Most people start in the Network Marketing industry on a part time basis. The majority never go full time. When looking for the best MLM compensation plan, you must take this into account. If these distributors do not have a reasonable chance of success, your attrition rate will be unacceptably high. Even as a leader, you may then drop out yourself if you cannot sustain sufficient active downlines to create residual income.

Business Models drive the behaviour in the field so a different approach and a different kind of person is suited to each type of pay plan - binary, stair-step breakaway, unilevel etc. But within those - whichever you choose - there are two essential features which must be considered.

There are companies offering many different types of product but for you to establish true royalty income, consumable products offer the best opportunity. Why is this? Simply because products consumed on a regular basis encourage the setting up of a monthly autoship. Your company should offer this. Without it you are severely disadvantaged as there is no guaranteed regular turnover of product.

So the first thing to know is how many people actively ordering product do you need to break even on your own autoship? Those people actively ordering may be regular committed customers or team members. That cost is your fundamental business expense and everyone must expect to pay it. Nevertheless, as most of your team will be part time and possibly on a limited budget, the sooner each distributor can break even the better. Most companies offering consumable products in the health and wellness field have autoships costing between 120 and 250 $US. You should look for a compensation plan in which that break even number is between 6 and 8. If you need many more than that, the monthly financial cost may be too much for many and the resulting attrition rate will be unsustainable. Although your business will grow big through the efforts of leaders, there is a place for everyone in your organization - the leaders, the stars and the foot soldiers!

The second thing you need to be clear about is how many people do you need in your downline to earn 10K per month of residual income? That is a good benchmark figure. Most Network Marketers have absolutely no idea on this one. But if you don't know that, how can you plan your business development? You will need to crunch the numbers for this and I highly recommend you do it with your potential sponsor before signing up. If he doesn't know, which is highly likely, look to someone else in the company for the information. Do not allow yourself to be given the brush off here. It is a vital piece of information that you must know.

The industry average is around 2000 to earn that magic figure of 10K. How likely are the part timers to get anywhere near that? Not very. And that figure can be a lot higher but it can also be lower in certain companies. Even if you are looking at a company where the figures are around 2000, you may choose to go ahead with them. There might be other factors that you feel outweigh this, such as a particularly strong product range or the support and training offered for example. However those numbers are crucial and you should be clear about them. Remember of course, that figures like that depend on factors that will differ in practice to theory, but get a good solid ball park number.