MLM software development
MLM software development services for US companies
We develop custom MLM software end to end: the commission engine, genealogy, distributor back offices, ecommerce, payouts and the corporate console. Fixed scope, fixed price, source code handed over, with a parallel run against your current payouts before launch.
First release in 3 to 6 months. Every payout traceable to its order. Runs lock and replay exactly.
Distributors
8,412
+122 vs prior
Orders (30d)
14,905
+8.2% vs prior
Payout (Sep)
$412,780
+4.6% vs prior
Active legs
2,310
+96 vs prior
Commission volume, last 12 runs
Oct 2025 to Sep 2026, USD paid
Recent commission runs
| RUN-2026-09 | Sep 1 to 30 | $412,780.44 | locked |
| RUN-2026-08 | Aug 1 to 31 | $394,662.10 | locked |
| RUN-2026-07 | Jul 1 to 31 | $379,201.87 | locked |
Every payout opens to its volume, rank and bonus lines.
Why custom
When off the shelf stops fitting
Licensed platforms earn their keep for standard plans. They stop fitting in three situations we see repeatedly:
Your plan is the product
Hybrid bonuses, unusual caps, board splits: rules licensed vendors quote as customization anyway, at hourly rates, on their roadmap.
Your stack is the business
Deep Shopify or WooCommerce attribution, existing ERP, crypto payout rails: integrations that generic platforms approximate but never get exact.
Your fees scale against you
Per distributor pricing that grows with success, plus exit friction when data export means a professional services engagement.
Not in those situations? We will tell you, and point you at the buyer checklist instead. Our pricing page shows when licensed wins on cost.
commission run RUN-2026-09 / locked
sample data| Distributor | Rank | Bonus type | Volume basis | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. Delgado | Director | Binary pair | 5,000 BV | $500.00 |
| S. Ahmed | Ruby | Unilevel L2 | 3,410 BV | $102.30 |
| T. Brooks | Pearl | Matching 40% | on $1,820 | $728.00 |
| A. Costa | Director | Rank advance | one time | $250.00 |
| L. Fontaine | Ruby | Leadership pool | pool share 0.4% | $165.11 |
| K. Miles | Pearl | Retail profit | 12 orders | $382.44 |
Scope
What we develop, module by module
Every engagement is assembled from these modules. Your plan document decides the configuration inside each one.
01
Commission engine
The heart of the platform. Your bonus formulas, caps, carryover, matching, rank logic and clawbacks as testable rules, with locked runs and a ledger behind every payout line.
- Bonus families: level, pairing, matching, retail, pool, rank advance
- Rank engine with effective dated requirements
- Refund and chargeback clawbacks with references
- Cap and priority engine with engagement analytics
- Scenario tests at 100, 1,000 and 10,000 distributors
02
Genealogy and distributor management
Placement and sponsorship as separate, first class records, so binary spillover and unilevel matching both compute correctly from one tree.
- Binary, unilevel, matrix, board, monoline and hybrid structures
- Placement engine with override console and event log
- Distributor lifecycle: enrollment, activation, termination, compression
- Downline viewer with level by level volume and privacy rules
03
Back office and replicated sites
Where your distributors spend their time: earnings, rank progress, team activity and shareable content, on web and mobile.
- Replicated storefronts and profile pages
- Commission statements that open to the underlying math
- Rank progress tracking with next step guidance
- Compliant share templates and social tools
04
Ecommerce and orders
Corporate storefront, back office autoship and replicated site orders in one pipeline, with US tax and inventory handled.
- Shopify and WooCommerce integration, or custom storefront
- Autoship programs with self service changes
- Nexus aware sales tax via your tax provider
- Inventory, shipping and returns tied to commission clawbacks
05
Payouts
From locked run to money moved, on rails your field expects, each with its own audit trail.
- ACH, direct deposit and check file generation
- Wallet balances with minimums and holdbacks
- Crypto and stablecoin rails with a dedicated ledger
- 1099 and payment reporting exports
06
Corporate console
Operations tooling for the team that runs commission day: search, support views, overrides, reports and the audit log.
- Distributor search with full account timeline
- Manual adjustments with required notes and audit entries
- Run management: open, shadow, review, lock, reopen policy
- Role based access for corporate users with 2FA enforcement
Timeline
A 29 week reference build
Representative timeline for a hybrid plan with ecommerce and one mobile app. Simpler builds compress; the sequence stays the same.
Weeks 1 to 2
Plan specification
Your rules written as testable scenarios and signed off.
Weeks 3 to 5
Architecture and design
Data model, module map, interface design system approval.
Weeks 6 to 19
Core build
Commission engine, genealogy, back office, corporate console, with weekly demos.
Weeks 20 to 25
Integrations and apps
Ecommerce, payments, payouts, mobile apps against the same API.
Weeks 26 to 29
Parallel run and launch
Real data reconciliation, training, cutover, launch support.
Engineering standards
How we build, in specifics
Type safe end to end
TypeScript strict mode across web, API and database access, with migrations generated and reviewed as SQL.
Tested commission math
Every plan rule gets automated scenarios. The suite runs on every change; a failing plan test blocks release.
Reproducible runs
Commission runs are versioned transactions: locked periods, replayable inputs, identical outputs.
Security baseline
Argon2id password hashing, encrypted PII at rest, least privilege database access, enforced 2FA and audit logging for corporate users.
Performance targets
A 200,000 distributor tree closes a commission run in minutes, and back office pages answer in under a second at the 95th percentile.
You own everything
Repository, infrastructure configuration, deployment pipeline and documentation transfer to you at handover.
Plan specification
The document every build starts with
Specification is the cheapest week of the project and the one that prevents the most expensive months. Here is what it contains.
Structure rules
Which plan family, how placement works, width and depth limits, and how sponsorship relates to placement in your company.
Bonus formulas
Every bonus type with its exact formula, percentage tables, caps, carryover behavior and the order bonuses apply when caps bind.
Rank requirements
Each rank with its qualification: personal volume, group volume, legs, rank legs, one time versus recurring requirements.
Edge case rulings
What happens on refunds, terminations, mid period rank changes, inactive distributors and cross border orders. Rulings, not assumptions.
Volume rules
PV, BV and CV per product class, commissionable base after discounts, and treatment of kits, samples and wholesale orders.
Acceptance scenarios
Fifty to two hundred worked examples with expected payouts, which become the automated test suite for the engine.
Clients receive the specification as a reviewable document with a walkthrough call. Nothing in it is technical jargon: it is your plan, written precisely enough that two people reading it calculate the same payout. When your leadership team can do that, the software can too. Most specification weeks surface at least one rule two executives read differently, which is exactly the disagreement you want before the field notices it, not after.
Also delivered
What surrounds the code
| Test suite | The plan scenario suite ships with the code and runs in your CI forever, so plan changes prove they pay correctly before release. |
|---|---|
| Runbook | Commission day procedures: how to close a period, review anomalies, post adjustments and generate payouts, written for your operations team. |
| Handover documentation | Architecture decisions, data model, API surface and deployment pipeline, updated at each milestone, not reconstructed at the end. |
| Training | Working sessions with your support and operations teams before launch, recorded, with the back office configured to your vocabulary. |
Frequently asked questions
What is included in an MLM software development engagement?
Plan specification, architecture, the commission engine, genealogy, back offices and replicated sites, ecommerce and payout integration, a corporate console, migration if needed, a parallel commission run, deployment and a support window. Source code and infrastructure ownership transfer to you.
How long does custom MLM software take to build?
First release in 3 to 6 months for one plan family. Each additional plan family, a mobile app for both platforms, or a full migration adds roughly 1 to 3 months. The plan specification phase happens before code and typically takes 1 to 2 weeks.
Who owns the source code?
You do, from final payment. We hand over the repository, infrastructure configuration and deployment pipeline documentation. There is no license and no lock in.
How do you test the commission engine?
Every plan rule becomes an automated test scenario, plus scenario suites at 100, 1,000 and 10,000 distributors covering edge cases: mid period rank changes, refunds after close, cap engagement and termination compression. Before launch we run your real data in parallel against your current payouts until they reconcile.
Can you take over an existing MLM software project?
Yes, when the codebase or specifications are reviewable. We start with an audit: architecture review, commission math verification against documented payouts, and a remediation plan with estimates.
What happens after launch?
Every build includes a support window (60 to 90 days). After that, monthly maintenance covers monitoring, security updates and a change allowance, or your own team takes over with our handover documentation.
Discuss your compensation plan with an engineer
Bring your draft plan. In a 30 minute call we map it to software modules, flag the edge cases that break generic platforms, and give you a delivery estimate with timelines and costs.