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:
  Emerald Commission
  Diamond Commission
  Diamond Plus Commission

In this issue we will be exploring the Emerald Commission.

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

Criteria: The Emerald Commission is paid annually to Platinums who:
  Personally or foster sponsor three or more 21% legs, each of which are at the 21% level for at least six 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 an Emerald Commission to the international and the Foster line of sponsorship. All Emerald 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:
EMERALD COMMISSION SCHEDULE
Range of Total PV Divided 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 4
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 Emerald Commission amount and these are outlined below:
Amway adds the total 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.)
Amway breaks this total PV value down into ranges and points according to the schedule above.
Amway moves to the next 21% leg and repeats this process starting at step 1.
Repeat until the total number of points is determined for each leg..
We then move to the next Emerald Commission recipient and start at step 1.
This process is repeated until the total points of all recipients are calculated.
The total available fund is then divided by the total points from all Emerald Commission qualifiers to obtain the value per point.
The Emerald 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 Emerald commissions for the entire world and notifies each of the Affiliates of the amount to pay each Emerald Commission Recipient (ECR) in their country. The next issue of the Amagram will deal with the Annual Diamond Commission.