The Purple Team is COi Rubber’s independent representative program. This is rank 5 of 6: Executive Sales Director.
What this rank involves
| Learn | Mentoring: how to help a new representative through their first RFQ. |
| Qualify | Sustained account production and repeat business. The detailed requirements for this rank are being finalized and will be set in writing before they apply. |
| Take on | Mentor other representatives, after you have shown competence. |
How you advance
Earn your Book 5 certificate (The Component Opportunity) to advance toward Chief Sales Director.
Every Purple Team activity earns points: buyer introduction 100, qualified RFQ 500, approved quote 300, approved sample 1,000, first paid order 2,500, repeat order 1,500. Points are a program record only, not cash, commissions or a promise of earnings.
Take the Book 5 testStudy guide
Pass with 8 of 10 and your COi certificate is emailed to you.
Use the personal test link from your welcome email.
An illustrative scenario
Year one, shown as annual collected sales: five producing accounts, and you begin mentoring. Base commission at the existing flat 6%.
| Annual collected customer sales (hypothetical: five accounts) | $400,000 |
| Base commission at 6% of collected sales, excluding tax and freight | $24,000 |
| Mentoring share of team commissions | Not set |
No mentor or leader percentage has been adopted. Any leadership compensation would be explained in the written agreement, with defined qualifications and responsibilities.
How much business is out there
- U.S. plastics and rubber products manufacturers recorded approximately $287.9 billion in shipments in 2024.
- Rubber products within that: approximately $47.3 billion.
- Non-tire rubber categories, derived: about $26.8 billion.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Annual Integrated Economic Survey via the St. Louis Fed FRED database, 2024 shipments, as published in the Purple Team Library, Book 05 (The Component Opportunity). These are industry totals, not COi revenue, available customer accounts, or what any representative may earn.
The practical opportunity is built account by account: one buyer, one part, one order at a time.
Earnings scenarios on this page are hypothetical illustrations on annual collected customer sales, excluding tax and freight. They are not a forecast, a promise or a guarantee of earnings. The Purple Team is commission-only, independent contractor work; earnings depend entirely on collected customer business. Points track recognition and advancement; they are not money and not a commission. Photography is illustrative stock imagery; the people shown are not COi staff, customers or representatives, and the photos are not evidence of earnings. This page is not an offer or a contract. The arrangement that applies to any representative is decided after COi reviews their application and is given in writing before they start.
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Purple Team representatives are independent contractors regardless of title.