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Team Building Rules

Guidelines for recruiting and building your downline.

Core Principles

  • Honesty — Represent the opportunity accurately
  • No pressure — Let people decide freely
  • Full disclosure — Explain costs, requirements, risks
  • Compliance — Follow all rules and laws

Permitted Recruiting Activities

  • Personal invitations to learn more
  • Sharing your experience (with disclaimers)
  • Explaining the opportunity factually
  • Providing company materials
  • Answering questions honestly
  • Following up respectfully

Prohibited Recruiting Activities

  • Cross-recruiting — Stealing from other lines
  • High-pressure tactics — Unethical, may be illegal
  • Misleading promises — Deceptive
  • Income guarantees — FTC violation
  • Hiding costs/requirements — Material omission
  • Recruiting competitors at events — Unethical

Cross-Recruiting Explained

What it is: Attempting to recruit someone who is already in another IA's downline, either within Corsair Connect or from a competing company during their events.

Why it's prohibited:

  • Unfair to the original sponsor
  • Creates conflict and instability
  • Violates IA Agreement
  • Can result in termination

What You Must Disclose

When recruiting, always explain:

  • Costs — Business License fee, any other costs
  • Requirements — Time, effort, compliance obligations
  • No guarantees — Success depends on individual effort
  • Risks — Not everyone succeeds
  • Relationship — You're an IA, you earn on their purchases

Supporting Your Downline

Good sponsors:

  • Help new IAs get started
  • Share compliant practices
  • Answer questions
  • Model ethical behavior
  • Don't make promises on their behalf

You are NOT required to:

  • Guarantee their success
  • Build their business for them
  • Provide financial support

Training Your Team

Do:

  • Share compliant practices
  • Use approved materials
  • Emphasize compliance
  • Report violations you see

Don't:

  • Teach non-compliant shortcuts
  • Create unauthorized training
  • Ignore policy violations
  • Cover up problems

Ethical Team Building

Do:

  • Let people make informed decisions
  • Respect "no" as an answer
  • Build relationships, not just numbers
  • Focus on quality over quantity

Don't:

  • Pressure friends/family
  • Recruit vulnerable people aggressively
  • Make it seem "easy"
  • Promise what you can't deliver