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SFI (Strong Future International) Marketing Group was launched in 1998. Starting with just one product, sold only in the United States, SFI has now grown to more than 68000 products and services (and growing daily) sold in more than 190 countries around the world.

SFI was created to allow anyone with a computer and Internet access the opportunity to tap into the worldwide e-commerce revolution. Anyone of legal age in his or her country can become an SFI affiliate for free by filling out an online registration form. There is no obligation or purchase requirements of any kind.

Once registered, affiliates are provided with professional Websites for marketing SFI’s products on the Internet. SFI also provides all necessary sale support services, such as customer service, payment processing, and product shipment – all at no cost to the affiliate. For each sale generated, SFI pays the referring affiliate a commission. Additional commissions can be earned by building and leading affiliate groups.

SFI’s corporate headquarters in Lincoln, Nebraska.

 

 

Stability & Longevity

The mark of a successful company can be seen in its track record. SFI is now in its 13th year, with millions of dollars in annual sales and millions paid in commissions to thousands of affiliates around the world. SFI’s parent company, Carson Services, Inc., is now in its 26th year of business. It’s a longtime member of the Better Business Bureau and is registered with Dunn and Bradstreet. SFI affiliates operate with the peace of mind brought about by associating with a proven, debt-free organization with a long, successful history.

 

Company Leadership

SFI President and CEO, and founder of SFI, is Gery Carson. From 1985 to 1998, Gery was a top marketer and record-breaking distributor for several direct sales companies and a successful business magazine publisher. Known for his innovation, Gery has been a pioneering force in the direct mail and Internet marketing industries for more than two decades. His extraordinary achievements as an entrepreneur have been spotlighted in “Money Maker’s Monthly,” “Upline,” “Opportunity World Magazine,” and in numerous books and videos. National recognition has also included being named to 1992’s Outstanding Young Men of America list and 1997’s Who’s Who in the Media and Communications. In 1998, Gery set out to “put a dent in the universe” by creating SFI, a ground-breaking program that would utilize the Internet to empower and enrich the lives of millions of people around the world. Today, with 26814 new affiliates joining in the last week alone, SFI is one of the fastest growing companies of its kind in the world and is well on its way to achieving Gery’s vision.

 

Your Store

 

 

TripleClicks.com, just launched in January 2009, is an exciting new destination on the Web. TripleClicks currently features 68786 products and services, with hundreds more new products added weekly, including collectibles and items available nowhere else on the Internet. TripleClicks also allows its members to simply and easily sell their own unwanted items for cash or trade. SFI affiliates can earn handsome commissions promoting the products and services available at TripleClicks.

Contact Information
SFI’s corporate headquarters is located at: 8251 Northwoods Drive, Suite 200, Lincoln, NE 68504
You can reach SFI via phone at 402-434-8480 or via fax at 402-434-8483.

 

MAKE MONEY WORKING AT HOME WITH SFI

                           WHAT WHAT IS SFI ?  (Strong Future International) Marketing Group is a network marketing company founded by President and CEO Gery Carson. SFI was started in 1998, with only one product servicing the United States. Over 10 years later, SFI is now a completely global business opportunity providing millions of products and services to over 190 countries. If you’re looking to join a company with a proven and successful track record, there’s none like SFI. Both and men and women all around the world are building profitable internet businesses thanks to SFI’s unique and lucrative business model. SFI’s biggest strength is that they’re constantly evolving and growing to meet the needs of affiliates. This shows they care about their affiliates and who they represent. With the introduction of the VersaPoints system, affiliates can join for free and earn a substantial income without investing any of their own money. This is one of the biggest differences that set SFI apart from other business opportunities. Because of this, SFI is the fastest growing company of its kind, with over 8,000 new affiliates joining every week.  SFI is also home to the famous International Association for Home Business Entrepreneurs (IAHBE). The IAHBE is a one-of-a-kind resource for aspiring internet business entrepreneurs and is a perfect compliment to the SFI program.     SFI also has two sub-divisions: EyeEarn.com and TripleClicks.com. EyeEarn.com is the world’s largest advertising network and co-op powered by affiliates. You get paid for going about your normal day and getting seen. You can also gain sponsorship over new affiliates through the EyeEarn network. TripleClicks.com is home to SFI’s product database, housing thousands of products found nowhere else on the web. Earn commissions by referring people to over one million new and used products from all around the world. You can also sell your own unwanted items on the TripleClicks.com site. TripleClicks, in addition to thousands of products of its own is also a portal to more than 170 major, name-brand online stores representing millions of additional products and services. These stores are known as MaxMalls Merchants.               

BENEFITS OF JOINING SFI Benefits Of Joinging SFI Marketing Group

• Free to join

• Extensive training materials

• Live Support

• SFI Discussion Board (Forum) – Get answers, tips and advice from other SFI affiliates.

• VersaPoints system to encourage affiliates to stay active.

• Complete Marketing Aides and Tools

• Gift Certificate Program – Motivate your affiliates by giving them gift certificates to help move their businesses forward.

• No purchase requirements. Can qualify for all ranks with just actions or combinations of actions and sales!

• Fast front-end commissions (earn up to 72% of total Commission Volume on every customer sale* you generate!) PLUS lucrative, multiple, ongoing, residual income streams of up to 40% CV!

• Unlimited earnings potential.

• Thousands of commissionable products, with new products being added daily.

• The MaxMalls Pool allows you to automatically share in the worldwide sales and purchases every month of every SFI affiliate…AND every TripleClicks customer!

• Splash pages designed to maximize your referral and affiliate sponsoring efforts.

• Prepaid MasterCard for direct payment of sales earnings, easy ordering at TripleClicks and other stores, and more.

• Much More!

            How You Earn Money With SFI ? SFI’s compensation plan has nine components: Customer commissions through sales generated at TripleClicks.com Affiliate Overrides – When your personally sponsored affiliates purchase something from TripleClicks.com. Executive Overrides – When your personally sponsored affiliates generates a customer sale at TripleClicks.com. Co-Sponsorship Overrides – Earn on activities of the affiliates you’ve been assigned as the Co-Sponsor of. MaxMalls Pool – 100% of the revenues SFI receives from MaxMalls each month goes into a special pool for top affiliates. Every month that you achieve a minimum of 1500 points, you’ll automatically receive one equal share of the pool. Network Overrides – Create an income stream based on your Personally Sponsored Affiliates (PSAs). Network Overrides now take your income to a whole new level by allowing you to earn handsome commissions on the purchases and sales generated by affiliates sponsored by your PSAs and other affiliates in your organization. LaunchPad Rewards – SFI sends you a special daily e-mail your first 30 days that contains a link to an exclusive, copyrighted LaunchPad™ getting-started training Website. Each of the 30 LaunchPad™ editions includes a simple, one-question quiz. Once you’ve completed all 30 quizzes, you’ll receive special LaunchPad™ Rewards. VersaPoints Rewards – Each month, SFI awards cash and other valuable rewards to the top 200 VersaPoints earners of the month. Just be in the top 200 at the end of the month and you’re in! Peak Performer Bonuses – Make the top 20 in any of SFI’s three Peak Performer Quarterly Contests (Top Sponsors, Top Sellers, or Top Builders) and you’ll receive one of many cash bonuses or prizes.

Knock Out Trivia Game Challenges

YOU’VE BEEN CHALLENGED!

Your friend Sharifah Azean just finished as a runner-up in KNOCKOUT TRIVIA and is challenging you to try to equal his/her accomplishment! You may play up to three FREE matches daily and there are additional prizes you can win!

 About Knockout Trivia

• Outlast your fellow players answering trivia questions to win free Daily Crown drawing entrie
• Earn unlimited Member Rewards Points
• Compete for the top spots on the Knockout Trivia leaderboard
• 40+ exciting games daily
• No purchase necessary to enter or win

Is SFI just another “Get-rich-quick” scheme??

“Get-rich-quick” is a fairy tale. If overnight riches are your dream, your odds are probably better playing the lottery than running a business—any business. We’re sorry, but we won’t insult your intelligence with promises of overnight wealth. That said, we’ve paid out many millions of dollars to our affiliates who’ve applied themselves. Indeed, as thousands of our affiliates will attest, there’s huge money to be made in SFI, if you’re willing to do the work.

Is SFI a “Pyramid Scheme”??

Is SFI a “pyramid scheme”?                                                  

Definitely not. In pyramid schemes, income is generated solely on the process of recruiting others into the pyramid who pay a fee to get in. Sometimes a product or service of questionable value is involved (one that is never retailed to the general public). However, generally what you’re buying is the right to recruit others into the scheme. This is illegal. Also, in pyramid schemes, those who get in first and who are at the top of the pyramid win, while most everyone else loses.

In SFI, on the other hand, there is NO COST required to participate, and affiliates are paid ONLY on product movement (both at wholesale and retail)—never on recruiting. And, unlike illegal pyramids, in SFI, no matter where you’re positioned in the network or when you join, you can advance to the very highest income levels and even earn more income than those above you in the network.

New Games Uber-Pick

 Uber – Picks      FIFA NA        FIFA EU       Cricket

OVERVIEW

If you love sports, you’ll love playing Uber-Picks! By playing Uber-Picks alongside your favorite sports, you’ll add even more excitement and enjoyment to being a sports fan!

The objective of Uber-Picks is to tally the highest score possible by correctly picking winning teams of sports of your choosing, but that’s only the start. You’ll maximize your score by strategically assigning “Confidence Points” to each of your picks (the more confident you are of a pick, the more points you should assign).

For each game you pick correctly, you’ll earn the number of points you assigned to that game. Note: Games that end in a tie or are cancelled will be scored as a correct pick.

Uber-Picks also features five “Sidekicks”–which you can use to boost your score even further and add even more fun to playing.

PRIZES

Win shares of the big weekly Zackpots by posting one of the 50 highest scores (the total of the points you’ve assigned to winning teams, plus Sidekick Bonus Points). Also earn cool badges, MRP (Member Rewards Points), and compete for the top spots on the Uber-Picks Leaderboards! See details below.

UBER-PICKS SPORTS

Uber-Picks is available (when sport is in season) for:

MLB (Major League Baseball)
NFL (National American Football League)
NBA (National Basketball Association)
FIFA-Europe
FIFA-North America
Cricket
NCAA Football (American college football)
NCAA Basketball (American college basketball)
Choose the Uber-Picks sports of your choice to play from our games index HERE.

ENTRY AND PLAY LIMITS

Your first play of Uber-Picks is free each month; participate in additional Uber-Picks contests for just one TCredit. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO WIN. Contestants are limited to one entry per Uber-Picks contest. However, if there are multiple sport Uber-Picks contests going on simultaneously (e.g. NFL and FIFA), one entry in each is allowed.

WINNING THE ZACKPOT

To win one on more shares of the Uber-Picks Zackpot, you must post one of the 50 highest scores of the contest. Those posting a top 10 score will receive 3 shares each of the Zackpot. All others will receive 1 share of the Zackpot. Note: In the case of a tie, the earliest entry will be the tiebreaker.

If you love sports, you’ll love playing Uber-Picks! By playing Uber-Picks alongside your favorite sports, you’ll add even more excitement and enjoyment to being a sports fan!

The objective of Uber-Picks is to tally the highest score possible by correctly picking winning teams of sports of your choosing, but that’s only the start. You’ll maximize your score by strategically assigning “Confidence Points” to each of your picks (the more confident you are of a pick, the more points you should assign).

For each game you pick correctly, you’ll earn the number of points you assigned to that game. Note: Games that end in a tie or are cancelled will be scored as a correct pick.

Uber-Picks also features five “Sidekicks”–which you can use to boost your score even further and add even more fun to playing.

PRIZES

Win shares of the big weekly Zackpots by posting one of the 50 highest scores (the total of the points you’ve assigned to winning teams, plus Sidekick Bonus Points). Also earn cool badges, MRP P(Member Rewards Points), and compete for the top spots on the Uber-Picks Leaderboards! See details below.

UBER-PICKS SPORTS

Uber-Picks is available (when sport is in season) for:

MLB (Major League Baseball)
NFL (National American Football League)
NBA (National Basketball Association)
FIFA-Europe
FIFA-North America
Cricket
NCAA Football (American college football)
NCAA Basketball (American college basketball)
Choose the Uber-Picks sports of your choice to play from our games index HERE.

ENTRY AND PLAY LIMITS

Your first play of Uber-Picks is free each month; participate in additional Uber-Picks contests for just one TCredit. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO WIN. Contestants are limited to one entry per Uber-Picks contest. However, if there are multiple sport Uber-Picks contests going on simultaneously (e.g. NFL and FIFA), one entry in each is allowed.

WINNING THE ZACKPOT

To win one on more shares of the Uber-Picks Zackpot, you must post one of the 50 highest scores of the contest. Those posting a top 10 score will receive 3 shares each of the Zackpot. All others will receive 1 share of the Zackpot. Note: In the case of a tie, the earliest entry will be the tiebreaker.

ASK THE AUDIENCE

Not sure who’s going to win a game? Use the “Ask The Audience” (ATA) feature for any game to get real-time stats on how other contestants are picking (with the stats automatically updating throughout the week). Use ATA for FREE for any one game within any Uber-Picks contest. You can view the ATA stats for up to five total games per Uber-Picks contest (2nd game costs 1 TCredit, 3rd game costs 2 TCredits, 4th game costs 3 TCredits, and the 5th game costs 4 TCredits).

MEMBER REWARDS POINTS

For each TCredit spent playing Uber-Picks, you’ll earn 5 MRP (Member Rewards Points). If you’re an SFI affiliate, you can also earn 1 AVP (Action VersaPoint) for each non-free entry game played.

SIDEKICKS

Sidekicks, located in the panel just below the Uber-Picks entry screen, are little optional “mini-games” you can play while playing Uber-Picks to earn additional points. Following are some of the standard Sidekicks (each individual sport may also feature one or more unique-to-that-sport Sidekick):

1. Predict the highest scoring game to earn 3 Bonus Points

Cost: FREE
Limit: Once per Uber-Picks contest
Must enter prior to start of first game
2. Predict the lowest scoring game to earn 8 Bonus Points

Cost: 1 TCredit
Limit: Once per Uber-Picks contest
Must enter prior to start of first game
3. Predict how many home teams will win to earn 7 Bonus Points

Cost: 1 TCredit
Limit: Once per Uber-Picks contest
Must enter prior to start of first game
4. Choose one game as your “lock.” Get this game right to earn 10 Bonus Points (or lose 10 Bonus Points if wrong)

Cost: 1 TCredit
Limit: Once per Uber-Picks contest
Must enter prior to start of first game
DOMINATE THE LEADERBOARD

The Uber-Picks Leaderboard automatically tracks and provides rankings for points you score playing all Uber-Picks contests (for both individual sports and all sports combined).

Note: So that all players have the opportunity to reach the top of the leaderboard, points won are halved every 30 days.

Being amongst the top 500 on any Uber-Picks Leaderboard also earns you badges (see following BADGES section for more information).

BADGES

.1. An Uber-Picks contest entry earns you the “In it to win it!” badge–yours until the contest ends. Tip: By participating regularly in the weekly Uber-Picks contests, you can keep possession of this badge continually. Note that once you’ve earned an Uber-Picks WINNER badge, you’ll no longer see this badge (it is supplanted by the Winner badge).

2. Posting one of the 50 highest scores for any Uber-Picks contest earns you the WINNER badge (or an upgraded “X-Times Winner” version of the badge) for that individual sports category. Make the top 50 three times to add bronze trim to your badge. Make the top 50 five times to add silver trim to your badge. Make the top 50 ten times to add gold trim to your badge.

3. There are also Uber-Picks Leaderboard badges for each sports category and for all sports combined. The minimum leaderboard rank to receive a Uber-Picks Leaderboard badge is 500. Add bronze trim by achieving a top 200 rank. Add silver trim by achieving a top 50 rank. Add gold trim by achieving a top 10 rank. You can view the Uber-Picks Leaderboard HERE.

LEAGUE PLAY

COMING SOON: Start your own personal league (for FREE) and play Uber-Picks with your sports friends, co-workers, etc. TripleClicks will provide a special league website FREE for league participants which will automatically track scoring, win/loss records with leaderboards, recognition of best and worst performances and more for all your league members.

UBER – PICKS Cricket

Sports fans: UP the excitement of following all your favorite sports! Pick the winning teams and maximize your score by strategically assigning “confidence points” (the more confident you are of your pick, the more points you should assign). Use Sidekicks to boost your score even further. Win a share of the weekly Zackpot with a high score (the total of the points you’ve assigned to winning teams, plus Sidekick Bonus Points). Also earn cool badges, MRP, and compete for the top spots on the Uber-Picks Leaderboards! First game is free each month; play additional games for just one TCredit. No purchase necessary to win.

UBER-PICKS FIFA EU

Sports fans: UP the excitement of following all your favorite sports! Pick the winning teams and maximize your score by strategically assigning “confidence points” (the more confident you are of your pick, the more points you should assign). Use Sidekicks to boost your score even further. Win a share of the weekly Zackpot with a high score (the total of the points you’ve assigned to winning teams, plus Sidekick Bonus Points). Also earn cool badges, MRP, and compete for the top spots on the Uber-Picks Leaderboards! First game is free each month; play additional games for just one TCredit. No purchase necessary to win.

Uber – Picks FIFA NA

Sports fans: UP the excitement of following all your favorite sports! Pick the winning teams and maximize your score by strategically assigning “confidence points” (the more confident you are of your pick, the more points you should assign). Use Sidekicks to boost your score even further. Win a share of the weekly Zackpot with a high score (the total of the points you’ve assigned to winning teams, plus Sidekick Bonus Points). Also earn cool badges, MRP, and compete for the top spots on the Uber-Picks Leaderboards! First game is free each month; play additional games for just one TCredit. No purchase necessary to win.

How to earn an extra $200 or more each month selling TCredits for Pricebenders

Add big commissions with Pricebenders!

It’s easy when your customers can get brand-name products like these for up to 99% off retail!

So Pricebenders auctions can add to my commissions?

Absolutely! You’re simply selling TCredits used for bidding, rather than a typical product or service. Each time someone buys a pack of TCredits for bidding, you’ll be earning commissions! Pricebenders has been boosting the paychecks of our affiliates since day one.

Our affiliates have earned hundreds of thousands of dollars (and growing) in commissions from Pricebenders…and we’re just getting started, as Pricebenders is growing rapidly! There exists a huge untapped market of people who would love to take part in Pricebenders auctions but haven’t found it yet. By connecting these people with Pricebenders, you’ll be helping them to get amazing deals on brand-name products and boosting your commissions every time they purchase TCredits to bid!

How much can I make?

Let’s assume that you’re an EA (Executive Affiliate) with SFI. If you sell just 18 packs of 50 TCredits a month, you’ll earn about $75 in Direct Commissions, plus 12,492 VP (VersaPoints) each month. Keep in mind that if you’re selling TCredits for bidding on Pricebenders auctions, many of your customers may buy multiple packs every month, or even weekly or daily. Hence, you may only need to attract a handful of good customers to easily generate $100-$200 month after month after month! Double your monthly sales to just 35 packs of 50 TCredits (just over one sale a day) and you’ll earn $148.83 in Direct Commissions, plus 24,290 VP (VersaPoints) each month. Bottom line: Pricebenders customers will often create the sweetest kind of income there is—residual—and tons of VP for you!

By the way, note that just 1,500 VP makes you an EA, so selling just three 50 TCredit bundles a month maintains your EA rank every month without ever buying anything.

There are other ways your income can grow too.

Serious customers, especially those who have discovered how much fun Pricebenders auctions can be, for example, will see the per-TCredit value of buying 200-packs instead of 50-packs (reducing their per bid cost by 24%—from $.42 per TCredit down to just $.32 each). You’ll earn $9.96 and 1,661 VP for each 200-pack they buy.

Of course, will all that VP, you won’t be an EA for long. In fact, you’ll probably be a Team Leader (which requires just 3,000 VP), so you can be earning lucrative matching VersaPoints now too. PLUS…as a Team Leader, you’ll automatically earn a share of tens of thousands of valuable “second home” CSAs each month, too!

The following chart shows how much in Direct Commissions you can potentially add to your commissions check each month by promoting Pricebenders (figures are for 30 sales of a single TCredit or TCredit Pak, or roughly one per day):

	Single TCredit (30)	10 TCredit Pak (30)	20 TCredit Pak (30)	50 TCredit Pak (30)	200 TCredit Pak (30)
Potential Commissions	$18.36	43.07	65.34	$125	$298.89

Can I earn more than these amounts?

Of course! To really make your commissions grow, employ duplication, and teach your PSAs and CSAs to do the same! With a sales team in your downline promoting the same amazing deals, your commissions can skyrocket! (Learn more at our Compensation Plan.) Introduce your downline to Pricebenders and show them how it can help both build their businesses and win amazing deals on great products!

TCredit bundles are a slam-dunk product to suggest to your PSAs and CSAs too—they’re 100% digital, with no shipping charges. Your affiliates will earn VersaPoints to advance their rank; and they can bid on SFI-exclusive auctions for SFI business building resources, such as S-Builder Co-op units or Co-Sponsored affiliates, which often go for just pennies each (plus cost of TCredits, if any).

Pay – Per – Action

What is it? SFIPPA is an optional, supplemental income program available to all SFI affiliates. Income is earned by getting others to take actions–such as filling out forms. Each time you generate a qualified SFIPPA action, you’ll earn a bounty. The amount of the bounty varies depending on the action. The SFIPPA currently available (with more in the works) is: SFI AFFILIATE SIGN-UPS Bounty: Up to $10 for each qualified sign-up Rules & Restrictions To prevent fraud, participation in the SFIPPA program is highly monitored and several rules and restrictions are strictly enforced. All affiliate sign-ups you generate via the PPA program will be dispersed among SFI Affiliates. These sign-ups WILL NOT be recorded as your PSAs or be placed into your downline. See individual PPA pages for full details on SFIPPA rules and restrictions. Participants not meeting the requirements will be suspended from further participation. Reporting You can monitor all your SFIPPA activity by accessing your online PPA Report. Note that you will not receive e-mail notifications. All information will be provided instead in the online PPA Report. Bounty Up to $10 for each qualified sign-up The amount you earn per sign-up is determined by the activity of your sign-ups. In short, we will compare the average VersaPoints scored by your sign-ups to the average VersaPoints scored by all non-PPA-generated affiliates who joined SFI during the same month as your sign-ups. This comparison of averages helps ensure that legitimate sign-ups are being generated. • If your average is within 5% of the non-PPA company average (plus or minus), you will earn $1.50 per sign-up. • If your average is outside of 5% but within 20% of the non-PPA company average (plus or minus), you will earn $.50 per sign-up. • If your average is outside of 20% of the non-PPA company average (plus or minus), no bounty or bonus will be paid. BONUSES: 1. Earn an additional $.50 bonus on any of your sign-ups from the United States or Canada. 2. Earn an additional $8 bonus on any of your sign-ups that achieve the rank of Team Leader within 90 days of signing up. PPA bounties are calculated once per month (approximately the 10th of each month) for previous activities when general SFI commissions are processed. For further quality assurance purposes, PPA commissions are also processed 60 days in arrears. Example: PPA sign-ups generated in July are processed when SFI commissions are processed for September and will be paid out when September’s commissions are processed on or around October 10th. Important Notes, Rules, & Restrictions 1. SFI reserves the right to immediately and indefinitely suspend an affiliate from participation in the PPA program if fraud is suspected. 2. Bounty amounts and qualification formulas are subject to change. 3. Be sure you understand that the affiliate sign-ups you generate from your participation in the PPA program will NOT be recorded as personally-sponsored affiliates or go into your downline. Put simply, if you participate in the PPA program, you can earn money upfront, but you give up all the long-term sponsorship benefits and potential residual income. Please make sure you carefully consider this before participating in the PPA program. 4. There is a finite amount of demand for these sign-ups. It is therefore possible that the PPA program can be temporarily suspended if supply outruns demand. Should we anticipate this occurring, SFI will notify current participants and advise a course of action.

The Plan

AIM HIGH . DREAM BIG

 

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Q: Do I have to buy products?
No. All SVP (Sales VersaPoints) requirements can be met through sales to your customers. Any personal purchases are 100% optional and up to you.

Q: How do I get the five people I need…and how do I get them to become PTLs?
First, recruit as many people as you need to find at least five who are serious about building a successful business. For recruiting methods, click HERE. Next, usethese strategies to help create activity and identify your future PTLs (at all times, remember to “work with the workers.)” Once identified, work closely with each of your five. Remember that if THEY succeed, then YOU will succeed. They are the key, so be there for them, focus on them like a laser! Keep working together, lead by example, and exercise dedication and persistence! Keep this up and soon your five will find themselves as EAs, BTLs, STLs, GTLs, and finally PTLs…making YOU a DTL. But make sure you focus ONLY on the next rank for them. If they’re only a BTL, focus only on them getting to STL! You will NOT develop five PTLs overnight or likely even in your first year or two, but just keep working the plan, working towards the goal, and you will get there! And on the way, enjoy the journey, because the journey is the real joy.

Q: Where can I see a comparison of the perks and compensation for each SFI rank all the way from Affiliate to Diamond Team Leader?
Right HERE.

Q: Does my structure have to look like the above diagrams? For example, to become a Silver Team Leader, do I have to have 5 Bronze Team Leaders on my first level?
No. You can have as many affiliates on your first level as you want and they can be any combination of ranks. The above example diagrams are just to “show the math” of how you can advance through all the SFI ranks by developing EA2s, then BTLs, then STLs, then GTLs, and finally PTLs.

Q: So I could have, say, 5 EA2s, 1 BTL, 2 STLs, and 3 GTLs on my first level to meet the 2500 total AVP requirement for being a Platinum Team Leader?
Yes. The plan is very flexible. You can meet the AVP requirement of any rank in any of hundreds of combinations.

Q: If I’m not interested in doing the daily/weekly/monthly free actions, TripleClicks Special Actions, or Bonus AVP, can I still advance through the steps and become a Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, or Diamond Team Leader?
Yes, absolutely. You’ll just need to make up those points doing other actions (such as developing some more first level Team Leaders).

Q: Could I have, say, 20 or 25 Platinum Team Leaders on my first level?
Yes, there’s no limit, it’s totally up to you how you structure your team.

Q: If I attain the rank of DTL with five first level PTLs…and then one of them drops to GTL, will I still be a DTL?
No. You must maintain a minimum of five first level PTLs to have the rank of DTL.

Q: If I was formerly a DTL and lost this rank due to no longer having a minimum of five PTLs on my first level, what would my rank be then?
Your rank would then be based on your VersaPoints. If you still had a minimum 6000 VP with the required minimums for SVP and AVP, you’d be ranked and paid as a PTL.

Q: Could I be, say, a Silver Team Leader and have Diamond Team Leader on my first level?
Sure, and you’ll earn 600 AVP for each personally-sponsored DTL, by the way!

Q: So is the idea that once I reach the rank of DTL, I can retire?
If you want to, yes, or maybe just semi-retirement (SFI’s too much fun to totally retire from it, right?!). You’ll just want to make sure that you have five solid PTLs on your first level.

Q: What if I developed five DTLs on my first level? Would I get an even higher rank than DTL?
Diamond Team Leader is the highest rank in SFI at this time, but with five DTLs on your first level, you might very well be the highest earner in SFI! So that’s a GREAT goal!