Points appear everywhere in direct-selling plans and are rarely explained. They are simpler than they look.

Why points exist at all

Faberlic operates in more than 40 countries with different currencies and different local pricing. A plan built on prices would behave differently in each one.

Points solve that. Each product carries a point value, and the plan calculates on points rather than money — so the same activity produces the same result regardless of where you are.

That is the whole idea. Points are a common unit, not a separate currency and not something you can spend.

What accumulates

Two things, and confusing them is the usual mistake:

Your personal volume — points from what you order yourself.

Your group volume — your own points plus points from the people in your structure, according to the plan's rules about what counts and how far down it reaches.

Both reset each period. Faberlic's periods follow the catalogue cycle, roughly every three weeks, rather than the calendar month.

The part that trips people up

Points are not earnings. They are a measure, and their significance comes from thresholds — reaching a certain level in a period may qualify you for something.

Which means two things worth knowing early:

  • Accumulating points has no value in itself. Buying products you do not need to raise a number costs you more than the number is worth
  • Thresholds are usually per period, not permanent. Reaching one in August does not mean holding it in September

The exact values, thresholds and rules about what counts are published by Faberlic and can change. That is the source to read — not a summary, and never a screenshot from a group chat.

How much attention to give it

In your first months, almost none.

If you are ordering for yourself and occasionally for friends, your points will be small and the thresholds will be distant, and watching the number weekly produces anxiety rather than insight. Check it once per period at most.

Points become genuinely useful information once you have people in your structure and the figures start moving for reasons other than your own orders. Before that, the number simply reflects what you already know about what you bought.

The honest framing

Points measure activity; they do not create it. Consultants who focus on the number tend to buy things they do not need. Consultants who focus on knowing products and being useful to people find the number takes care of itself.

For how the wider plan fits together, see the compensation piece in the business section.