multipledigits
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I've been in an argument with my upline (managing agent or whatever between me and the FMO) and I don't know if maybe I'm missing something here.
We contracted through Ritter. They've had a lot of issues paying out commissions on time for us and have offered little to no explanation or when we even should be paid even though the carriers are all able to tell us or have an actual schedule of payouts (like Devoted) at least for when *they* pay.
So to me, it seems obvious that it would be advantageous to be paid directly through the carrier to avoid this hassle/cut out the middleman as much as possible, and I've seen that some FMOs have it set up this way.
My upline however keeps telling me that it doesn't matter who is writing the check as long as I get paid (or something to that regard) and that getting paid directly from the carrier is both not normal and something they only say to lure agents in as a marketing gimmick basically, but otherwise has no real value.
Am I being taken for a ride here from my upline? Am I missing something or what? Is it that it would be impossible or harder for them to be paid an override if it's set up that way? Or does it really not matter?
And with Ritter being paid the commission (and then them paying it out to me) is it not making them the "agent of record"?
We contracted through Ritter. They've had a lot of issues paying out commissions on time for us and have offered little to no explanation or when we even should be paid even though the carriers are all able to tell us or have an actual schedule of payouts (like Devoted) at least for when *they* pay.
So to me, it seems obvious that it would be advantageous to be paid directly through the carrier to avoid this hassle/cut out the middleman as much as possible, and I've seen that some FMOs have it set up this way.
My upline however keeps telling me that it doesn't matter who is writing the check as long as I get paid (or something to that regard) and that getting paid directly from the carrier is both not normal and something they only say to lure agents in as a marketing gimmick basically, but otherwise has no real value.
Am I being taken for a ride here from my upline? Am I missing something or what? Is it that it would be impossible or harder for them to be paid an override if it's set up that way? Or does it really not matter?
And with Ritter being paid the commission (and then them paying it out to me) is it not making them the "agent of record"?