7.2 Downline Structure

A member's downline consists of three things:

1. Direct Sponsor - Assigned to every downline position created. This is the sponsor who the member was placed under, and if using a forced matrix, the sponsor which the software began searching the matrix for the next available empty spot.
   
   
2. Upline - When a new member is placed in the downline under the direct sponsor, they are also assigned an upline. The upline is basically the members who are above in the program structure. The upline can consist of as many members, as how many levels deep the program structure is. For example, if the program structure if five levels deep, each member's upline can consist of a maximum of five members.
   
   
3. Downline - The people who join under a member, and are placed under the member in the downline.

Each member is also assigned one Placement Sponsor. When a new downline position is created for a member, they are placed in the downlines under their placement sponsor. When a new member first joins, the placement sponsor is always the sponsor they joined under. However, you can change the placement sponsor of a member at any time through the Genealogy->Manage Downline menu.