Cosmetic Executive Women, Inc. is a nonprofit trade organization with over 4,000 executives in the beauty, cosmetics, fragrance, and related industries. CEW is based in NYC, and has associated organizations in France and the United Kingdom.

The Direct Marketing Association is the leading global trade association of business and non-profit organizations using and supporting direct marketing tools and techniques.

The Direct Selling Association is the national trade association of the leading firms that manufacture and distribute goods and services sold directly to consumers. More than 200 companies are members of the association, including many well-known brand names.

The Direct Selling Education Foundation builds bridges of communication and understanding to encourage public awareness and acceptance of the direct selling industry with consumer advocates, university professors and students, entrepreneurs and community leaders in the United States and abroad.

The Distributor Rights Association, or DRA, exists to build a bridge between companies and their distributors to foster greater understanding and communication. The rights of all concerned must be protected and cherished at all costs.

The Multi-Level Marketing International Association is "The Association for Network Marketing - Worldwide." A professionally managed not for profit trade organization, it is strongly committed to the advancement of the rapidly growing network marketing industry.

There is yet another level of support in the industry that ties all network marketing companies and distributors together. Industry trade associations provide everyone in the networking business - at both the corporate and independent distributor levels - with a broad worldwide network. "The DSA and the MLMIA are there to support you... You have nothing to lose - and much to gain."

In direct selling, there are two prominent organizations, the Direct Selling Association (DSA) and the Multi-Level Marketing International Association (MLMIA). If you're launching or growing a direct selling company, you should seriously considering joining at least one of them.

WFDSA’s membership consists of dozens of national Direct Selling Associations and one regional federation – Federation of European Direct Selling Associations (DSAs). Membership in the Federation allows you to name a representative of your association to serve on the WFDSA Board of Directors. The Board meets once per year and usually meets in conjunction with the United States Direct Selling Association’s (USDSA) annual meeting.