Direct selling and distribution are relative. Distribution means selling through intermediate channels. There are channel distributors such as wholesalers, retailers and stores between manufacturers and customers, but direct selling does not exist. Lenovo computer adopts distribution mode, which has the advantage that manufacturers transfer the pressure of inventory to dealers.
However, pyramid selling is different from direct selling and distribution. In pyramid selling, dealers and customers are integrated, and a person is both a product dealer and a product user. In the MLM system, there is still a typical pyramid structure.
What I'm talking about here is legal pyramid selling and typical pyramid selling, which is a sales method and has nothing to do with breaking the law and trying to make money. Strictly speaking, that kind of thing is not called pyramid selling. People in China just fiddle around and cheat money.
As for consignment as a distribution method, that is, agency sales, there is a question of agency qualification, and there is also the settlement method of payment. There are payment after sale and a certain percentage of deposit, which shall be handled in accordance with the agency agreement and negotiated by both parties.
Marketing is "business sales", involving all aspects, including the reasonable arrangement of logistics, capital flow and information flow.
Logistics refers to the transportation and storage of goods, and the products must reach the designated place at the designated time or reach the customers on the designated date.
Capital flow is the problem of cash liquidity, and the funds on hand must be arranged reasonably and turned around.
Information flow is market information, product information, demand information, order information, customer feedback information and so on.