Binary Compensation Plan Software Two Legs, Zero Headaches
Run a binary compensation plan on BizBase.app — real-time leg balancing, automated weak-leg payouts, carryover tracking, and rank advancements out of the box.
What Is a Binary Compensation Plan?
A binary compensation plan is one of the most popular structures in network marketing. Each distributor has exactly two legs — a left leg and a right leg — and every new recruit they sponsor (or who spills from above) is placed into one of those legs. Commissions are paid on the volume of the weaker leg (the "pay leg"), with carryover from the stronger leg rolling forward to future cycles. Binary plans encourage teamwork because building both legs evenly maximizes payouts, and they're particularly effective when you want a structure that's easy for new distributors to understand. BizBase.app's commission engine handles all the binary mechanics — placement, leg balancing, weak-leg payouts, carryover, capping, and flushing — so you focus on growing the team, not on the math.
How a Binary Plan Pays
The mechanics in plain English — what BizBase.app calculates automatically every cycle.
Volume accumulates in each leg
Every sale, recruit, and qualifying order from a distributor's left-leg downline adds to their left-leg volume. Same for the right. BizBase.app tracks both legs in real time — your distributors see the numbers update as they happen.
Pay on the weak leg
When commissions calculate, the engine pays a percentage of the weaker leg's volume — your configured payout rate. The weaker leg is the "pay leg" because it caps the commissionable amount, encouraging distributors to build both sides.
Strong-leg volume carries forward
Excess volume in the strong leg doesn't disappear — it carries over to the next commission cycle, ready to be matched against future weak-leg growth. BizBase.app tracks every distributor's carryover balance accurately, every cycle.
Caps and flushing keep payouts sustainable
Most binary plans cap weekly or monthly payouts per distributor and flush unused volume after a defined period. Both rules are configurable in BizBase.app — set caps by rank, define flush schedules, and the engine enforces them automatically.
Binary Plan Features Built Into BizBase.app
Everything a binary MLM needs — configurable in the admin dashboard, no code required.
Auto-Placement & Spillover
New recruits place automatically per your spillover rules — left-first, right-first, weakest-leg, or sponsor's choice. Distributors stop deciding placement manually.
Real-Time Leg Balancing
Distributors see live left-leg vs right-leg volume in their portal. They know which leg needs the next sponsor — no spreadsheets, no admin requests.
Configurable Pay Rate
Set your weak-leg payout percentage by rank or globally. Adjust as the business evolves — no engineering ticket, no migration.
Carryover & Flush Tracking
Carryover balances roll forward automatically. Flush schedules are configurable — weekly, monthly, or based on inactivity. Every distributor sees their pending carryover and flush date.
Rank Advancement on Binary Volume
Define rank requirements in personal volume, weak-leg volume, total team volume, or active legs — alone or in combination. The engine evaluates against the configured thresholds every cycle.
Visual Binary Genealogy
The interactive genealogy tree shows the binary structure at a glance — left and right legs, volume per branch, top performers, and gaps where you need to recruit.
Binary Is the Right Plan
- You want distributors to focus on building two strong legs rather than spreading effort thin across many.
- You like the team-building dynamic where uplines actively help recruit into downlines through spillover.
- You want a structure that's easy for new distributors to explain to prospects.
- You're in a category where fast network growth beats deep individual sales (telecom, energy, financial services).
Binary Might Not Fit
- You want unlimited frontline width — consider unilevel instead.
- You want forced placement into a rigid grid — matrix may be a better match.
- Your compensation plan is a party plan — BizBase.app does not calculate that structure today.
- You want maximum payout flexibility — a hybrid plan blends binary with other structures.
Binary Cycle Calculator
Enter two leg volumes and a weak-leg payout rate. The tool shows which leg the plan pays on, what a percentage of that volume comes to, and how much strong-leg volume carries into the next cycle. It models the structure — it says nothing about what any distributor produces.
The figures you enter
Whatever rate your plan document specifies. BizBase.app lets you set it globally or per rank.
How a binary plan treats them
- Weaker leg (the pay leg)
- Volume the plan pays on
- Stronger leg
- Carryover to the next cycle
Commission this schedule would distribute on the volume you entered
pay-leg volume × %
Not a projection. These figures show only how the schedule you entered distributes the volume you entered. They are not a claim that any distributor will produce that volume or be paid that amount. Actual distributor results vary widely and are typically far lower — in most direct selling companies the majority of participants make little or nothing after costs.
All Plan Types. One Price.
Most platforms charge extra to enable binary, or sell binary as a premium tier.
BizBase.app's Founders get every plan type the engine calculates — binary, unilevel, matrix, stairstep, generation, hybrid — for one one-time payment. Switch plans, run multiple plans across products, no upcharge.
See Founder PricingBinary Plan Questions
Common questions founders ask about running a binary compensation plan on BizBase.app.
Run Your Binary Plan on BizBase.app
Configurable binary mechanics, leg carry-forward and flushing, and a distributor portal that explains the plan to your team. Launch your binary MLM with the platform built to handle the math.