Articles

Routes & Territory

  1. Provo Solicitor Permit Correction: $82 per Rep, and a 25-Day Temporary Certificate

    A correction to the permit reference: Provo’s current fee schedule lists $72 per solicitor plus $10 per badge, $82 per rep, not the $76 this site quoted, and the code gives a temporary certificate up to 25 days. Checked 13 September 2026.

  2. Door-to-Door Permit Rules by City

    What sixteen named cities require before a commercial rep knocks — permit, fee, hours, badge — each with the ordinance section and the date it was checked. Plus the Utah statute that dictates the exact cancel notice your contract has to carry.

  3. The First Door at an Apartment Complex Is the Property Manager’s

    Forty doors behind one locked lobby, and the person who decides is not standing at any of them. How to ask a property manager for access, what to offer, and what to do with a no.

  4. How Many Doors a Day Should a Rep Knock? Divide for It, Then Time It

    Doors per day needed = sales per day needed ÷ the rep’s own sales per 100 doors × 100. Three reps worked through, a clock check, and a fill-in sheet.

  5. How to Split a Territory Between Reps Without Starting a Fight

    Give four reps a map and they won’t argue about acreage — they’ll argue about which streets are in which quarter. They’re usually right to. Here’s how to split a patch so the argument doesn’t happen.

  6. The Best Time of Day to Knock Is Not a Number Somebody Else Can Give You

    Four to eight in the evening is the most repeated advice in this industry, and on its own it isn’t an answer. Here’s how to find your own market’s window in about two weeks.

  7. When to Knock a Street Again, and When to Let It Go

    Most teams either burn a territory by returning too often or abandon good streets after one pass. Both come from the same missing habit.