Sponsors
Premium Sponsors
Avalara
Niki Hocking
Get automated, cloud-based solutions for transaction tax compliance across the U.S. and throughout the world—no matter your business size or industry. Avalara navigates rapidly changing rates and rules with advanced tax software that integrates with your existing business applications.
Exigo
Rodger Smith
Exigo is the innovative back-office platform you can access entirely over the Internet to operate a full-scale and premier direct sales company—there’s no infrastructure to buy, set up, or manage—you just log in and you, your employees and your sales team get to go to work.
Fluid
Brian Palmer
Fluid empowers traditional direct sellers, affiliates and influencers with robust omnichannel marketing solutions to boost conversions. You can transform your online presence with customizable e-commerce tools, enhanced user experience and drive growth—no coding required.
Ordergroove
Gregg Corella
Ordergroove helps brands turn one-off purchases into lasting, profitable relationships through frictionless, subscription and membership experiences. It offers flexible APIs, tools like dynamic incentives and A/B testing, and enterprise-grade scalability and analytics to boost recurring revenue and customer lifetime value.
PayQuicker
Crystal Holtzendorff & Nathan England
The PayQuicker global payout platform enables companies to grow faster by providing their participants with instant payment and purchasing power—immediately funding more business building and spending activity. The leading direct selling companies trust PayQuicker for instant global payouts.
Strategic Incentive Solutions
Darla Brown
Strategic Incentive Solutions is a full‑service incentive and rewards firm with over two decades of experience designing performance‑boosting programs that motivate employees, drive sales, and foster loyalty using custom programs, incentive travel, sporting or entertainment events, and turnkey event execution across North America
Cocktail Reception Sponsor
Exigo
Rodger Smith
Exigo is the innovative back-office platform you can access entirely over the Internet to operate a full-scale and premier direct sales company—there’s no infrastructure to buy, set up, or manage—you just log in and you, your employees and your sales team get to go to work.
Sponsors
Direct Selling News
Tricia White
Nobody covers the business of direct selling better than Direct Selling News (DSN). They are the channel’s trusted source for journalism. Since 2004, DSN has proudly served the entire channel and the direct selling executives that lead it.
Bloo Kanoo
Dave Siembieda
Bloo Kanoo helps you boost your sales with livestream shopping. Turn your existing videos into shoppable videos in just a few clicks. You can feature multiple products in a single video, which increases your average order value with cross-sells and upsells. They work with YouTube and Vimeo. Just add your video link anywhere on your existing website.
FlexPay
Ray Watson
FlexPay recovers all types of failed payments for subscription businesses. Less churn, more revenue, and higher customer LTV for your subscription business. FlexPay’s clients have earned 30% of their annual revenue from customers we recovered.
Gobi Insights
Colt Passey
Gobi Insights specializes in boosting company profits by honing in on the crucial final stage of the checkout process. Through their proprietary C.A.R.O process, they pinpoint strategic opportunities within the order processing flow where even minor adjustments yield significant results.
Rallyware
Rich Schubkegel
Rallyware is an AI-native performance enablement platform that empowers distributed sales and frontline teams through personalized, just-in-time training, smart incentives, and gamification—helping organizations boost productivity, retention, and revenue impact. Widely used in industries like retail, direct selling, and wholesale, its mobile-first solution delivers targeted learning, analytics, and communications to drive long-term behavioral change.
Scheef & Stone
Brent Kugler
Scheef & Stone, L.L.P. is made up of lawyers who understand direct selling. Representation of direct sales companies in lawsuits, arbitrations and regulatory matters. Advice on regulatory compliance, independent contractor issues, distributor agreements, consultant terminations, solicitation or raiding disputes and trade secret protection.
Ziplingo
Matt Marchbanks
Ziplingo is a messaging and marketing‑automation platform custom‑built for the direct selling industry, enabling companies to deliver the right message at the right time to distributors and customers through the right channel. Since 2008, it has powered flexible, intelligent, and personalized communications by integrating seamlessly with back‑office systems.
Host Sponsors
C3 Executive Search
Kate Gardner
Kate focuses her consulting practice on Executive Talent Search for Direct Selling Companies. Visit her firm at C3 Executive Search. As a seasoned and successful direct selling executive, Kate devotes her expertise and time to supporting, mentoring and resourcing for her colleagues’ companies.
Strategic Choice Partners
Brett Duncan
Strategic Choice Partners offers the most unique combination of industry experience and innovation to help direct sales companies rise above the status quo and emerge as leading, innovative brands that connect with today’s consumer.