訪問販売(ほうもんはんばい)

ほうもんはんばい
noun
door-to-door sales
shoppingbusiness
1. door-to-door sales
Selling goods or services by visiting people's homes; often associated with high-pressure sales, and regulated by consumer law.
訪問販売(ほうもんはんばい)はお断(ことわ)りです。
No door-to-door sales, please.
訪問販売(ほうもんはんばい)で高(たか)い布団(ふとん)を買(か)わされた。
I was pressured into buying an expensive futon from a door-to-door salesman.
訪問販売(ほうもんはんばい)で契約(けいやく)しても、一定(いってい)の期間(きかん)内(ない)ならクーリングオフができる。
Even if you sign a contract through door-to-door sales, you can cancel it under the cooling-off rule within a set period.

Many homes put up stickers saying 訪問販売(ほうもんはんばい)お断(ことわ)り. Contracts made this way can be cancelled within a cooling-off period (クーリングオフ, eight days for most door-to-door sales).

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Related: 通信販売(つうしんはんばい) (mail-order or online sales)
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Added 2026.10.2 22:50 · Revised 2026.10.2 22:51
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