The fourth point you want to look at is the compensation plan, because one of the reasons why you’re considering this profession is you want to earn an income, whether it’s a little bit or a lot, you want to be properly compensated. Now let me just tell you something: everyone will tell you they have the best compensation plan ever. It drives me crazy when people say that nobody knows who has the best compensation plan out there, there’s thousands of direct selling companies out there. The key is you have to find the right compensation plan for you. Now there’s different type of pay structures in our profession. I’m not going to talk about that, but I do want to just share some general points like, you know, you’re definitely going to want to find out: What is the startup cost? What’s the monthly requirement? Are there referral bonuses or getting started bonuses you can earn as you’re growing your business, but definitely find out: What are the monthly commission percentages? What are the percentages you’re paid in your organization and how far down does it go? Is it based on certain levels? Is it based on value? What are the limitations there? What about the volume that you’re creating in your business from month to month? Does it flush out at the end of the month or can you bake it? Can you continue to accumulate and then spill over into the next line? What happens if one of your leaders that you’re working with, that you’re training, that you’re supporting? They grow their business and they hit certain ranks? Do they break away from you or do you continue to be compensated based on a percentage of their business? And here’s the big one. Ask them how many times the company has changed the base of their compensation plan, not the bonuses. I’m talking about the base of their plan because when a company is known for changing the base of their compensation plan more than once. That’s not a good sign because when they do that, that usually hurts the field. The point is this, in our industry, many compensation plans are known to have what we call ‘gotchas’. Gotchas! It’s things that you don’t find out about until you grow your business or certain rank or you hit a certain level. That’s when you might be surprised by those gotchas. That’s why you want to ask as many questions as you can so that again, you can choose the right compensation plan for you.