The Purple Team is COi Rubber’s independent representative program. This is rank 6 of 6: Chief Sales Director.
What this rank involves
| Learn | Commercial leadership across regions, with COi’s executive team. |
| Qualify | Sustained leadership and commercial performance. The detailed requirements for this rank are being finalized and will be set in writing before they apply. |
| Take on | Broader leadership responsibilities, defined in writing. |
How you advance
Earn your Book 6 certificate (Build The Team. Carry The Mission.). All six book certificates plus the TLARGI class complete the reading path and qualify you for graduation review.
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 6 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: a $10 million organization. Base commissions across the organization stay at the existing flat 6%; the proposed generational pool is additional and shared across qualifying generations.
| Organization’s annual collected sales (hypothetical) | $10,000,000 |
| Base commissions across the organization at 6%, excluding tax and freight | $600,000 |
| Hypothetical generational bonus pool, shared across qualifying generations | $240,000 |
Hypothetical illustration: if that $240,000 pool were shared 50 / 30 / 20 across three qualifying generations, the shares would be $120,000 / $72,000 / $48,000.
Illustrative assumptions only, not adopted rates. The bonus pool, generation percentages and qualification rules are proposed program settings. They will be fixed in writing before any bonus is earned, and COi sets its cost and profit requirements first.
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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