The Role of the Compensation Plan in a Successful Direct Selling Company

By Jeffrey Babener © 2013 / 2014

www.mlmlegal.com

This blog post is the companion post to the video: Role of Compensation Plan in a Successful Direct Selling Company. The following is the transcript of MLM Attorney Jeff Babener’s own words:

Hi, I’m Jeff Babener of MLMLegal.com. I’d like to talk to you today about the compensation plan. It better be good.

There are obviously significant legal issues in evaluating and implementing compensation plans. Review of the compensation plan a competent MLM lawyer is essential.

Does a compensation plan make or break a startup MLM company? History suggests that a good compensation plan is helpful and absolutely necessary. Does it drive financial success? Probably not. Will a bad compensation plan contribute to failure? Probably, together with other unlucky breaks. As industry expert Michael Sheffield notes with respect to a good compensation plan, “Its absence will be noted more than its presence.”

This article is also available online at: http://mlmattorney.com/blog/2013/02/26/the-role-of-the-compensation-plan-in-a-successful-direct-selling-company/