ACN, LLC (formerly ACN, Inc.) is a multi-level marketing (MLM) company that provides telecommunications, television, energy and other services, depending on the country, through a network of independent sales agents known as "Independent Business Owners" (IBOs), who themselves recruit new people as service providers or to become their own IBO. There is potential of a Bonuses to be paid to the IBOs who recruit/sponsor new IBOs, only when a certain amount of services are sold or bought within their first month of joining. Based in Concord, North Carolina, USA, ACN began operations in the United States in 1993 as American Communications Network. It extended operations to Europe in 1999, to the Pacific in 2006, to Asia in 2011, and now operates in 24 countries, on four continents.[5] As a reflection of its international operations, it changed its name to just the initial letters ACN.[citation needed] The company is a member of the Direct Selling Associations in North America [6][7] and Europe
