Glossary
Personal Volume (PV)
Personal volume, usually shortened to PV, is the point or dollar value assigned to the products a single distributor buys or personally sells in a given period. Companies set a point value for each product that can differ from its retail price, and PV is the base measurement used to check whether a distributor is active and to calculate personal sales commissions.
Also called: PV, personal point value, personal sales volume
Why it matters
Most compensation plans require a minimum PV each period before a distributor can earn any commission at all, including commissions on their team. PV is also a figure regulators look at when checking whether a distributor's spending reflects real personal or customer use rather than a rule requiring purchases to qualify for bonuses.
Example
A distributor buys 100 points of product for personal use and sells another 150 points to retail customers, for a total of 250 PV that period, enough to meet a plan's 100 PV minimum for active status.