Frequently Asked Questions
Q. What are the benefits of International Business Certification?
A. The International Business Certification empowers Consultants with the flexibility to operate internationally and maximize their profit earning potential. Through the certification course, you'll learn how to:
- Get started in Nikken's foreign market units
- Recruit prospects without traveling
- Combine leadership legs in all market units for pin rank
- Combine certified, qualified leadership legs in all market units for a pay rank
- Receive bonus checks in the currency of your home country
- Manage global business activities at home
The purpose of this course is to ensure a certain level of knowledge relative to doing business in Nikken's foreign market units.
Q. Who should become certified?
A. Certification is offered to all Senior ranked Consultants and above. If you are a Senior rank or above and you want to expand your profit earning potential by operating internationally, then you should become certified.
Q. What do I need to do to become certified?
A. Before you can access the training material and take the certification exam online, you must first:
- Be a Senior rank or higher.Once you have met these criteria, you will be able to access the IBC training material and take the exam. To access the training material go to the International Business Certification Center and click "Review Certification Study Guide."
Q. When should I take the course?
A. Those Consultants who have achieved Senior rank or higher should take the exam and become certified. Because non-certified Consultants cannot officially sponsor foreigners, it would be wise to become certified and prepare for the time when you do meet and begin recruiting your foreign acquaintances.
Q. When does certification take effect?
A. Certification takes effect the same month you successfully complete the exam. The international bonus, together with the regular bonus for your home market unit, is payable in one check on the 15th of the following month.
Q. How do I take the test?
A. Review the IBC Training Guide and go to the International Business Certification Center and click "Take Exam." You will then need to click "Take Exam Now". (A randomly selected test will then appear. There are multiple versions of the test, so if you exit myNikken and return later, it's likely that you will not receive the same test again.) Each test consists of approximately 22 questions, and you are required to get all questions correct in order to pass. (If you need help, you can always refer back to the course material.)
Once you've completed the test, you will learn the results immediately. If you pass the test, you will be congratulated and receive a certificate of completion in electronic format. If you do not pass the test, you will be notified as such and be given the opportunity to retake the test. You may retake the exam as many times as is necessary to pass.
Q. Do I need to renew my certification?
A. No. As long as you remain an active distributorships in good standing, you will not need to renew your certification. If you feel you need a refresher course, the training material is available to all those who have already been certified.
Q. For earning pay rank leadership bonuses, I understand that to use a leg in a market unit outside my home market unit, the leg must be both qualified and certified. Must the Silver (or above) who is certified in the leg also be the same Silver (or above) who is qualified?
A. Yes. For international pay rank the Silver (or above) who is certified must also be the Silver (or above) who is also Qualified that month to both qualify and certify the leg. If a Silver (or above) is Certified and does not meet his/her PGV requirement to qualify that month, the leg will not continue to the pay rank qualifications outside the market unit.
Remember, a leg cannot qualify any higher than the pin rank of the directly sponsored Consultant at the top of the leg. For example, if a Platinum Consultant is qualifying for pay rank and has three legs with directly sponsored Platinum Consultants for two of the legs, and has directly sponsored a Silver in the third leg, who has a Platinum below him/her, that leg may not qualify higher than a Silver level.
Q. May I have dual distributorship in different market units?
A. No, Consultants cannot have different distributorships in multiple market units. The International Consultant status applies to all market units. The Consultant may change the home market by submitting a written request, stating the reasons, to the home market office.
Q. Do I need to renew my distributorship in every country every year?
A. The International Consultant only needs to renew their distributorship in their home market.
Q. If I am a Gold Consultant in my home market unit, what is my rank in other market units?
A. The Consultant has the same rank in all Nikken's market units as soon as one is certified as an International Consultant.
Q. Will my pay rank in the other market units be the same as in my home market unit after I certify?
A. The Consultant’s pay rank in each market unit is determined by the number of qualified and certified legs in each market unit. One may have different pay ranks in each market unit.
Q. May I send literature, sales aids or products to other countries?
A. Senior Consultants can download Country Packs from myNikken. One country's literature and products may be governed under separate rules for other countries; therefore international literature may be sent only to those countries or market areas to which they pertain. Your Country Paks will have the appropriate order forms and applications for all your international business.
Q. May I introduce the Nikken business opportunity or products in a country where Nikken is not yet open?
A. No, business may not be conducted in a foreign country prior to Nikken's registration with the proper authorities in that country and/or the establishment of an office of operations.
Q. How much time do I have to become internationally certified and recapture my downline?
A. The Nikken international sponsoring program is based on the common leadership breakaway organization principle. You may become IBC certified at any time, and retain the same sponsorship. However, the bonus would not be retroactive.
Q. How can I introduce Nikken products to someone who lives in a country in which Nikken is not yet operating?
A. You must not. Nikken prohibits Consultants from creating any business activity whatsoever prior to a country or territory being opened by Nikken.
Q. How can I find out when Nikken will open countries before they are announced?
A. Nikken has found that premature indications of when a market will be opened creates a risk because of eager Consultants who want to get a jump on the opening. In some cases this premature activity has prevented Nikken from completing negotiations with the government to secure clearances for approval to operate.
Q. Can a citizen on a work visa who is away from his/her home market unit join Nikken as a Consultant in another market unit?
A. Each person is subject to the laws of each country and the particular policies of each Nikken operation. If a person can meet the requirements for being accepted as a Nikken Consultant in a market unit, they may proceed. Keep in mind that no one may have more than one Nikken distributorship …anywhere in the world.
Q. For a qualified, certified leg for pay rank, does the Silver (or above) who is certified also have to be qualified?
A. Yes. For international pay rank, a leg must be both qualified and certified. A certified Silver in the leg must also be qualified for a qualified, certified leg.
