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Yes it is legal but you are not hiring employees, you are seeking independent sales reps, meaning they can sell your products and anything else. An independent sales rep will negotiate for a percentage of every unit or total sales of what they sell for you. You may also have reps that want reimbursement for travel and other expenses. The benefit for you is low overhead, no payroll taxes and you need only to produce 1099's for the guys that sell for you. The bad news is that the sales reps are not dedicated, the only real incentive to sell is the commission possibility. However, if your product has a long sales cycle or small margins, you may not attractive very good independent sales reps.

Ed, Luckiest - In case you didn't see, this is the third of three questions (each somewhat involved, so I'm the one who suggested to spiderman that they be posted individually). The first in the chain is at:
http://smallbusinessonlinecommunity.bankofamerica.com/thread/2173

To provide the right answers for it (and the next two), I thought we needed a little more clarification. Once we receive that, I'm sure we'll be able to address this specific issue more directly.

What is the need for a sales staff?
According to your profile, you are a non-profit after school learning center.
You could easily gain students to your center just by advertising with school districts.
You really aren't going to have a sales staff going door to door to schools soliciting students are you?