Leverage the principle of relationships. Most people recruit others they already know. They want to work with them. Be sure your plan builds on these relationships. A plan where a new recruit is trained or mentored by a person other than the sponsor usually results in poor recruitment and weak relationships.
Recognition is as important as compensation.
Distributors will work for money but they'll kill for a cause. The five objectives of a successful compensation plan Sell Product to end consumers Retailing products to end consumers is key to moving products from garages to customers. This retail profit is the basis on which people are motivated to retail products. Other motivations are usually artificial and will not withstand the test of time. Don't sell products whose wholesale price is really the market retail value and then add an artificial retail price even higher.