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BRAND REPRESENTATIVE STATUS
3. QBRAND REPRESENTATIVE STATUS
3.1 QUALIFYING AS A BRAND REPRESENTATIVE
A. Brand Representative Qualification Requirements
To qualify as a Brand Representative, you must submit a Letter of Intent and achieve 2,000 Group Sales Volume (including 500 of your own Direct Customer Sales Volume) during the Brand Representative Qualification Period. You can complete Brand Representative Qualification as fast as you like (in as little as one week or as long as two months), but if you choose to qualify over a two-month period, you must achieve at least 1,000 Group Sales Volume (including 250 of your own Direct Customer Sales Volume) each month.
You can find the Letter of Intent form by signing into your nuskin.com account.
B. Brand Representative Qualification Period
Your Brand Representative Qualification Period starts the calendar month in which you submit your Letter of Intent. You have until the end of the following calendar month to complete Brand Representative Qualification.
EXAMPLE: If you submit your Letter of Intent on February 25 to qualify as a Brand Representative, your Brand Representative Qualification Period would begin in February. Your Brand Representative Qualification Period would end on the earlier of:
i. the date you advance to become a Brand Representative after meeting the Brand Representative Qualification Requirements (see Section 3.1A);
i. the end of the first month of your Brand Representative Qualification Period if you fail to satisfy the minimum required Sales Volume for your first month of Brand Representative Qualification (1,000 Group Sales Volume, including 250 of your own Direct Customer Sales Volume). In the example above, if you did not satisfy the minimum requirements in February, your Brand Representative Qualification Period would end on the last day of February; or
ii. the end of the second calendar month after you submit your Letter of Intent and fail to meet the Brand Representative Qualification Requirements in that second month. In the example above, if you met the minimum requirements in February but not in March, your Brand Representative Qualification Period would end on the last day of March.
C. Completion of Brand Representative Qualification Requirements and Advancement
When you complete the Brand Representative Qualification Requirements, you become a Brand Representative on the first day of the next weekly period (the 8th, 15th, or 22nd of that month, or on the 1st of the next month), and you are eligible to start earning a Building Bonus on newly completed Group Sales Volume thereafter. See Table 2.C. You can also start earning the Leading Bonus for all eligible Sales Volume from purchases by your Team after your Brand Representative Advancement Date.
As Brand Affiliates in your Group advance to Brand Representative, your Team and subsequent advancement may be impacted as follows.
i. If someone from your Group is also in Brand Representative Qualification, they will only become part of your Team if you: (1) complete your first Brand Representative Qualification month in the same month or earlier than the month they complete their Brand Representative Qualification Requirements; and (2) finish Brand Representative Qualification within your Brand Repre- sentative Qualification Period. See Addendum A.
ii. If a Brand Affiliate in your Group completes Brand Representative Qualification prior to the timeframes noted above, they are placed in the Team of the next Brand Representative above you and you will not earn any Building or Leading Bonuses from their sales activity. However, you may still earn Affiliate Referring Bonuses from their sales activity. See Addendum A.
D. Failure to Complete Brand Representative Qualification Requirements
If you do not satisfy the Brand Representative Qualification Requirements within the Brand Representative Qualification Period, your Brand Representative Qualification will be terminated. If you want to attempt to qualify as a Brand Representative again, you will need to submit a new Letter of Intent and restart Brand Representative Qualification.
3.2 BRAND REPRESENTATIVE STATUS
A. Maintaining or Losing Brand Representative Status
Maintenance requirements begin your first full month following the completion of your Brand Representative Qualification Requirements. See Addendum A. Your status as a Brand Representative is Maintained based on your sales performance each month.
i. If you achieve at least 2,000 Group Sales Volume (including 250 of your own Direct Customer Sales Volume) in a month, you will Maintain your status as a Brand Representative for that month. If you complete 2,000 Group Sales Volume in a month but not your 250 Direct Customer Sales Volume, you will not maintain your Brand Representative status for the month and will begin the next month without Brand Representative status.
ii. If you fail to achieve 2,000 Group Sales Volume but still achieve at least 500 Group Sales Volume (including 250 of your own Direct Customer Sales Volume) in a month and have sufficient Flex Points (described in Section 3.3 below) available to make up the difference in missing Group Sales Volume (e.g., 500 Group Sales Volume plus 1,500 Flex Points), your Flex Points will be applied to Maintain your status as a Brand Representative for that month. Flex Points cannot be used to satisfy the 250 Direct Customer Sales Volume requirement. When Flex Points are used to Maintain your Brand Representative status, you are not eligible to earn Building or Leading Bonuses that month.
iii. If you do not meet Maintenance requirements, then you will lose your Brand Representative status and become a Brand Affiliate effective the first day of the next month. If you lose your Brand Representative status, you are not eligible to earn Building or Leading Bonuses and you lose your Sales Network, which moves up a Generation and becomes part of the Sales Networks of the Brand Representatives above you. You may regain your Sales Network through Restart. See Addendum C.
You may not Maintain your status or Title by creating false accounts, buying additional Products, or using any other form of manipulation that violates the spirit and intent of this Plan or Nu Skin’s Policies & Procedures.
3.3 FLEX POINTS
A. Description
Flex Points are a Group Sales Volume substitute that are used to Maintain your status as a Brand Representative if you do not complete at least 2,000 Group Sales Volume in a month. Flex Points cannot be used to satisfy the 250 Direct Customer Sales Volume requirement and you cannot use more than 1,500 Flex Points in a month. Flex Points do not provide Sales Volume or Commissionable Sales Value and no Bonus is paid on Flex Points. Flex Points have no monetary value and cannot ever be redeemed for cash. Flex Points do not expire and there is no limit to the amount of Flex Points you can accumulate; however, any accumulated Flex Points will be forfeited if you lose your Brand Representative status. When Flex Points are used to Maintain your Brand Representative status, you are not eligible to earn Building or Leading Bonuses that month.
B. Allocation of Flex Points
You are allotted Flex Points as a new Brand Representative and each following year in your Brand Representative advancement anniversary month. At the beginning of your first three full months as a new Brand Representative, you are allotted 1,500 Flex Points in your first month, 1,000 in your second month, and 500 in your third month, for a total of 3,000 Flex Points. Each following year, you are allotted an additional 1,500 Flex Points in your anniversary month as a Brand Representative. Your Flex Points will be reflected in your nuskin.com account.
If you lose your Brand Representative status and complete Brand Representative Qualification again (including through Restart), you will be allocated 1,000 Flex Points in your first month and 500 in your second month following your advancement.