ach fiscal year, a fund is accumulated based on 0.25% of all qualified BV downline from all Emerald, Diamond and Diamond Plus qualifiers.
This fund is then distributed in December to all qualifiers. Amway identifies all internationally sponsored, qualified Annual volume, and any personally sponsored IBO downline from the internationally sponsored IBO, stopping at any foster sponsored IBO.		  




  The three main Annual Commissions are:

1. Emerald Commission
2. Diamond Commission
3. Diamond Plus Commission

In this issue we will be exploring the Diamond Commission.

Purpose of the Diamond Commission:

The Diamond Commission is designed to be an incentive and a reward for ongoing, long-term business growth, which is demonstrated by sponsoring 21% Group Volume legs, and by the amount of qualified Annual Volume they generate.

Criteria: The Diamond Commission is paid annually to Platinums who:

  Personally or foster sponsor six or more 21% legs, each of which are at the 21% level for at least 6 months of a fiscal year.
  Amway determines all internationally sponsored qualified Annual volume and any personally sponsored IBO, stopping at any foster sponsored IBO, and then links it to the appropriate International Sponsor, and then pays a Diamond Commission to the international and the Foster line of sponsorship.
All Diamond Commission recipients benefit from the expanded fund amounts.
  Each leg is not required to contain a qualified Platinum.


How does Amway determine what portion of the fund is to be distributed to each qualifier?

The following schedule is used to calculate the commission amount.

DIAMOND COMMISSION SCHEDULE
  Range of Total PV Divide by this
PV Increment		 And Multiply
the Result by
this factor point
  For the first 30,000 PV 1,000 4
  From 30,001 to 90,000 PV 1,000 2
  From 90,001 to 150,000 PV 1,000 1
  From 150,001 to 600,000 PV 10,000 1
  From 600,001 to 6.000.000 PV 100,000 1
  From 6,000,001 PV and up 1,000,000 1
 

There are six steps in order to calculate the Diamond Commission amount and these are outlined below:
1   Add the total yearly PV from a 21% leg (add all the qualified PV from all IBOs in that leg. Where traceable, all qualified international volume will be included and this is calculated by Amway in Ada.)
2   Break this total PV value down into ranges and points according to the schedule above.
3   Move to the next 21% leg and repeat this process starting at step 1.
Repeat until the total number of points is determined for each leg.
4   We then move to the next Diamond Commission recipient and start at step 1.
This process is repeated until the total points of all recipients are calculated.
5   The total available fund is then divided by the total points from all Diamond Commission qualifi ers to obtain the value per point.
6   The Diamond Commission is then determined by multiplying each recipient's total points by the value per point.
It is important to note that at the end of the fiscal year, Ada calculates all Annual Diamond Commissions for the entire world and notifies each of the Affiliates of the amount to pay each Diamond Commission Recipient (DCR) in their country.

The next issue of the Amagram will deal with the Annual Diamond Plus Commission.