Compensation

Why is Max’s compensation plan so powerful? Because it is specifically designed to benefit you the Associate.

The Max Plan
Frequently Asked Questions

If I’m new to network marketing, what do I do to get paid at Max International?

The first thing you do after purchasing your Starter Kit and the New Associate Product Pack is to make sure that you have at least one box of product on your monthly autoship (two boxes if you want to participate in the Matching Check Bonus program). Next, you recruit four people who go on 100 CV autoship (two boxes of product), and place two on your right sales team, and two on your left sales team. You now qualify for Team Commissions and for Tier One Matching Bonuses. Repeat, and repeat again. Enjoy.

How do I earn income and when are commissions and bonus checks paid?

There are seven different ways Associates earn income. The commissions and bonuses are paid as follows:

Retail Commissions: Paid when the sale takes place.
Associate Preferred Customer Commissions: Based on sales that take place between Sunday at 12:00 midnight through the following Saturday at 11:59:59 PM Mountain Time. Check sent the following Friday. The commission will be paid weekly, but the appropriate CV will be paid monthly as Team Commissions. Preferred Customer’s Friends and Family Program credit will be posted in their back office monthly.
FastTrack Commissions: Based on sales that take place between Sunday at 12:00 midnight through the following Saturday at 11:59:59 PM Mountain Time. Check sent the following Friday.
Team Commissions: Based on sales that take place during the calendar month. Check sent on the 15th of the following month that the commissions were earned.
Matching Check Bonuses: Based on sales that take place during the calendar month. Check sent on the 15th of the following month that the commissions were earned.
Luxury Car Allowance / Travel Allowance / Insurance Allowance: Based on commissions earned the previous month. Check sent on the 15th of the following month that the commissions were earned. Associates must have corporate approval in order for these Allowances to be paid
Global Leadership Bonuses: Based on the previous month’s Global CV. Check sent on the 15th of the following month that the commissions were earned.

What is an Active Associate?

To be considered active and to qualify to receive Team Commissions, an Associate must have purchased a $49 Starter Kit, and have at least 50 Personal Commissionable Volume (PCV) during the calendar month. To qualify for Matching Check Commissions an Associate must have 100 PCV during the calendar month.

What does the $49 Starter Kit allow an Associate to do?

By purchasing a $49 Max International Starter Kit, the new Associate becomes qualified to:

Buy at wholesale and sell at retail
Sponsor Preferred Customers and earn a 25% commission on their purchases
Sponsor new Associates and earn FastTrack Commissions

What is (CV) Commissionable Volume and how is it earned?

Commissionable Volume (CV) determines how much Team Commissions are paid to each Associate. CV accumulates in an Associate’s right and left sales team as a result of the sale of products and New Associate Product Packs which occur in each team during the month. The CV on all recurring orders is one CV point per US dollar, which means a $66 box of product produces 66 CV. The CV on New Associate Product Packs is not a one-to-one ratio because of the FastTrack commissions that are paid to the enrolling Associate and to the upline. Occasionally, certain sales aids might have CV.

How does one qualify for FastTrack Commissions?

Enroll with the company by purchasing a Starter Kit and enroll people with the company and sell them a New Associate Product Pack when they enroll. Fast Track Commissions range anywhere from $10 to $75 depending upon which Product Pack is sold. Associates also receive FastTrack Commissions every time one of their personally enrolled Associates sells a Product Pack.

It is not necessary for a new Associate to purchase a product pack to earn FastTrack commissions, however, by purchasing a Product Pack, the Associate has product for personal use, product to share with others and it also provides the new Associate with Personal Commissionable Volume (PCV) which qualifies them for Team Commissions. FastTrack Commissions are paid weekly.

Please explain the FastTrack payout for Product Pack upgrades

Associates can purchase Super Achiever Product Packs for $599 anytime, and benefit from the discounted price of $61. If an Associate initially enrolled with a Home or Leader and then decides to upgrade to the Super Achiever Pack, the upgrade price is $599. However, in order for the new Associate’s enroller to receive FastTrack Commissions, and for the Associate to qualify for Tier Two Matching Check Bonuses (for the month of purchase, plus the next two calendar months), the upgrade of the Super Achiever Product Pack must take place within 60 days of initial enrollment.

Why should I purchase the Super Achiever Pack?

Associates receive a $61 discount when they purchase a Super Achiever Pack. Additionally, they qualify for Tier Two Matching Bonuses in the month they enroll, plus the next two calendar months. Most importantly, it provides the new Associate with extra product to sell at retail or to share with potential customers and Associates.

What is the difference between the Pay Leg and the Strong Leg?

Associates build two sales teams, a right sales team and a left sales team. These sales teams are also called “sales legs”, one leg being the “Strong Leg”, and the other being the “Pay Leg”. During the month, Commissionable Volume (CV) accumulates as a result of the sale of products and New Associate Product Packs. At the end of each month, the Pay Leg is the sales team that has lesser CV of the two sales teams, and the Strong Leg has more CV. Because the Pay Leg and the Strong Leg can change from time to time, Associates who place new Associates equally in each sales team, maximize their potential for Matching Check Bonuses.

How are Team Commissions determined?

The Team Commission is 10% of the Pay Leg Volume. For example, if the Pay Leg has 10,000 CV, and the Strong Leg has 12,000 CV, the Team Commission paid to the Associate is $1,000, and then 10,000 CV is removed from both sales teams. Team Commissions are paid on the 15th of each month for the previous month’s activity.

Why do I have to place new Associates in the Strong Leg when I get paid on the volume in my Pay (or smaller) Leg?

The requirement for equal placement comes from years of experience. Tenured net-workers generally build this way, because they never know which leg is going to grow fastest. If enough people are working, large builders can show up at anytime in either leg. And it is not uncommon for legs to change from the Pay Leg to the Strong Leg.

How do I earn Matching Check Bonuses?

Associates have the opportunity of receiving Matching Check Bonuses on every personally enrolled Associate they enroll in the business, and on the Associates their downline enrolls (and on and on) through seven levels!

Matching Check Bonuses are earned by placing personally enrolled Associates equally in both the right and left sales teams. The more Associates sponsored and equally placed in the two sale’s teams, the higher percentage and additional levels paid in Matching Check Bonuses.

Associates and their qualifying personally enrolled Associates must have at least 100 PCV in order to qualify for Matching Check Bonuses.

Matching checks range from 25% to 50% of an Associate’s personally enrolled Associate’s Team Commission check. For example, if an Associate is at the Tier One Matching Check Bonus level, and one of their personally enrolled Associates earned a Team Commission check for $1,000, the Associate would receive a Matching Check Bonus of $250. If an Associate is at the Tier Seven level, they would receive a 50% match on all their personally enrolled Associates, no matter how many there are! If a personally enrolled Associate earned a Team Commission Check for $1,000, they would receive a Matching Check Bonus of $500. There is no limit to the number of personally enrolled Associate’s matching checks you can earn. Matching Check Bonuses are paid of the 15th of each month for the previous month’s activity.

How does the Preferred Customer Program work?

There are two types of Max customers: Retail Customers and Preferred Customers. Retail Customers purchase products directly from Max Associates and pay the suggested retail price for the product. The selling Associate keeps 100% of the difference between the retail price and the wholesale price of the product.

Preferred Customers register with the company, and are forever linked to the Associate with whom they registered. Preferred Customers can purchase products at the wholesale price by going on autoship. Associates receive a 25% commission on their personally enrolled Preferred Customer’s volume.

Preferred Customers do not take a position in the network. If they eventually choose to become an Associate, they do so by purchasing a Starter Kit. They will then receive a position like any other new Associate.

Because of the aggressive commission paid on Preferred Customer purchases, the CV is 50%, or one-half CV point for each dollar of volume ordered. Preferred Customer CV counts towards the Associates required Personal Commissionable Volume (PCV) requirement. All PCV an Associate has over 100 goes in the Associate’s Pay Leg, and therefore pays him / her, a 10% commission. Naturally, Associates are encouraged to acquire Preferred Customers.

Associates cannot be their own Preferred Customer.

What if my distributorship has no volume for a six month period?

Associates are dropped from the compensation structure after six months with no activity. They can re-enroll, but will be placed at the bottom of the Team Commission structure and will have to start building a new organization to earn commissions and bonuses.

How do I access the Luxury Car Allowance / Travel Allowance / Insurance Allowance?

When an Associate has at least one personally enrolled Gold Associate in their Enrollment Tree and a combined monthly income of $5,000 from their FastTrack Commissions, Team Commissions and Matching Check Bonuses, that Associate becomes a Qualified Platinum Associate. The following month and every month thereafter that the Associate stays qualified by maintaining the Platinum rank (or higher); they will receive the corresponding Luxury Car Allowance, Travel Allowance and Insurance Allowance. The Luxury Car Allowance must be used towards a company-approved automobile lease or purchase. The Travel Allowance must be used for company-approved business related expenses. The Insurance Allowance will automatically be paid to qualifying Associates on the 15th following each qualifying month.