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Understanding breakaway compensation plans

I joined a company with a stairstep breakaway plan and I am confused about how it works. When my downline breaks away, do I lose all the commissions from their group? How do overrides work in this model?

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The best advice I ever got was to spend 80% of my time on customer acquisition and 20% on recruiting. Most new distributors do the opposite because recruiting has bigger potential payoffs. But without customers, you are just building a house of cards.

My mom has been in the same MLM for 22 years. She never made much money from it but she genuinely loves the products and the community. She treats it as a hobby, not a business. I think that is the healthiest approach to MLM.

I think you are painting with too broad a brush. Not all MLM companies are the same. I have been with my company for 7 years and earn a consistent $4,000 per month. The key is finding a company with products people actually want to buy.

I have been in network marketing for 10 years across 2 companies. Currently earning about $5,500 per month. Here is the truth nobody tells you - it took me 4 years of consistent daily work before I hit $1,000 per month. Most people quit before reaching that point.

I joined a company with a stairstep breakaway plan and I am confused about how it works. When my downline breaks away, do I lose all the commissions from their group? How do overrides work in this model?

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