In the previous section, I described how forced matrices have the downside of moving people further away from you more quickly. But binary systems don't have that problem. It pays on that amount regardless of how many levels down you need to look to reach that total. So the number of levels between you and a given recruit is not especially relevant. The thing that determines whether you get a commission from that person is not what level he is on, but rather how much purchase volume is generated in the levels between you and that person.
Binary plans turn that around.
They pay off on all purchases that occur through a specified maximum dollar amount, regardless of how many levels away you have to look to accumulate that total. The advantage of this system over the standard matrix is that you can easily benefit from sales that occur many levels away from you, if that's where the volume is. A binary system pays based on the volume of the weaker of the two legs. There is usually some mechanism to carry the unused volume of the stronger leg forward to the next pay period. If you're doing well, that might be once a week.