As a reminder, an Affiliate must be “Active” in order to receive Sales Team and Matching Bonuses. There are four ways for an Affiliate to remain “Active.”
- In the previous 31 days before any pay period, the Affiliate has 150 monthly PBV (Personal Bonus Volume). For example: If an Affiliate has two personally enrolled “non Affiliate” customers who are successfully receiving Autoship in the previous 31 days (2 X 75 PBV = 150BV), then the Affiliate has met this requirement and is “Active.” Or,
- In the previous 31 days before any pay period, the Affiliate has 75 PBV (Personal Bonus Volume) “personal Autoship.” This simply means the Affiliate is receiving their personal LifeMap Product on Autoship. Important Note: Even if an Affiliate is entitled to free product under the “Enroll Four Program” the Affiliate must still have a valid credit card in place to pay their monthly shipping and handling charge (currently $9.75/month). Or,
- In the previous 90 days, the Affiliate has personally purchased an “Affiliate package that contains an “Autoship product.” Or,
- In the previous 90 days, the Affiliate has personally enrolled a Customer with a Customer package that contains an “Autoship product.”
Additionally, an Affiliate must be in “good standing” and have paid their Annual Renewal fee (if applicable). See Annual Renewal Fee details to follow.
“Inactive Affiliates” are still eligible to receive Direct Commissions but are not eligible to receive Sales Team or Matching Bonuses (or until they return to “Active” status) and any banked Bonus Volume will be expire per the rules described in 2. a-d. If the Affiliate does not become “Active” within as described above, then any of the inactive Affiliate’s banked Bonus Volume expires.
A very simple way to communicate (and understand) this qualification is: Banked Bonus Volume for any Affiliate that is “active,” does not expire.
This change is effective for the pay period that begins December 30th 2008 and thereafter.
3. Customer Acquisition requirements for “Paid As” rank. (Begins with the pay period beginning January 27, 2009)
- One Star Affiliates must have one (1) personally enrolled “Active non Affiliate Customer” in order to be paid as a One Star Affiliate
- Two Star Affiliates must have two (2) personally enrolled “Active non Affiliate Customers” in order to be paid as a Two Star Affiliate
- Three Star Affiliates must have three (3) personally enrolled “Active non Affiliate Customers” in order to be paid as a Three Star Affiliate
- Four Star Affiliates must have four (4) personally enrolled “Active non Affiliate Customers” to be paid as a Four Star Affiliate
Definition of “Active Customer”
- To be an “Active Customer” the previous 90 days, the Customer must have purchased a Customer package that contains an “Autoship product.” Or,
- The Customer must have successfully received an Autoship order in the previous 31 days
This helps ensure a healthy and vibrant business model based in part on Customer acquisition.
Important note: Any “non Affiliate “Customer, that also enrolls Customers, will count towards an Affiliate’s Customer requirements. Example: If an Affiliate enrolls a Customer who enrolls three (3) Customers, that would counts as four (4) Customers towards the Affiliate’s Customer Acquisition requirements.
This change is effective with the pay period that begins January 27, 2009 and thereafter.
Clarification To Affiliate Policies and Procedures: Affiliate Membership and Annual Renewal Fee.
GeneWize is reducing the Annual Renewal fee from $59 to $49! However, rather than one yearly annual collection for all Affiliates, GeneWize will collect Annual Renewal Fees for certain Affiliates in early January 2009 and other Affiliates in early July 2009. The timing is based on when an Affiliate enrolled in.
Here’s how Affiliate Annual Renewal Fees will be implemented: For Affiliates that enrolled in 2008, and to help get the Affiliate renewal program on track, here’s how it will be implemented:
- Affiliates who enrolled on or before August 31, 2008, will be charged the reduced Annual Renewal fee of $49 in January 2009, and then each year in January thereafter.
- Affiliates who enrolled September 1, 2008 or later, but before January 2009, will be charged the reduced Annual Renewal fee of $49 in July of 2009, and then each July thereafter.
- Beginning in 2009 and thereafter, all NEW Affiliates that enroll between January 1 and June 30th of each year will be charged their Annual Renewal Fee of $49 in January of the year following their enrollment.
- Beginning in 2009 and thereafter, all NEW Affiliates that enroll between July 1 and December 31 of each year will be charged their Annual Renewal Fee of $49 in July of the year following their enrollment.
All Affiliates, at the applicable time (January 2009 or July 2009 and thereafter) will be charged the Annual Renewal Fee. If, as an Affiliate, you did not intend to renew and desire to cancel your Affiliate-ship, you must email Customer Service at renewals@mygenewize.com within 30 days to cancel and receive a full refund of your renewal fee.
Clarification of the “Enroll (or Keep Four) and Pay no More” Referral Program.
Don’t worry, there are no changes to this great program, however we are noticing that we may have not have done an adequate job of explaining it and that some Affiliates either don’t understand the program or don’t know how to explain it in a way that new Affiliates can easily understand.
INITIAL COMPENSATION
We want to encourage and suggest ALL Affiliates describe this as the “Keep Four and Pay no More” program going forward.
Remember: Each time you enroll a NEW Affiliate or Customer you earn a Direct Commission of $40-100 on each enrollment. That is your initial compensation not a discount on your product. We can’t give you both in the same month!
The Free/Discounted Product program is designed to apply your credit ONLY AFTER your Customer or Affiliate’s 2nd order has been successfully charged and completed.
REOCCURRING COMPENSATION
You’re reoccurring compensation comes in the form of a discount on your LifeMap Product, the month AFTER your personally enrolled Affliates/Customes order(s) are successfully charged and paid for. Not in the same month. Very simply, our computer program needs to “look back” at the transactions in order to provide an accurate accounting and apply the appropriate discounts.
The first One to Four Affiliates (or Customers) you enroll entitles you to a discount on your LifeMap product (10%, 25%, 50, 100% respectively). An example is if you enrolled 4 NEW customers on December 1 of 2008 and they received their First Orders on January 1 of 2009 and they are on Autoship to receive their 2nd shipment on February 1st 2009, your discount or FREE product credit would be applied in March. Don’t forget that you will also be charged for shipping and handling (currently $9.75) IMPORTANT: If you don’t have a valid credit card on file to cover shipping, you will not receive your discount or free product credit. If, for example, only 3 of your Affiliate or Customer credit cards successfully processed, you would receive a 50% discount.
After enrollment Number 4, you will earn a Direct Commission of $15.00 for each Customer/Affiliate. For example, if you enrolled 10 Affiliates four of them (providing their transaction process successfully) would entitle you to FREE product and the next six would earn you $90.00 in Direct Commissions (6 X $15.00).
Hopefully this explanation helps you better understand (and explain) the program. Please refer to the Compensation Plan and carefully review the Affiliate Policies & Procedures, which are available in your Affiliate Back Office for more details.