DSWA Announces an Alliance with ROAM Data

Jan. 26, 2009 - PRLog -- KAILUA, HI -- The Direct Selling Women's Alliance, (DSWA) is pleased to announce an alliance with ROAM Data, the premier Mobile Application Services provider in the country.   ROAM will supply DSWA Members and Member Companies the industry's first Low Cost Mobile enabled Merchant Accounts and Paycard solution (from ACT Merchant Services), along with Mobile Phone and Data Services (from Sprint).

MobileMerchant is the first low cost Merchant Account Program that allows Direct Sales professionals to conveniently process Credit  Card transactions right on their own mobile phones, or via the Web. Email receipts can be sent to their customers instantly; customer and order information can be easily captured and stored on the server using the mobile phone. ROAM's voice to text data entry, and reverse phone address search features help Distributors conveniently and quickly conduct their business Anywhere and Anytime.
The DSWA MobilePaycard is the first Prepaid Debit Card to offer direct selling professionals the convenience of mobile access to their account to transfer money, check balance, pay bills, and more. DSWA MobilePaycard can be used as the direct seller’s own "Business Account" avoiding the need for a separate business bank account.  Additionally, commissions and bonuses from their Direct Sales and network marketing company can be directly deposited to their Paycard.  MobileMerchant and DSWA MobilePaycard are supported on a wide variety of mobile phones from Blackberries, iPhones, WinMobile, and standard phones like the Razr, Rumors, and many more.  

"We are delighted to be partnering with the DSWA to empower their Members with innovative Mobile tools to increase their productivity." said Will Graylin, Founder and CEO of ROAM Data, Inc. "ROAM is providing the Direct Sales industry's first low cost, device agnostic, Mobile Merchant Account and Mobile Paycard program."

"The ROAM Partnership exemplifies DSWA's commitment to offer our Members effective and "State of the Art" solutions to allow them to perform their work with the most efficient and cost effective methods available. ROAM's leadership in offering Mobile Solutions to the Direct Selling profession makes them an ideal Partner for the DSWA and our Members." said Nicki Keohohou, CEO of the DSWA.


About the DSWA
The Direct Selling Women's Alliance (DSWA) is a global organization dedicated to uniting direct sellers throughout the world who share a common desire of achieving personal and financial success. A fun and welcoming environment, the DSWA is the direct sellers' source for the latest information, resources, networking and support. The DSWA empowers women and men in the direct selling profession, helping them achieve maximum results.

The DSWA is the association that serves the more than 59 million direct selling distributors around the world. Its members are affiliated with one of the thousands of direct selling companies, which generate combined annual revenues exceeding $109 billion. The foremost provider of industry-specific information, resources, networking opportunities, products, training, and services, the DSWA is dedicated to supporting individual direct sellers as they build their home-based, independent direct selling businesses. www.dswa.org

About ROAM Data

ROAM Data is a mobile application services company, leveraging its innovative carrier and device agnostic platform to deliver valuable real-time information and transactions to mobile professionals on their own mobile phones, as a service. Direct Sales Companies, SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) Providers and Systems Integrators look to ROAM to deliver user friendly real-time mobile data, transactions and secure payments. ROAM partnering with ACT Merchant Services delivers low cost Mobile enabled Merchant Accounts and Paycard solutions. ROAM provides fully hosted services with 24X7 support to reduce complexity and total cost of ownership for IT departments, improving time-to-market and quality of their mobile application services. Visit us at www.roamdata.com

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The Direct Selling Women’s Association (DSWA) is a global organization dedicated to providing education, inspiration and resources to direct selling professionals and the companies and vendors that serve them.