Patent ID: 7346550

Claim:
A method for selling one or more products to at least one consumer via a business entity comprising: offering said products to said at least one consumer via at least one product Web site of an Internet; affiliating said business entity with at least one primary field merchant wherein said at least one primary field merchant directly sells said products to said at least one consumer; providing a franchise to each of said at least one primary field merchants; and equipping said at least one primary field merchant with at least one portable device for connecting said at least one primary field merchant to said Internet via at least one Internet connection, wherein said direct selling is selected from the group consisting of door-to-door sales, network marketing sales, multi-level sales, and combinations thereof, and said method further comprising individual and simultaneous training to at least one primary field merchant, or a plurality thereof, via said Internet connection by displaying to at least one of group consisting of live, on-demand, interactive training sessions or combinations thereof.