Many years ago I joined a program called Wealthy Affiliate to learn how to make money online and in addition to actually teaching me that, it also became my #1 recommended program for anyone with the same goal. This review will detail how that all works and I will also show my income reports, plus those of many other members too.
Quick Report:
- Name: Wealthy Affiliate University by Kyle & Carson.
- Price: $0 starter program (Click here to join for free). Premium program $49 a month. Also Premium Plus program $99 a month.
- Ideal for: Complete beginners-advanced.
- Does it work? Yes, I will provide you with MY personal income stats (and show you other success stories below).
- Final Rating: 10 out of 10 stars (Green flag & the only program I’ve ever rated this high).
- Update to review: Added 2023 income results (see below).
Why Wealthy Affiliate is my #1 recommendation for making money online:
Call me bias if you want, but after reviewing/trying over 200 different programs over many years that all promise riches online and nearly all of them being scams/garbage, the only program that still continues to deliver REAL results for me is Wealthy Affiliate.
It is my #1 recommendation for helping you TRULY make honest money online, especially if you are a beginner. In fact, here’s a full/updated review I made for 2024 regarding this program and why I love it (in case you don’t want to read the entire article):
Note: If you still want to learn more about the WA program, you’re more than welcome to read the remainder of this review, but there are areas of it that are a bit outdated (the video above is the most updated review of the program). If you have questions you’re more than welcome to reach out to me below!
5 reasons I recommend WA to ANYONE who wants to succeed at making money online:
Reason #1: It’s free to join.
No CC, no personal info, no risk. See for yourself.
Reason #2: The support is amazing.
You get 24-7 help if you need it, including from it’s creators who are millionaire marketers. Through the many programs I’ve tried, lack of support has been a huge deal breaker. Most places rarely answer your questions or give you the right guidance. With WA, the support is second to none.
Having someone to help you is absolutely vital to success online. You can and will have questions and when that happens, you will need someone who will be qualified to answer them. And this is where the amazing support comes into play:
- In WA, you can ask/post any questions which will get answered almost immediately.
- There is also an online chat available 24-7 where there are always members around who are actively helping other members (including myself).
- And in addition to this, you also get my personal help (one of the bonuses of joining), for free.
Join WA for free here and get access to the amazing help & support to succeed online.
Reason #3: It’s really a 1 stop destination for becoming successful online.
Too often I see people searching for the “next best thing” in making money online whether it be expensive training or just hopelessly bouncing from product to product looking at it like a lottery ticket. This is WRONG and only leads to failure.
The secret to making money online is this: Proper guidance. This is exactly what you get in WA and there’s no reason to find something elsewhere, because what you learn within WA is up to date and legitimate. Most importantly, it works.
Reason #4: Legitimacy.
It teaches you honest ways to make money online via helping people while doing what you love. It really comes down to these 4 steps.
Reason #5: I have personally been with WA for over 12 years so I personally vouch for them.
You can consider me one of their many success stories (see real reviews from other members below). It is through their training and guidance that I was able to experience my first success online and now, it is a full time thing for me (income proof is coming up shortly).
Prior to finding them, I went through a very bad cycle of scams/failures online which lasted nearly 3 years. Today I do online marketing full time and earn money from home. I attribute the success to the training I got here. If I can do it, you can too. And with that said…
What is Wealthy Affiliate?
In short, Wealthy Affiliate is a training program that teaches you to build an online business. This could be based on a personal interest/hobby/passion/expertise you have or if it’s none of these, they show you exactly what you need to do in order to make consistent money online.
Now creating an online business isn’t scary at all. In fact, it’s fun and you can do it on your own time. The end result through the training at WA is that by building your online business, you can earn enough money to either:
- Quit your job.
- Supplement your current income.
- Have more free time to yourself.
- Spend more time with your family.
And basically get to do the things you want in your life and not be held down by anyone. In short: Financial freedom. As I said earlier, I do this full time. I’ve experienced 6 figure results implementing what they teach. Though how much you can earn varies, one thing I can promise you is that if you implement what they teach, you will get results.
Am I earning real money through Wealthy Affiliate’s training? I totally am! Here are my income reports:
I work as a middleman (affiliate) for multiple companies and am actively making an income from 2. Altogether, I make over $4,000 a month:
2015 income report:
Update 5/29/16: A 2015-2016 year update. The income has increased.
The original income picture you saw was recorded up until August of 2015. The current one was taken from that period up until May of 2016. As you can see, the income I get from those same affiliate programs has increased:
- The first one is averaging over $5,000 a month when it was originally $4,000.
- The other is actually making twice as much as before. From $200+ to over $400.
And I also have a 2017 report for you guys (I update this page every year):
I wanted to show you these pictures to point out that with an online business that you learn to create from WA, you will be learning how to create a truly stable income that if you keep working on, will increase.
And the updated 2018 & a little bit of 2019 report:
Full 2019 income report:
Full 2020 income report:
2021-2022 (Nearly $200,000):
What about 2023? Doing good so far:
I’m not the only one seeing success, plenty of members are too. Here’s a screenshot:
And here are a number of additional reviews I’ve also added as an update:
How Wealthy Affiliate works:
There is a lot of training within WA that teaches you various ways to make money online. All the way from A-Z. But if you’re completely new, the best way to start is through their Getting Started section. This takes you through the meat & potatoes of building an online business from scratch (preview coming up!).
Even if you have NO idea about what you want to build an online business out of, the training will show an optional path you can take in which you learn to make money in a specific market.
Long story short: Begin with the “Training” section. Click it and it will take you to the “Getting Started” training. This will guide you through everything and answer all of your questions. Here is how the training section looks:
And once you click the “View Course” button, here’s a preview of the first 10 lessons (Level 1):
How the training helps you make money online:
The training is broken down into 4 different parts. Each part has step-by-step lessons which you’ll follow. They are all focused on building a profitable online business. Here’s how it works:
1) Choose an interest (niche):
This is the starting point. While it can be anything you want, it is recommended to pick a topic that you personally have interest in (and I will help you with this personally, just join here, go through the tour and I’ll contact you).
When I began doing online marketing with WA, I chose the diet & fitness topic because I have personal experience & interest with.
2) Make a website:
With WA, you don’t need any experience in making websites. They actually give you 2 free websites which are yours to do with as you please. The sites are pre-built and coded so you don’t need to worry about anything. You just select a name for the website & how you want it to look. The process takes less than 30 seconds (I’ve timed it).
Note: The key is to use the training from WA and apply it to the free websites you’re given.
3) Get visitors:
In order to make money online, your website needs to get traffic (visitors). The more you get, the more money you can make. Through WA’s training, you’ll learn how to get visitors to your website interested in the subject you chose.
4) Make money:
You’ll promote products on your site and when visitors come and buy, you earn money.
Example:
- For step 1, I chose teaching dogs tricks as a subject.
- For step 2, I’d make a website focused on that subject.
- For step 3, I’d get visitors to my site interested in this topic.
- For step 4 (the money part), I could promote products from other places like Amazon (books, training DVDs, dog training accessories, etc…) and earn money every time a visitor purchased these things from my site.
There are literally millions of different subjects to choose from to earn money with. Each subject has a large amount of people interested in it who look for information on it on a daily basis.
By having a website with that information on it, you can leverage this and earn money in the process. This is exactly what WA will teach you to do, even if you have no prior experience with this stuff. The amount you can make is really limitless.
My personal results applying the 4 steps on one of my websites:
I’m still growing the same site and it’s traffic. Furthermore, I’ve made other sites using the exact same steps and they are also getting 1,000’s in traffic every single day (and sales). This formula can be replicated in ANY niche topic.
Very important: This is a process and not a get rich quick scheme. But the lessons are very simple to follow. Each lesson is in video/text format and has a “to do” list at the end. As a starter member (which is free), you get access to the first 10 lessons of this training. By the time you finish it, you will have:
- Chosen your topic.
- Created your website.
- Established the foundations necessary to start getting visitors & earn money.
This place is all about TAKING action as you go through each lesson. You’re not going to be reading/watching tutorials and nodding your head. You’re actually going to be putting what is being taught into action.
The training itself will take you across the A-Z of online marketing. By the time you finish it, you will be an advanced internet marketer and in many cases already running a sustainable online business that’s earning you money. It can be supplementary or even primary like in my case.
Niche topics I’ve personally made money with thanks to Wealthy Affiliate:
- Making money online.
- Weight loss.
- Dieting.
- Selling fitness equipment.
- Selling women’s fitness DVDs.
How long does it take to see results?
If you put what is taught into action, you can start seeing results within a few weeks. I’ve tried WA’s approach to online business on various sites. With ones with less competition, a few weeks is usually when you start seeing results. They aren’t big (at first), but it’s a starting point that only grows. With more competitive niches, typically 3-6 months.
Are there faster ways to see results? Yes & no. Most programs which promise fast results use shady methods of marketing which only work in the short run and then your site gets penalized by Google & other search engines. What is taught at WA is completely straight forward and focused on long term results. The BEST thing you can do to see the fastest possible results is work at it everyday.
Do what is taught in the training and apply it on a daily basis. This will bring about results the fastest way possible, but focus less on making money and more so building a business. There’s a BIG difference.
So if you’re here to make make a quick buck, I’m sorry to disappoint you, but that’s not happening. Not with WA & not with any other program out there. And any place which promises you this is a scam. Take it from someone whose stepped on that rake MANY times. There are people making 4, 5, 6 and even 7 figure incomes doing this stuff and they’ve reached this point because they followed through the training.
- WA also features a Premium Membership that’s available for $49 a month.
- Additionally, there is also a Premium Plus membership that’s available for $99 a month.
Free membership (Starter) vs Premium vs Premium Plus:
Starter: Starter members (free) get access to communicate with the community, including Kyle and Carson (both for 7 days), get 1 free website and also access to the Level 1 training.
Premium: I very often get asked about the premium membership and want to explain it here. It’s optional, costs $49/month, but it provides access to everything within WA including:
- 24-7, 365 support. To myself, every member and the founders. You get this as a starter for the first 7 days.
- You can make up to 25 free websites.
- Free hosting for up to 25 of your own websites.
- Weekly webinars covering all aspects of making money online to further help you. There’s over 300.
- 1 on 1 coaching & support from WA’s creators, Kyle & Carson.
- Access to 100’s of training tutorials.
Premium Plus: This is an entirely new layer of Wealthy Affiliate and is without a doubt the membership with the most benefits. Rather than list them all in bullet points, I have a screenshot of everything that you get from ALL 3 of these memberships so you can see it yourself.
Here is a comparison of the benefits of each membership level:
My advice on where to begin:
There’s obviously a lot of benefits with premium and certainly Premium Plus, but my advice is to try the starter membership (which is free) and see if you enjoy what you learn. If you do and want to go further, then I’d recommend the Premium membership.
No one is ever pushed into premium. It’s all a matter of if you feel comfortable. Only try premium if you’re happy with WA. It is optional and you are welcome to stay as a free member as long as you like 🙂
Wealthy Affiliate’s Pros & Cons:
Pros:
- Provides all forms & levels of internet marketing training.
- Simple to follow step-by-step training with tutorials and videos.
- Very newbie friendly.
- Provides excellent support.
- Gives you 2 free websites.
- Costs $0 to join (no funny business, no risk). Join here.
- Gives you access to top level internet marketers and support.
- 24-7 online chat if you have any questions.
- One of the few places where you learn to make money legitimately.
- This is the most ethical program I have ever come across.
Cons:
- Possible information overload usually happens for first timers, but this vanishes quickly.
Final Rating: Wealthy Affiliate.
Green Light (My #1 recommendation).
10 out of 10 stars. Highest rated program I’ve ever tried and made money from. It’s legitimate, beginner friendly and the support is amazing. This is the program that will make you GOOD money online if you use it.
If you want to succeed online, here’s my BEST advice:
- Try the starter membership.
- Go through the welcome tour and get started with the training.
- I’ll personally contact you in WA after you join.
There are NO risks and if you don’t like what you see, you can leave anytime you want, without being obligated. And even then, you’ll still have 1 website to do with as you please. Furthermore:
Just please just do me 1 favor:
If you like it there, I’d really appreciate it if you come back to this page and comment on your experience. People who want to make money online really need to know about this place. In fact, here is a message I got recently from someone who knows about my coaching and their feedback on it:
My final thoughts:
WA is without a doubt my #1 recommendation for many of the reasons I stated above. If you’re looking to make an extra buck online or perhaps go further and do it full time like me, this is by far the best place to show you exactly how to do it. Join it today.
The key to success is utilizing proper guidance (which WA provides & my coaching adds to) and taking action. With these ingredients, I promise that you will see results. If you have ANY questions about WA or if you’re a current member would like to leave your personal review, you can do so below in the comments section.
Hey,
I totally agree that Wealthy Affiliate is top to none. I haven’t found another program online to top it. There are many people who are active whenever you feel stuck, and they will help you out if you ask in the quick chat. Best of all it is actually free to join. There is literally no risk to get started. If you want to start from scratch and build a successful business online, this is the place to start. Thanks for the review. You hit the nail on the head!
Thanks Kendrick, I’m glad you’re part of this place too and we agree on it entirely.
Sorry I’m not saying its a scam but I’m scared to try it because right now I’m not in the best spot with money. I can barely pay the bills.
Hi Corey, no need to apologize, as someone whose been through scams on many unfortunate occasions, I can totally understand your position. Just know that in Wealthy Affiliate, there’s that starter membership and I can promise you, it’s free, awesome and highly recommended.
At the very least, you’ll get awesome training and 2 great sites out of this without any risk 🙂
Am I getting this right..?
I can sign up for free, have 7 days of free training, get 2 free websites for as long as I want, and earn money from those websites!?!! Without being a premium member!? For seriously??
Actually, there’s one more benefit: It’s unlimited free training Sarah, the 7 days is JUST for chat, the other things about the sites (And training) is free forever 🙂
Also in response to your other question about PayPal, I’ll answer it here: You do need to use PayPal, certain companies do send checks, but it’s better if you have the PayPal option available, it’s much more convenient.
Hi Vitaliy!
I am really interested in signing up for this, though my question has to do with the time involved with the initial set up. I am currently in my bachelors program taking an over full time course load, I work full time, have a new puppy and just found out I am pregnant!!
My goal is to have something started and making at least a small amount of money by the time I have the child, end of October early November. SO I really want to get started right away.
Since there is only a 7 day free trial, I really want to make sure that I am able to dedicate an adequate amount of time to getting the started. What do you think? Any suggestions would be most welcome!
Thank you! And what a wonderful site!
Hi Jacqui, you can absolutely work on your site for as long as you want. The 7 days you mentioned is simply for communication inside WA, but access to the training, the website and working on it at your own pace is available for as long as you need it to be.
There is NO time limit to being a starter member inside Wealthy Affiliate, you can be there as long as you want and thus so you can totally do this on your own schedule and don’t have to worry about anything 🙂
I totally understand your position right now, with the full time college thing, the baby on the way (congratulations!) and the puppy, I absolutely get that you’re constrained on time, which is what makes the free and limitless time at WA you can spend perfect for this scenario.
You’re absolutely welcome to join it and you’re going to love it in my opinion, I’ll personally help you out as well and I would recommend that while you’re there, while you have that additional perk of chat for 7 days, to use it fully. I’d be delighted to assist you.
It also happens to be that I got involved in online business when I was a freshman in college, although I didn’t WA until my 3rd year into this venture. Had I managed to do so, I would have saved so much time and seen success faster.
And on the note of success, obviously, the amount of time you spend on your site and the work put in will determine the results, but I think that as you become better acquainted with this business and understand it better when you join, the more comfortable you’ll be with it and the more accurate pace you’ll be able to set to meet these goals.
You can totally achieve excellent results through this business and as I said before, I’d be happy to help you reach this. Just join WA through this page and I’ll be in touch 🙂
And thank you for the kind words about my site, I appreciate it!
Thank you for the ridiculously thorough review of Wealthy Affiliate. I have some familiarity with the program and can see some of the value of it, but your review really helped to put it into perspective, especially with you sharing your earnings over time, which also helps provide encouragement that this program really can have a positive outcome for a person. I really appreciate your posting this review. Thank you.
No problem Christopher! You can absolutely do this as well, as can anyone who does what they teach. That’s really the bottom line I want to make clear about Wealthy Affiliate.
Vitality, this is an extremely thorough review of Wealthy Affiliate. But of course, there are so many awesome aspects of WA that that one can just write on and on about it.
I joined it in January this year and I am working on building my business on a part time basis.
I can certainly relate to all you have said about it, from the support, to the training, to the 24-hour help that is offered by persons from all over the world whom you have never me, but they are willing to help. My first niche is promoting WA and I know it will be great.
I agree that you have to be able to manage the amount of information provided or it can be overwhelming, particularly for beginners. But as we go on, it becomes easier.
Thanks for the great review. Keep up the good work.
Hi Rozita, thank you for your thoughts on WA and I’m glad we are in agreement about how awesome it is there 🙂
I understand how you are earning money through this process, but what I want to know is how you actually get paid without giving out personal info? In my experience, even as an independent contractor, you have to give out this personal information.
Well you can’t get paid by ANY company, without providing your info and tax information first, the same goes for any big online company you register with, they will ask you for this info.
I think what’s happening is you are linking this to Wealthy Affiliate. There is a difference between registering for Wealthy Affiliate which is free (no personal info needed either) to just become a member and learn from them vs earning from them. If you wish to promote them, the most they’ll ask you to do is use a PayPal address.
I hope this clarifies things 🙂
Wealthy Affiliate has proven to be an amazing community full of helpful users and friendly faces! My favorite feature is the Live Chat, where if you ever have a question at all, you can just pop it in there and get an answer within a few minutes (if there’s other people online, which there usually always is). Highly recommend Wealthy Affiliate!
Hi Jackson, yeah the live chat is amazing and in my experience, ALWAYS active and people can receive assistance and free advice all the time.
Hi Vitaliy,
This is a great review, It really gave me a clear picture of what to expect from the program.
I’ve seen quite a few reviews of WA but none seem as comprehensive as yours.
I’ve also read that keyword research is a big aspect of writing content for a website and good SEO results, does WA provide anything for this?
Regards,
Geoff
Yes there is a whole level dedicated to keyword research which will help you master it and use it wisely to achieve better SEO Geoff 🙂
Hello! Is this level dedicated to the keyword search available in the first 10 (free) lessons? Or is that lesson a part of the paid program? Thanks so much! 🙂
Hi Leslie, yes, you get that info for free 🙂
The free lessons go over keyword searches and you also get a keyword tool to help you find them straight from WA itself, it is also the exact same tool I use constantly.
Hi Vitaliy,
I am interested in making money online since I work for a company that keeps whittling down my hours and am not given decent raises in pay. They’ve also decreased the number of employees which makes my workload harder. I have many health conditions and they just aren’t accommodating to my conditions.
I’ve read all the reviews but I’ve not looked to see if WA is a scam. It sounds legitimate. I will check that out later when I’m off work tomorrow night.
A question I have is in the free seven days of help with creating domains, do I have a complete guide downloaded on my laptop?
Thank you for reading my email and your consideration of my comments and questions.
Amie Love (my pen name)
P.S. For the website I put where I found the information about WA. I’m not sure if that’s right or if you were wanting my website which I don’t have one.
Hi Amie, I will answer everything:
1) Regarding the 7 days, the training is on the site, it isn’t a PDF, but you can technically copy the text. However, keep in mind that you will still have unlimited access to the training AFTER the 7 days, so you can check it out anytime without having to copy it or download it. Free members can ALWAYS work on their sites and see the starter training for as long as they like.
2) You need not put any link when you put a comment, that’s for people who have sites who want to share it.
3) Regarding the first part of your question about the TOS you asked about which I didn’t include in your comment because it would be complicated for others to understand, basically in WA, people post blogs about their progress and help the community and individual members rise up, those blogs get indexed and used on Google as well as shared by others. It is also a great way to attract more members into the community and see how much great info it offers, so that’s what the TOS was basically saying.
Thank you for introducing me to WA. And for your welcome message over there as well. I also really appreciate your review of the Home-Job-Placement site. You saved me a bunch of money and time spinning around on yet another online WAH scam. Grateful to you for the no fluff straight talk.
No problem Mathias, we’ve already talked inside Wealthy Affiliate and it’s great to see you there, glad you’re liking it 🙂
There are a few questions. I am not interested in learning how to sell, I already do and have done that for years. I only want one very good web site FREE to start with,then may be expand.
I currently have three, a face book page, a Found Myself website and Etsy website. They produce but I can not customize them to my preference. I am a professional model maker that makes high end model work boats from pictures my clients send to me (CUSTOM MADE), I have been doing this for many years.
I am not after a large volume of orders because each model is custom made from scratch. I do want to be able to display pictures of about 20 of my completed models and have a very good home page with my picture holding one of my models. I am not interested in templates that are pre-made.
Do you provide a free email, free engine search, etc…? I would like to use my existing Email. I Trust you can help me with this, my goal is to build the perfect web site, just ONE.
Hi John, yeah you can make that perfect site you seek with Wealthy Affiliate. You can use the free page they give you, and use your existing email as a way to get people to contact you through it.
As for templates, the thing about them is that they are not pre made sites the way you think, they are simply general looks a website has and the customization and content that goes there is totally left to you to add.
Think of templates as houses without anything, no furniture, no doors, no supplies, nothing, you will have to add that, but the basic house is already up so you don’t have to do it.
I would follow the first 10 lessons of the starter membership, and you’ll see how your niche topic on model boats can attract customers from all over the world.
Things like adding content, pictures of yourself holding them, making them, even doing videos is actually quite easy if you follow the training and I know you’ll get the results from this site you seek. The 3 pages you mentioned aren’t bad, but you’re not really the main owner of it, with Wealthy Affiliate’s website they give you, you will be.
I can also lend you my free advice inside if you are in need of it, anytime!
Thank you for your answers, you did not comment on hosting and search engines? This is important especially if I have to buy hosting. Just what else do I have to buy to get exposure to the public?
I didn’t mention hosting because it comes free with your 2 sites on the starter membership John. Those free sites from WA are enough to reach the goals you’ve indicated so you don’t have to spend more.
For search engines and the public seeing the page, you don’t have to buy anything to have this happen.
All you have to do is start writing content on the site and you will be noticed. But this is explained throughout your free training.
Hi Vitaliy,
I haven’t joined yet but, I am giving it my #1 attention. I just need two questions answered. Is there a fee for hosting? I am on a very small budget. So I need to know the cost of this. That way I can prepare for it.
Last question. I am working on finishing my Life Coach course. Do you think WA is a good idea to use in selling myself and my business?
Thanks for your reply in advance,
Kelly
Hi Kelly:
1) Yes totally free hosting, but that is for premium members. You can use their 2 free sites as a free member and they will have hosting.
2) Yes absolutely, you can totally use the training in WA to promote your own brand, business, name anything, including the life coaching course you mentioned 🙂
Okay Vitaliy,
So, as a free member I pay for the hosting. Please tell me how much that is. I want to make sure I am totally prepared before I sign up? I do not want to waste the 7 day training, by not understanding what is being discussed or taught, because I can’t look at my website.
Actually, I will be the Life Coach…I am working on finishing the course; my background is in counseling and coaching is somewhat different. So, with my background and the knowledge of Life Coaching, I think I will have what it takes to be an effective Coach, in helping others grow personally and achieve their goals, whether it be physical, emotional or spiritual.
Thank you for the information, and for getting back to me so quickly. I appreciate that.
Have a great weekend!
Kelly
Hi Kelly, as a free member you do NOT pay for hosting, but you get 2 sites from WA with free hosting on them.
If you upgrade to premium, you can then take advantage of the free hosting for any additional domains you buy. I hope this clears things up 🙂
As for the life coaching, I would choose a topic within which you feel most experienced on. Things such as treating depression, getting over certain specific situations in life and then offering your life coaching sessions as a solution, this will ensure you are on a niche topic because life coaching in general can hit a variety of topics, but most of them broad. Better to stick to a specific situation for which life coaching is the solution.
Okay…thanks for all of your coaching and for helping me understand how you guys do the hosting, Vitaliy. You have been a great help. I appreciate you taking time to make sure I am on the right track.
Take care. 🙂
No problem Kelly! Looking forward to seeing you inside WA and hearing your thoughts 🙂
I really like what I’m reading about this program. About how many hours do you usually work in a day? I’m assuming a person must put in a lot of time when first starting.
Well you really pick when you want to work on this Mark, but yes it is best to put in more work at first to get more out of it later. Although I have gotten a bit lazy recently, I used to work a few hours a day for this site in particular. Now I’d say it’s about 10-15 hours a week and frankly, I am not saying that to show off. The fact is, if I work twice or three times longer/harder on this site, I can proportionally add more profits to it which should tell you how much you should be working when you make your own.
Remember, you are your own boss in this business, but your success depends mostly on the work you put in 🙂
I did not read all of the comments yet and yes I plan to. I simply want to say that I’m not computer savvy, I mean really. Could I learn this jargon and become an expert regarding the to do’s of all of this? Some of this jargon is over my head.
Yes Sunny, I get this question often as most people including myself, when starting out don’t know the terminology, the technical things and whatever else, but as I’ve said before, no matter your experience, you will be fine inside Wealthy Affiliate as it’s set up to make ALL of this very clear and easy to do.
What a great review! I am new to the world of affiliate marketing, so as one of the newbies I can also vouch for how amazing the training is at WA.
Thank you for sharing your success through affiliate marketing as I have just broken through the 3-month barrier (or limped through is more like it), when I see the results that you have had, it helps you to see that there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Thanks again for sharing.
Thanks Anthony! It’s great to hear you’re moving forward with your online business through WA and that we’re in total agreement about how awesome it is there. Looking forward to hearing how well you’re doing within the next 3 months!
I’m a relative newbie to WA and have learned a fair bit. Yet to start earning but I do feel as though progress is on the way. Biggest problem was picking a niche? What I thought was a niche turned out to be quite broad. I also had my golf blog which is how I came to find WA. Amazing the variety of sites out there?
Most people get stuck on the niche idea, but generally is it for 2 reasons:
1) They really don’t study up on niches and pick something general.
2) They are always worried their topic won’t make money.
These 2 problems are addressed very early on in Wealthy Affiliate Pete and it is important to read the training and if you have questions, to ask the community. Trust me, they’ll let you know if the topic you picked is right and if not, which one to use to succeed.
Really great review!! It’s always motivating to see other affiliate marketers making money legitimately and consistently. It’s good to know that Wealthy Affiliate offers an entire course for free to get beginners started before they have to actually invest any money. How d you feel about the weekly webinars that WA offers? Do they ever provide you with useful information?
Oh absolutely, after I finished the main training within the courses, I started exploring the webinars and they offer a bunch of diverse information on making money online that I recommend every single member watch.
The person behind the webinars is also one of Wealthy Affiliate’s most successful members and I’ve personally met him several times. He’s a great guy who knows his stuff.
After you get everything set up with your websites and you go through the training, what is the process? Do you have to spend money to buy products then which you sell as the middleman?
Hi Mike, no, many, in fact most affiliate programs allow you to promote their products for free meaning you don’t have to spend anything to promote it. As for the first thing, after you set it up, the training does explain where to go from there, which essentially comes down to content creation that deals with your niche.
In other words, you write more about your niche topic and build your site/business. Again, this is all explained in the free starter training 🙂
Thanks Vitaliy….I will look into it.
M
Hi Vitaliy!
I joined Wealthy Affiliate’s free membership several months ago but, to be honest, never put any time into it. As I was “surfing” the web today for that new “best” WAH program I stumbled into this page and you. What you have to say here about WA as well as how you have answered the many inquiries here in your comment section have definitely renewed my interest in WA.
I have been confident for years that there is a lot of money to be made with IM but, as I’m sure you know, the majority of programs out there only give you enough info, to get you in and excited only to leave you with a load of confusion and no incoming revenue. Of course, they would love to give you the next “allotment” of info, to get you to the next step (don’t put away that CC!) but I have yet to find one that is willing to take you from A-Z.
No doubt, from a newbies standpoint, there is a lot to know in order to be successful in IM but what usually leaves me dead in my tracks is putting ALL of this info together in the proper manner to make it work! This is something I have been intrigued by for a long, long time but to date, has only rewarded me with a boatload of frustration and a maxed out credit card.
If you are still willing to do so, I’d like to speak with you about your above offer of helping anyone interested in getting started. I signed up for the free membership quite some time ago and I am able to access WA through that. My plan is to start over at the “Getting Started” tab but would welcome any assistance you are able to give.
I do have plenty of questions that I’m sure will be answered as I progress through the info. but would you recommend staying with the free membership for now and upgrading at a later time or would it benefit me to get started with the upgraded program? Also, are there any other fees that I will need to take care of such as hosting, auto-responder, domain name, etc…? I look forward to hearing back from you and to hopefully making this the answer I have been searching for.
Hi Edmund, as you said you didn’t put in the time for WA last time, so what I recommend is restarting from the beginning since you can go back to WA anytime you want and redo the free training and just go through all the lessons, and then decide on the upgrade.
Your questions and frustrations will be answered in that training and yes I can certainly help you with any questions from WA. About the hosting, you can host sites there for free (as a premium member), auto responders are optional, and the training and work to become successful online can be done without one, believe me.
Domain names are free if you get the 2 in WA, but if you wish to buy them which is a more preferable feature, it is very cheap at about $14/year.
I don’t have a web site. What are you really selling online to make money?
All the ones I tried were scams and cost a lot of money down the drain. I do not blog or do facebook or any other social web sites. They are a waste of time. I do however buy for myself on line. Can you help me?
Hi Evelyn yes and in a way you have answered the question because you mentioned how you personally buy things online. Well so do a lot of people and many of them tend to buy similar things for similar circumstances.
That’s what WA will teach you to do and give you a website to do it with, to help you sell to a specific crowd through that site.
Hi!
So before I start this, I want to be sure something works. I am an Independent Sales Rep for a company that provided me with an eStore. I bought a domain name to make it easier for potential customers to find me.
I am still at a loss as to how this all really works. I have tried so many ways of getting my website out there (blacklist) and have only been successful in getting marketing calls. (Wish I would have never attempted that because my phone rings off the hook now.)
I am not really sure what my question is lol. I guess what I am trying to figure out if my website would reach people.
Sorry if this makes zero sense.
Thanks
Denise
Hi Denise, actually your story does make a lot of sense and I think I figured out what’s going on. This eStore you speak of, is it for a physical company you work for? OR is it for an online company you found that set you up with this for a cost?
If it is the other thing, I would say you may want to forget this site and start fresh in WA. I say this because lots of companies, like MLM programs and other types of scam sites tend to also provide these eStore businesses making people think they are hard to set up as well as making them hope that having this type of store will set them for life.
However, as you’ll learn inside WA, making an eStore can be done easily, without a price tag as there’s literally FREE plugins you can install on your site that can get this up and running.
Now the second part of your site blacklisted and getting calls is also familiar to me and it is also another reason I suggest moving away from the eStore and into WA for a fresh start.
If the eStore is blacklisted, that word itself may mean it is blacklisted on websites and possibly search engines, meaning efforts to have the store rank on Google may already be in jeopardy and I would also consider setting up a new personal email account and forgetting this one as the emails will keep coming no matter how many you filter as junk.
I know that on one hand this may be something that’s hard to accept since I imagine that you have big goals for your existing site, but at the same time, it is a good thing that you found this page and WA before you went further as now you have the right choice to change the direction you’re going in and become successful.
Hey Vitaliy,
I am in the travel business as a freelance travel consultant from my home. In this business 30+ years. A lot of my business is the music industry (travel for music groups, bands etc…).
Unfortunately, I have lost my major account recently (passed away) so I am trying to supplement my income and get some new clients. I already have an up and running website which I would like to use but not sure how I can direct people to this website and promote myself.
I also arrange business/corporate travel (not so interested in 3-4 days packages to Hawaii or Mexico…LOL) . Do you believe that WA can assist me or should I just choose a completely new field?
Thanks,
Ron
Hi Ron, yeah it totally can. I actually recently wrote about making your business in WA on a travel related niche topic. Although in that case, it was more related to the person traveling, recording their experiences and getting visitors to buy tickets from them to visit those same places, in your case, it can totally work as well since people do love to travel.
If you can make your blog target locations people type up often and offer them discounts for it, I have no doubt your business can reignite and once again, yes, WA can totally help make this happen.
I always find it interesting that when someone reviews a competitor and then plug their own program it is hard not to be skeptical!
Vitaliy, I have a FB niche page and want to drive more traffic to the page as opposed to a website. Does WA teach this?
I totally understand Set, but when you know this business as deeply as I do, you’ll know how tremendously difficult it is to find a GOOD training program and I’m telling you, this is the place.
As for FB training, absolutely. One of the top guys there recently did a 5 week video course on this. Strongly, strongly recommended if you’re into FB marketing.
Thanks Vitaliy! At the end of the day WA has free membership to test it out so to speak. Appreciate the feedback
No problem!
Hi, Vitaliy!
I have been dealing with chronic illness for over 35 years, and am interested in starting a blog about it or some sort of money making forum dealing with it. Is WA a good fit for me to do this?
Hi Gloria, the answer is yes! I am sorry to hear about your condition, but this can absolutely be made into a niche website. I will tell you this:
A lot of people inside WA actually create niche websites based on personal battles they’ve fought, and most of those battles involve illnesses. Depending on the one you have, this can turn into a niche site where you tell others who have the same condition/s about how you deal with it and what helps you.
Through this process, you will be able to help others with the same condition and promote products that also help you.
Let me give you a personal example: I’ve had knee problems, so I actually started a niche site on this as through my years dealing with it, I learned how to alleviate it. Now through that page, I can share that knowledge with those who also go through that.
Hello Vitaliy
I have researched Many on-line business opportunities and have come across WA several times from several credible sources. I have an eBay account & sell old camera collection items, coins, other antique items I’ve had for many years and such.
I have a couple questions.
1: You mention SEO – not familiar with that, please explain.
2: You mention Blogs – I’ve never written formally so not sure about that aspect.
3: When you talk about niches does it have to be a single thing on a single web page? We have several interests that could be considered – I’m assuming we can sell others products on the web page or at least link to the sellers page.
4: You mentioned the training for ‘making money’ is in the Premium Membership part.
I’m an older retired disabled vet on a fixed limited income and want to earn some additional money on my computer. Could you please give me some advise on the above questions. I want to start a WA membership, just need a little advise. I’m thinking I should use a separate email address expressly for WA.
One last question: My email is stacked everyday from ‘unknown’ addresses and names selling things. Not sure how it started but I mark everyone for the Spam folder. Is this the kind of email list I would be developing and sending?
Thank you very much for your answers and help.
Rick
Hi Rick, here is the answer to all the questions:
1) SEO is just a term to describe how to rank in Google and the best way to do it so when someone asks if you do or know SEO, they’re basically asking if you know ways to rank a site high there.
2) In internet marketing like you learn in Wealthy Affiliate, blogging is more than just writing about your day, it’s a form of writing about a niche topic, connected with your personal experience that is aimed at getting other visitors to see it (SEO).
So let’s say you were writing about old cameras that you mentioned selling, there is a niche crowd there that is interested in the different antiques that are out there and your blog as well as expertise would be informing them of the different types there are, as well as potentially selling it to them.
3) A niche site itself can have a whole bunch of pages on it. Think about your antique cameras again, I’ll bet that there’s hundreds of old ones that you can talk about as well as other topics on where to get them, fix them, ect…, all things that combined together can equal to way more than a few 100 blog posts or pages.
Now if you want to try another niche topic, you certainly can, but just use the same idea of the old cameras, except for whatever new niche topic you’re covering. It is best to sell one type of product on a niche site. Now that can be multiple products, like various different old cameras, but as long as it’s something that has to do with the topic, it’s fine.
4) That is incorrect, the starter membership DOES teach how to make money online, and I think it’s around lesson 2 or 3, so you’ll get to it very quickly. Premium just adds way more tools, support and a bunch of other amazing training on top of the already awesome free stuff.
5) This is about the emails. I take it you’ve probably been to other sites that talk about making money online and odds are they asked you to sign up to their email list and get all their “secrets” and what not.
Well even doing that on one bad site can lead to the problem you’re having now. Basically your email was shared and/or whoever you signed up to is basically doing their best to sell you ANYTHING they can, aka, spamming.
This is unfortunately a VERY common tactic in this business and it is VERY frowned upon by legitimate business people, including those in Wealthy Affiliate.
So in short, no, you will not be doing that in WA. You will learn to build a legitimate online business that actually helps people.
I hope this answered everything and thanks for checking it out!
Hi,
Is there an age requirement for this program?
Also, is it best to make a website about a more common thing or something more unique?
Thanks
Hi Alex, anyone can join the free program, but if you decide to get into affiliate marketing, many companies require that you are at least over 18 so you can sell for them. Studying this stuff in Wealthy Affiliate however is totally fine for any age.
Regarding the website question, I assume you’re referring to a niche topic vs more broad topics, go with niches.
Hello! I did sign up for the free site a few months ago, 3 or 4 months, but never did much with it because of being side tracked. I got back to this site and the student is ready to get down to serious business. Do I need to start over again or look for my original login? Not sure what email was used. It may have been a gmail account.
Hi Deborah, glad you’re wanting to rejoin. I would try to rejoin using your original log in. Play around with a few that you think you may have used to join back then as your original information is still in the WA system. They have ways to help you do it and if you run into problems, let me know.
Regarding what happens when you do come back, it depends, if you did very little of the training and/or didn’t make a site, then I would recommend starting a new one and beginning from lesson 1 to refresh the whole thing. Sometimes that works better 🙂
It never fails, whenever I am searching for a way to make money or researching on a potential business to see if it is legit, the person that always gives the negative review always has something they are doing at the end for people to join.
How do I know your business is not a scam and you are the one making money?
Well Rene, because the site is free to join and there’s a whole bunch of members there that speak very positively, including those who also though the same way you did before joining.
All I can tell you is that you should try the free membership. I only ask that once you do, that you let the other viewers of my site know what you think.
I won’t tell you what to say, I would rather you come to the same conclusion so many happy members at WA already have 🙂
I wanted to start an online business in December of 2014 and within the first 4 months I had companies coming at me from all directions assuring me that they could make me a success and after, it all came crashing down om me I am in the hole, almost $26,000.00 and have no savings left and credit card debts I will never get rid of, and my checking is just staying above water.
I even have a company that charged my $3,000.00 to recover my losses plus the money they charged me. That started 9 months ago and I am still trying to get them to fulfill their promises but they want converted statements that are virtually impossible to get. My website cost me $2,000.00 to start and I never got a single order even though I was cheaper than over 100 sites like it I found on line.
Yeah that’s a crazy story, but companies tend to try and swarm new businesses like yours Steve when they come up, but as you unfortunately saw, it turned out horrible.
In Wealthy Affiliate, you’ll never have to go through this, what I said in this review about them and their services stands.
But the thing is you will learn how to make your business work, but it’ll have to be done by you. I know that online businesses can generate incredible profits through WA’s help, but it does require work from you to make this done.
Either way, I would recommend you stop by their site and learn a few things about SEO and online businesses so at the very least, even if you decide not to stay, you’ll know that if you get approached by another company making you big promises, there’s less chances you’ll step into their trap.
At the very least, WA’s education will help you not get scammed again.
How good is the training. I’m tired of sites claiming to provide excellent training only to find out I can’t reach a human being on the other end. Does this site provide detailed instructions from beginning to end?
It absolutely does Lisa, and you immediately have the chat, among other contact features to see how interactive this whole program is 🙂
Love this program. This is the first time I ever got this far on a make money online site and actually know what I would be doing to make the money. Great site, easier to understand and get started than any site I’ve ever been on.
Indeed Cecilia! As I have also been around a lot of other programs that “claimed” it was easy to get started, they simply look like rocket science books compared to how simple WA has designed their training.
Hi Vitaliy
It looks very interesting but I want to know something….
This works only in English? Or can you help people in Spanish too?
Gustavo A.
In any website that has content in a different language, Google will rank it in the regions where people search for terms in the said language. So if you’re promoting something on a website where the content is Spanish, only people who type in Spanish terms that relate to your site’s content will see it.
Vitaliy, I just joined as a premium member last night and the community is just awesome!! I felt very welcomed. Thank you for dropping and commenting on my profile, it was a very encouraging message. I looked around at the training and it’s very well organized and very thorough. Can’t wait to dig in.
Thanks David! I appreciate the follow up after you joined 🙂
Nothing personal, but there are so many scams out there, you just have no idea what to believe. You seem very honest in your responses and I appreciate that. So I can join for free and keep that as long as I want? It always seems that there are hidden costs. I keep the two websites and the hosting is free forever, correct? Are there any upsells at all? Thank you
Hi Greg, yes you are correct in that you keep the sites (both). No mandatory up-sells, just premium (optional).
What about traffic and leads, etc. Everything I have looked into, there was no mention of how much money was going to be needed for that until you got the program. Being unfamiliar with online business, I didn’t know where to start with that and didn’t have the money to waste. That is why I am here, looking for an honest answer and business. Thank you.
Leads come after traffic comes to your site Greg and there’s 2 ways you learn to do it, the main way which is the free option, aka SEO. The programs you are probably talking about decided to upsell you a traffic package or something when you got their system which is a total scam. You will never get that in WA, you will learn it right away without having to purchase anything extra.
Sorry to keep asking questions and taking your time. How much time per week is necessary to do what needs to be done to be successful? And I ask per week because I teach and coach in high school and don’t have a lot of free time during the week by the time I get home. Thank you again
No problem Greg, your questions are totally fine and I’m happy to clarify: There are 2 parts to this answer:
The first is how long it takes you to complete say 1 lesson in Wealthy Affiliate. I’d say on average, 1 lesson takes about 30 minutes at most to understand.
Then the second part is doing what the lesson tells you to do in it’s tasks, this is where you’re taking the action. Now this really varies upon the niche you’re in, how you write and how often you can consistently keep doing that. If you can, then you can get results within a few months.
Just remember, everything you’re doing on your site initially is only adding to the business long term so it’s not like you have to work consistently for years to make a few sales.
Once you hit the point where the site is getting traffic, it’s going to keep going that way and if you keep working, it’s only going to increase so what I’m saying is at that point, you can technically relax and let the site do the work, but by that time, the business becomes really fun to take care of and you’re going to want to naturally make it bigger from there.
Hello Vitaliy,
Thank you so much for replying back to my response. It is nice to have someone like you to be so honest and interact with everyone’s questions and concerns, this is a first and I think it’s important to have people out there like you to go out of their way to help others become successful. That’s the kind of entrepreneur we all should be…
Even though I have mentioned that I purchased this program by Adrian Morrison, he limits his students to only make money from Facebook and now looking around your site and reading different articles, there’s more ways than Facebook on how to make money online!
Now, I do have a question or maybe a few more questions:
Should I shut down my ecommerce business right now and focus on what WA has to offer? I haven’t really sold anything yet and it is a fairly new store, although I am doing paid ads to get traffic which sucks right now and somehow I feel WA may give me more valuable info on how to use other resources other than FB to increase traffic to my site without paying for them daily.
I just somehow feel that I am wasting my money on paid FB ads now that I’ve stumbled upon this opportunity.
Second question: Does WA offer ecommerce training as well if I want to keep my website and do affiliate marketing? Or do they offer just one way of doing online business?
Normally if people have an existing website or business, I tell them to hold onto it, and try a new one through WA and if they like it, to continue doing the WA one and/or to apply the knowledge to their original business. If your current FB project is not making any money, I would put it on pause for now.
If you do not have an interest in the site you have other than it making money, I would also pause the work you’re doing for it and as I just mentioned, work on a new site inside WA.
Now regarding the ecommerce, affiliate site and ecommerce sites can exist together, but generally I find that blogs tend to have a much easier time managing vs an ecommerce site and their rate or success + the speed at which they can become profitable is much faster.
Finally there is a lot of diverse training on IM inside there including FB 🙂
Good morning.
I have an idea for a brick-and-mortar retail store, but I would first like to try it out with affiliate marketing, and I’d like to try Wealthy Affiliate. My question is will my intellectual property still be mine with WA? If I name my WA site the same name that I’d like to eventually use for my store(s), will that name still be mine?
Thanks,
Julie
Hi Julie, any domain name you create and any content you create on that domain is your property. As for the business you’d like to build, I think the topic you chose is good and WA will definitely be able to show you what to do with it.
Wow! Its look likes amazing…
1 – I have just two questions… you said that there is a A LOT of information in WA. is there a “step by step” to get started with all of lessons?
2 – I’m from Brazil, do you think that I can put all your lessons in practice using popular products here, or will I need to use only products outside Brazil and focus on international audiences?
1. Yes, it’s the official (main) course.
2. You can actually do both. Your niche site can attract audiences worldwide and if you make a site that is specified with something that is only in Brazil, you will most likely get ranked for people who live there, but you can still attract outside audiences depending on the subject you choose.
I followed your automatic edge review to your page here and wish to leave my comments here. I joined automatic edge a few days ago with skeptism because I too have done quite a few businesses/mlm’s that didn’t pan out. I spoke with my coach yesterday and was supposed to call today, which I did, but I was specific about the times I needed to call because of being at work and when I could talk on the phone. The coach did answer my calls which made me feel very frustrated, especially because he sent a text confirming he would be available at the next time I told him I could call.
I don’t believe Matt Lloyd is a con or scam artist, but in doing some research because of your review on the company names switching, I am thinking automatic edge is a company capitalizing on Matt Lloyd’s business philosophy and there is definitely a pyramid scheme feel to it because there is no outright ‘this is the product we will teach you to set up and sell.’
MOBE is Matt Lloyd’s personal business company. Not Automatic Edge.
I don’t want to join a pyramid scheme. I don’t like the shady business practice they conduct. I intend to get a refund.
You have piqued my interest with WA. I’m looking to supplement my income and am not drawn toward making millions. I sort of fell into the idea of Internet marketing because of finding the one site that leads you into the Automatic Edge business.
You seem like someone who can be honest and who I’d like to ask a few questions to. If you are willing, please email me.
Automatic Edge is an affiliate of Matt Lloyd’s Sarah, but I will email you regarding WA, it is a much better program.
Your review is spot on and I enjoyed reading it.
Being a member there myself going on 6 years I have to agree with your recommendation, it really can be done by anybody who can follow the training. being step by step makes it a no brainer! I have not found a program that can even pretend to compare with this one, thanks for the read!
Shawn
And thank you for the comment Shawn. We’ve always spoken a lot inside WA and it’s great to see you’ve been there for so long. I’m approaching a decade soon and I couldn’t be happier with how much they have evolved and continue to grow.
Hello Vitaliy. I find it nothing short of refreshing that you come right out and let us all know that Wealthy Affiliate is a process, and not a get rich quick scheme.
I’ve been reading a little about affiliate marketing. The more I learn, the more I like the idea of it over say an ecommerce website with a store.
I am surprised to hear that you make that much a month. Is that all with one website? How long did it take you to get to that point. These are all questions I’m sure you get all the time, but please do tell it at least once more? Thanks. Geoff.
Hi Geoff, the screenshots I posted were from 2 affiliate sites I have. For the one which provides the bigger checks, it grew to that point which you see now, but I’d say it took a little less than a year before sales hit several thousand a month.
I started using Wealthy Affiliate a few months ago and have been amazing at how much I was able to accomplish in just a few short months. Before I joined there is no way I would have ever thought I would have a fully operational website that has the potential to make money. I’m still working on fine-tuning my site in order to make my first sale but I know with the training that Wealthy Affiliate has given me it is just a matter of time.
You absolutely will Nate. A lot of people go straight into trying to sell something without really setting up the site properly to be spotted by Google.
With WA, you set up your site like a house, starting from the foundation, which is what the starter training takes you through and then through the next lessons build it up, so it stands against everything and makes you every prosperous. That’s the right series of steps to take in business and WA is spot on in this.
I am pretty convinced as you have answered all of my questions before I got to the end of your review. According to what I read this seems by far the best educational platform. Is it that simple to get started inside? also, how much can anyone earn with this type of marketing? is there any limit?
Thank you very much, I really want to start earning money online too.
Alexey.
Hi Alexey. Yeah, it’s very easy to begin in WA when you sign up (which is also easy). I have found that there’s no limit to how much your site can make once you follow WA’s training!
Nice review and apparently honest. How many lessons are in the free version and is it enough to get you up and running? Do most people eventually join the paying program? There appears to be many more lessons for the $47 per month. True? Thanks so much.
Ted Lacy
Hi, there are 20 main lessons and over a 100 other free lessons available that are made by members. It is definitely enough to get started. I would say about half the people join premium and yes there are many more lessons available there too, including awesome webinars!
So, 6 years and you are making $4000/month. Now, let’s be realistic here. If you are not qualified to make that claim, it should not be made. After 6 years, in my conservative opinion, “limitless” is considerably more than 4k/m.
Please pontificate, as I am not convinced.
Thanks
Hi Paul, the years in WA were not just spent on one site, it was spent on different ones and some of them made me over $100k in a year thanks to their training. If you visit the case studies above I put up, you’ll find this.
The image you see above is an example of just one site I have used to exemplify the results of WA.
Hello, quick question. What is the difference between WA and Source Wave? Both of these programs sound the same. Does WA teach how to sell on Amazon, e-commerce,shopify, etc…
Source Wave is a brand from what I remember built by a man named Alex Becker. He has many products which range from being cheap to very expensive. In Wealthy Affiliate, you get the best knowledge and yes it will teach you about all those networks and doing e-commerce sites as well.
I have a website that is already registering something like 200 unique visitors per day but is not making any money. If I join WA do I have to transfer that to the WA hosting plan? Would it make a difference if I don’t, meaning I retain the current hosting plan but apply WA training in making the website profitable?
Hi Jimmy, you don’t have to transfer your site to WA’s hosting unless you become premium and decide to want to get the free hosting, then I’d recommend it, but you can use the training for the site either way.
I am now a Premium member because of this recommendation, and everything you said was true. Wealthy Affiliate is a huge step up from SBI.
Congratulations Brady! I know a lot about SBI as well and I agree, WA is in another, bigger league!
Hi, thanks for your reply, I forgot to add is two hours per day an acceptable amount to spend on Wealthy Affiliate per day to build it?
How does it compare to doing online surveys? I did this for a few weeks and found it extremely boring.
I think that’s good enough Michael. Online surveys pay very little and get you nowhere, so obviously, big difference compared to WA 🙂
Thanks for your response:
1. Even if you do not know a niche for your business can Wealthy Affilate help you come up with one?
2. Do you need to register it as a business so you pay income tax etc?
3. Finally out of the member range in WA is the success range very large between the members?
1. Yeah, WA’s community and training will definitely help you pick out a niche.
2. Until your business starts making money, I would not worry about this part.
3. People who follow the training have a VERY good success rate.
Hi thanks for your response, do you have to make significant investments in your business in order to scale it up? I.e like web hosting, etc…
It may come to that point depending on the website’s success. For example, you may decide to start doing paid ads, paying people to write your content, and buying other things to accommodate the rise of your site. The web hosting in WA is free though.
Hello Vitaliy,
Not too long ago I purchased a program called Ecom Success Academy by Adrian Morrison. Do you know anything about this guy and his program?
The reason I ask is because although it is a legitimate program (I guess? I feel a bit ashamed at the fact that I may have been scammed because he over promised), I feel that it is outdated techniques that I am using in ecommerce for the price I sacrificed to pay for. And the reason I feel that it is outdated is because everyone is already doing everything that he teaches me to do.
But it’s no longer a secret because everyone is doing it and that terrifies me. I fear the extreme competitiveness of the online market. Is there high competition doing what WA would teach me? Are too many people doing this? Are they up-to-date with the current online market? I really need to know before I get started, I am very hesitant. Thank You.
Hi Shana, I believe I may have done a review or two on Adrian’s programs, but the one you mentioned is not one of them. But I do thank you for mentioning it because now I have an extra program to check out. Regarding the ones I did check out by him, I didn’t find them to be great and did not recommend them.
Now regarding the competitiveness question, it an exaggerated illusion. There are endless niches you can work with and even the most “competitive ones” have more than one way to overcome them. I even wrote about this because there are actually many people who also get worried when they hear about competitive markets. Trust me, if you follow the teachings inside Wealthy Affiliate, you’re going to do great and I would love to help you.
Finally regarding the other message you posted about the ranking, honestly, this program has become so good and continues to improve that a perfect 10 is probably more than suitable at this point.
Vitaliy, I’ve been toying with joining for some time now, but I have two questions. First, how long does it take to go through all the training you get with the starter membership? I have a busy few weeks coming up, and I want to make sure I have enough time to take it all in.
Second, can a username be changed, and does the username show up on the sites you make? I have a real name and a pen name, and I might want to have affiliate businesses under both.
Thanks!
Beth
Hi Beth, with a maximum of 20 lessons in starter, how long it’ll take you to go through it will depend on your experience and ability to comprehend the lessons. I would say to go through all the lessons thoroughly since you have unlimited access to it 🙂
Hello,
I have been reading the comments of others. I have been in the coin op business for many years. I would like to reach folks initially within an hour drive time to fix their Juke Boxes, Pin Ball Machines and Arcade Games in their homes or business as well as inform them on how to DIY. The could text or email photos of things to be repaired or replaced. I want to sell them either services and parts and equipment. I want to give the customer options and be able to charge by way of PayPal or direct deposit to my bank account. Will WA teach me all this and more? How will I get top place in search engines like google and others. Will certain buzz words direct them to me locally?.
Hi Harry yes it will. In fact, I think you can build a site on this topic that targets local clients and people around the world. As for reaching top positions, yes you will also learn that from WA. In fact, there are a lot of webinars on the site dedicated to local marketing.
Hi, is it still possible to make money with Wealthy Affilate in 2016 since it will be much more common now thanks?
Hi Michael, yes, the training still works. In fact, most programs still don’t keep up with the training from WA.
Hi am absolutely a novice in this online business thing but very interested in learning it and making money doing it. My question is:
1) Please clarify…It entails creating a website, choosing a niche, posting links connecting to a vendor site concerning the niche. If any person buys from the vendor through the link I posted, I get a commission from that purchase?
A) Can that one website promote other ideas other than d niche idea?
B) Can one put up items for sale in such sites as well?
C) Do you think a niche in crafts will do well in this?
D) About what percentage of the sale of a product comes to me?
2) Does this entail registering a company?
3) Is what WA does the same thing that click bank does?
4) Is it WA that pays me or the company who sold the product to my referral?
5) Is there a restriction on the number of companies you promote products from? Must they be endorsed by WA?
Hi Rita:
1) Correct.
A) Yes, but every niche site should ideally promote products within that topic.
B) Yes you can sell your own products through you niche site.
C) It’s very broad. Wealthy Affiliate will help you make the best choice.
D) Every affiliate program pays differently.
2) You have to register with any affiliate company you plan on promoting for. If you are talking about starting a company, you can do that too.
3) Both WA and Clickbank offer an affiliate program. WA provides one while Clickbank provides a lot, but WA has training you can use to promote Clickbank products too.
4) If you promote WA, then they pay you, if you work for another company and make them sales, that company will pay you.
5) No restrictions. You can be registered with many different places and promote as many products as you like. They don’t have to be endorsed by WA but they do show the most honest ones to work with.