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