Resources

Everything we know about direct selling.

Guides written by the people who build the engine. No fluff, real numbers, worked examples.

Knowledge base

12 in-depth guides

Knowledge base

Compensation plans

7 min read

How binary commissions are calculated

Pairing, weaker-leg volume, carry-forward and caps, with a worked example.

6 min read

Rank qualification rules explained

PV, GV, leg requirements, grace periods and how ranks drive every other bonus.

5 min read

Compression and roll-up

Dynamic compression, roll-up on inactivity and why they protect leaders and margin.

5 min read

Caps and flush-out

Per-position caps, company-wide payout caps and flush rules that keep payout ratio under control.

6 min read

Choosing between Unilevel and Generation

Two level-based plans that reward different behaviours. Which fits your company?

Compliance

8 min read

Designing a compliant compensation plan

The product-first rule, recruitment vs retail, income disclosures and what regulators look for.

6 min read

KYC and AML for direct selling

What to verify, when to verify it, and how to keep payouts moving.

Operations

6 min read

Payout cycles: daily vs weekly vs monthly

Trade-offs between cash-flow, excitement and operational load, and how hybrids use several.

Platform

4 min read

Custom domain and SSL setup

From brand.dirsl.com to members.yourbrand.com in one CNAME.

7 min read

Migrating from Infinite MLM, Cloud MLM or Exigo

What exports we need, how parallel runs work and what changes for your distributors.

E-commerce

5 min read

Replicated stores 101

Personal storefronts, attribution, pricing control and what makes them convert.

5 min read

Autoship and retention

Designing recurring orders that members keep, with qualification and dunning handled.

Blog

All posts

Oct 2026

Why we built Direct Selling as a Service

Licence software made sense in 2006. In 2026 the launch should take a day.

Company Oct 2026

Payout ratio: the number every founder should watch

Most plans fail on margin, not on recruitment. Here is the metric that predicts it.

Operations Sep 2026

Launch week: what the first 24 hours look like

A minute-by-minute account of a wellness brand going live on DIRSL.

Customers Sep 2026

The case against ROI plans

Why we gate investment-style structures, and what to build instead.

Compliance

Case studies

All stories

Health & Wellness

From a one-time licence to a hybrid binary in a weekend

Party plan plus influencer tier, fully white-labelled

Regulator-ready audit trail for an agency network

6.2k

Agents

Audit exports / yr