Direct Selling Association

Direct Selling Association
Formation1910 (1910)
PurposeTrade association for direct selling (multilevel marketing) companies
HeadquartersWashington DC
Membership
130 companies[1] (approximate)
Chairman
Kevin Guest[2]
President and CEO
Joseph Mariano
Websitedsa.org

The Direct Selling Association (DSA) is a trade association in the United States that represents direct selling companies, primarily those that use multi-level marketing compensation plans. On behalf of its members' companies, the DSA engages in public relations and lobbying efforts against regulation of the multi-level marketing industry, and it funds political candidates through a political action committee.[3][4][5]

  1. ^ "Search Results For Company: DSA". www.dsa.org. Retrieved September 5, 2018.
  2. ^ "Press Release". www.dsa.org. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
  3. ^ Barrett, Stephen. "Consumer Health Digest #11-39". National Council Against Health Fraud. Retrieved June 16, 2012.
  4. ^ Klein, Karen E. (April 16, 2012). "The Multibillion-Dollar Direct-Selling Industry Dodges the FTC". Bloomberg News. Archived from the original on April 19, 2012. Retrieved June 16, 2012.
  5. ^ Taylor, Jon M. "Direct Selling Association (DSA) vs. Consumers". Consumers Awareness Institute. Archived from the original on June 13, 2012. Retrieved June 17, 2012.