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Frozen Balance is the mechanic that protects your marketing income in two related situations: when your direct personal invitee makes their first NFT purchase, or when your invitee’s Autobuy fires (automatic renewal of their NFT, generating the 20% rebuy Sponsor Bonus), and the resulting commission exceeds your NFT’s remaining Income Limit. Without Frozen Balance, that excess would be lost to compression — passed up the structure. Frozen Balance freezes it for 72 hours and gives you a window to upgrade your NFT and claim the full amount.
This is the marketing safety net for both “upward” invitations and recurring revenue from established invitees: you can confidently invite partners into any NFT tier and rely on their Autobuy renewals, without fearing that the commission will be lost because your own Income Limit is too small.

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When does Frozen Balance trigger?

Frozen Balance activates only when all three conditions are met:
1

The buyer is your direct personal invitee

Not a spillover, not a downline partner five levels deep — specifically a person you personally invited into your structure.
2

It is that invitee's first NFT purchase or their Autobuy

Frozen Balance covers two events from your invitee: their first NFT purchase and their Autobuy (automatic renewal of the same invitee’s NFT, paying you the 20% rebuy Sponsor Bonus). Manual repeat purchases and upgrades by the same invitee are not covered — see the Lost Income section below.
3

The commission exceeds your remaining Income Limit

If your remaining Income Limit is large enough to absorb the full commission, no freeze occurs — everything is credited normally.

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How does the commission amount split?

When Frozen Balance triggers, the smart contract splits the commission into two parts:
  • Within your remaining Income Limit — credited immediately under the standard split: 75% Regular Balance / 20% Accumulative Balance / 5% DA Liquidity Pool.
  • Excess above your Income Limit — placed into Frozen Balance with a 72-hour timer.

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What happens during the 72-hour window?

You have three scenarios:
You purchase a higher-tier NFT (with a larger Income Limit). Frozen funds are automatically released and credited under the same 75/20/5 split. The released amount is deducted from the new NFT’s Income Limit.Example. Your NFT’s Income Limit = 160 USDT. Your invitee buys an NFT for 2,200 USDT; commission = 660 USDT. 160 USDT is credited immediately (75/20/5). 500 USDT goes into Frozen Balance. You upgrade to Eclipse (Income Limit 650 USDT). The 500 USDT is released and credited. New remaining Income Limit: 650 − 500 = 150 USDT.

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Repeat Purchases from the Same Invitee

Frozen Balance protects two events from each personal invitee: their first NFT purchase and their Autobuy (automatic renewal of the same invitee’s NFT — 20% rebuy Sponsor Bonus). Manual repeat purchases and upgrades by the same invitee are not covered: if your Income Limit cannot absorb the commission, the excess is flagged as Lost Income and distributed under the standard compression rule — passed up the structure to the next participant with an active Income Limit.
If your invitee makes many manual rebuys/upgrades while your Income Limit is exhausted, every such manual purchase bypasses you via compression. Keep your Income Limit active — through your own Autobuy or manual renewal — so you don’t bleed income from established partners.

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High-Volume Scenario — Cascade Through the Structure

Frozen Balance protects only the commission on a direct invitee’s first purchase or their Autobuy. But in a large structure, most of your income comes not from personal sales — it comes from depth, through tree distribution (4% at level 9 × 500+ positions can yield tens of thousands of USDT in a single accrual cycle). When that volume hits and your Income Limit is 1,100 USDT with Autobuy capable of refreshing it three times max (3/3 on tiers L1–L8), the system:
  1. Credits you 1,100 USDT under the standard split.
  2. Triggers Autobuy, refreshes the Limit, credits another 1,100 USDT.
  3. Repeats up to 3 times.
  4. All remaining volume is compressed — passed upward to the next participant with an active Income Limit.
Frozen Balance does not activate in this scenario because the source is not a direct invitee’s first purchase or Autobuy but tree distribution from depth.
Takeaway for scale: at large network volumes, the key lever is the level of your own NFT. Higher tiers carry larger Income Limits and reduce the share lost to compression. Elite tiers (L9–L10), with unlimited Autobuy, address this systemically.

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Frozen Balance Parameters (On-Chain)

See also: Income Limit on the NFT Ecosystem page, Payment Priority in Architecture.