Direct Sales Words Beginning with A

Affiliate - Affiliates market other people's products and get paid a commission when someone they referred through their special link makes a purchase. Some companies also pay per lead or pay per action (for example when someone signs up for their mailing list).

Associate - An independent sales person who markets products for a direct sales company and sponsors other consultants. More often referred to as an independent consultant. Other terms for an associate include distributor and representative.

Autoresponder - An automatic email program that will send pre-entered email messages to people who request information from a website. Messages can be send instantly in response to a request, or on a preset schedule (daily, weekly, or monthly for example).

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Autoship - A standing order for shipment of product(s) at a regular interval (such as monthly or quarterly) that is billed automatically to a credit card or online payment service. Autoship is more common in network marketing than in party plan direct sales and often used to meet a minimum order requirement to receive commissions or bonuses.

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