飛(と)び込(こ)み営業(えいぎょう)

とびこみえいぎょう
noun
door-to-door sales; sales visits without an appointment
businesswork
1. door-to-door sales; sales visits without an appointment
the practice of visiting potential customers or businesses without prior appointment to sell products or services
飛(と)び込(こ)み営業(えいぎょう)をする。
To make sales visits without an appointment.
新人(しんじん)は飛(と)び込(こ)み営業(えいぎょう)から始(はじ)める。
New employees start out by knocking on doors.
飛(と)び込(こ)み営業(えいぎょう)は断(ことわ)られることが多(おお)い。
Salespeople who show up without an appointment get turned away a lot.

Similar words

  • 訪問販売(ほうもんはんばい): door-to-door selling, usually to households; also the legal term
  • テレアポ: phoning to set up appointments — the telephone counterpart, closer to English "cold calling"
  • ルート営業(えいぎょう): regular visits to existing customers — the opposite of 飛(と)び込(こ)み営業(えいぎょう)

Common collocations

  • 飛(と)び込(こ)み営業(えいぎょう)をする: to canvass without appointments
  • 飛(と)び込(こ)み営業(えいぎょう)で回(まわ)る: to go round making unannounced sales visits
  • 門前払(もんぜんばら)いされる: to be turned away at the door

Related Words

Related: 飛(と)び込(こ)む (to jump into, to dive into, to rush into)
Related: 営業(えいぎょう)マン (salesperson)
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Added 2026.1.27 21:31 · Revised 2026.9.28 2:11
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