National Occupation Code (NOC): 6623

This unit group includes workers who sell goods or services during home demonstrations or by telephone soliciting, retail exhibitions or street vending. They are employed by a wide range of retail and wholesale establishments, manufacturers, telemarketing companies and call centres, or they may be self-employed.

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Job Duties for Other sales related occupations

Direct distributors

• Contact potential customers by phone or through personal contacts, demonstrate and sell products directly to individual customers or at sales parties and deliver purchased goods to customers.

Door-to-door salespersons

• Solicit sales and sell merchandise to residents of private homes.

Street vendors

• Set up and display merchandise on sidewalks or at public events to sell to the public.

Telephone solicitors and telemarketers

• Contact businesses or private individuals, by telephone, to solicit sales for goods or services.

Demonstrators

• Arrange sales demonstration appointments, and show, describe and sell goods or services at wholesale, retail and industrial establishments, and at exhibitions, trade shows and private homes.

Working Conditions for Other sales related occupations

Work is usually performed indoors.

Alternate Job Titles

• Beauty Products Consultant - Door-to-door Sales
• Beauty Products Representative - Home Sales
• Canvasser - Retail
• Canvassing Agent
• Catalogue Agent - Retail
• Catalogue Sales Agent - Retail
• Cigarette Vendor
• Cleaning Products Salesperson - Door-to-door Sales
• Comparison Shopper
• Cosmetics Demonstrator - Retail
• Cosmetics Salesperson - Home Sales
• Demonstrator - Retail
• Direct Distributor - Retail
• Direct Seller
• Door-to-door Salesperson
• Food Demonstrator - Retail
• Home Demonstrator - Retail
• Home Salesperson
• Magazine Distribution Agent - Retail
• Magazine Subscription Solicitor
• Newspaper Vendor
• Newspaper Vendor - Street Sales
• Personal Shopper
• Promotions Demonstator
• Street Vendor
• Subscription Agent - Retail
• Subscription Solicitor
• Telemarketer
• Telephone Sales Agent
• Telephone Sales Clerk
• Telephone Salesperson
• Telephone Solicitor
• Vendor