Local On-Demand Services need people representing brands and, importantly, customer experience. At Gig Economy Group, we are building tools to extend personal selling. We debuted at the Direct Selling Association Conference with LifeVantage, our first commercial customer. After speaking with Eazl‘s Davis Jones about this idea, he riffs smartly on it in this video.
Here’s the latest on the growth of direct sales, which is one important trend that we think defines a new hybrid sales experience: People in local markets will represent brands, manage service delivery, and sustain customer trust using e-commerce platforms and, even, retail strategies. But it will all converge on the home as the market consolidates its move toward in-home delivery.
18.6 million people in the U.S. were involved in direct selling during 2017.
5.6 million individuals were involved as business builders in 2017 and of these:
.9 million were full-time business builders;
and, 4.7 million were part-time business builders.
13.0 million individuals were discount customers.
Global direct selling increased year over year in 2017 from USD $186.7 billion to USD $189.6 billion; and U.S. direct selling was down slightly from $35.5 billion to $34.9 billion.