Compensation Plan - Unicity

Compensation Plan 

This compensation plan is only 

valid for Franchise Partners who 

registered before July 1st 2010. 

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Appendix A to the Unicity Europe Inc. Policies & Procedures 

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Unicity Europe Inc. Policies & Procedures 

Appendix A 


Effective September 1st, 2009 

© Unicity Europe Inc. / Status October 2009



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The Unicity Compensation Plan 

This Appendix A is part of and incorporated into 

the Unicity Europe Inc. Policies & Procedures. 

The Unicity Compensation Plan (the “Compensation Plan”) is the method by which Franchise Partners 

qualify to earn Awards for their efforts in developing a Unicity Business or Franchise. The Compensation 

Plan is designed to award Franchise Partners who personally buy Unicity products, to sell Unicity products 

to Customers and recruit others to sell Unicity products, or develop their own Unicity businesses. 

Franchise Partners earn Awards under the Compensation Plan based on the Volume accumulated 

on their sales (purchases for distribution, purchases of their Customers), and those of their Downline 

Franchise Partners for their sales to their Customers. The Compensation Plan outlines the requirements 

for qualifying for Awards and recognition for Franchise Partners. It is acknowledged that Franchise Partnerships 

operate pursuant to the terms of the Unicity Franchise Partner Agreement and that they will 

comply with the terms of that agreement. Only Active Franchise Partners in good standing under the 

Franchise Partner Agreement may qualify for Awards under the Compensation Plan. To qualify for any 

Award under the Compensation Plan, a Franchise Partner must have a minimum of 100 Personal Volume 

(“PV”) in the Volume Month that the Award is earned. Successful Franchise Partners progressively advance 

to higher ranks in the Compensation Plan. As they attain higher ranks, greater benefits are made 

available to them. 

Selling Unicity Products: Franchise Partners are authorised to purchase Unicity Products at a wholesale 

price and earn a retail profit on such sales. These earnings are not part of the Compensation Plan but 

provide a tremendous income to many Franchise Partners throughout the world. In addition, Franchise 

Partners may register their Customers as Preferred Customers under which such Customers are granted 

preferred pricing and other benefits. 

A Franchise Partner may refer his or her Customers (either Preferred Customers or Retail Customers) to 

place their orders directly with Unicity. These orders may be placed through the various methods available 

within Unicity. Unicity issues each Customer a unique Customer identification number and automatically 

credits Customer purchases to the account of the referring Franchise Partner. Unicity manages 

the distribution of the profit on these Customer orders. To qualify for the service of receiving Preferred 

Customer Compensation or Retail Compensation in this manner, a Franchise Partner must be Active in 

the Volume Month in which the retail order is placed. 

Personal Bonus Award: For every Franchise Partner or Customer volume, a Franchise Partner qualifies 

to earn a Personal Bonus Award based on the Personal Volume (“PV”) that the Franchise Partner accumulated 

in the current Volume Month. The Award is essentially a bonus on the Volume generated by the 

Franchise Partner‘s customers and the Franchise Partner through product turnovers and is remitted to 

the Franchise Partner depending upon qualification. The percentage of Bonus that a Franchise Partner 

may earn is set forth in Table 1 below. 


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PV* Personal Bonus Group Bonus Rank/Status 

5,000 or greater 30% 5 – 20 % Manager + above 

1,000 – 4,999 20% 5 – 20 % Manager + above 

500 – 999 15% up to 15 % Gold 

250 – 499 10% up to 10 % Silver 

100 – 249 5% up to 5 % Bronze 

0 - 99 0% 0 % Distributor (FP) 

*During the First Volume month that a Franchise Partner has PV greater than zero (0), the Franchise Partner may 

only earn Personal Bonus Awards on PV over 1,000. 

Personal Group Award: Franchise Partners may also earn Personal Group Awards based on the PV 

of Franchise Partners that they recruit or are recruited under them in their Downline and are in their 

Personal Group. The Personal Group Award is based on a Franchise Partner’s PV in the current month. 

Downline members that are in a Franchise Partner’s Personal Group have the following ranks: Distributor, 

Bronze, Silver, and Gold. The Personal Group Award that a Franchise Partner may earn depends upon 

the rank of the Downline in his Personal Group. Provided a Franchise Partner has at least 100 PV in the 

present Volume Month, a Franchise Partner may qualify to earn the following Personal Group Awards: 

• A Manager may earn Awards equal to 5 % of the GV of Gold directly beneath him, 10 % of the GV of 

a Silver directly beneath him, 15 % of the GV of a Bronze directly beneath him, and 20 % of the GV of 

a Franchise Partner of no rank beneath him. 

• A qualified Gold Franchise Partner may earn Awards equal to 5% of the GV of a Silver directly beneath 

him, 10 % of the GV of a Bronze directly beneath him, and 15 % of the GV of a Franchise Partner 

of no rank beneath him. 

• A qualified Silver Franchise Partner may earn Awards equal to 5% of the GV of a Bronze directly beneath 

him, and 10 % of the GV of a Franchise Partner of no rank beneath him. 

• A qualified Bronze Franchise Partner may earn Awards equal to 5 % of the GV of a Franchise Partner 

of no rank beneath him. 

• The GV of a non-Active Manager is awarded as a Personal Group Award to the first Upline Active 

Manager. 

Manager Guarantee Award: Managers are guaranteed a 5 % Personal Group Award on all GV where the 

20 % has not been paid. The 20 % is only paid if a Downline Franchise Partner is becoming a Manager 

with 1,000 PV. In that case, the first Upline Active Manager must be at least a Senior Manager to earn 

Franchise Royalties. If the Manager does not earn Personal Group Awards on an eligible non-Manager 

Downline Volume, then the Manager is paid the Manager Guarantee Award. A Manager may not earn 

Personal Group Awards and the Manager Guarantee Award on the same Volume. 

Personal Group Awards for New Franchise Partners: The first month that a Franchise Partner’s PV is 

greater than 0, he will only earn Personal Bonus on PV that is over 1,000. The first 1,000 PV is paid entirely 

to the Upline. If there are non-Managers above them, then they will be paid according to the Personal 

Group Awards rules according to their PV. The difference between 20% and the percentage paid to non- 

Managers will be paid to the first Upline Active Manager with a minimum of 100 PV.



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Becoming a Manager and “Breaking away” from the Personal Group: A Franchise Partner who is serious 

about establishing a Unicity Franchise becomes a Manager and earns even greater rewards. When 

a Franchise Partnership reaches the rank of Manager, it “breaks away” from the Personal Group of its 

Sponsor and is no longer considered a part of that Personal Group. The full PV from the Easyship of a 

Manager that has “broken away” will continue to count towards the Sponsor’s GV, but not any further 

PV from the Managers’ purchases and not the PV of the Managers group members. The full PV from the 

Easyship of a Manager that has “broken away” will also count towards the Managers’ own GV. The Sponsor, 

however, has a stronger partner in a Manager that has “broken away” and is developing a stronger 

Unicity Franchise Business. 

The PV of a non-Active Manager and the PV of his group members will again count towards the GV of the 

first qualified Upline Active Manager. 

To become a Manager a Franchise Partner must have 1,000 GV in one Volume Month, at least 100 of 

which is PV. Managers are eligible to earn Franchise Royalties and are recognised at Unicity events for 

their rank achievement. 

A Manager who does not accumulate 1,000 PV within the next 12 months and each 12-month-period 

thereafter of becoming a Manager will lose the rank of Manager and will be required to re-qualify to 

receive Manager benefit in the future. 

Provided that the Sponsor has an Easyship* agreement of 100 PV or more, the Sponsor may earn 

Franchise Royalties on the new Managers GV that exceeds 1,000. In the month a Franchise Partner 

achieves the rank of Manager, the GV of the Franchise Partner is also considered the GV of the Sponsor. 

The Sponsor, therefore, will have automatically met his Senior Manager GV requirement for that month. 

A Franchise Partner who becomes a new Manager will be eligible for Bonusses and Personal Group 

Awards for any GV over 1,000 and in some cases eligible for Franchise Royalties (i.e., when the Downline 

of a new Manager also “breaks away” in the same month). 

Franchise Royalties: Once a Franchise Partnership reaches the rank of Manager, it is on the way to building 

a true Unicity Franchise and becomes eligible to earn Franchise Builder Awards based on rank and 

qualifications. There are six (6) different ranks that a Manager may obtain in the Compensation Plan, they 

are: Senior Manager, Director, Senior Director, Presidential Sapphire, Presidential Ruby, and Presidential 

Diamond. 

*Please consider the country specific rule for Easyship! In countries, where 

Easyship is currently not available, there are at least 100 PV needed to participate 

in the Compensation Plan. 


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To achieve these ranks a Manager must develop a Downline beneath him and increase the number of 

Legs and the Volume of those Legs. To earn an Award in any Volume Month each rank must have the 

following: 

A. A Senior Manager must have: 

At least 100 PV through an Easyship agreement 

1,000 GV 

B. A Director must have: 


1,000 GV 

3 Legs with each Leg having at least 1,000 Organisation Volume (“OV”) 

C. A Senior Director must have: 


1,000 GV 

5 Legs with each Leg having at least 1,000 OV 

D. A Presidential Sapphire must have: 


1,000 GV 


E. A Presidential Ruby must have: 


1,000 GV 


F. A Presidential Diamond must have: 


1,000 GV 


For each rank that is achieved a Manager is entitled to a number of “Shares” based on the rank the 

Manager has reached. The number of Shares will determine how deeply a Franchise Partner will be 

awarded on his Franchise organisation.



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Qualifications 

Manager 

Senior Manager 

Director 

Senior Director 

Presidential Sapphire 

Presidential Ruby 

Presidential Diamond 

PV 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 

incl. Easyship* PV 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 

GV 100 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 

Legs 3 5 5 5 5 

Leg OV 1,000 1,000 5,000 10,000 15,000 

Number of Shares 1 2 3 4 5 6 

Share 1 5 % 5 % 5 % 5 % 5 % 5 % 

Share 2 5 % 5 % 5 % 5 % 5 % 

Share 3 5 % 5 % 5 % 5 % 

Share 4 5 % 5 % 5 % 

Share 5 5 % 5 % 

Share 6 5 % 

*Please note the country specific rules for Easyships! In countries, where Easyships are presently not available, 100 

PV monthly are required to participate in the compensation plan. 

Horizontal Compression: A Franchise Partner may achieve Leg OV qualifications for the ranks of 

Director through Presidential Diamond by using Horizontal Compression. Horizontal Compression is 

Unicity’s proprietary process of summing a Franchise Partner’s Leg OV, while excluding the four (4) largest 

Legs, to create a single Leg that may be used to qualify for a rank. (For the rank of Director only the 

two [2] largest Legs are excluded from Horizontal Compression.) The Franchise Partners own PV will be 

included in his horizontal compressed Leg. 

President’s Club: Presidential Sapphires, Presidential Rubies, and Presidential Diamonds may qualify 

to be members of the Unicity President’s Club. Members of the President’s Club may earn additional 

Awards, recognition and benefits including eligibility for a Car Bonus and the right to establish an Additional 

Franchise Position or “AFP.” To qualify for membership in the President’s Club, a Franchise Partner 

must maintain his or her rank for three (3) months in succession. Once a Franchise Partner has earned 

membership in the President’s Club, the membership is valid for 12 months. To renew the membership 

in the President’s Club, a Franchise Partner must qualify at one of the President’s Club ranks three 

months in succession for any 12-month-period. 

Additional Franchise Position: Presidential Diamonds who are members of the President’s Club have 

the unique and exciting opportunity to create an Additional Franchise Position (“AFP”). This position is a 


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new Franchise Partnership of the qualifying Franchise Partner that is placed on the Franchise Partner’s 

Frontline. The qualifying Franchise Partner may move existing Legs, other than the four (4) largest Legs 

measured in terms of OV, under the AFP. The AFP will be paid at the rank of Presidential Diamond provided 

the original Franchise Partnership qualifies at the rank of Presidential Diamond. An AFP that qualifies 

for membership in the President’s Club as a Presidential Diamond has the right to create yet another Additional 

Franchise Position. If a Franchise Partner with an AFP does not qualify as a Presidential Diamond 

in a Volume Month, the AFP is considered non-qualified for that Volume Month. Detailed qualification 

rules can be found within the Franchise Office on Unicity’s website. 

Glossary of Terms 

A. Active or Active Franchise Partner. A Franchise Partner in good standing who has accumulated a 

minimum of 100 Personal Volume (PV) in a Volume Month. A person must be an Active Franchise 

Partner to be eligible to earn Awards in the Compensation Plan. 

B. Easyship agreement (automatic delivery). Easyship agreement (or “Easyship”) is a programme in 

which products are automatically shipped within certain time frames to Franchise Partners or Customers 

pursuant to the terms of an Easyship agreement. 

C. Awards. Any gift, award, premium, benefit, payment or incentive given by Unicity to a Franchise 

Partner pursuant to the Compensation Plan or some incentive plan of Unicity. Awards are based 

upon qualifications under the Compensation Plan or any incentive plan as it may be created from 

time to time. Most Awards take the form of “Points” assigned to an account in the name of a Franchise 

Partner. Points may be converted to cash payments, sometimes called commissions, bonuses, 

credits or the like. Other Awards may include prizes, product, gifts, trips, incentives, and the like. 

Cash payment Awards that are not claimed in a timely fashion are converted back into Points, which 

are placed on the Franchise Partner’s account. 

D. Compensation Plan. The Unicity Compensation Plan regulates finally all benefits such as Commissions, 

Boni or Incentives which a Franchise Partner can receive from Unicity. 

E. Customer. Customers are consumers, who purchase goods solely for a purpose, which is not commercial 

and does not relate to an independent business. This applies to preferred and normal customers. 

F. Franchise Partner. An independent contractor (independent dealer or tradesman – also called Independent 

Business Partner, Distributor, Independent Business Owner, IBO), who signs the Franchise 

Partner Agreement solely for the purpose of doing commercial business and who´s Franchise Partner 

Agreement has been accepted by Unicity. A Franchise Partner is given the right to own a Unicity 

Franchise Partnership and may also be referred to as a Distributor or in other common terms such as 

Associate, Independent Business Owner, IBO, Member or the like; likewise, a Franchise Partner may 

be referred to by the name of the rank that the Franchise Partner has reached in the Compensation 

Plan, such as Manager, Director, Presidential Sapphire, Presidential Ruby or Presidential Diamond. 

Preferred Customers and Retail Customers are not Franchise Partners. Any person who has obtained 

through marriage or any other means any beneficial interest or presumption of a beneficial interest

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in a Unicity Franchise Partnership is a Franchise Partner and is bound by the duties and obligations 

of the Contract. 

G. Franchise Partnership. The right and licence granted to a Franchise Partner to sell, distribute, and 

promote the Unicity products and business opportunity under the terms and conditions of the Contract. 

H. Downline Organisation or Downline. A “Downline Organisation” consists of all Franchise Partners 

who are directly or indirectly sponsored by a Franchise Partner or by Franchise Partners in his or her 

Downline. 

I. Frontline. A Franchise Partner who is immediately below the Sponsor in the Sponsor’s Downline. 

J. Group Volume (GV). The sum of a Franchise Partner’s Personal Volume and the Volume of his or her 

Downline who have not yet achieved the rank of Manager down to the next Franchise Partner who 

has achieved the rank of Manager (but not including such Manager) during a Volume Month. 

K. Horizontal Compression. Unicity’s unique system of summing a Franchise Partner’s Leg OV, while 

excluding the four largest Legs, to create a single Leg that may be used to qualify for a rank. For the 

rank of Director only the two largest Legs are excluded from Horizontal Compression. The Franchise 

Partners own PV will be included in his horizontal compressed Leg. 

L. Leg. An entire Downline Organisation beginning with a Frontline Franchise Partner. 

M. Leg Volume. The total Organisation Volume of a Leg. 

N. Level. A position in a Franchise Partner’s Downline based on Sponsorship without compression. 

O. Multi-Share Compression. The process in which Shares are awarded to the Upline. The first Share 

of an Active Manager’s GV is awarded to the first upline Franchise Partner that is at least a Senior 

Manager. The second Share is awarded to the first Franchise Partner above the Senior Manager that 

is at least a Director. The third Share is awarded to the first Franchise Partner above the Director that 

is at least a Senior Director. The fourth Share is awarded to the Franchise Partner above the Senior 

Director that is at least a Presidential Sapphire. The fifth Share is awarded to the Franchise Partner 

above the Presidential Sapphire that is at least a Presidential Ruby. The sixth Share is awarded to the 

Franchise Partner above the Presidential Ruby that is at least a Presidential Diamond. The GV of a 

non-Active (not qualified) Manager is included in the GV of the first Upline Active Manager for Share 

calculations. 

P. Organisation Volume (OV). The sum total of all Volume in a Franchise Partner‘s organisation, including 

the Franchise Partner’s PV and the PV of all his or her Downline Franchise Partners. 

Q. Personal Bonus. Awards given to a Franchise Partner based on his or her PV, which is based on the 

Franchise Partner’s personal product purchases and product purchases made by his or her Customers. 


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R. Personal Volume (PV). The Volume accumulated from a Franchise Partner’s Unicity product purchases 

and the product purchases made by his or her Customer(s) through Unicity during a Volume 

Month. 

S. Preferred Customer (or Premium Customer). An end consumer, who purchases Unicity products 

from a Franchise Partner or from Unicity (see definition E. Customer) and who receives discount 

for his or her product purchases when using the Easyship programme (see definition B. Easyship 

agreement). 

T. Preferred Customer Profit. The difference between the wholesale price and the preferred price 

paid by a Preferred Customer on selected products. 

U. Preferred Price. Recommended retail price for sales to Preferred Customers. 

V. Bonus Programmes. (see Appendix A.1 to A.5) 

W. Qualify. To “Qualify” is to earn a given rank, benefit or award under the Compensation Plan in a 

Volume Month while the Franchise Partnership is in good standing. 

X. Rank. A qualification title in the Compensation Plan used to describe the level of recognition or 

Awards that a Franchise Partnership has earned. The ranks include: Bronze, Silver, Gold, Manager, 

Senior Manager, Director, Senior Director, Presidential Sapphire, Presidential Ruby, and Presidential 

Diamond. 

Y. Bonus. See “Personal Bonus Award.” 

Z. Retail Customer. (see definition E. Customer). 

AA. Retail Price. Recommended retail price for retail sales. 

BB. Retail Profit. The difference between wholesale price and the retail price paid by a Customer. 

CC. Shares. The portion of a Manager’s GV that is paid to qualifying Upline Senior Manager’s and higher. 

DD. Sponsor. The first Upline position to a Franchise Partner. To “Sponsor” is to be recognised on the 

Franchise Partner Agreement as the Sponsor and/or to have the Franchise Partner placed on the 

Sponsor’s Frontline. 

EE. Upline. A Franchise Partner’s Sponsor and successive Sponsors of each Upline. 

FF. Volume. The value or points assigned to a Unicity product and which accrues to a Franchise Partner 

upon the purchase of the product by the Franchise Partner or by the Downline pursuant to the 

Compensation Plan. 

GG. Volume Month. The period of time used to calculate Awards and ranks under the Compensation 

Plan.

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Notes:

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Notes:

Unicity Europe Inc. 

1201 North, 800 East 

Orem, UT 84097 

USA 

Contact in Europe: 

Unicity Service GmbH 

Norsk-Data-Str. 1 

D – 61352 Bad Homburg 

Germany 

www.unicity.net/europe 

www.bioslifefranchise.eu 

servicemanagement@unicity.net 

Phone Fax Costs per minute 

from landline* 

Germany 0180 300 10 11 0180 333 93 39 0,09 € 

Denmark +49 (0) 6172 171 0850 +49 (0) 6172 171 0829 

Great Britain +49 (0) 6172 171 0833 +49 (0) 6172 171 0829 1,2 £ - 2,4 £ 

Ireland +49 (0) 6172 171 0833 +49 (0) 6172 171 0829 

Netherlands 0900 265 85 16 0900 265 85 17 0,20 € 

Austria 0820 400 061 0820 400 062 0,116 € 

Poland +49 (0) 6172 171 0856 +49 (0) 6172 171 0829 

Sweden 0770 930 027 0770 930 028 0,10 SEK 

Switzerland 0844 556 556 0844 556 557 0,11 CHF 

Turkey 00 90 216 449 30 60 00 90 216 449 03 60 0.077 YTL - 0.091 YTL 

Hungary +49 (0) 6172 171 0854 +49 (0) 6172 171 0829 

International +49 (0) 6172 171 0833 +49 (0) 6172 171 0829 

*If you call via mobile phone, additional costs can arise. 

For further information please contact your sponsor.

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