I’ve purchased and reviewed dozens of products over the past couple of years, and I am 100% committed to exposing every scummy product that I find. Wealthy Affiliate, however, really took me by surprise. With a name like “Wealthy Affiliate” I was expecting a pretty routine kind of “scum that grows between the bathroom tiles” negative review.
What I actually found was regularly added, up-to-date training, a very active and supportive community on a social platform that encourages interaction, and the best internet marketing product I’ve ever found due to very few drawbacks. Is it a scam? Definitely not. I’ll outline the strengths and weaknesses in my Wealthy Affiliate review below, and I’ll explain why it’s a great product for beginners and intermediate affiliate marketers alike.
The Best Thing About Wealthy Affiliate: It’s Free!
Well, kind of. Something I’d never seen in other products was the ability to create a free account to get a “taste” and decide whether or not the product is right for you. No payment information required – just your name, email address, a desired username, and password.
Of course you don’t have access to everything as a free member, but you have access to a heck of a lot. There’s more training in the free membership at Wealthy Affiliate than I see in most paid programs that I ultimately end up tearing to shreds because they’re so low-quality.
The free membership at Wealthy Affiliate comes with a couple of restrictions. There’s limited access to training as I mentioned above, but you also have limited access to the community.
Wealthy Affiliate is setup on a platform very similar to social media sites like Facebook which creates a living, breathing learning environment where you can chat with other members, post questions on lessons/training that you’re unsure about, etc… With a free account you only have 7 days to explore these communication options. After that, you need to be a premium member to comment, chat, and post to other members’ profiles. The benefits of communication within the members’ area will become clearer throughout the rest of this review. If you’d rather just check it out for yourself, you can create a free Wealthy Affiliate account here.
Pro #1: A Clear, Step-by-Step Path is Set Out for You
I think one of the biggest challenges most people face when new to affiliate/internet marketing is confusion about what to do first, then what comes after that, then after that, etc… You’re taking in a lot of information, so if it’s not given to you in the correct order it can be VERY overwhelming.
Kyle and Carson (the co-founders of Wealthy Affiliate) tackled this by creating a few step-by-step courses. The main set of courses is called “Online Entrepreneur Certification” and there are currently four levels, which are regularly updated to incorporate new techniques and remain up-to-date. Here’s a screenshot of level one, which you can access 100% of with a free account:
When you click on one of the lessons, it opens up into several easy-to-tab-through pages of instructions with video, images/diagrams, step-by-step text instructions, and a checklist to complete before moving on to the next lesson.
As a free Wealthy Affiliate member, you’re limited to the first level of Online Entrepreneur Certification, but if you like what you see and end up going premium, you’ll have access to the other three levels as well as a TON of other training, which I’ll cover in the next section of this review. Level one of Online Entrepreneur Certification covers getting started and setup (choosing a niche, picking keywords, technical site setup, etc…). Levels two through four cover getting traffic to your site, how to make money off of that traffic, and how to improve social sharing and engagement (which is a vital component of search engine rankings now):
Summary of Pro #1: Wealthy Affiliate gives you a clear, step-by-step from the very beginning (setting your site up), through generating traffic, then making money and master social engagement. You’re significantly less likely to get overwhelmed and give up, and your likelihood of succeeding in affiliate/internet marketing increases tremendously when following organized training. If you’ve read enough and just want to go check it out for yourself, you can create a free account at Wealthy Affiliate (no payment info required) and work through level one of their Online Entrepreneur Certification.
Pro #2: A MASSIVE Amount of Training (and More Added Daily)
When I say that there’s a massive amount of training at Wealthy Affiliate, I mean there’s a MASSIVE amount of training. In addition to the very clear, step-by-step created by co-founders Kyle and Carson, other community members and internet marketers are incentivized to share their best tips and tricks by creating their own training. Because of this, the level of high-quality, helpful training at Wealthy Affiliate increases daily.
Most of this takes place in the “Classrooms” section, which is a feature within Wealthy Affiliate that allows you to drill deeper into any individual topic you want to know more about. For example, if you get caught up in keyword research or choosing a niche, you can head over to the Keyword, Niche, and Market Research classroom and dig through additional lesson there.
You can also read through discussions, ask questions, etc… but I’ll go into greater detail regarding the communication aspects of Wealthy Affiliate in my next point. For now, here’s what the Keyword, Niche, and Market Research classroom looks like:
There isn’t much regarding affiliate/internet marketing that isn’t covered very well at Wealthy Affiliate. There are several different categories for you to look through and learn from in the “Classrooms” section. Here’s a screenshot of all the categories you can dig into deeper to find hundreds of extra tutorials, video lessons, training courses, and discussions:
If you decide to create a free account, you’ll be limited to the “Getting Started” and “WA Affiliate Program” sections, but if you like what you see and decide to upgrade to the premium membership, you’ll have unlimited access to all of the training, discussions, tutorials, and videos in every classroom. If you have trouble finding what you’re looking for, you can always search for a question and see what training/discussions pop up. As you type, Wealthy Affiliate begins suggesting training, videos, and discussions that might be what you’re looking for:
Summary of Pro #2: Not only is there clear, step-by-step training at Wealthy Affiliate, but you also have the ability to drill down deeper into every topic and sub-topic you might get stuck on regarding internet or affiliate marketing. Almost every questions you could ask is answered in their library of training, videos, and tutorials.
Pro #3: Interaction with Other Members and Internet Marketing Experts
In my opinion, this is the biggest strength of Wealthy Affiliate. If you read something in a lesson that you’re unsure about, just post a comment at the bottom of the training with your question (click the image below to see larger version):
If your question doesn’t tie directly to a specific lesson, go over to the “Classrooms” section and rather than looking at different training, videos, or tutorials, start a discussion with your question:
When you create a discussion at Wealthy Affiliate, other community members and experienced internet marketers will come along and help you. This is a really great thing to do if you get stuck somewhere, or you need advice from more experienced internet marketers that have “been there, done that” and can tell you whether or not you’re headed in the right direction. The co-founders of Wealthy Affiliate are commonly seen interacting with and helping members in discussions like this.
The last aspect of communication within Wealthy Affiliate that I want to highlight is interacting directly with other community members, and their ability to interact directly with you. Just like most social media sites, you’ll setup a profile with a picture and brief bio at Wealthy Affiliate. If someone wants to interact with you, they can stop by your profile and leave a comment:
Or if you have something you want to say to another member but you don’t it to be displayed publicly (say for example you’re asking someone to look at your website or asking for their opinion on the niche you’ve picked), you can always send them a private message. You can also private message the founders, Kyle or Carson, if you need their help with something. Note: Private messaging is restricted to premium members only.
As I mentioned earlier in this review, you’ll only have communication abilities within Wealthy Affiliate for the first 7 days. This means that if you sign up for a free account, you’ll be able to leave as many comments on training, videos, and tutorials, you’ll be able to post to anyone’s profile, and you’ll be able to create discussions for the first 7 days. After that 7 days runs out, you’d have to be a premium member to interact and communicate within the Wealthy Affiliate community.
Summary of Pro #3: Wealthy Affiliate is a living, breathing community that you can interact with, seek support, and learn from. I’ve never seen anything quite like it. Sometimes it can feel very lonely in internet marketing as very few products provide support of any kind. To be able to tap into the knowledge of tens of thousands of other members will make it so that if you’re ever stuck or left with questions, you won’t feel stranded, alone, and hung out to dry.
Con #1: It Takes Some Getting Used To
So I know this is nit-picky in comparison to the pros that I laid out above, but I want to completely honest and disclose the things that you might encounter difficulty with at Wealthy Affiliate as well.
Just like any new technology or website, navigating all of the training and interacting with community members at Wealthy Affiliate will take some getting used to. You’ll have to learn where everything is located, which buttons you need to click to comment, reply to comments, send a private message etc… If you’re even moderately experienced with technology this shouldn’t be a problem at all. If you struggle with technology it’s still very intuitive and easy to learn, but it’ll take a week or two to get used to it.
Summary of Con #1: If you’re at all familiar with technology, Wealthy Affiliate’s members’ area is very easy to warm up to. If you’re not so good with technology, you might struggle getting familiar with it for the first week or two, but with some practice you’ll be able to access everything and navigate it like a pro after a week or two.
Con #2: Be Careful to Not Get Stuck in “Learning Only” Mode
You’ll be floored by how much training there is to go through at Wealthy Affiliate, especially if you like what you see as a free member and decide to become a premium member. On rare occasions, I can see this lead to people spending days or even weeks straight studying the lessons but not applying any of them and doing actual “work”. They just study, study, study away!
If you don’t start “doing”, it’s impossible to get anywhere. By all means take some time in the beginning to work through some lessons until you feel like you understand things, but you don’t have to know every step along the way before you begin building out your first site. Use the training as a guide as you work – don’t try and finish everything before you begin working.
Summary of Con #2: There’s a lot of information to cover and learn. You don’t have to know all of it before you begin working. Start building out your site, adding content, etc… as you work your way through the lessons. Don’t try to finish every lesson and THEN start working.
Other Cool Things at Wealthy Affiliate
The team at Wealthy Affiliate provides so much content, tools, training, bonuses, etc… that it’s impossible for me to cover all of it with a single review. I’m pushing 2,000+ words in this review now and I want to be thorough, but not too long-winded.
There are other cool things that I haven’t mentioned like weekly live webinars, full web hosting is included with premium membership, the Wealthy Affiliate keyword research tool, etc… that you’ll find when you sign up for a free account that I haven’t covered in great detail here. There’s so much to explore and learn from.
Final Verdict: Do I Recommend Wealthy Affiliate?
Absolutely – hands down it’s the easiest product to recommend that I’ve ever encountered. I was really, really surprised at what a great product it was.
There aren’t a bunch of crummy upsells and it’s not some bogus, out-of-date training that’s five years old like I usually see. The co-founders of Wealthy Affiliate, Kyle and Carson, have clearly prioritized helping their members above making as much money as possible. That’s something you don’t see very often in this industry.
If you’re still skeptical of whether or not Wealthy Affiliate is a good fit for where you’re at in your internet marketing journey, then I recommend signing up for Wealthy Affiliate’s free account (no payment info required) and checking it out for a few days. If you like what you see, upgrade and gain access to everything. If you don’t, you haven’t spent a dime and you can continue on your journey elsewhere!
My Exclusive Wealthy Affiliate Bonus (Not Available Anywhere Else)
If you check out Wealthy Affiliate and decide you love it, I have a few exclusive bonuses for my followers. I don’t give away this collection of bonuses away anywhere else. They’re 100% exclusive to my Wealthy Affiliate referrals. If you want to gain access to that bonus, here are the steps to follow:
- Sign up for a free trial at Wealthy Affiliate here
- Check out the training and community for a few days to see how you like it
- Upgrade to premium at the discounted rate ($19 for the first month) within 7 days
- I’ll send you the bonuses via a private message on Wealthy Affiliate
- Enjoy!
Interested in Taking a Video Tour?
If you’d like to take a video tour of the Wealthy Affiliate members’ area even before joining, you can watch my Wealthy Affiliate Video tour here.
Have Experiences with Wealthy Affiliate? Leave a Comment Below!
Did you check out Wealthy Affiliate as a result of my review above? Have you had other experiences with Wealthy Affiliate? Leave your experiences and thoughts in a comment below for the rest of the community to benefit and learn from! And if you REALLY found this review to be helpful, sharing it on social media by using one of the buttons below would be greatly appreciated!
Love your review of wealthy affiliate. glad to see there is still honest ways to make money out there. My question is this…what’s to stop someone from going straight to the amazon website to purchase what they want instead of going through your website. I am new to all this and I am gonna be signing up. I am looking at all avenues
Hey Joe! That’s a great question, and sometimes (albeit it rarely if your running your affiliate marketing business properly) people will just go directly to the merchant and buy from them rather than buying through your link. It comes with the territory, unfortunately. But in my experience at least 95% of people will purchase through your link if you’re adding enough value, and it’s actually a lot more work for them to cut you out if you’re doing things correctly. Most people that are new to affiliate marketing have the misunderstanding that it’s as simple as posting your links out there, and posting as many of them as you can. It’s not! The people that make the most money in affiliate marketing are the people that focus on adding value, solving peoples’ problems, and helping website visitors resolve their pain points. If you just post a bunch of links on your site that have nothing to do with the content you’re creating, people are much more likely to go directly to the merchant and cut you out. But if you’re creating truly helpful, valuable content and at the same time referring people to websites that solve their problems and genuinely help them, a good portion of them will click through your links and sign up or purchase, earning you an affiliate commission. So the best way to protect yourself from facing this too often is to focus on offering your website visitors an immense amount of value. I hope that helps!
Hi Ian, i live in South Africa and would like to know if i can join WA?
Hey Elsa – Yes, you should be able to create an account from South Africa without any issues at all.
Good day Ian.
I really enjoyed your review of WA. I think it was honest and quite informative, lots of content. I have read others as well and found them to be the same. I have not heard of some of the other affiliate programs but if WA is as good as all the reviews say, then I don’t think I need to look any further.
I’m 65 and currently not working because of a back injury, (3 mo. ago). My doctor says that I should not do any heavy lifting which was a huge part of the job I was doing as a spray finisher. So, if I go back to work there is no telling how long that will last and I think I would like to cover my bases and build an internet business so that my awesome wife and I can have the freedom to do the things we would like to do, like traveling in or RV.
I wasn’t expecting to make tons of money but I signed up for a few survey sites thinking I could maybe make couple of hundred bucks a month just to supplement my medical EI. I have come to realise that they are NOT all they are cracked up to be. Haven’t even made $50 yet. Very disappointing.
The reason I’m sending this to you is, I have talked some to my wife about doing this but she seems to be a little sceptical, so I was wondering if you could give me some advice or wisdom/info that may help convince her that this is a good thing? She really is pretty smart, used to be a Chartered General Accountant for 25 yrs., and with that background I’m sure we could make this work together.
I also have a couple of other questions. I read one review that was not very complimentary toward WA and one of the things they spoke of was that the owners of WA did not have a business licence. I would like to think that’s not the case but I was wondering if I needed to have one?
2. If I went beyond the 7 day free trial would I still be eligable for the $19 first month when I sign up for “Premium”?
3. I read in one of the responses that WA has offered a special deal of $299 on “Black Friday” and I was wondering if that offer was going to be available this year?
I am really looking forward to doing this with your assistance when I join. Thanks for you help, looking forward to a better future.
Wayne
PS. I tried to send this yesterday and after I clicked submit, my comment did show-up at the top of the comment list but later when I went back to see if you responded, it wasn’t there. So, hence, this comment. I have received an email from you though. Thanks.
Hey Wayne, I’ll go ahead and answer these questions too:
1) I believe I answered this fairly well in my reply to your last comment. Let me know if you have follow-up questions.
2) The offer extends for another week or so after the first 7 days are up. But I don’t believe it extends forever, so you’d want to upgrade within those first 2-3 weeks before it runs out a second time.
3) Yes – if you’re subscribed to my email list you’ll get all of the details for that this year.
I hope that helps! Again, let me know if you have any follow-up questions.
Hi Ian: As others have said, I too greatly appreciate the content of your review. I am 65 and have been off work for the last three months due to a back injury. It feels pretty good at the moment but it seems that certain things I do remind me that it’s not 100% healed and my doctor has told me that I shouldn’t be doing any heavy lifting, which is a large part of the work I WAS doing. Anyway, over the past 3 mo. I have used part of my Free time getting involved in a few survey sites and, to say the least, I have been VERY disappointed.
At the same time I have been doing a considerable amount of research concerning Affiliate Marketing. I haven’t heard or read a whole lot of stuff about the other AM programs, accept what I have read on other WA sites, and I must say that WA certainly seems to be the right way to go if one is a newby at this sort of thing, and that is certainly what I am, or at least will be when I join
I have mentioned this idea to my amazing wife. However, I feel that she may be a little skeptical about IM being a way for us to gain the freedom for us to do the kind of things we would like, like traveling in our RV. We also don’t have a wad of money in our RRSP’s that we can rely on, (although we do have SOME), to give us this kind of life that would be a little more comfortable. In short’ I would like to be able to develop an AM business that would enable us to do this. I am convinced that I can do this. And as another bit of info, my wife used to be a CGA, (Certified General Accountant), and I am sure, with her help, and WA, we could do this better together.
What I would like to know is if you have any advise or wisdom/info that I could tell my wife that would help convince her that this is a good idea.
I also have a another question. Do I need to have a “Business Licence” to do AM? And one more Q. I read that there was a “BLACK FRIDAY” sale in previous years, and you thought there might be another this year. Is this the case? If so, it would certainly be more attractive.
Look forward to you input and I will be hooking up with you as soon as I have the support of my wife, which is important to me, because anything I do is for the both of us not just me.
Thanks again, Wayne
Hey Wayne, thank you very much for reaching out. Depending on your country/state you may or may not need a business license to operate an internet business. Most places in the U.S. don’t require it as far as I know, but I’m not an attorney so unfortunately I’m not qualified to provide legal advice. You should be able to find out pretty easily by searching the internet for the answer for your country/state though.
There is going to be another Black Friday sale this year, yes. If you’re on my email list (either for the SIMPLE7 lessons or my free eBook) you should receive all of the details as they’re announced next week!
If you have any other questions feel free to reply to this comment and I’ll be happy to help!
Thanks for getting back to me Ian. I live in Canada not too far from Victoria where Kyle and Carson live. I guess I’ll have to check out the licence thing here on my own. I am receiving your lessons and will follow up when I join WA. Thanks again for your input,
Wayne
Hello,
I want you to tell me which is the best system ?
Hey Ali, the review you’ve just commented on (Wealthy Affiliate) is by far and away the best product I’ve found online.
WA free starter account is not available in my country. I’m from the Philippines and i want to start a business like this. Can you suggest any other affiliate marketing that offers free account? btw, I’m still a student, hope you could help me thanks!
Hey Zar, I’m not sure if they accept free members from your country but you might consider checking out Affilorama. They are not quite as well-rounded and helpful as WA, but it’s a decent program and I believe they offer a free trial as well.
Ian,
I am so burned out from all the scams out there, that I admit I have become cynical about most any of these promotions. So, if WA is as good as you say, what proof is there of that? What kind of money can someone conservatively say can be made putting forth reasonable effort?
I appreciate what you do. Glad there is someone out there that is sincerely trying to do a good service.
Roy
Hey Roy! Thanks for reaching out. It’s the best training product I’ve ever found and has incredible community support, but a great deal of how likely you are to succeed depends on YOU – how hard you work, how closely you follow the training, how long you stick with it, etc… There’s no product that will make the business happen for you, and if a person fails at WA it’s not because they didn’t have the training, tools, or support at their fingertips – it’s because they didn’t work hard enough or didn’t follow the training closely enough. RE: How much can you make – it depends on A TON of factors, most of which I discuss in this video. I hope that helps – let me know if you need anything else, Roy!
One genuine question? What in this world is preventing Wealthy Affiliate people to give free access to people from all countries? Are they ( certain countries) exiled or what? They can not have free access but they can buy the product. What a duality? Probably they might be saying this to almost all the countries.
I an I’ve been watching your reviews, could you give a genuine rationale just for this?
Hey Russel – they only restricted some country’s access to the free membership very recently (about three months ago). It was open to all countries for years, but they noticed that certain regions (mainly within Africa and India) were spamming the community, trying to cross-recruit members into other, lower-quality MLM programs, and causing a very large support burden with very few of them ever upgrading to premium (thereby helping WA recoup the resources spent helping these members during their free membership) which unfortunately isn’t sustainable. It wasn’t a decision that Kyle and Carson made lightly, but unfortunately when everything was laid out on the table and they pulled data from those regions they felt it was best to protect the community by no longer offering the free membership to these regions. By still offering the paid membership option, however, people that legitimately want to grow a business and aren’t looking to spam or cross-recruit within the community can get access to the product and build their business like anyone else.
I hope that clears things up a bit – let me know if you have any follow-up questions!
I just retired from my career, and am ready to move on to self-employment. This is one of the options. Your program looks so exciting and helpful, however, I have run into a possible legal-tax related glitch! I was looking at the affiliate programs of some online retailers I make regular purchases from. One had a statement that they do not do affiliate programs in several states due to Nexus laws, North Carolina being one of them, and that is where I live. I looked up “Nexus Laws” and the more I researched, the more deflated my excitement became. Not all the websites mentioned this, but it has to be a factor in any affiliate program. Is there a legal and ethical manner to deal with this without a tax attorney that your training and support system addresses??? Or does this just mean I need to look at other options since I live in North Carolina? I know you aren’t a tax or corporate attorney, but it must be an issue you have some experience with.
Thanks so much.
Alice Lammonds
Hello Alice, thanks for the very thought-provoking comment! I am fortunate enough to live in Texas where the Nexus legislation was defeated and it has not affected affiliates within my state, so I’m not intimately familiar with the ins and outs.Of course I’m not an attorney nor am I qualified to give legal advice, so I’d double-check any of my speculation here.
I did some research though and found that it’s not affecting affiliates TOO much because the tax doesn’t apply directly to them, it only applies to the merchants that are selling products. In other words, this doesn’t cause extra loops to jump through as an affiliate when it comes to bookkeeping, taxes, etc… but it DOES affect affiliates in the sense that some companies are pulling their affiliate programs within states passing Nexus legislation. There are two solutions to this: 1) Don’t apply for any affiliate programs that don’t allow affiliates from North Carolina. There are still thousands of affiliate offers out there that you can promote despite the Nexus tax laws. 2) If you really, really want to promote affiliate offers that don’t allow affiliates from your state, you’ll need to establish an LLC or corporation within a state that hasn’t been affected by the Nexus laws. This is how already successful affiliates have handled this issue because then they are not legally based in a banned state – their business is established in an allowed state.
I hope that helps, Alice! Let me know if you have any follow-up questions or if I can help with anything else.
Thanks much! Had not thought of that, but I will check into that as well as the Wealthy Affiliate program.
Alice Lammonds
No problem at all, Alice! I’m happy to help any way that I can.
I’d like to thank you for the efforts you’ve put in writing this blog.
I am hoping to view the same high-grade content
by you in the future as well. In truth, your creative writing abilities
has motivated me to get my own site now
hello ian
I thought your reviews were great in the begining. Now i realise you have showed no proof of your success in internet marketing. you said you have years of experience in the business but speak about no successful websites etc. Or do you mean you have experience in using products so you have made spotting scams a business? I am not saying you have to broadcast your earnings like pat flynn. for example starak, flynn and jon morrow show proof by writing about their experiences. Also you make it seem like weathly affiliate is the only “good” product out there. personally i rather spend my money on website, hosting and email autoresponder and learn on my own from gurus websites . persons who do not live in the usa that monthly subscription is alot of money
Hey Keisha, I’m sorry to hear that your opinion of me might have changed in reflection. Hopefully I can clear up a few things that you’ve mentioned as curiosities here – the reason I don’t speak about other successful websites on NoMoreBSReviews is because that is not congruent with the brand and mission of this site. I’ve thought about running an affiliate training site in the past similar to Pat Flynn (who is someone I chat with a few times a year) and others you’ve mentioned, but it’s not a project I’ve pursued as of right now. These reviews take a massive amount of time and effort, making it very difficult to run a training site (something that takes equally, if not more, time and effort) in addition to it. I think if you went through some of my lessons under the “Free Stuff” section or my SIMPLE7 email course it would become clear that I have experience from real projects (past and present) and know how to shed insight on internet marketing practices in addition to reviewing products.
I think you perceiving that I present Wealthy Affiliate as the only “good” product is a matter of perspective and the way you’ve interpreted the information on my site, which could have been easily cleared up with a message or comment asking, “Is WA the ONLY good product out there?”. I have other products that I have reviewed positively with a few caveats, but Wealthy Affiliate has definitely been the best product I’ve uncovered so far. There are others out there that I know are decent based on what my followers have shared with me in the past (Affilorama, NPC, SBI, etc…) but I try to focus my efforts on exposing scams and protecting people from wasting their money (negative reviews) rather than finding as many good products as possible and pitching them all over my site for affiliate commissions (positive reviews). There are most definitely other good products out there, I just haven’t reviewed them yet.
I hope that clears a few of these things up. I believe in transparency in every aspect of my business, so I welcome and encourage comments like this. If you’re looking for step-by-step lessons presented in sort of a journalistic style like the others you’ve mentioned, I highly recommend digesting that information through their sites (especially Pat Flynn’s – I’ve followed him for years) as that is a very different kind of site which provides very different information than NoMoreBSReviews is intended to be.
Hello Ian, just wanted to say that your doing a great job helping people who are really in need and exposing scams like empower network. Keep it up.
Hey Ron, thanks for taking the top to drop by and leave a comment! I really appreciate the feedback – if I can ever help you with anything related to internet marketing or affiliate marketing down the road, don’t hesitate to reach out to me directly and ask!
Hey Ian,
I searched and haven’t found any of your review for Source Wave products, where Alex Becker kept mentioning quite a number of times, he’s making 7 Figure income.
Product like SEO Zen gets massive hit in JVZoo. So, I wonder if he’s a genuine one as he’s been giving quite a number of free resources that seemed to be helpful too.
Hey again Charles, is that an internet marketing/affiliate marketing training product?
Hi Ian,
SEO Zen is some sort of SEO wordpress plugin thingy. Alex Becker always sells a lot of SEO related products. He seems sincere though. But, would like to hear your opinion towards him.
Hey again Charles! I’ve added it to my list of products to review and will try to get to it in the near future
Thanks for calling my attention to it!
I requested to have my WA account deleted so that I could signup under you because my sponsor is inactive and they said that it wasn’t possible so I will have to pass on WA because I am only interested in working with an active sponsor.
Hey Robson, thanks for commenting and letting me know. It’s true, WA doesn’t allow unsubscribing/resubscribing because, as it’s not an MLM and doesn’t really have “sponsors”, there’s not much of a reason for that to happen. Of course I’d love the extra commission, but I engage/interact with and help plenty of Wealthy Affiliate members that aren’t my referrals. A great deal of the community there is helpful without getting compensated for being a member’s affiliate as well. If you’re still over there, feel free to reach out even though you’re not my referral and I’ll try to help any way that I can.
Hi Ian ! I wanted to thank you for writing about WA because I went and checked it out and am totally hooked!
At first I went through the free training which is, like you said, a bunch but I couldn’t stop after that so upgraded for a premium account !
I have done some other affiliate training programs but there’s nothing like the wealthy affiliate community. The community is welcoming and always willing to help the newbies (well, everybody is helping everybody in fact).
I am here to stay !
(check out my blog that I am currently building using their training!)
Hey again Nouria! It’s great to hear from you. I’m glad you’re enjoying everything so far, and the website you’re putting together while following the training at WA is coming along very, very well. Make sure to keep posting consistently and following the training over the next few weeks/months and let me know if you need anything in the meantime! I look forward to seeing you around the community.
Hi there.. on the Pure Leverage review. Does WA have anything like what they offer in the way of tools to help me with my clients when it comes to hosting them or building their websites? I wrote you a letter and it all was lost here just a moment ago, so my question about your review is what does WA have to help my clients on and off line? You’ve seen what Pure Leverage has along with ‘Explore Freedom’ I assume so can you please comment on that? I’ve got some decisions to make and I’d like you to clarify your review if you could. (Does WA have products that are start of the art?) I need all the help I can use because I just need a good product to be able to use out in the work place. The people over at ‘Explore Freedom’ are top notch, the man that has been helping me, ‘one on one’ has never pressured me at all. I’ve gotten all freebies so far but that decision will come soon? What does WA have to offer when it comes to site development, website space, like web hosting. Tools, like video development, domain search and setup and so many things that I know I’m forgetting. How about teaching, is that all they have at WA?.. you mentioned that learning is no enough but you need to put it into practice, how do you do that.. what does WA have to offer in that way? What do you put into practice over there? Thanks for any info you could help with. I just don’t see the lack at Pure Leverage but again you’re input will help a lot.. if it’s a matter of price what are you’re prices for a tool suite like they have? I’m very curious as to what you have to offer. I have clients that need help and I’ve got to do something soon.. thanks and all the best.. Mike
Hey Mike, to answer your questions as best as possible: Wealthy Affiliate is a training program, not a suite of tools. They do offer unlimited web hosting to premium members (unlimited domains) and they also have a keyword tool, but if you’re looking for other tools necessary for internet marketing you’ll have to sign up for those services individually. I haven’t reviewed “Explore Freedom” and haven’t even heard the brand name until this comment so I can’t comment there. Pure Leverage claims to offer a suite of tools, but their tools are extraordinarily lackluster compared to the industry standards like Aweber as an autoresponder service. WA’s hosting is absolutely state of the art – better than most common hosting services like Hostgator, BlueHost, etc… because WA hosts with Amazon’s hosting services.
It sounds to me like you’re comparing apples to oranges. Wealthy Affiliate is a training platform and a community above all else – they focus their resources and energy on that above all else so they don’t have many tools (because there are other companies out there that have done an extraordinary job and it doesn’t make sense to compete with them – it would result in a lackluster product and pull time/resources away from training as well). As far as learning vs. putting things into practice – that’s on the individual, not the program. If you read, read, read and never do anything that’s not a programs fault regardless of whether you’re talking about WA or any other program. You have all of the training and tools you need to get started there (the unlimited hosting is enough to get started) so if someone doesn’t start putting the lessons into practice it’s nobody’s fault but their own. I encounter a great deal of people that want to flip a switch and make money on autopilot, expecting to just sit on their hands and watch money come in. That’s unrealistic, and that’s what I meant by learning is not enough.
So again, comparing a product like Pure Leverage to Wealthy Affiliate would be a mistake on the tools side of things. Training – WA blows PL out of the water hands down. But regarding tools – you’d be better off signing up for the industry leaders like Aweber for your autoresponder service ($19/month), WordPress for your blogging platform (free), any hosting service for $5-$10/month, etc… over using the half-baked tools they have there. I’ve used many of these tools, and although Pure Leverage claims that their tools rival all of the leaders, they are very, very wrong. On top of that, their coaching doesn’t teach you anything besides how to promote PL, whereas an authentic internet marketing training course will teach you how to promote anything you want on any site you build, ranging from a small, local business to affiliate marketing sites.
I see what you mean.. although I do receive good training myself through other sources, they use GVO and are quite pleased with using the tools that GVO or PL has to offer. I was speaking to a man today that told me if he didn’t have his PL tools he could not be in business every day, with the conference room and video edit suite, ect.. And for $25 it is very difficult to go back to what your describing there.. I’ve used everything there that you describe as well.. My concern would be then how old is ‘out dated’ on the web? PL is only 3 years old.. I use a well know hosting service myself and if anything they have stepped backward compared to what they use to have. What they have now is a disaster waiting to happen and if I mentioned them you would know what I’m talking about. So to say that something is outdated on the web is tough because the latest stuff out there can be more difficult to use. Heck, everything on the web is a bit outdated if you ask me. There is a learning curve to everything. And if it’s not broke why fix it! If you come up with a good website and you get good response on your inquiries to me that’s good. And if the price is good… oh well.. I understand what you’re saying though. (It’s a matter of what you want to use, it’s up to the person). I need both tools and training and I’m getting both over there. (I don’t and am not forced to use their tolls if I don’t want to.) It’s strange, the people who are using the GVO tools are not complaining it’s the people who are not using them having the problem.. because to me it’s not a scam.. how could it be if the tools are needed and are used by the people that want them and are paying to use them? I know you didn’t call PL a scam you just didn’t like what you saw, don’t know if you tried the tools, but that’s up to the person and if it brings value to them for the price, a good price at that.. any way you’re on one side and I see it from another. So what can we learn from this? Good training is king? Good tools are king?.. what is of value? It all plays it’s part. If I get something good from what is offered and have good value to my customer and to myself that is key. Getting there may be a bit different from person to person, doesn’t mean it’s a shabby way of getting there if I like the way I’m doing it.. does it? It’s what value I bring to the customer in a good and honest way. I hope there are no hard feelings because I do like what you offer here. But I do on the other hand very much like what PL and the guys at GVO offer.. Don’t get me wrong I’ll never go over to Empower Network but I like what I’ve gotten into and don’t see the problem. So thanks for your input and time. I do regard what you think and say as good and usable and will continue to go forward into the things I want to do in network marketing and IM.. thanks again because it does help me.. I just want to see people succeed and have them use the best tools that they want to use and have the best training available as well.. I think we cover that here and other places as well.. thanks for your time and all the best your way!.. All the best to you and yours.. take care.. Mike
Ian, thanks for the reviews, I was about put in my credit card info to buy Google Sniper until I visited this site. I signed up for the trial on WA but before I go to the premium membership I wanted to know how tech savvy you need to be to make websites and run them with their system? I ask because I spent months designing a website on DIY Survival gear and techniques with WebEasy Professional 10 but I couldn’t actually launch it because I am somewhat computer illiterate and the hosting service I tried to use wasn’t “user friendly” for someone like me. If WA can take me from limited knowledge to making money then I’m in, if not then I’ll need to look somewhere else. Thanks either way.
Hey Dave! Thanks for reaching out and asking, I’m glad I was able to help you save some money and not get ripped off. WA’s training is really easy to follow with step-by-step instructions and videos, so it’s pretty easy to follow along. There will be frustrating times I’m sure (learning new technology when you’re not exactly tech savvy is going to present its challenges regardless) but if you ever get stuck you’ll have a community behind you to help. You’d just have to search their archives to see whether or not someone has encountered the same issue you’re having in the past and, if not, you could just post the question yourself in the “discussions” section and community members would be there to help. If for some reason you couldn’t find the answer you were looking for there, you could always reach out to me directly and I’d be happy to help as well. I don’t think you’ll encounter many problems, especially compared to the other products in this industry. But if you did, there would be plenty of support to help you – you wouldn’t be left hanging out to dry. I hope that helps! Let me know if you have any follow-up questions.
Hello Ian, i really like your website and want to thank you for your honesty.
P.S. Could you do a review of “Niche blitzkrieg”
Thanks
Hey Smiley, no problem at all! I’m very glad that I could help. Please let me know if I can help with anything else down the road.
What I didn’t like about WA was some of the people, one guy, there that came out on you tube and started calling everything a scam, from MCA, which is not since I’ve been talking to the home office and many others that have made money with them. (I remember them from the old days back in Indiana a long time ago.) And just about every other company out there a scam.. now I can understand that there are scams but NOT ALL companies are, but then to turn around and say hey, come on over to WA because we have it together and we are the only ones that are on the up and up is just wrong and just turns me off. I closed my trial because of him with WA and I just might not make it back here because it wasn’t cool at all. And to say you can’t make money online is just again, wrong! I put a lot of work into finding good companies and sure some are the worst BUT not all of them and to do what he did wasn’t good. It’s a bad rap on you guys….. and made me feel bad about WA.. take care..
Hey Mike, thanks for reaching out and sharing your thoughts. I agree that many people referring into WA go way overboard, labeling absolutely everything a “scam” just to get traffic and refer people into WA through their affiliate link. As someone that’s been in this industry 10 years though, on the whole I can tell you that they’re doing a lot less harm than the thousands of people out there saying these “get rich quick” programs are the greatest thing since sliced bread when really they’re total ripoffs. Positive reviewers are significantly more harmful than overboard negative reviewers. I’m VERY cautious about labeling any product that I review a “scam” because usually that’s not true, and a lot of negative reviewers label everything a scam just for dramatic effect. Either way, whether people are giving positive or negative reviews, they need to be buying the product, putting it under the microscope, and giving it an unbiased review based on their experience and expertise. That doesn’t always happen, and I’m sorry that you had a negative experience. If I can help you with anything having to do with internet or affiliate marketing down the road, don’t hesitate to reach out Mike. Take care.
Thanks Ian.. sorry but I’d had enough that day. I am on to some good marketing with Facebook and a man named Mr Sales, he is very good.. and Daniel Gonzales, you can look him up, wild name, Mr Sales that is, to be sure but that’s really his name. Ha! I’ve gotten with Daniel and we are in the works of creating a place, a launch pad or base out of Facebook. It’s a bit of a MLM but very low key on that end. The products are good and the ‘launch pad’ as he calls it will be good for people to come in and learn. I sure would like to tell people about you once we get setup. I know you guys for the most part want to help, it’s just I get so tried of those who cry wolf and there is none.. I understand as well about those who say they have a great product and lie all the way to the bank at our expense.. it’s called ‘due diligence’ and we all should be wise enough to do so.. Thanks for being here and know that we want to be out there as well to help those find direction as well. Like you we will be there to help people see that not all internet marketing is a sham or a rip off. They will be able to have a base to come to not matter what their forte, we don’t care. just sign-up for a small fee, very, very small, like $3 and get your promoting platform like we have and go to work. It will pay for itself easily after just 3 sign-ups and boom your set to promote your offer. (no matter what it is as long as it’s good) And we’ll see to it that it’s not a rip off as well. But man, there are so many people out there on their own that need a place to call home and they can come on over and hang out and promote and learn because we have that in place as well. Get educated in the marketing and have some fun I hope.. Again, thanks for being here and I’ll be over here from time to time and I hope one day I can refer people over here as well and let them know that you’re out here too helping people.. Take care my friend.. email me any time and stay in touch.. we’re in this same boat so let’s make the best of it and help those who are struggling so much on the web.. there’s so much to be done.. take care.. cya… Fizzz
I’m glad that I was able to be there for you, Mike. Good luck on your new venture – one thing I will caution you on as you set out on creating this community is scalpers. There are dozens of programs out there with members that try to scalp unsuspecting community members from sites like that and get them to sign up for some scammy product. It’s something that Kyle and Carson have to deal with in their community all of the time. I just thought I’d share that insight in case you all hadn’t thought of it yet! Best of luck and don’t be a stranger.
I understand what you are saying about the scalpers, that is why we are based out of facebook. We by pass a lot of problems that way. You have a product well lets take a look and see.. if it’s junk we’ll find out for sure. The products that we offer are top notch, there might be some that think not but it is what is working or has been working for us. We have or are using the product. Usually we are using it.. And a good place to come and learn, and like WA it costs a fee after a trial period.. We don’t care about scalpers, if you have a good product and want to share it join the team and have a place to come. If you’re off the wall, count yourself out! We are looking for those who want to help and make some money, I’m sure WA wants this too or they wouldn’t be around.. you don’t have to buy our product if you don’t want to.. They are into GVO over there and I have a product that I share that has nothing to do with them. I may buy a product from them but I don’t have to. If there are any other products that are better than what they have then I’ll use it instead. I need good web tools and they seem to be the only ones I can find right now even though I’m on the look out now.. Thanks for being here and give me more insight if you have any.. I need good tools and products to use for my business that don’t cost an arm and a leg.. ha.. take care.. Mike
Hey again Mike, I think I addressed your question regarding tools in the comment I just replied to. If you want specific recommendations for any tool in particular please let me know – I’ve used a lot over the years and am happy to help out any way that I can.
hi Ian, thanks for your site reviews really u are good guy.
i just signed up for wealthy affiliate free account yesterday without sponsor without referred link , so do can i cancel my account and create new one under your link ?
also can i know what kind of bonus offers you give away?
thanks
Hey Seudi, yes if you’d like to do that it should be possible (and thanks for making the effort!). My bonuses include several supplementary lessons that aren’t within the WA community that I’ve put together myself as well as direct support from me as necessary. Let me know if you have any other questions and thanks for reading/commenting!
Hey Ian it’s been a while but I’ve finally found my way back here after a loss of a good friend who has passed away and the loss of my home and now finding out my wife has cancer.. so life has been unfair BUT I’m hanging in. I’m glad to have found you, the warriors forum and the bestblackhat folks are just to much for me, so rude to say the least and then I found you.. What a God send and breath of fresh air!.. Thanks for being here and now I’m on the rebuild! I’ll be joining soon but at the moment I’ll be learning from you and checking into the forum when I’m able.. I haven’t worked in over 2 years now and man have I been looking. I did just recently start a new website since my freebie site isn’t going to do it for me anymore.. I’m looking forward to seeing you more often now. Take care and Hook’im Horns! Love Austin for sure. All the best.. Mike(cousinfizz)
I’m so sorry that you’ve been going through such a difficult time, Mike. If you need help as you go along, don’t forget to leverage the community at WA and always feel free to reach out to me if you get really stuck. Take care and I’m sure we’ll talk again soon.
Ian, could you post a full listing of prices? I am tired of joining programs, then finding out I have to pay a lot more to get anything out of it. Thanks.
Hey Clay, there really isn’t more to WA than $19 for the first month, then $47/month thereafter. The only other fee I can think of is $10/year to register your own domain name. There are definitely other tools that you can buy to supplement your business (as there are in any industry) but there aren’t a bunch of upsells or anything like that at Wealthy Affiliate. You have a keyword tool and full hosting included as part of being a premium member.
Hey , tried to sign up to the WA site today. wich gave the the message that ive allready got an account..
But..hows that possible..ive never ever come across this site before, and i did read your comment to another guy with the same problem, about WA logging IP address – so..what do i do ?
Hey Ben, if you haven’t gotten this worked out yet can you send me an email at ian@nomorebsreviews.com? I’ll be happy to help you out with this as it’s not too tough for me to fix. Let me know!
Been a member of WA for about 15 months now and can say I will probably be a member for a lot longer than another 15 months. It absolutely changed my life, wanted to stop by and let others know that Ian is speaking the truth here. DomW (WA Member)
That’s awesome Don! Thanks a lot for stopping by and sharing that with others in the community. I’ve connected with you on WA as well – I look forward to continue seeing you around the community for another 15 months
Hi Ian,
I’ve followed your site of NoMoreBsReviews.com & your Youtube channel for quite some time & decided to give it a go with upgrading my account to Premium (of course through your link for your dedicated effort to steer us on the right track of online marketing). I’ve some questions below:
1. Does this Friday promotion (47% OFF for yearly subsription for Premium membership) include their Services: Jaaxy, Street articles? Or we have to purchase separately?
2. As they say they provide their “state-of-the-art” or Clouding hosting, how would you rate their hosting? A little better than Shared hosting in Hostgator or bluehost? Do we have a Dedicated IP address too?
3. If I utilize this Friday promotion ($299/ year), how would I continue to pay for the next subscription after this purchase expired? Say, another yearly or monthy?
Guy, I know it’s a lot to ask like that but it’s really critical thing now.
Thank you so much for reading & answers to my questions above.
Hope to seeing you & getting from your help in WA community.
Have a great day man.
Vuong
Hey Vuong, I’d be happy to help with these questions concerning WA’s Black Friday promotion running through the end of this weekend.
1) There’s a basic keyword tool (not quite Jaaxy) that is included within WA’s premium membership. You can also get a limited number of Jaaxy searches for free by creating an account, but full membership at Jaaxy is not included in WA premium. They are separate businesses (I subscribe to both at the premium level). Street articles is free, so you can post there even without a WA membership.
2) I’ve found it to be at least on-level with shared hosting that I’ve experienced from Hostgator and a few other shared hosting companies in the past. Great uptime, and all of the functionality you will ever need for nice sites.
3) It isn’t automatically re-billed, so you can sign up for another year next Black Friday promotion (they have done one each year for the past couple of years too) or just switch to a monthly fee schedule if you’d like. It would be a up to you.
I hope that helps, Vuong! If you have any other questions, don’t hesitate to reach out.
Hi, Ian. After coming across the WA site and hearing their introductory video i came to your site to read your WA review and most of the comments. Since you say you get a commission if I were to go premium, (I registered with WA before writing this comment), what to I do to have your name as a sponsor with WA? It must not be much you make but one counts anyway.
Thanks for commenting, Mauricio! Yes it’s not a big commission by any means, but I don’t make recommendations based on commissions, I make them based on the merit of the product (as you’ve probably noticed if looking through the rest of my site). Well, if you’ve already created an account prior to reading my review you would have to create another account by going through my affiliate link, which may be difficult because they track the IP address when accounts are created and your limited to one account per IP address. You can go ahead and give it a shot, but it may be more trouble than it’s worth. I definitely appreciate the effort and you taking the time to reach out and ask and if it works out that way, awesome! But don’t worry about it if it’s too much trouble. I’m happy that you found some of my content helpful.
Hey there again everyone, I just submitted my 2 cents worth on BTF, now its WA.
Ok so after I cancelled BTF, I tried Wealthy Affiliate. I started out being a free member ofcourse and after a week I decided the content was worth paying to be a premium member to have access to all the other trainings available.
Let me just say that this is not like any other internet / affiliate marketing course out there where they promise you that you can make $5000 in 5 days or something like that and if anyone out there thinks that WA is a short quick way to make money, it really isn’t. Their approach to this is more of creating a website of value, one that has a lot of content in order to have one objective in mind which is to help customers. Again, they try to get you to see that my giving value to your visitors and building a relationship, the business and money side of things will follow. It will not be an overnight thing, their process to building a rich a valuable website will take a few months and you slowly need to build your content over time, because Google likes that!
So eventually if all things good, you can monetize on your traffic…. But again it will not be like in the next week or something.
Just like BTF, there’s a forum, there’s a lot of live discussions taking place, the people in there are oh so friendly!
And of course there’s a lot of trainings as well on different aspects of building your niche site etc.
There’s hardly any upsells, except for 2 things, the Premium membership and the keyword search tool Jaaxy. But they don’t hard sell it or anything as some programs out there do, but unlike BTF, you don’t feel that you HAVE to buy it to have a successful niche site.
As a premium member you get to create unlimited number of sites under their hosting account, which is great for those who don’t want to spend anything on hosting. Unfortunately I was in Google Sniper 2.0 and BTF prior to this that I HAD to get a hosting account. So I’m stuck with that.
As for the keyword tool, as a premium member you have a free keyword search tool of which I think is really great.
Its been more than a month and I’m still on it. Building my site slowly and surely……Although wouldn’t it be nice if there was a program that you can make money almost immediately?
So Ian, do let us know if you find such a program yeah?
Wow, Mark! Thank you for stopping by and sharing your experiences in such great detail! I’m very happy to hear that your experiences at Wealthy Affiliate are exactly what I hope for when referring people there – legitimate training that helps you move forward and grow as an internet marketer, realistic expectations, and a generous community to plug into for extra motivation and help. It sounds like you’re on a really great track so far!
I have never reviewed anything for new affiliate or internet marketers that delivers on its promise to make money quickly. Building a business takes time and you have to develop a lot of skills to be a successful internet marketer (which is an expectation I work very hard to deliver in my eBook and even lessons like “How Long Until I Make Money in Affiliate Marketing?” You can always start looking to paid traffic if you’re looking for a much faster way to generate traffic, but that is something that I advise against very strongly for new internet marketers because you’re extraordinarily likely to lose money and launch very unsuccessful campaigns until you understand engagement and conversions a lot better (which will happen over time as you build your site out). If there’s anything else I can do to help you as you continue on your journey, please let me know! But be careful looking for anything promising fast-tracks, turnkey or automated results, or shortcuts. I’ve reviewed dozens of programs promising that and they’re always, always, ALWAYS horrible scams. I’m definitely here if you need me!
Hi
Thanks heaps for your wonderfull reviews. What I would like to know is when someone buys wealthy affiliate course and wants to discontinue after some time, what happemts to the sites that were made using wealthy affiliate? Do they stay or are they taken off after someone ends the monthly subscription.
Secondly, can you review affilorama as well. Hearing good things about this .
Cheers and pl. keep on the good work that you are doing.
Veer
Hey Veer, you would need to transfer your sites to another hosting service before you canceled. Kyle and Carson at Wealthy Affiliate have made this very simple (just a few clicks) through their website management tools. I’ll try to look into Affilorama in the near future. Thanks for reaching out, Veer!
Ian,
Thanks for saving me from Profit Siege. Years ago, to supplement my teaching income, I dropped over 8k into a service that helped me build a website. The site has NEVER turned a profit, and I was in over my head to fight my way through SEO and affiliate scammers. Can I use or retool my website to work with Wealthy Affiliate? Is there some other course I can take to turn a profit from the site without dropping a ton of time and money into the site? I don’t have either. I do however have a mortgage, a three year-old, and no current full-time job. I’d like to make a living with my brain, not my back, but all the online scams I’ve run into have been a complete waste of time. And, yes, I’ll read your book when I’m not relentlessly searching for income.
Hey Gary, is it this JewelryByFaith.com website?
Yes, it is. Today, I got a follow-up call from a “branch” of Prestiege called Internet Services Providers in Eagle, Idaho. They desperately wanted me to spend 3k to make the site “go.” I’ll keep checking back for your input.
Ha! Goodness gracious some people in this industry just don’t give up. I know it’ll be disappointing to hear because that website was so expensive to setup, but you can definitely use to lessons and training in WA to grow a business similar to that, but the website is very out of date and will need completely re-done.
I’m afraid it seemed out-of-date and limited from the beginning. By re-done you mean…? Template design, adding motion, etc? I sincerely appreciate any time-saving ideas you can give me.
Hey Gary, yes – the template and design will need redone. I wouldn’t recommend much motion – it’s usually a turn of these days and can be like playing with fire if not tested properly.
Hi Ian first of all thanks for your great review, I’ve come across Affiliate Marketing a few weeks ago and it got me interested as I have a little knowledge of website building, however I have no knowledge of SEO or how to make make money online and it’s definitely something i’m interested in. I’ve downloaded your eBook and I must say it was an inspiring good read, so thank you.
So anyway my question is i’m close to signing up to Wealthy Affiliate as i’ve read your review plus other peoples comments, however there is something stopping me from signing up just yet… I’ve also been looking into Affilo Blueprint… I just wanted to know if you knew anything about that as that also seems like a good path to take, i’m sort of 50/50 and hope that you could make my decision a little easier… Do you know anything about Affilo Blueprint? I know that Google Sniper is a big no no, and thats thanks to your website. However it was google sniper that enticed me to Affiliate Marketing in the first place, but it just seemed too good to be true and in most cases when its that situation it usually is a rip off, Thanks for your great tips and advice. I hope to hear from you soon.
Hey Manie, thanks a lot for reaching out! Unfortunately I haven’t reviewed AffiloBlueprint so I can’t speak to its legitimacy. I did some looking around after reading your comment and it seems to check out as something that isn’t remotely as risky as a lot of the other products I’ve reviewed. Of course (as you know) I have reviewed Wealthy Affiliate extensively and can very comfortably recommend it. I don’t know if you’ve signed up for a free starter account, but doing that and digging into the free material and free access to the community for the first seven days might help you decide if WA is the right place for you or if you should spring for AB.
I hope that helps!
Hi Ian well since you have extensively reviewed it and recommend it and from what I’ve seen and heard I will sign up and might just sign up for a full time member too. P.S what does AB stand for? Also i’m from the UK, I hope I won’t run into any issues regarding that… Thanks again buddy.
Sounds great Manie! And regarding “AB”, could you give me a sentence it’s used in? I THINK I know what you’re referring to, but I want to make sure before I answer.
No I don’t know what ‘AB’ stands for I was referring to when you mentioned it in your first reply… ‘you should spring for AB’
I’ll sign up as soon as i get a chance
Oh! I was saying that you should sign up for the free membership with WA to see if it’s a good fit for you, and if not then check out AffiloBlueprint. I hope that clears the “AB” confusion up!
So how much money does a blogger get for each person that clicks on the link provided on their site and signs up with Wealthy Affiliate? Isn’t that the real reason you’re promoting it so hard?
No, I only get paid if a member I refer upgrades to premium – I do not get paid per click on the link. If a person upgrades to premium, it’s a great product and I know they’ll be in safe hands, but I do not make any commissions for referring you to their free starter membership. The only thing I get out of referring you to the free starter membership at WA is peace of mind that you’re in safe hands, which is the main thing that motivated me to creating this review website.
If you’d like to see my formal response to “only being in it for the money”, you can watch this video: http://youtu.be/B-GKPOnWJOE
Money is the furthest thing from my mind when creating my reviews. I just want people trying to find a safe place to study affiliate marketing to have a source they can trust for honest reviews.
Thanks for the info, Ian. My site is up, I am (and can) write wonderful content for years (video, images, postings) as I’ve been in the floral industry for over 40 years. My skills are limited, but did get it up and going through PurelyHosting with a WordPress (simple) platform. Whew, the time it takes for a novice! What I’d like to know is will joining this group help me from this point on, directing traffic, adding proper affiliates, etc. to bring in more cash? Or does it need to be from the ground up? I think I’m about 3/4 of the way there, but my site needs a much more professional look and don’t know how to achieve that, and NEED TRAFFIC. Thanks in advance for your help…..
Hey Joe! Thanks for reaching out with your questions about Wealthy Affiliate.
Wealthy Affiliate does help with a lot of the stuff you’ve gone through (hosting, setting up a website, etc…) but I’d say that material only covers about 10% of what is in the members’ area – probably even less. There are lessons about almost every traffic generation method you can think of (free and paid) as well as an incredible community to help offer improvements on your website and lend a helping hand whenever you get stuck. You could always sign up for a free account and check it out for yourself before signing up for a premium membership.
By the way, have you seen my tour of the members’ area that talks about a lot of the content, training, and community support Wealthy Affiliate has as well? If not, you can find it here.
Let me know if you have any follow-up questions at all Joe!
Great review. I’m just having issues signing up. Every time I try to make an account, it tells me I already have one, but then when I try to have the password resent, it tells me I don’t. Tried this with my primary email, and created a secondary email to test it. Is this a known issue?
Hey Keegan. Your IP address is stored every time you create an account to prevent abuse of the free membership. If you signed up for a free account in the past and are trying to sign up for a new free account, the system won’t let you. You would have to use that initial account.
I want to know if this is a program where you can get paid by referring other people to the program. Like an override… or like Empower Network.
No. They do have an affiliate program, and they have a section that is dedicated to help training people that WANT to promote it, but there is not at all a heavy push for that. If that was the “core” of the program I never would have rated it so highly. This product is made to help people get training on building out and running niche/affiliate marketing websites. It’s core is NOT to re-push the same program that you just signed up for.
I hope that helps Jeffrey! Let me know if you have any other questions!
Hi, so I had a question for you. After you learn the system and build a website, does Wealthy Affiliate also provide the product/company for you to advertise for or do we use this information to promote products we have to go out there and find like on overvault.com
Thanks!
No, they will not provide a product/company to promote. Most of those are either MLM programs or PLR content, and Wealthy Affiliate is neither of those. The membership there is 100% about training and access to the community. You would be building out niche websites, generating content of your own, and promoting affiliate offers that you find online (OfferVault.com being one of the notable options there). I hope that helps!
Hi, great review on Wealthy Affiliate, I just had one question.. So I understand this program teaches you how to run a website to make money, but what is being sold? Is it a product we buy from them or products that we have that we are trying to sell? Thanks, and again, great review.
Hey Matt, you’re paying for access to the lessons and community. All of the lessons within WA are written to help internet marketers and the community there is the best I’ve ever seen. Very encouraging, very supportive, and very generous. Let me know if that doesn’t clear things up for you and I’ll do my best to explain things a bit better!
Hi Ian I have enjoyed your review. I did some digging and I came across some negative information on ripoffreport for wa about 2-3 years back for not cancelling memberships of past members. Have they addressed these issue because I’m interested in learning. Have you heard of any such incidents as well?
I’ve seen those as well. I wasn’t associated with WA back then so I can’t tell you exactly what that was about, BUT I know that users can now cancel their memberships under “account settings” quickly and easily, and there aren’t any, “Are you SURE you want to cancel? How about you try it for another month for free and let us know after that” messages or anything like that. If you want to cancel your account, it’s very quick and easy to do so. I have not had any issues with this since I began referring people to Wealthy Affiliate a few months ago. I hope that helps!
I reading your review about the WA and I will be give it a try. I will currently unemployed (laid off) and have enough time to dedicated to online marketing. I will keep you updated on the status and hopefully is not like other sales pitches out there.
Thanks for the comment Benunte! I think you will find that I am very committed to never being just another sales pitch like a lot of the other guys out there. I look forward to seeing you around the Wealthy Affiliate Community!
Hey Ian, nice to re-visit Your blog again. How would You compare WA to Chris Farrell?
If You can, please share Your thoughts about WA vs Chris Farrell. I am also glad to see that You are out of Empower, I also cancelled a while back.
Wishing You all the best!
Hey Hubert, there are quite a few differences, but the main one is that CFM will get you to a “ceiling” of sorts without ever teaching you a lot of the most important lessons. CFM teaches the basics really well, but it doesn’t go much deeper than that. Also, when I reviewed CFM it wasn’t teaching WordPress – it was teaching how to build websites from scratch (which is a hell of a lot harder and leaves a lot more room for error).
Wealthy Affiliate on the other hand teaches the basics extremely well but also teaches intermediate and advanced techniques that will get you a lot further. They teach WordPress so you don’t have to learn how to build a website from scratch, and the community there is very active and very helpful. They support each other, encourage each other, and all-in-all make the difficult task of making it in internet marketing much more achievable because you’re surrounded by people with the same goals and challenges as you.
I hope that helps!
Thank you for your support. I always like to read your reviews. Last time when I read your website you talked positive about Empower Network, and now it is negative. And I understand you. I did not like that program.
I am interested in WA program. But how long have you been in WA program? And how long it will take a person to start to make some money from them?
Meg.
Hey Meg, I reviewed Wealthy Affiliate a few months ago (almost a year ago now) and have been with them ever since. As for your other question, there are way too many variables for me to give you a real estimate. It depends on how many hours you work per week, how efficiently you work, what niche you pick, how much knowledge you already have, etc… There’s just no way anybody could give you a real estimate there. Anybody that would give you a firm number would just be lying to get you to buy their product. It can take anywhere from three months on the early side up to a couple years if you’re not diligent in your work based on what I’ve seen in the past few years. I wish I could give you a more accurate time frame, but as I said there are just too many variables to be sure. I hope that helps though!
If I will sign up for WA program can I get a free hosting for my domain or not?
Yes, you can host your own domains with WA’s free hosting if you have a premium membership. Free memberships are only allowed sites on their shared domain, but premium accounts are allowed to host unlimited domains of their own, as well as unlimited sites on their shared domain if preferred.
Hey Ian,
Here it goes, just signed up for the free WA account. I am really anxious to start. I’ve searched for something that will help and everything turns into garbage. I am not expecting to make a million dollars but I need to learn how I can supplement my income or replace it completely. I have two small boys and will soon be having a third and I like working but if I could be at home more I would be more than happy to spend that time with my kids. Thanks a lot and we’ll see how this goes. Jayme
Hey Jayme – I think you’ll find WA to be much more realistic. Of course it will take work (which you clearly know), but if you’re willing to put in the time and the effort than WA has an enormous amount of content and an extremely helpful/supportive community to help you get there. Best of luck! I think you’ll like it there, and I look forward to seeing you around the WA community
Hi,
“There are monthly fees to help with constantly updated content and great support, but there is also a limited, 100% free membership too”.
I want to understand, how much do I need to pay for this WA program to get 100% free membership?
Thank you,
Meg.
You don’t pay anything for a free membership. They call them “Starter” memberships and they’re 100% free as I said. No payment information required either, so you don’t have to worry about being auto-billed at any point during your membership. The only time you would ever get charged by Wealthy Affiliate is if you decided to upgrade to their premium membership, which would cost $47 per month.
Do you get the help you need when you are a free member. Just asking about this one. I have herd that their is no support for free members.
Thanks
Sue.
Hello Sue, you still have some access to the community and Kyle and Carson (the co-founders) work very hard to respond to free members’ questions too, but in order to receive all of the support benefits and full access to the community you do have to be a premium member at $47/month.
Hi Ian,
I came across your no BS website today, via you tube and I just want to say thank you for helping me steer away from a few “get rich quick” scams. From your recommendation and the posts of some other readers, Wealthy Affiliate looks good.. As a matter of interest, what are the monthly fees once someone upgrades??
Hey George, Wealthy Affiliate is $47 a month. It includes access to all of the training, support, community, and unlimited website hosting as well. I hope this helps!
Hello Ian, I was wondering if you could check out a site and shed your expert light on it. A friend of mine was thinking of joining but does not know whether or not it is legitimate or even worth the time or money. The site is http://www.MackSystem.com and I believe the name of the product is “Quick EZ Money Formula”. I know that you’ve saved a lot of folks, including myself, from being scammed….and I don’t want my friend to fall victim either.
Thanks!!
Tom
Hey Tom, I can tell you anything that claims to be quick or easy isn’t going to be legitimate. You can’t make money in this industry without some serious time investment and hard work, so quick nor easy are possible.
Hi Ian,
Thanks for the recommendation. Please send me the original and latest review of the Wealthy Affiliate to me.. to see how they (Kyle and Carson) promote it. Don’t worry, if I joint I joint it through your site. Thank you.
This is the original and most up-to-date review I have of Wealthy Affiliate. The original review was added to as they added more features, so what you see above is an up-to-date version of the original review.
Hi Ian, I am seriously thinking about buying this product and following it. I would just like to make sure if membership is valid from day of payment and to the end of month or does it last until the same day next month (e.g. if I buy this product on 25th of March, will my membership be valid until 25th of April)?
Thank you very much for your answer and your priceless information.
Hey Primus! It’s good for a full month – it will rebill on the same day of the next month, not at the beginning/end of every month. I hope that helps!
Man, how I wish I had stumble upon your site before I parted with a lot, and I mean a lot of my hard-earned money to so-called internet money-making programs. I now am with WA and I did read your review. Kyle and Carson are the best. I saw you on WA and followed you over to your site, which rocks. Thanks for sharing your expertise with newbies like me and steering us straight and clear from the ‘guru wolves’ that abound on the internet. I have bookmarked your page and will come here often to check out what you have to say about new programs. Keep it up. We need more like you. Thanks again.
Hi Ian & Jed
Certainly it will take me quite some time to take it all in , ,
from what you see , do you think it is ok for me or should I think of something else .
Guy
Guy, no offense but why don’t you do as you say and ‘…join in and learn the process” I don’t wish to speak for Ian, but the way I see it, he’s given you pretty much all the info he can.
Click here https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/training/how-does-affiliate-marketing-work/how-does-affiliate-marketing-work/a_aid/1072c6b2
and you’ll get pop-up window which will invite you to sign up for a trial account.
I hope this helps?
Jed
Hi Ian , I do not see any other comments , , have you been away , I was waiting on your reply
Guy
Hey Guy. Yes, I have been out of town at a trade show and very busy. The comment below from Jed is correct, I can’t do anything else to help or make things clearer to you. At this point the only thing you can do is sign up for a free account and see how much you like it, and decide from there whether or not a premium membership might be something you’re interested in.
I guess the next thing is to join in and learn the process ,
Let me know what to do now and how
Thanks Guy
Heh ! thanks Ian
Guy
I find price , eh, $47 per month… that is too high for me, as I do not know if I can make some money (I do beleive you though). Is there better price than that? I can understand that when you do make money, then you can pay a little more.
How are amounts payable normally?
Guy
Guy, there are no discounts. The first month is $19 and the remaining months are $47. If that is too much money to you, then this industry will not be a good fit for you. It is a business and will require start-up capital.
The only other program I could recommend comfortably (which has a similar price point) is the Chris Farrell Membership. That is a link to my review. If you decide neither of these products are a good fit because they are too expensive, unfortunately there is nothing else I can do to help.
Hi Ian , & thanks for reply . What are remaining months ,amounts.
How many months ? ?
Guy
$19 first month if you sign up within the first 7 days of created your account
$47/month after that as I stated in my previous comment. This membership fee applies until you cancel – there is no set amount of payments.
HI Ian…firstly i just want to say that I love your site and the honesty and integrity that comes with it. There is not enough of it in the IM world. I am a newbie at IM and have an idea for a real estate investment website…its not affliliate marketing but more a subscription model but was wondering if the WA membership would be beneficial given I have no real experience in the IM field? thanks in advance Dave
It could definitely be beneficial to you even if you don’t have any experience in the IM field Dave. Check out the free 10 day trial and see what you think.
There are 10 days free, and the link for that is in my review above. And unfortunately you cannot pay by check, only by credit card.
Dear Ian,
Thank you for your NO BS review. Its funny, I showed my boyfriend the Automated Paydays website and asked him if he thought it was a scam or not… He said, “I teach you how to make money online… Make a book about ‘how to make money online’ and then sell it to others.” I now find it really entertaining that Mr. Shaw didn’t have a hand in any part of at least 75% of his product. Guess my boyfriend was right.
And another big thank you for the info on how to obtain useful FREE alternative to this product.
Cheers,
keep up the good work,
Jen
No problem Jen! I’m glad that I could help.
Hi Ian , , , , I notice , , free membership , , how could I get , , to get started that is
Guy
Hi Ian , , and thank you for reply , the price is a lot for me , , I am retired , 75 yrs .
Can I actually try for , say 2 months. I would have to learn for sometime .
Can I also pay by sending cheque , rather than credit card.
Thank Guy
Thank you so much for making this site. I was extremely close to falling for that Google Sniper thing, until I found this site. I took a look around and noted that you don’t seem to pull any punches in your reviews, so it really says something when you give a program such a good grade. I’ll definitely look into this.
I’m glad I could help, Cory!
Hi Ian, What is the price of Wealthy Affiliate by Kyle and Carson?
Thanks,
Guy
Quebec Canada
Hey Guy! The price is $47 per month. The first month is discounted (I think $19) if you join before a certain point in your free trial. I hope that helps!
Just a quick question from a ‘noobie looking to get into IM.. Chris Farrell or Wealthy Affiliate to start my learning?
Love your site and have read both reviews.
Mike (uk)
Hey Mike! If it were me, I’d go with Wealthy Affiliate. Chris Farrell’s program is great and he’s an excellent teacher, but his stuff never takes you past pretty basic information and you’ll have to upgrade to something like WA within 1-2 months after signing up for CFM. Wealthy Affiliate teaches basic and advanced lessons too, so you get the best of both worlds whereas you only get basic with CFM. You can always try WA out free for 10 days and see what you think too!
Hi, Ian, and thank you for your review of Wealthy Affiliate. I just heard of them a few days ago, and currently have a free membership. I don’t know enough about it to say whether it will be helpful or not, but the information I’ve seen about them on the internet makes me hopeful.
I see that the comments on this review are pretty recent, but I don’t see a date on the review itself (or I may have missed it). How recent is this review? I am considering a yearly membership to WA for a pretty good price ($299), but the offer is only good for three more days, and I wasn’t planning on getting one until I’d tried it for at least a month.
Thank you again for your review!
Hey Nikki, just out of curiosity did you end up springing for the Black Friday deal or did you hold on to your free membership?
I’ve only been on your site 30 minutes but am already much less discouraged than I’ve become after several years of looking into e-commerce and finding scam after scam, or beginning to think that I really won’t be able to learn the necessary skills…Anyway, it seems to me that affiliating with you is likely to improve my chances at creating an income online. Thank you. I’ll be all over your site and looking for an email from you some time when you can squeeze me in. Gonna learn more about the Wealthy Affiliate guys, too.
Hey Jonathan! Thanks for all of the kind words! I’m happy to help you any way I can and will be here if you want to reach out via comments, email, or even telephone. Just let me know what you need and I’ll do everything I can to help. Thanks again for stopping by Jonathan!
For God’s sake, get rid of the Texas shirt picture! If you do, I have a Texas joke for ya…Not going to mention I grew up in San Antonio in my teen years, hehe.
Thanks again for your reviews, bro. Keep up the good work,
Larry F. Lorgeree
Hey Larry! There are several ways I could explain the UT shirt, but I think this is the best way:
They have the top advertising program in the U.S. and although I can’t say that I’m too proud of our football team last year or the year before, we’re getting back on track, haha! I actually grew up in SA as well but moved here to Austin about four and a half years ago and the cities are completely different from one another. I only go back to San Antonio when it’s time to visit family, other than that I’m pretty attached to Austin
But I appreciate the legitimate concern!