Sales agents and brokers: Sales agents and sales brokers are distinguished from the other types of channel member already described in that they do not take title to the goods. The role of agents and brokers is to facilitate distribution by bringing buyers and sellers together. Sales agents often have close relations with particular growers/processors/manufacturers and contract to sell on their behalf in return for a commission. Some agents negotiate sales for a number of non-competing clients, whilst others handle sales for only one client and usually have the exclusive right to do so, within a specified geographic area. In many respects the sales agent behaves as though he/she were an extension of the client's own sales organisation. Brokers, on the other hand, earn a commission for informing buyers of possible sellers and informing sellers of possible buyers. Clients use the services of a broker intermittently since their supply of the product to the market is intermittent.