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YTB International Inc.

The Company

Ask anyone at YTB what its biggest challenges are right now, and one of the answers is likely to be "growth." That's a great problem to have and every department is literally bursting at the seams.

Currently at about $7 trillion per year worldwide, the travel industry that YTB serves is thought to be the world's largest and fastest-growing business with even more growth on the horizon.

YTB is experiencing its own reflection of this expansion trend. Upon moving to a new location last year, the management found almost immediately that it still needed more space, so it leased the top floor of another building across the street. Now that space is now officially standing room only, as well.

YTB has increased its corporate staff from fewer than 30 employees in 2004 to more than 250 today. These are the people who work behind the scenes to support the work of its ever-growing sales force and, according to company projections, about 350 are expected to be on the corporate team by the end of 2007, and as many as 750 by 2009.

What's fueling this growth? It could be the company's leadership philosophy of giving rock-solid support to those on the front lines-in this case, YTB's referring travel agents (RTAs) and reps. After all, one of YTB's core values is to compensate those in the field in direct proportion to their efforts, with no income limits. Other company values include its vision for the future and the commitment to deliver an outstanding product, so YTB will be around for generations to come.

As a pioneer in Internet travel over the past six years, YTB has grown rapidly with over 110,000 independent sales representative in all 50 states Puerto Rico & Guam. In addition, YTB International, Inc. is a diversified publicly traded company (Symbol YTBLA.PK) and is engaged in referral marketing and travel through three divisions including yourTravelBiz.com, REZconnect Technologies, Inc. and YTB Travel Network.

Core Principals

"Work with a stable, ethical, well-managed company that seeks the position of the largest online Travel Agency in the World."

It is sometimes hard to say how an innovative and ground-breaking program all comes together to become a revolutionary success. There are people and events that taken separately seem unrelated to each other. Then, through a series of circumstances and serendipitous steps, the people and experiences and events all seem to converge like the pieces of a puzzle to make one whole picture of power, fun, and extreme opportunity.

Such has been the case with YTB. Our company was founded by J. Lloyd Tomer a multi-millionaire, who by the way made his millions over the last 20 years in a home-based business much like the one you are looking at here today. So he knows our industry. YTB’s focus is on people. We all know great companies are built by people that are striving for excellence in every area. Let’s take a quick look at who is behind the greatness at YTB.

The elements of honesty, morality, and "being in the right place at the right time" are all in place today at YTB - and we plan to revolutionize the travel industry. Come join us as we change the way the world travels!

The Opportunity & Compensation Plan
YTB Independent Marketing Representative - A person who has signed an Independent Marketing Representative agreement with yourTravelBiz.com is called a Representative. (We will use the term “Rep” from now on).

1. They can sell Online Travel Agencies, enroll RTAs, and sponsor other Reps.
2. They earn commission on personal Online Travel Agency sales.
3. They can earn overrides on Online Travel Agency sales made by Reps on their teams.
4. They do not receive travel credentials and cannot sell travel. Unless fully contracted with YTB Travel Network.

YTB Travel Network Referring Travel Agent
A Referring Travel Agent (RTA) is a person who has purchased an Online Travel Agency in an agreement with YTB Travel Network and pays the $49.95 monthly fee for the personalized website and its “Back Office.” RTAs who personally enroll and maintain six RTAs are reimbursed their $49.95 monthly fee. (We will use the term “RTA” from now on.) RTA’s simply refer people to their website (Online Travel Agency) to book travel and can earn commissions on travel booked through their personalized site or by direct referral.

Building a team of Reps is more easily accomplished if you understand the pre-determined structure provided by YTB.

There are 3 total teams as defined below:

The “1st Team”
The “PowerTeam”
The “DreamTeam”

1st Team
Your 1st Team is made up of personally sponsored Reps plus the Reps they sponsor and so on. When you are qualified to override by having 4 active personally enrolled Online Travel Agencies (RTAs) (your own Online Travel Agency can count as one), you will earn a 50% match of the commissions earned by all personally sponsored 1st Team Reps. Your 1st Team is considered complete when you:

1. Personally sponsor 3 or more Reps
2. Have 6 active RTAs enrolled (Online Travel Agencies paying $49.95 monthly fee) by you and/or your 1st Team Reps.

PowerTeam
Once your 1st Team is complete, you qualify to start your PowerTeam with additional personally sponsored Reps. Your PowerTeam includes the 1st Team of every Rep in your PowerTeam through infinity.

PowerTeam Payments
$50 PowerTeam Commission — You earn $50 on ALL Online Travel Agency (RTA) sales made by Reps in your PowerTeam.

$100 on personal Online Travel Agency sales — You receive the $50 PowerTeam Commission in addition to the $50 Direct Sale Commission on all new personal sales once you have qualified to start your PowerTeam.

50% Match — You earn a 50% match on the commissions earned by personally sponsored PowerTeam Reps. If they make a personal Online Travel Agency sale and earn $50 Direct Sale Commission, you earn a 50% Match of $25 plus the $50 PowerTeam Commission for a total of $75.

4% PowerTeam Residual — RTAs pay $49.95 per month for their Online Travel Agency and business building tools. The PowerTeam Leader who receives the initial $50 PowerTeam Commission will also receive a 4% residual commission ($2) on all Online Travel Agency renewals of $49.95

Note: You must be qualified to override in order to receive any of the PowerTeam Commissions, Residuals, or Bonuses described above.

DreamTeam
When one of your PowerTeam Reps (regardless of depth) starts a PowerTeam, that PowerTeam becomes a 1st Generation DreamTeam to you. When a 1st Generation DreamTeam Rep starts a PowerTeam (regardless of depth), that PowerTeam becomes a 2nd Generation DreamTeam to you. This continues through six (6) generations of PowerTeams and comprises your DreamTeam.

Commissions Paid
Every new sale (Online Travel Agency) that is entered into the system by 12 (Midnight) Eastern Time Zone on Thursday will be paid Friday of the following week. This includes $50 Direct Sale Commissions, $50 PowerTeam Commissions, all DreamTeam Commissions, the 50% Match of your personally sponsored Rep’s Commissions and the $1000 LeaderShip bonuses. Residual commission is paid on the 20th of the following month.

Direct Sale Commissions
Reps earn $50 for every personal Online Travel Agency sale they make regardless of whether or not they are qualified to override. Once they have qualified to start their PowerTeam, they also receive the $50 PowerTeam Commission (if qualified to override) on all additional personal Online Travel Agency sales.

Override Qualifications
You qualify to earn override compensation by making 4 personal Online travel Agency sales and your own purchase can be counted as one. You will continue to be qualified as long as you maintain at least 4 personally sold YTBnet Subscribers. A YTBnet Subscriber is an RTA who is paying the $49.95 monthly fee for their Online Travel Agency. Once you are qualified to override, you will earn a 50% Match of the commissions earned by the personally sponsored Reps in your 1st Team.

50% Match
This is calculated by multiplying the commissions earned by your personally sponsored Reps by 50%. If one of your personally sponsored Reps earns $1,000, another earns $2,000 and a third earns $5,000 in commissions ($8,000 total), then your 50% Match would be $4,000. The 50% Match includes Direct Sale Commission, PowerTeam Commission, DreamTeam Commission and all Residual Commission. The Leadership Bonus, Dream Bonus, and 50% Match are not included. Home-based travel sellers are the fastest growing segment of the travel agency community. With the large and mid-sized companies laying off people and cutting back, corporate America is no longer a stable place to be. Everyone is looking for a home-based business that can be the high performance vehicle that takes them into the future along with big time savings in tax advantages. YTB is going to be YOUR home-based business vehicle!