Learning The Lingo
There are a few things that every affiliate must know in order to run a smooth successful business. This will serve as a guide for terms commonly used by affiliates and Carolina Country Bling (CCB) home office staff. You will find these terms used throughout this training material as well. Please see the section that pertains to the term for more information. This is just a general walk through to familiarize you with some of our most frequently used Carolina Country Bling ‘Lingo’.
General Terms
- Active: To remain active as a Carolina Country Bling Affiliate, you will need to make a purchase of any amount, or have customer orders of any amount, within a 6 month time frame (every 180 days). At the end of 6 months if you don’t have any orders or purchases, your account will become inactive and you will need to wait 30 days before you reapply. Your account can only be reinstated one time. An Affiliate that does not meet this requirement will be deleted and will also lose all of your downline, accumulated bonus’ and any future retail commissions. Also see ‘affiliate‘ for more information.
- Active Affiliate: Someone who has reached their monthly sales volume (RV or PV).
- Affiliate: Someone who joins Carolina Country Bling. Learn more on ‘affiliate status’.
- Buying Discount: When you make your purchases you will receive a percentage off of the items you purchase. The percentage depends on which items you purchase as each one is different.
- Carolina Country Bling (CCB): You may see us refer to Carolina Country Bling as CCB. Each referring to the same.
- Commission: This is broken into two different categories. (1) Retail Commission; this is where you earn a percentage from your customer order(s) through your CCB retail website. Retail commissions are paid via PayPal or Direct Deposit every Monday. (2) Team Commission; this is when you reach a certain rank and earn a percentage from your downline/team sales/purchases. Team commissions are paid via PayPal or Direct Deposit on or by the 20th of the month from the previous months totals.
- Consultant: Sometimes we will also refer to an Affiliate as a Consultant.
- Crown Director: To achieve Crown Director rank, you must have $250 in SV and $2,000 in TV. As well as 4 active affiliates on your 1st level. When you reach this rank for the first time, you will receive a CCB Shirt from CCB. You will also receive a $15 (fifteen dollar) cash prize from CCB each month you reach this rank. See ‘sales volume’, ‘team volume’, ‘active affiliate’, and ‘team level’ for more information. Also see ‘Comp Plan‘ for more information.
- Director: To achieve Director rank, you must have $150 in SV and $500 in TV. As well as 2 active affiliates on your 1st level. When you reach this rank for the first time, you will receive a CCB business cards from CCB. You will also receive a $5 (five dollar) cash prize from CCB each month you reach this rank. See ‘sales volume’, ‘team volume’, ‘active affiliate’, and ‘team level’ for more information. Also see ‘Comp Plan‘ for more information.
- Downline/Team: Anyone recruited and/or sponsored by you or any member of your team.
- Personal Volume (PV): Personal Volume is purchases that you have personally made.
- Producer: To achieve Producer rank, you must have $300 in SV and $3,000 in TV. As well as 5 active affiliates on your 1st level. When you reach this rank for the first time, you will receive a gift from the owners of CCB. You will also receive a $20 (twenty dollar) cash prize from CCB each month you reach this rank. See ‘sales volume’, ‘team volume’, ‘active affiliate’, and ‘team level’ for more information. Also see ‘Comp Plan‘ for more information.
- Rank: When you achieve a goal within your business you will move up in rank. See ‘Affiliate’, ‘Star Affiliate’, ‘Crown Affiliate’, ‘Director’, ‘Star Director’, ‘Crown Director’, and ‘Producer’ for more information on each rank.
- Recruit: This has two meaning. (1) A person that you sponsor is considered your recruit. (2) To sign someone up into the business is considered ‘recruiting’ them.
- Retail Volume (RV): When your customer(s) make a purchase from your website it is called Retail volume (RV). You will earn 25% commission on your RV.
- Sales Volume (SV): Sales Volume is a combination of your Personal Volume (PV) and your Retail Volume (RV).
- Sponsor: This has two meaning. (1) Your sponsor is the affiliate who helped you sign up with CCB. (2) To ‘sponsor’ someone.
- Star Affiliate: To achieve Star Affiliate rank, you must have $100 in SV and $100 in TV. As well as 1 active affiliate on your 1st level. See ‘sale volume’, ‘team volume’, ‘active affiliate’, and ‘team level’ for more information. Also see ‘Comp Plan‘ for more information.
- Star Director: To achieve Star Director rank, you must have $200 in SV and $1,000 in TV. As well as 3 active affiliates on your 1st level. When you reach this rank for the first time, you will receive a CCB Tumbler from CCB. You will also receive a $10 (ten dollar) cash prize from CCB each month you reach this rank. See ‘sales volume’, ‘team volume’, ‘active affiliate’, and ‘team level’ for more information. Also see ‘Comp Plan‘ for more information.
- Team Level: When you have a team they are broken down into 3 different levels. The 1st level are people you have personally recruited/sponsored. Your 2nd level are those who your 1st level have personally recruited/sponsored. And your 3rd level are those who your 2nd level have personally recruited/sponsored. If you have any questions about this please let us know and we will be happy to assist you.
- Team Volume (TV): Purchases or sales from any of your downline member’s added together. Only levels 1 (one) thru 3 (three). TV does NOT include your personal volume (PV) or your retail volume (RV).
Rank Terms
- Active Affiliate: Someone who has reached their monthly sales volume (RV or PV). Also see ‘Active Affiliate’.
- Star Affiliate: To achieve Star Affiliate rank, you must have $100 in SV and $100 in TV. As well as 1 active affiliate on your 1st level. See ‘sale volume’, ‘team volume’, ‘active affiliate’, and ‘team level’ for more information. Also see ‘Comp Plan‘ for more information.
- Director: To achieve Director rank, you must have $150 in SV and $500 in TV. As well as 2 active affiliates on your 1st level. When you reach this rank for the first time, you will receive a CCB business cards from CCB. You will also receive a $5 (five dollar) cash prize from CCB each month you reach this rank. See ‘sales volume’, ‘team volume’, ‘active affiliate’, and ‘team level’ for more information. Also see ‘Comp Plan‘ for more information.
- Star Director: To achieve Star Director rank, you must have $200 in SV and $1,000 in TV. As well as 3 active affiliates on your 1st level. When you reach this rank for the first time, you will receive a CCB Tumbler from CCB. You will also receive a $10 (ten dollar) cash prize from CCB each month you reach this rank. See ‘sales volume’, ‘team volume’, ‘active affiliate’, and ‘team level’ for more information. Also see ‘Comp Plan‘ for more information.
- Crown Director: To achieve Crown Director rank, you must have $250 in SV and $2,000 in TV. As well as 4 active affiliates on your 1st level. When you reach this rank for the first time, you will receive a CCB Shirt from CCB. You will also receive a $15 (fifteen dollar) cash prize from CCB each month you reach this rank. See ‘sales volume’, ‘team volume’, ‘active affiliate’, and ‘team level’ for more information. Also see ‘Comp Plan‘ for more information.
- Producer: To achieve Producer rank, you must have $300 in SV and $3,000 in TV. As well as 5 active affiliates on your 1st level. When you reach this rank for the first time, you will receive a gift from the owners of CCB. You will also receive a $20 (twenty dollar) cash prize from CCB each month you reach this rank. See ‘sales volume’, ‘team volume’, ‘active affiliate’, and ‘team level’ for more information. Also see ‘Comp Plan‘ for more information.
Ordering and Shipping Terms
- Confirmation: When you place an order you will receive a confirmation email from CCB. We suggest reviewing this email to make sure your order is correct.
- Processing: When CCB is gathering your order together to get ready to ship. This happens after you have placed your order and funds have been confirmed.
- Shipped: When your order has been completed and is on it’s way to you. You should receive tracking information in your email from CCB.
Online Terms
- Affiliate/Replicated Site/Website: All Affiliates will have their own replicated CCB website link. With this website you will be able to allow online shopping for your customers. Online orders will count toward your retail volume (RV) and are commission-able. You can find your replicated site link in your back office on the ‘Home’ page. If you should have any questions please let us know and we will be happy to assist you.
- Backoffice: The back office can be located at: https://affiliate.carolinabling.com/login. Simply enter in your email address and password that you used when you joined, then click on ‘Login’. You will then be logged in so you can manage your CCB business.
- Company Newsletter: Carolina Country Bling sends out weekly reminders when new arrivals are released. They also send out specials/promotional emails from time to time. These newsletter are sent to the email address you have under your account.