulation, or adoption barriers.
Develop prospect lists.
AI: Fully automatable - AI can generate and enrich prospect lists from public and proprietary data sources and score leads automatically.
Write and record orders for merchandise or enter orders into computers.
AI: Fully automatable - AI systems can capture orders via voice or forms and enter or record them into backend systems accurately and automatically.
Answer questions about product features and benefits.
AI: Fully automatable - AI chatbots and knowledge systems can comprehensively answer questions about product features and benefits across common and personalized queries.
Order or purchase supplies.
AI: Fully automatable - Procurement can be fully automated through integrated software and AI-driven ordering, reordering, and vendor selection workflows widely available by 2025.
Explain products or services and prices and demonstrate use of products.
AI: Partial - AI can explain features, prices, and provide virtual demonstrations, but cannot reliably perform in-person physical demos and the interpersonal persuasion of door‑to‑door sales.
Deliver merchandise and collect payment.
AI: Partial - AI can orchestrate logistics and digital payments but cannot fully perform the physical act of delivering merchandise and collecting cash in person.
Arrange buying parties and solicit sponsorship of such parties to sell merchandise.
AI: Partial - AI can handle outreach, scheduling, and promotional materials for buying parties but cannot fully replicate the relationship‑building and live persuasion needed to secure sponsors.
Distribute product samples or literature that details products or services.
AI: Partial - AI can manage and execute digital distribution and coordinate physical logistics, but cannot directly carry out door‑to‑door physical sample distribution.
Persuade customers to purchase merchandise or services.
AI: Partial - AI can generate persuasive messaging, run personalized outreach, and conduct sales conversations via chat/voice bots but cannot fully replicate all in-person persuasion and nuanced human rapport.
Set up and display sample merchandise at parties or stands.
AI: Partial - AI can design displays and provide step-by-step setup instructions or robotic control in constrained environments, but cannot generally perform ad-hoc physical arranging at parties or stands.
Stock carts or stands.
AI: Partial - AI can manage inventory, optimize stocking plans, and guide workers or specialized robots, but cannot fully carry out ad-hoc physical stocking of mobile carts in most real-world settings.
Circulate among potential customers or travel by foot, truck, automobile, or bicycle to deliver or sell merchandise or services.
AI: Not automatable - This requires physical travel, on-the-ground presence, and manual interactions that AI systems cannot perform autonomously as of 2025.