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There are many different levels or questionable reasons what we could to accept under TIGHT. It very depends from person to person, from country to country. We are living in time of crise, averrage young European don't work, when money seems so hard to get anybody. Many poor and unemployed peoples desire to become a part of SFI like helpful opportunity, but they are so worried about your small budget. SFI is not game, but serious business. Business go with money, not with charity, it is truth and reallity.
However, I have own suggestion - there aren't any tight budget, but must be enough high budget for each person, in SFI to each affiliate! Many peoples from USA, Canada, Japan, Singapore, Australia, West Europe etc. has enough possibility to create Standing Order with minimal budget at upper line in amount of 25.00 USD per months as they have like averrage standard. It is very cheap for them and theirs expectations from investing in SFI. They could to ensure your basic and starting position as EA on very easy way, including other activities also. But, for many others (unemployers, peoples from undevelopment countries as whole Africa is), that amount and budget on that level becoming so expensive and very high goal. First month each affiliate could achieve EA status, even them have a BTL status, without any investing money. SFI consists that welcoming role.
In additional months each affiliate must deserve your EA status with actions and investing money as imperative. Who could invest more than 30.00 USD, deserve so much options to create Standing Order (purchase 125 TC Pack, IAHBE subscription, buying several 1 x TCs in combination with S-Builder, etc.) to have asked EA2 and vice versa Team Leader status again!
So, if we discuss about tight budget, it could be only a budget not less than 10.00 USD and not much higher than 20.00 USD per months. Affiliate with budget like that, in spite of limitations, will be in position to earn minimum of 1.500 Versa Points, but much harder. It means, affiliate must buy 5-9 TCs and use them in DP auctions to earn doubled MRP, and each
responable 126 MRP convert in new TC!
In that case, affiliate must be concentrated on accumulating VPs from the daily (308-341) and weekly activities (147), each day must be involved in daily contest Daily Grand and T-Time. There are small chances that that affiliate win Daily Grand prize, butvwhy not, so is very often to occur winning daily free 2 TCs in T-Time. It is nice tools not gift for affiliates with very small (not tight) budget.
I recommend for that affiliates as useful buying E-books. They have 1-2 USD price, gives some VP and MRP plus option to review as purchased product with 25 VP per month and diverse product. But much more - they give right to resaling them on own ECA store.
For instance, if you accumulate over 4.000 VP every month that would give you 2.00 Dollars. If you have at least one or two affiliates with EA or higher position, you can earn Matching VersaPoints containing another or more dollars, plus direct commissions or co sponsor commissions if your affiliates buy anything. With 4.000 VP you earned BTL and one very valuabled sharing from Executive Pool for your CSAs and PSAs acumulated VP, participitation in Second home CSAs...
There are many combinations or options to earning some income, but if you could not create Standing Order and invest either 10.00 USD monthly, you are not in SFI business.
With regards and all the best for your success in SFI.
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