Glossary
Hybrid Plan
A hybrid plan is a compensation plan that combines elements of two or more base structures, most often a binary or matrix front end for fast early bonuses with a unilevel back end for long term residual income. Companies build hybrid plans to pair the recruiting incentives of one structure with the depth incentives of another.
Also called: hybrid compensation plan
Why it matters
A hybrid plan lets a company target more than one distributor behavior with a single plan, for example fast starter bonuses that reward new recruiting and separate overrides that reward building depth over time.
Example
A plan might pay binary style pair bonuses on a distributor's first two legs for the first 90 days, then shift long term earnings to a seven level unilevel override once a distributor reaches a qualifying rank.