Benefits

By joining the DSAA, direct selling organisations can contribute and benefit from these key aspects of the Association's work:

  • Influencing favourable economic and regulatory conditions for the markets in which its members (including their independent contractors) operate
    • Monitoring economic and regulatory environments
      • Maintaining awareness of issues potentially affecting member interests
      • Maintaining dialogue with key policy makers, media, kindred bodies etc.
      • Participating in strategic decision-making fora
    • Policy development
      • research and analysis of issues
      • compilation of credible industry data
      • policy formulation
    • Securing DSAA policy positions
      • creating awareness of DSAA policies
      • lobbying stakeholders
    • Leveraging international activities
      • contributing to relevant WFDSA activities
      • monitoring international developments affecting direct selling
  • Assisting members in their daily business activity
    • Providing information and advice on direct selling
      • Technical aspects of direct selling
      • Regulatory and related requirements for direct selling
      • Access to specialised supplier services
      • Regular updates on regulatory and other industry changes
    • Professional and business development
      • Conferences, business schools, seminars, briefings, focus groups, open days
      • Relationship building and networking events, newsletters, website resources
      • Industry research
      • Economic indicators
    • Promoting direct selling
      • Creating public awareness and understanding of the nature and opportunities in direct selling
      • Promoting and leveraging DSAA branding
      • Conferences, business schools, seminars, focus groups, open days
      • International events
    • Supplier services
      • Building a pool of suppliers of direct selling support services
      • Leveraging membership scale for improved pricing of common services.
  • Defining the character of DSAA membership, protecting consumers, and providing recognition and credibility through enforcement of internationally recognised and locally adapted standards for business behaviour.

Many of these benefits are also available to Supplier Members.

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