Software Evaluation

Few decisions have more impact on a company’s bottom line than the software vendors chosen to manage the compensation plan and host the back office for distributors. There are some great companies out there, each one with unique strengths. No business consultants in the industry have more expertise in this area than our DST Team. We have been involved at every level from selecting the best software vendor for your companies needs, evaluating the contracts, to helping determine how content will be delivered to the distributors.

Let’s first state what a good direct sales software system isn’t:

It is not some simple commission engine you build in a spread sheet

It is not a “no brainer” to build like your friend the software programmer is trying to tell you

It is not just a shopping cart you plug into a website

What is it?

A highly complicated and comprehensive software system that manages downline genealogy.

A sophisticated commissioning engine that understands the complexities of multiple types of sales volume, incentives, bonuses, commission types, promotion qualifications and every other twist that you can imagine in a compensation plan.

It is integrated with inventory, warehousing, order entry, shipping, commissions, taxation, payment processing, replicated websites, reporting, administration, 1099’s and a myriad of functions you have not even started to think about.

Standardized direct sales software is about a 35 year old industry. The high value vendors have developed enterprise applications to support almost every aspect of your business from taking an order, shipping an order, recruiting a distributor to paying distributors.

There is a major difference between network marketing software and party plan software. Without help it is hard to tell the difference.

Our DST Team has worked for direct sales software companies. Managed the implementation of direct sales software systems. Negotiated software contracts and run direct sales companies on a variety of software applications.

Trust us when we say “don’t buy any direct sales software without talking to us first.