business centers: The Basic Building Blocks

How Business Centers Work to Provide Income for You
As you begin to build your downline, you have the option to start with 1 Business Center or 3 Business Centers. One Business Center gives you direct income from group volume, whereas 3 Business Centers gives you leveraged income from group volume.

With 1 Business Center, as you sponsor Associates you place them in open positions in your downline (Jill and Bob, Figure 2), always remembering to keep the left and right sides balanced. A unique aspect of the Binary Compensation Plan is that you and everyone in your upline are able to build your downline organization because new Associates are always added downline. This structure creates a synergy wherein everyone benefits when new Associates are added. This translates into faster growth for you and for those in your downline organizations.

If you choose to personally sponsor more people in USANA, you would place them in an open position under either Jill or Bob, which in turn will help their success. Plus, while you sponsor individuals in your sales organization, someone in your upline may also sponsor an Associate and position him or her on the left or right side of your Business Center. However, your success in USANA comes by sponsoring people on your left and right sides, sharing the products with others, and teaching them to do the same.

Calculating Commissions
Commissions are awarded first in commission points, which are converted to the Associates' local currency. Commissions are paid on whole increments of balanced Group Sales Volume (GSV) accumulated in your left and right side organizations (Figure 3). Extra GSV, up to 5,000 points on each side, is carried forward—it's like money in the bank.

Calculating Commissions with 1 Business Center
Assume that your 001 Business Center is active and has 100 points in PSV within the current week. To determine the GSV, which is the combined PSV of your downline from which your commission for the week is calculated, you total the points in PSV generated during the current week from every Business Center in the left and right side of your 001 Business Center. In the example to the right, you have 2,000 points in GSV on your left side and 2,000 points on your right; your own PSV counts toward the GSV of your upline. According to the Commission Payout Schedule (Figure 3) your highest balanced GSV is 2,000 on each side, which would earn you a commission of 400 points for the week.