Closed network marketing and direct sales companies

Q Sciences no longer appears to be active as a direct sales company.

The company faced advertising scrutiny in 2021 when the Direct Selling Self-Regulatory Council reviewed social-media claims suggesting that Q Sciences products could improve immunity, address pain and inflammation, or protect consumers during the COVID-19 pandemic. DSSRC also q... Read the complete Q Sciences profile

Paperly no longer appears to be active as a direct sales company.

CVSL Inc. acquired substantially all of Paperly’s assets on December 31, 2013. The transaction provided the sellers with 155,926 CVSL shares and an earnout equal to 10% of Paperly’s EBITDA from 2014 through 2016. CVSL later became known as JRJR Networks and filed for C... Read the complete Paperly profile

Petra Fashions no longer appears to be active as a direct sales company.

Petra Fashions is no longer active. Former company leader Linda Tardiff stated in a 2012 profile that Petra had suffered from mismanagement, was sold by its owner to an investment banking firm, and subsequently filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Other former consultant accounts place the company... Read the complete Petra Fashions profile

PRO STEP no longer appears to be active as a direct sales company.

ProSTEP was a Florida lead-generation and marketing-services MLM aimed specifically at people already involved in network marketing. It ceased operating around late 2005.

Original Npros business profile for PRO STEP, preserved below for archival purposes:

ProSTEP Inc. was a Destin, Flo... Read the complete PRO STEP profile

OceanGrown International no longer appears to be active as a direct sales company.

Original Npros business profile for OceanGrown International, preserved below for archival purposes:

OceanGrown International, commonly known as OGI or OGILife, was founded in Utah in 2007 by Kerry Brown and Travis Martin. Brown served as president, while Martin was identified ... Read the complete OceanGrown International profile

QuestNet no longer appears to be active as a direct sales company.

Quest.net was the former website of QuestNet, the company now known as QNET.

Original Npros business profile for QuestNet, preserved below for archival purposes:

QuestNet was a former operating name of QNET, the Hong Kong-based direct-selling company founded in 1998 by Vijay Eswaran an... Read the complete QuestNet profile

Signature Homestyles no longer appears to be active as a direct sales company.

Signature HomeStyles was a long-running home décor party-plan company. It closed abruptly in April 2025 and is no longer active.

Original Npros business profile for Signature Homestyles, preserved below for archival purposes:

Madolyn Johnson founded Signature Homestyle... Read the complete Signature Homestyles profile

Take Shape for Life no longer appears to be active as a direct sales company.

Take Shape For Life was renamed OPTAVIA in July 2017.

Original Npros business profile for Take Shape for Life, preserved below for archival purposes:

Take Shape For Life was the direct-selling division of Medifast Inc., a publicly traded Maryland health-and-wellness company ... Read the complete Take Shape for Life profile

The Traveling Vineyard no longer appears to be active as a direct sales company.

Traveling Vineyard is no longer active as an MLM. It ended its multilevel party-plan program in December 2023 and briefly continued selected wines through Fissata Wine Company, but both companies now appear closed.

Original Npros business profile for The Traveling Vineyard, prese... Read the complete The Traveling Vineyard profile

The Balance Company no longer appears to be active as a direct sales company.

In April 2008, The Balance Company joined the Youngevity group of direct-selling companies. Founder Jon Slavet’s professional history states that the brand was acquired by San Diego-based Youngevity, while Youngevity historical materials identify April 2008 as the month the company be... Read the complete The Balance Company profile