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the WA program, you’re more than welcome to read the remainder of this review, but there are areas of it that are a bit outdated (the video above is the most updated review of the program).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.
WOW! It took a long time to get to this part, anyway, I am very intrigued as to how this all works, I am a small business owner in a new area, so far I could use other income venues, I hope I can learn enough to put it to good use (me being a slow learner in my mid 60’s). I have questions that I hope I get answers to as I go after I sign up, do you have any advice?
Hi Jovita, I’m happy to answer your questions here as well as inside Wealthy Affiliate. Based on what you said in your comment, I would recommend the following course of action:
1) Start with the free membership. Just enjoy the site, study the free training and see if you like it.
2) If you do, then upgrade to premium. Since you are a business owner, you will absolutely benefit from the premium level webinars we have, which actually include training on how to make your small business thrive wherever you are.
Hi,
Can the Wealthy Affiliate site be used for a service you yourself provide and an affiliate for sites in related areas?
The reason I ask is that I’ve been trying to find a way to build my own or find a designer I like who will build me a site for not too much money. Mopro is WAY too expensive for me.
The site was originally going to be for the communications business I’ve been trying to get off the ground for a year. I worked for senior executives in Silicon Valley’s high-tech industry for over 20 years. Now, I have my own business, and I ghostwrite for people, most often executives, write their speeches, and speaker coach them as well as anyone else who wants only that. I also do entire packages of building someone’s individual brand.
I also do resumes and career coaching, but I try to stick to working with executives as other people who are out of work can’t afford them. So you can see I have a number of communications services to sell, which I’m passionate about.
There are many websites who offer services or products that are complementary to mine, and I want to be an affiliate for them, but not have that be the main focus of the site. Or would it be better if I did two separate sites? I’d like to make it one just so I don’t end up trying to run two businesses. Business is too slow on my own communications business. I spend all my time marketing myself. And I’ve been slow in getting my website up so I’m very eager to get started. Unfortunately, I need to earn some money and this sounds like it might fit, as I had planned to list affiliates anyway.
Does WA offer a WordPress platform? Do they back up every day? I’m wondering where I can find out more techie info.
Thanks,
Sharon
Hi Sharon, thanks for these questions:
1) Yes WA uses WordPress websites when you create pages through them since this is the #1 platform today.
2) Yes on the back up part. WA hosting backs up your site daily from my understanding if you host with them (premium service).
3) As for your question on whether you can make a site and promote other affiliate pages, the answer is yes to this as well.
As for your question on 1 or 2 sites, I’d do 2 different ones or just stick to one: Career coaching & resume tips and/or speaking publicly/writing speeches as these are 2 different topics. But yeah it sounds like Wealthy Affiliate would be perfectly suited for you 🙂
This was one of the better reviews I’ve read for this company. I researched it for a while before I joined and read a few other reviews. I wish I would’ve come across this one first as it’s most in depth than anything else.
The thing I love most about WA over everything else that is out there is that you’re not stuck selling whatever the company promotes, which is usually something in the money making field. You’re literally free to promote in any genre.
Yes this is a major advantage Wealthy Affiliate has over other training programs, even the few good ones. Being able to make a business in ANY field you feel passionate about is one of the most important steps to succeeding in the online world.
This is something that most of the programs I’ve researched simply do not teach and if they do, they are very vague about it. Wealthy Affiliate’s training however makes it clear, right in the first lesson of their training.
There have been and continue to be many members within the community who have followed the training there and created businesses they love as a result of this.
I loved your review about wealthy affiliate. That’s a very impressive income you have there, and it’s cool that it continues to go up each year.
Being a member myself, I also can’t say enough good things about it.
Thanks for showing us how amazing wealthy affiliate is through your own accomplishments with them, and I know your business will continue to grows and be even better year after year.
Thank you Michael!
Hello. I was wondering how exactly do you get paid doing something like this? I would prefer to be able to use PayPal do to so, is that possible?
Hi Kim, yes this is totally possible. Different affiliate programs have their own payout methods, some use PayPal, some use direct depositing and others just send you a check. You’d have to see which affiliate program you are interested in and then view the available payout options, but PayPal is absolutely a popular one used today by many of them.
My only concern is a product. Do I have to produce a product in order to sell on a site or can I make money by simply promoting a site? I would eventually like to start an online business where I supplied the product and made profit, but I don’t currently have the funding to do something like that.
Hi Casey, the answer is, you do not need to create or have any product on hand to do this 🙂
You can simply promote products from other sites/programs and as I said, this is called affiliate marketing. I have personally been doing this for years and every report I showed you above was done by me promoting someone else’s product and making a commission in doing so.
You are absolutely welcome to eventually create your own product, but it’s not mandatory to make money online. Affiliate marketing can work just fine on it’s own and you will the knowledge on all of that from Wealthy Affiliate.
What a wonderful and very informative review. As a Wealthy Affiliate member myself I can definitely agree with your reasons for joining. It is free so why not try it out and the support is amazing. I have been in affiliate marketing for over 10 years too and I have never seen a community as supportive and motivating as this one. The training you receive is unlike anywhere else and there is always someone there to lend a helping hand. Your success story is very motivating and I thank you for sharing it.
Thank you Melissa. You know the truth is I can’t say enough about that support, but you just added to it. I’ve been around a lot of internet marketing websites/forums and places that also had their own community and honestly, it’s nothing compared to how well it’s organized and delivered in WA. People really do get help FAST and are motivated by the training and other members to succeed. It is truly very positive there.
Thanks for a wonderful review of Wealthy Affiliate. I am a member and I still learned a lot from your post. I am 100% with you, when you say that Wealthy Affiliate is the most ethical program that you have come across, because this is also how I feel. I have been through a lot of nasty scams and MLMs and I have to say that what I have learned at Wealthy Affiliate has really changed my life.
I love how nobody is forced to go premium, unlike other programs out there. I also love the fact that they keep adding GREAT features, and making the platform better and you never have to pay a DIME in upsells. If anybody is thinking of trying it out, they really should! It was the best decision of my life!
Hi Reyhana, thank you for sharing your experience with WA. You also confirmed many of the things I wrote in my review of it, especially the premium part.
As I tell everyone who reads this review and/or asks me about the program, the best thing to do is to try the starter membership which is totally free to see how awesome the program is.
As this program has for you, it also changed my life, for the better. I don’t have to deal with office politics or be involved in a regular type of job. This program helped me become my own person and work for myself, and it is a freedom I can safely say is unmatched.
Joining Wealthy Affiliate changed my life. Initially I knew nothing about websites and I hated to write. But, I was instructed at Wealthy Affiliate to just go through the training.
With the quality training offering at WA, I now have two websites that are having traction daily. I am now earning from Amazon and ClickBank.
Great write up. If Wealthy Affiliate can help me make money all the way from Africa, anyone can make it.
Regards.
John
Congratulations on having successful websites and being an existing member John! When I started with them, I actually also promoted stuff from Clickbank using their training. I then moved into other affiliate programs, including Amazon.
But the point you made at the end shows the potential of what anyone who does their training can reach.
I’m currently a full time accounting student, and I’m just wondering if affiliate marketing can be done part time? Since I do want to eventually become a full time accountant, however starting my own online business does intrigue me.
Hi Tien, this is an awesome question because I was also a student back when I got started with Wealthy Affiliate. Firstly, the answer is absolutely yes.
You can work on this stuff whenever you like, and of course as I did mention above, how much you work at this will impact the results, but of course I understand your priorities are in your studies and they should come first.
But do know that it’s not like your work erodes or goes away if you just stop or take a break from it, it just pauses until you add more and then it grows again. At the same time though, when the rankings hit, they stay for a very long period of time, potentially months and years and while this is going on, you can choose to work more at it and/or focus on other things, that’s why this kind of life style is very comfortable, all coming back to what I said about you being able to work whenever you wish.
And finally, being that you are in accounting, it is something I can personally relate to as I had gone through several courses in this when I was a student.
If you really enjoy this topic and it is something you are going to build a career out of, I can absolutely promise you that having an online business as an accountant can be huge through the training Wealthy Affiliate will provide you and here’s how:
You will basically have the opportunity to make a website in which you tackle accounting/tax questions (believe me, there are a lot of them!) and thus grow as an authority. For money making opportunities, you can offer to do people’s taxes for a fee and this can earn you quite a bit. I have personal accountants who do my taxes and operate from their home and they do quite well, yet if you do it from an online realm, you can gather quite a number of clients that way and again, this is where Wealthy Affiliate will help you.
So to sum up my advice, I would absolutely suggest you try the free starter membership in WA, check out the training, keep the idea I mentioned on what you can try to do, but of course, keep your focus on your studies.
Hey man, I am literally just a dude who was looking for another part time job and stumbled across one of those survey site things. It sounded too good to be true so I Googled the name to see if it was reliable, and I ended up reading your review of it then out of curiosity, I clicked on your #1 recommendation and wound up here.
I’m made of questions right now man so prepare for a novel lol.
1. How can I trust the legitimacy of WA let alone your opinion towards it? (I’m in no way trying to offend, I’m just skeptical is all)
2. I have absolutely no idea how to run a business nor has the idea of running a business ever crossed my mind until reading this. I mean, I work at a McDonald’s, so I have the basic concept down that you make no profit if nobody is buying your stuff therefore the consumer should always come first. I’m actually a manger there so I have a very small insight of how business works.. Anyway my question is can someone like me invest my time and effort into this and actually have something to show for it without any prior knowledge on this field?
3. If I’m not exactly sure what kind of “niche” I’d be interested in how can WA help me figure myself out? I have passions but when I try to imagine how to market them it seems impossible. For example, I’m very interested in many subjects from Science, Government, Politics, History.. But those are all really broad fields and some, especially now, are cesspools for controversy and would require me to lean towards a certain demographic of people.
But, on the other hand I’m still young. I enjoy video games and other common activities amongst people my age. Which makes me ask can a 21 year old who knows nothing about this turn it into something bigger?
I’m sorry for the long comment, I’m very interested now that I’ve read your article. Thank you for the honesty, relatability, and transparency that you’ve provided. And please forgive me for being so skeptical, like the rational part of me is saying that you’re real and not just hooking people and reeling them in for your own self gain and promotion, but then the other part of me thinks just that. I just need reassurance dude, I’m just a dude trying to make some extra money and I appreciate and anticipate your response in advance.
-Tristan, just some dude who works at Mcdonalds.
Hi Tristan, no worries about the long comment, I love answering these questions and appreciate you being skeptical. I honestly encourage that in this internet world because I’ve been through the bad things that it has to offer, particularly in work at home programs.
But I am happy to answer all of your questions thoroughly, so here goes:
1) Not offended at all, I am glad you’re being skeptical about this stuff, it’s a good quality to have as I said before, but to answer your question, honestly, I can only write and say so much good stuff about this place, but in the end, the best way I can guarantee how good it is, is if you try it, and I honestly encourage just joining for free.
As I said, there’s no CC or personal sign up involved here, so 100%, I can guarantee you that you will lose absolutely nothing by joining the starter membership, there is only everything to gain.
If you decide to try it, like I promise, I’ll be there to help you out and answer your questions (by all means, ask them on my site too if you like) and honestly that’s the best way I can show you how legitimate it is. Give it a shot, read the training material, make your own independent decision on it and if you don’t like it, no worries man 🙂
2) The great thing about WA is that it is entirely beginner friendly as I mentioned earlier. I also entered this business without knowing a shred of info on niches, websites, content, all that stuff and believe me, the training in WA is geared to help you understand that stuff from a step-by-step perspective.
I am absolutely certain that by the time you finish the first 10 lessons (as a free member), you’ll know a great deal more than you could have imagined and this will actually enhance your business ideas and goals.
It’s great that you’re a manager and I can tell by the way you wrote your questions, that you’re very educated and eloquent, and in my experience, this is a perfect attribute to have in this business and also mixed in with the fact that you have the understanding of how important it is to make people happy, I have no doubt you’ll do well in this business if you get started.
You can absolutely work on this as much as you like, when you like and even from nothing, you will gain immense knowledge and tools from WA to make it all come together. But obviously, this will require action and hard work. But the fact that you get a road map, my help and the community’s help including the tools to make this all work, and with the skills you already have, I think you’d do very well in this business like I said before. And the fact that you’re only 21 and have all these skills already is that much more impressive. Respect man!
3) Niche questions are honestly some of the most common people have. They are often worried their topic isn’t going to be profitable or their choice is the “wrong one”. WA and myself will definitely help you there and you can be sure I’ll ask you some detailed questions on your interests to help you narrow down that perfect niche for you.
For example, you mentioned you like video games. I’d ask if you enjoy computer games and know your stuff on things like gaming accessories for computers. If so, that’s a big niche topic I know is only growing. But even if it’s not your passion, I’ll help you find it.
And to finish, you’re not just some dude, you’re a manager, at 21 who writes and (I’m guessing) speaks very well. You’re clearly humble, have the ambition, creativity, critical thinking and many more skills to succeed at this and I would honestly bet, at anything else you apply those skills to.
I’d love to see you inside WA and to hear your thoughts on it. Like I said, at least try that free membership to see all the stuff you’ll learn. We do encourage people to go further with their business inside there, but we NEVER ever push anyone into it. I know you’re going to love the free membership.
If not, it’s not a problem 🙂 In any case, I can assure you, you’ll leave with a great deal of new knowledge that you’ll be able to add your existing arsenal of skills.
Vitaliy
Hey man, thank you so much for your kind words. I definitely felt weird going into this but I messed around with it a little bit last night and I think I could really get behind this thing. As you already know I started the free membership and am currently a member of WA. So far I’m enjoying the tools and very simplified training videos that walk you through step by step.
Although I may have ran before I could walk because I made the website before I watched all the training videos, luckily the page editor will allow me to shift the gears so to speak if I want to. This is surreal to me because I was so convinced this was a scam and you all were just some silver tongues that talked this stuff up. But now I’m slowly starting to realize that maybe the internet isn’t completely full of crooks, and maybe there really are people who want to help me succeed without even knowing me.
And just to reach out to anyone who shares skepticism before trying this, it really is what Vitaliy makes it out to be. This website only asked for my name, email and for me to create a username and password. No cards, no social security number, no nonsense.
It’s really great and I will definitely recommend this to all of my friends. Like seriously, this is the real deal. I couldn’t believe it lol. I haven’t made any profits yet, but then again I just joined last night lol.
Anyhow, thank you once again Vitaliy for introducing me to something I never knew I was interested in. I hope you and everyone else the best. -Tristan
Thank you Tristan! I appreciate you following up on your experience inside WA and I definitely look forward to working you inside the program.
I have been an affiliate marketer for the past few years and I can honestly say that my earnings as an affiliate marketer have dramatically increased since joining Wealthy Affiliate and taking their training courses.
The lessons are excellent, The community is friendly and helpful. The best thing is that cost of membership will not empty a person’s wallet.
Ramona
I’m glad to hear you have seen improved results from using WA Ramona! I had the same type of experience, although my results were extremely minimal before finding WA and then doing what they recommended.
I couldn’t agree with you more that Wealthy Affiliate is a great program. I had been marketing online on my own blog and for other clients for two years prior to finding Wealthy Affiliate. I’ve found my bounce rates drastically decreasing on my site and my traffic has sky-rocketed since I implemented the things they teach. Great article!
Thank you Tiffany, just wanted to clarify for others who don’t know about bounce rates, they are basically a sign people stay on your site longer and explore it, which leads to helping it make more money.
I wish I discovered your website sooner. I guess better late than never. I recently joined Wealthy Affiliate and I can say I am amazed at how good the training is. I am a total newbie, and I already have 3 affiliate websites that are ranked on Google. Besides just the technical aspect of making a monetized website, you also learn how to engage readers with quality content. The support is top notch,
Nice work on having 3 sites already James! I would recommend you put your focus on your as you progress to let that one site become your main one. Most of the income reports I’ve put up above were from one site. Had I diluted my attention on multiple sites, it may not have led to such amazing results.
And yeah, Wealthy Affiliate has the absolute BEST support out of any site like it that I’ve ever seen 🙂
Vitaliy, thank you for this blog. It really made the case for joining Wealthy Affiliate. I think what is noteworthy is there’s no upfront monetary investment. I can test the waters first and then decide how in depth I want to go. Honestly, the hard facts that you presented with how much you made each month after 10 years was all that was needed to convince me.
Thank you Christian and I totally agree with every point you made. The whole idea of trying this out for free and really having all space to test out the training, the websites and the community is really one of the best aspects of WA.
Other courses come with some sort of catch, every single time I’ve explored it, but not with Wealthy Affiliate, it really is open to try.
Wow… I have heard so much about online businesses, but you really never hear about success stories. Your past years have been remarkable! You are where I want to be in ten years. Thank you for the opportunity to take my financial situation into my own hands. Wish me luck…
It wouldn’t take you that long to get to where I am Clay. With hard work, you can reach these results WAY sooner.
Hi Vitaliy,
I just landed on your website and although I am already a Premium member of Wealthy Affiliate I just wanted to put in my sixpence worth. You really describe this amazing opportunity to “earn as you learn”. I have been marketing online since 2001 and, you name it, I have done it.
As my main line of expertise is to promote client’s businesses and affiliate offers, I have very often come across the Wealthy Affiliate opportunity over the years, but never really looked into it, until less than a year ago as I wanted to refresh my online activity and try something new, so I decided to look at this opportunity that so many of my clients were promoting through me and soon after I joined, a horrible thought hit me: I could, and should have done this years ago and would have saved tons of money and thousands of hours figuring out how to make a living online.
So, yes, your website describes exactly what this fabulous program can do for its members and my only regret is that I have not joined years ago.
Best wishes,
John ツ
Hi John, there’s no need to regret not joining earlier. The bottom line is, you’re there now and are making up for the lost time as I did when I joined and in my case, I also missed out on several years.
Vitaliy, I like the straight forward explanation of the benefits of the WA program and the honest answers you provide for the potential income potential a WA member can expect .
And again it is the undisguised approach you take on how you line out the steps one has to take to be successful in this business. Showing the real stats of the potential income one can create following the WA program and not going for the lure of ‘multi million $$’ programs which are floating around the Internet nowadays makes your site even more substantial.
Thanks Vitaliy.
Thank you for the kind words Rich. The irony I’ve come to understand is that the other sites that promise those big numbers end up being the biggest scams out there.
On the other hand, with WA, when I first joined, just as I outlined here, I was not promised these numbers, but I was told I could make a limitless amount if I worked hard and did the training.
Even though my profits rose to $60,000 in 2017, I honestly could have and WILL take them further. Those profits are proportional to the work you put in, which is why I tell people, that it’s basically a “two sided” thing: The work they put in the training in WA which they need to use. The training works, but people have to do it.
I agree with you when you say that all those other programs are garbage. Because all they do is make all of these outlandish promises, but produce 0 results. Whereas Wealthy Affiliate makes no such promises and they produce so many results. And they don’t need to brag about it like all these “internet gurus” do.
Overall, I would like to thank you for breaking down the benefits of WA, as well as giving us some niche ideas so that we can get an idea of how to find our own niches.
If I didn’t already have my own online business (due to the training at WA) I would join again. Thank you for giving us some of your expertise,
– Emonne
It is ironic that make money programs that promise so much often end up delivering nothing of the sort and with WA, it is indeed the opposite Emonne. Although I will say that myself and many, many others who are a part of this community have seen a lot of success by following their teachings. I am glad you are a part of this program too and see it’s benefits.
How do you compare affiliating marketing vs. e-commerce as a viable online business and to that end could you give any comparisons and/or thoughts on a program such as WA versus Fred Lam’s Zero Up e-commerce training program. An unbiased honest thought is all I’m looking as I’m more tired of all these scam/con programs (get rich quick themes) that take your money but never deliver even if you invest the time necessary. Hard work and time is always necessary in trying to succeed in any business so this is already understood as both programs are claiming and I personally have know problem with that…been down that road before! But starting up, “new”, to all of this can be quite overwhelming and costly as well…just need some old-fashioned trust worthy advice and direction.
Hi Doug, I honestly have never heard of the program you mentioned (The Fred Lam program), so I cannot compare it to WA. However, being that you did ask about affiliate marketing and ecommerce, here is something I can give you my opinion on:
Both of them can honestly be the same thing. There’s people who make eCommerce websites that end up selling products they are affiliated with. The real difference between both sites is that typically affiliate marketing is done through a blog type website, whereas an eCommerce one is more of an online shop.
Both types of websites can work very well, but a majority of the training inside WA deals with the traditional blogging/affiliate marketing approach, and it is the same one I have built my personal business from. I have on a few occasions made very small eCommerce pages, but eventually returned back to affiliate marketing via blogging because it was most familiar and profitable for me.
What I can tell you is that inside WA, you can get excellent training on both and that I totally understand your frustration moving into this as you’ve had bad, past experiences. This was also the case for me before Wealthy Affiliate. I can certainly guarantee that you will feel very differently and good about the program if you decide to join and I would certainly advise taking advantage of the starter membership so you can see all of the benefits I’ve listed in this response and the review above.
I honestly think this program would be perfect for you because you already admitted that you fully understand that you need to work at this business and that’s exactly complementary to the training in WA because it will have you working to build your business, but in the honest way that will truly have it lead to something successful. As I said in the review above, if you use the training, you will see that it works and you will be able to build a real business like I and many others have there.
Hoping to see you there Doug!
Vitaliy
Thank you, Vitaliy, for responding back to my question and it is honestly quite refreshing to receive your thoughts about both directions instead of just a “rah-rah” response promoting just WA for the sake of having another customer. I initially had joined WA not to far back but stopped because I wasn’t sure or maybe didn’t feel secure enough in my abilities to accomplish affiliate marketing through a blog website. And much has to do with me being able to move on from my current dead-end job into an area of more interest, enjoyment (not saying you don’t have to work at it!) and hopefully more freedom both financially and personally. Vitaliy if I could just impose upon you one last thing? Could you forward any really good website examples of active affiliate marketing sites that you would recommend? It would be much appreciated by myself and once again thank you for your honesty!
Hi Doug, I don’t link to other outside websites within mine, but the clearest example of a good affiliate site is this one. This is how I’d recommend you build your personal website should you decide to try it and it is actually an example of how WA teaches it to be done 🙂
Ok thank you and your response back is much appreciated…
No problem 🙂
Do you use kajabi or a platform that includes everything or do I have to subscribe to multiple platforms like infusion soft etc. How many emails/contacts does your premium version support?
I personally do not use Kajabi Yvette and that program works differently than Wealthy Affiliate. WA has an autoresponder for you to keep in touch with referrals you bring into it if you decide to promote it and it works for an unlimited number of referrals. But if you decide to promote another program, you would have to get a personal autoresponder for that.
I was looking into other ways to make money online and ran into your article. I really don’t want to jump into anything I won’t have time to do. I’m very busy and I’m afraid to add too much more, I have to have time for my kids. How time consuming is this?
Hi Sarah, you are free to work on the business as often you like, so whether it’s on your free time, or something you eventually decide to do as a career, ultimately, the amount of time you put into this will affect your success. The great thing is, you can personally gauge this with no risk by becoming a free member to get an idea of what this business is like and if you’re interested in trying it a little bit and/or perhaps possibly going further in it.
You have mentioned that WA offers free training. How long is the free training? Days, weeks, months? Will this be long enough for me to learn a lot and be able to make money?
Thanks…
Hi Marla, access to the training is unlimited, meaning you can check it out forever 🙂 and yes it will teach you to make money so you can take the time to learn it at any pace you’re ok with.
Hi Vitaliy!
I certainly agree that the key to success with an internet marketing business is having the proper guidance and utilizing it. What I like about WA is that it offers a “hands-on” training, which makes it much less tedious and fun.
Getting “information overload” at the beginning is nothing compared to all the great benefits. When I feel overloaded with information I stop for a little bit, recoup energy, and go right back at it. I wish I had more time to finish the training soon.
HI Janxio, information overload and excitement is common when you start, but I always tell people never to rush the training, because there is so much of it, to try and absorb it as quickly as possible is what leads to information overload in the first place. If you study and absorb the training in a way that is steady and slow, you will get much more out of it 🙂
Hi. Very much appreciate the info provided here. I have read it all albeit with some (alright—lots of) skepticism. Let me explain.
Over a decade ago I was in the same search I now find myself in, desiring to unchain from the “office” and determine my own course online. I spent countless hours/days/weeks/months doing this search. I spent an inordinate amount of money only to finally realize that the internet is primarily filled with toxic info from debased folks. Scam after scam after scam, I finally quit, for my own sanity and to preserve the dwindling bank account.
Some skepticism might be discernible in this post 🙂
I prostituted my faith to certain portions of humanity and paid the price. I find myself with time on my hands and the need to generate some income. I want to do this in an honorable way without again sliding down the slope. Is this you? If I commit to hard work, honest communication, openness to mentoring, etc. etc… Is this truly a viable option for me at this point in my life? Any “additional portals” I should be aware off?
I appreciate the time you have taken to respond to others on this forum and look forward to your reply to this post as well.
Thanks and regards
Bob
Hi Bob, what I can absolutely guarantee you is that you are getting the most honest online business program in Wealthy Affiliate, all from it’s training, to it’s support and the skills they will help you develop to create an income online like I did.
I know exactly of the type of experiences you listed and the skepticism you generated after all of them and I do not blame you for looking at Wealthy Affiliate in a skeptical way. The best way I can reply to this skepticism is that you have literally nothing to lose with the free membership and have an open door to see how awesome this place is.
You immediately get to go inside the program, I will get in touch with you and we can go from there. Unlike other programs and sleazy people, you will find that neither WA nor I will ever pressure you to go premium or buy anything. You will get a ton of experience from the free benefits there and a great look into seeing if this is something you wish to do.
I don’t know if this is for you, but I do know that if you try the starter membership, you will absolutely know afterwards if it is and along the way, you will have myself to ask questions to within the community (or on my site) so we’ll help you out.
I think that within a minute of entering Wealthy Affiliate, you will feel very differently about it than any other program you’ve been through before. It is very welcoming and the tone of the community is kind, helpful and understanding. I really believe you are going to enjoy WA and realize that not all programs on the internet are bad 🙂
Hi, I’m becoming interested in looking into the free membership but also worried about if I won’t be able to attract people to buy the things I promote on the website. Do I need to tell all my family and friends or with this program you attract random people all over?
Hi Abigail, you will attract people from all over the world who Google topics related to the niche site you decide to make. There is NO need to go to friends and family. If nothing else, once they see how well your site is doing, they may also decide to give this a try and make their own niche websites 🙂
And do not worry about not making sales, believe me, Wealthy Affiliate covers the subject of this very thoroughly, but in a nutshell, it all boils down to creating a website with information on stuff you know very well. By sharing this knowledge, incoming visitors will see this confidence and trust you, and from the point of trust, they will buy.
Hi Vitaliy,
I have been thinking of starting my own company for years, I’m sick of working my fingers to the bone for other people and seeing them make all the money, with all my effort.
I have been thinking of ideas for a while, but I haven’t come up with anything as yet.
I’m not afraid of hard work and want to make a successful business so my children will be proud of me (when they are old enough).
I’m not sure where to start, but after reading some of the comments and reading this article, I’m hoping you can help me on the road to a successful change in my career.
It’s the idea that I’m stuck with and not sure where I can start.
Hi Russ, I can completely relate to your ambition to do something that is yours and honestly, Wealthy Affiliate will totally help you with this. I would recommend just signing up to the free option right away and doing the first lesson of the certification course as it actually addresses your question in-depth about how to take an idea you have (or even if you have issues with picking one) and how to build from there.
To answer that question right away, before you even start the course, the answer is this:
1) You may very well find that once you start the training, that the ideas you already have may become even clearer and you’ll be very excited to push forward with them mixed with the guidance WA offers on how to materialize those ideas into a money making business.
2) Even if you have too many ideas and don’t know where to start, I’ll help you pick one out inside WA by messaging you there. My advice would be to take the idea you love most of the existing choices you have and to just let the training you get from WA help guide you to do what I said in my first point.
So I was looking at the online jobs now and almost went through with it but decided to look at reviews about it first, also paying money to make money just doesn’t seem right to me. Anyway, I came across your review and what you have said about WA.
I would love to be able to make money from home but I’m very skeptical about many things. I am always willing to put in the hard work.
Here’s a few things I’d like to know.
I see where you said free members get 2 free websites and that you should have a niche to promote. I very much enjoy archery and would love to get others into it, especially more women. My question is this, I talk about archery and then promote websites where to get things correct? How does that make me money? So far as the other website I could do a number of things, possibly healthcare as that’s my background or I could have one about ACDs (Australian Cattle Dogs) since I currently have 4.
I look forward to your response and it’s much appreciated. ?
Hi Karin, I totally welcome your questions and am glad you’re doing research before jumping into any program:
1) I love the topic you want to make a website on: Archery. I think it’s an awesome niche. I personally own 1 bow and 1 crossbow. I don’t know the price of the bow, but the crossbow cost me about $1,000 when I got it a few years back, so there’s massively huge affiliate opportunities to make good money promoting them.
Having said that, yes you are right in that YOUR personal site will send people to the other sites where they can buy them. The way you’ll get paid is that you will first have to find the right affiliate sites to connect with that sell bows, crossbows, arrows, and other archery supplies first, then get a personal affiliate link from them. That will be the link you send them through and everything else will be automated, meaning if you visitors click on that link and buy from that site, you will get the money.
Now the good news is that WA provides you with a wide range of affiliate sites to work with and I think Amazon or something related to Dick’s Sporting Goods would be perfect for you.
The only thing to consider is that some areas, such as states may not allow the shipping of these items to people’s homes. Honestly, I would not worry about this and would still go ahead with the site idea, especially if you love the topic.
2) As for the other sites, both are great choices too because you have 2 topics which you personally have a lot of experience with. However, I would not go with these sites yet as I would focus your attention on your favorite, the archery one first. You do get 2 sites from Wealthy Affiliate, but it doesn’t mean you immediately have to use both.
Keep in mind that you can start with the free membership and just see how the training works for you and if you really enjoy it, I would consider staying in WA and doing a little bit of the premium membership, but this is not something you need to worry about. You WILL get free sites and free training as is from the starter membership.
Finally, I’d like to address the topic of jobs. This isn’t a typical job, you’re basically creating a freelance type online business and it does require you work hard to make it earn and I am glad you said you’re happy to do that to get there. You will be able to turn these interests you listed, whether it be just one or all 3 in Wealthy Affiliate for certain.
Cheers!
Vitaliy
Hello sorry to just comment on the post but, I was just wondering about taxes. How does the money get to you? Would I be getting checks? Or direct deposit? And will I have to 1099 myself?
Hi Justin, no need to say sorry, I encourage you to comment. About taxes, it really depends on which organization you’ve affiliated yourself with and how they operate. Most in my experience either send you a check or deposit the money through PayPal. In terms of how you do taxes, my experience has been, you will need to get an accountant and report the earnings to them, then have your accountant decide the best way to file that. If you do well in this business, I think they may suggest you open up a corporation so you can write off many things and save money on the taxation part.
Hi,
This sounds fantastic and I can’t help wondering where’s the catch…
Anyway, I am new at e-commerce. Started in April this year with drop shipping, built 3 websites in different niches, 2 of them already have a blog and the third one is on its way.
I started looking into affiliate marketing for different reasons; to supplement the drop shipping, to make the most of the articles on the blog, to have certain high-quality products that I really believe in and are not available in another way, and to provide high-quality and a variety of things without holding stock.
Lack of guidance: Where to start, the step by step process and a place to clarify certain doubts is something that is not easily found in the sea of information on the web. On the other hand, there is an abundance of promises, scammers, braggers and time wasters.
Having already 3 Shopify stores, will this work for me? I cannot put any more energy into creating more websites at this point when I am already managing 3 different niches.
Thanks for your time,
Denise
Hi Denise, to answer your main question, yes, you will be able to improve your existing 3 sites in ranking and sales through WA’s training. However, I need to ask and even challenge you with the following question:
How well are these sites doing? Is only one or all 3 of them successful? Are any of them successful? I am asking this because in my experience people who run different websites do so either because:
1) The previous one/s are not making money so they feel that if they diversify their efforts into other niche sites, each site will make them something and add up to a full time income.
2) They already have a successful site/s and want to try out a different niche market.
Obviously having 3 sites to run is a pain on your own and it is important that your efforts are maximized. Through WA, you can literally have 1 site do it all and make everything you need. This page that you are on is such an example.
I don’t know how much experience you have with Shopify sites or eCommerce in general, but perhaps if none of the 3 sites are successful yet, it may be wiser to pursue a traditional affiliate/blog site as WA recommends.
In any case, like I said in the beginning, yes, you will get help, tips and good training to make improvements on the existing sites. The real question is whether it is worth spending time on 3 sites which may not be bringing in the money you want or if it’s better to start another one and forget the other 3 if they aren’t doing well as is.
Hi Vitaliy,
I was wondering, what if my website was like a review website? Like I tell people what I bought or where I went and how I liked it, on a wide range of topics. Is that something that would be profitable?
Under certain circumstances, it can be Lindy, but allow me to clarify:
Typically the kind of site you’re looking to make will only work well if you review products in a specific niche. When you review a wide range of products, you’re likely reviewing across different topics and niches and unless there is a common niche behind them, this will hinder your site’s rankings. It is far better to pick a niche and review products in that niche to get recognized, ranked and get traffic.
So my answer would be that you CAN do this, but do it the way WA teaches it. Product reviews will absolutely exist on ANY niche site you make.
So you’re saying if I were to make a craft review site, to narrow it to one craft such as knitting and stick to just knitting product reviews? Or make a knitting site and do a small section with some reviews?
Yes, you are correct on the knitting part. You don’t just have to review products Lindy, you CAN and should teach people to knit (through articles and possibly even videos) and supplement that with product reviews on knitting equipment.
I live in a town where it is very difficult to get a job. I have recently decided maybe I should work from home to allow more time with my kids and to help on the family farm. My passion is horses, I can’t help anyone train them but would love to help people find tack options. Would this be a good fit? Thank you for your time.
Hi Tami, yes, the horse niche is big and being that you live on a farm and actually know how to take care of them makes it that much more suited for you to make a website on this to help other farmers and horse enthusiasts learn about taking care of them and learning to ride them.
Hi Vitaliy,
Love the name! First of all, you’re the most knowledgeable and honest person I’ve seen on websites so far! I’ve lost so much money in the past, especially since I’ve been a single parent. I’ve been trying to find a home based business for years. Unfortunately, like million’s of people in the world, I had a stroke three years ago. What can WA help me with since I can type with one hand only? I have no knowledge of internet terminology and my son has the skills when it comes to technology. I have big people and little people skills only. Is there help for me? I’m trying to increase my disability income.
Thank you for your honest opinion.
Hi Janet, I am sorry to hear you had a stroke and I am hopeful you’re doing better now. Reading the stuff you wrote and asked, I think I have the perfect answers:
1) Yes, I do believe WA can help you given your financial and physical condition. You can do this stuff from home and even though you write with one hand right now, just do it as best as you can.
2) Do not worry about terminology, the training inside the free membership is totally easy to read and do.
3) I honestly think that if you join, your first niche topic should be on stroke prevention and/or how to live life after having one. I think you have a substantial amount of life experience and can help the same niche crowd with this problem and provide them with health products that can improve their life. This would allow you to earn money and help people in your health situation, which I think would be a perfect combination.
4) Given that you mentioned your son, I would say to let him choose whether he wants to help you or have him build his own niche site through WA’s help. It is hard to have someone do the work for you especially if it’s not their topic of choice. Again, perhaps your son, through WA can find his own, different passion to work on and that can help you both financially.
Given that you can start all of this for free, I’d sign up and check it out.
Hi, Vitaliy,
What I have in mind is about having a niche to talk about the love of God to humanity, godliness, cleanliness, and purity. How can I promote this?
Hi Kally, well you would be promoting this outside WA, on Google essentially. But more specifically, I would recommend you isolate the topic to either a particular religion or viewpoint such as new age thinking or spirituality. This would be the more appropriate “niche” way to talk about this topic.
I’m very interested in WA and I hear a lot of good things about it from many people. I have a question, though.
It seems like everyone that uses the things taught in WA is using the same niche, making money online. Doesn’t anyone create websites/blogs about other things? I’d much rather write about something I’m passionate about, other than making money.
I’d be interested in knowing if that is any less successful than this niche, too. I know it’s huge. I have something very specific in mind and it’s something I could really get behind as a writer and artist.
If you know of any examples I could look at to learn more, I would much appreciate it.
Hi Paige, Wealthy Affiliate’s training, especially the beginning, free training, fully encourages everyone to do a website on their own niche topic. In fact, that is plan A. The people who decide to make sites on making money online are those who either:
1) Don’t have a niche topic they really like.
2) Those who already have a successful niche site outside the make money online topic and want to create a secondary site that is based on that topic.
I think the reason you believe so many people make their sites on this topic is because you were seeing a lot of their review pages and think this is all WA teaches. This is not the case, I assure you 🙂
In my experience, MOST members actually make their own niche specific sites that have nothing to do with the MMO topic and I know this because I actively help members inside this community and most of the sites I see deal with many different topics.
You are absolutely right going into this that you don’t want to make a website that doesn’t relate to your passion, this is how I can tell you’re going to do great and I can assure you, that you will be shown how to make a page you’re passionate about within WA 🙂
Vitaliy,
I am very passionate about our United States and our political system. Do you think this would be a good niche?
Hi Gerry, this is a good topic, but it can also be divided into other things:
1) Making a niche site on how the political system works inside the U.S, sort of a tutorial on how the party system works, how laws are made, ect…
2) You can focus on a specific type of political belief system in the U.S, such as liberalism, conservatism, ect… and explain how they function inside the U.S.
3) You can connect both those ideas, talk about your own political positions and just try to become a voice in political talk. For this, a YouTube channel where you discuss the current political environment and topics will also be beneficial.
I do want to say that in this topic, there is going to be a lot of controversy and opposing positions you encounter, especially given how things are these days, so I would say to be prepared to handle negative comments and opinions.
Hey!
I just read this whole thing about WA, I have a few questions:
I have recently started crafting as a hobby, and I play the guitar; if I join free and then use one website to teach people crafty stuff and the other to teach the guitar, how would I make money? And how would that be partnering with WA?
I love doing both of those things and I already work from home, so this would be a huge blessing on my husband and I if this was actually legit and could add to our income!
Thanks so much!
Savannah
Hi Savannah, so there’s a few ways to succeed with what you told me:
1) For crafts, I would honestly go deeper, because this isn’t a niche topic as there are MANY forms of crafts, I would pick one of them and then connect the idea with the training inside WA.
2) For guitars, I actually had someone recently ask me a similar question, so my advice will be the same: Pick a type of guitar (acoustic for example), promote those through Amazon (that’s where you’d make money from) and do a site which teaches people to play it as well as video tutorials.
This is a pretty vague blueprint, but I think the ideas are pretty clear. If you know these 2 topics well, you should have no problem making a site and videos on it through WA’s help.
As for partnering, you wouldn’t really be “partnering” with WA because you aren’t going to be promoting it, though you have that option. I would stick to only promoting products that are associated with the specific crafts niche and/or the specific guitar and/or accessories for them.
WA will just be there to specifically make you materialize this blueprint I just mentioned into a real business.
Hi Vitaliy,
I just have a quick question. They talk about 50 free websites and hosting, I would prefer to use my own site on HostGator, would this be a problem?
Thanks!
Not at all Robert, you are free to use your own domain and hosting. I just prefer WA’s hosting because it saves me a lot of money and the support if anything happens is quick. I have not heard the same things about Hostgator though, but if you prefer them, you can easily still use it and just implement what WA teaches.
Hi Vitaliy,
First of all thank you so much for a comprehensive and objective review of WA and businesses online in general.
I am an entrepreneur with expertise mainly in music education, vocal coaching and education management.
I am considering to completely transform my business from the classic frontal lesson to the online business but I am very confused at the moment on which is the best choice: becoming an infopreneur (using my expertise as vocal coach, education manager and so on…) or opening an online business based on selling certain products, I mean, physical products (i.g. voice helper or kind of meds for singers…).
Yoga is also another big passion of mine, and maybe I could combine it with singing in some way.
The point is:
At the moment my business is based on the classic frontal lesson, meaning: I work 10 hours, I gain for 10 hours, period. So the online business could surely increase my income. But after learning a lot online about this new business, the feeling I have is that from working 8 hours, 5 days a week for let’s say that fixed 3K per month, you could become an online business man that works 8 hours 7 days a week for 5K per month.
What I mean is: Is this really worth it? Is online business better than more traditional (and yes surely older) jobs?
Thanks a lot for the support!
Hi, so there’s a lot of mini questions here and I will answer them, then get to my main point:
On the topic of payments, your online business can compensate you in a much different way than an offline one can. In the case of your music business, if you teach someone physically how to sing, like you said, you will be paid based on the hours you taught, that’s pretty clear.
In online business, you can actually offer consultations and vocal/music lessons through programs like Skype and be paid in a similar manner, only through the internet.
You can also promote musical products, accessories for music, ect… and get paid affiliate commissions if it is someone else’s product, or if it’s your own, you can control the pricing of the product and how much you earn.
So in that sense, there are similarities between having an offline and online business, the real difference is that with an online one, you have access to a bigger crowd because it is the entire internet and relevant niche audiences that can come to your site and in your offline business, we’re talking about a physical venue where you meet people, or they meet you.
Now on the topic of niches, first off all, I would NOT mix whatever music related site you plan on making with Yoga, these are entirely 2 different topics which have VERY little relevance. I assure you, if you make a site on music lessons, vocal lessons, whatever it is, if you start writing content on Yoga, you will confuse your music audience and vice versa, if you did these sites the opposite way.
It would be far better to make 2 sites, each focused entirely on their specific topic, but I would start with just 1 and that leads me to my main point:
Like I said in my review, Wealthy Affiliate will help you make an online business and step 1 is picking the niche. Now you’ve mentioned a number of topics and not all of them are niches. Allow me to clarify:
1) Music education. What do you teach here? Guitar, piano lessons? I would not make a site on the overall topic of music education unless. Here are some ideas:
You can make a site on guitar lessons, electronic guitars, piano lessons, the history of classic music or ANY specific genre of music.
For vocal coaching, you may want to make a separate site on how to improve your voice and help people become good singers.
For education management, this is a very vague topic and I really don’t know what to suggest here. What sort of specific education topic are we talking about here? Pick one and let that be your niche site.
Now in the 3 topics you mentioned, I just made them into niches and there are now more choices. I would pick one of them, use Wealthy Affiliate to create your business on that niche topic and then offer up your own personal coaching/vocal lessons (or whatever topic you pick out) through it.
You can also incorporate affiliate promotions so for example, if you did a niche site on electric guitars, you can actually promote and sell them without owning them through places like Amazon which I personally know sells a lot of them.
I hope this helps you figure out which direction to go. You can absolutely increase your current business by going through it online, but the manner in which you do that should be done the way I suggested in choosing the specific topic to center your niche site on, and from there, it should do well with the guidance of Wealthy Affiliate.
All the best!
I have a question about the topics on a website, I am interested in photography. Doing such things as photo mugs, putting people on fake magazine covers, making key chains and making photo buttons.
I also do basic photo restoration. Do you think this would be a good money earning website?
Also maybe for a second website, I sell unwanted items that I have no need for, is that a good idea or not?
Well photography is not exactly a narrow enough niche topic Mary. I would try to create a site on how to edit photography, where you teach people how to use editing tools and software to create images. You may also want to consider a YouTube channel where you show these tutorials through your own screen.
As for selling, you can sell the same tools you use to edit images and even offer up services to people to do the type of customization you mentioned. This is how I’d advise going into this niche topic.
Now for the second idea, I am not really a fan of it because it seems like an online approach to garage sales and in my opinion, it simply will not fit in with the with formula I mentioned about niche markets. You are far better off applying this idea through eBay and selling your things there in my opinion.
Hello!
I just stumbled across this page. WA sounds awesome! I do have some questions though. Can I earn money from the free websites without upgrading to premium? Also, if I have a full time job and do this for a few hours each day in the beginning, will that be enough for it to take off and earn money?
Thank you for posting this!
Jan
Hi Jan, yes to both of the questions regarding the free sites and working several hours a day. I’d even say doing this type everyday, for hours is actually more than enough. Obviously moving forward, you will need to work on your site in the way WA recommends to get results, but it is explained in the free membership :).
Also do note you have my help and the community’s help as well as a free member, so that’s added stuff to help you progress inside WA and with your business in general.
Hey Vitaliy, I seem to be very interested in this WA opportunity, I will join soon because I always wanted to try out to have my own website, I just never had the right product to put on the website, now my friend has a product for himself and its really good, it involves fashion and clothing, my questions are, are these website 100% percent mine? I could do what I want with these two websites? And will I get help building in making it look good and professional? Thank you for putting this out there, it seems like now I found something worth it online.
Hi Steve, the answer is yes to your first question on the 2 websites, you have them, they are yours. And yes to the other thing about the training helping you make it a great looking site.
One thing I do want to mention is that you should not focus on a particular product to promote as your starting point, you need to begin with the niche as WA suggests and as I explained in the review.
If the niche choice aligns with something dealing with the clothing product your friend has, then go for it and use the WA training to build a website and promote that product, but if your personal niche choice does not deal with that, I would recommend still doing the WA training, but picking a different niche, the one you personally like.
Thank you very much, I will see you soon on the inside, will join in a couple of days when we have our computers set up.
No problem Steve, looking forward to seeing you in WA and seeing you build your site and business 🙂
My friend and I have an idea for a youtube channel that we would like to do with a website. Ebooks would be a part of our venture. Does this offer (premium) include help with building a successful youtube channel, website, and potentially selling products on Amazon?
Hi Francine, yes, absolutely, there is training on all of these things in WA 🙂
Honestly, I’ve tried wealthy affiliate out before. I came to the conclusion that my time would best be spent marketing myself and my skills instead of doing yet another referral-based program. If I really boil it down, it’s just promoting someone else’s brand instead of my own, and getting others to join in. Isn’t that a referral program?
Hi Lynn, I’m not sure how long you were in WA, but in my review I clearly outlined that you get 2 options for making money through them:
1) You market a niche site based on your OWN interest and topic. You can absolutely market yourself doing this. In fact, I have multiple niche websites where I make money and do NOT promote Wealthy Affiliate. Anyone who is a member is free to do this too.
2) If you have no niche option you like, you have the option of promoting WA itself. There are some people who don’t feel that they have a niche topic they like, so as a default, they are welcome to promote WA.
In any case, you are given skills to become a successful internet marketer in any field. So the skills can be used to market yourself, your own website and your own services and/or you can also do the same to market WA and any other product you wish.
It would be great to see you back in WA 🙂
Vitaliy
Ok Vitaliy, I just joined WA. I clicked on a link in your review. I am assuming that I will still get your help as I make my way into the world of online sales/marketing??
Will I still receive an email from you? Your review was thorough and informative. Thank you.
WA definitely has my interest and attention. How many websites can I have? How many websites do most people have on average? Can you have too many?
Thanks again! And I look forward to hearing from you.
Kindest regards,
Bruce
Hi Bruce, I did message you inside WA, you should have gotten an email notification 🙂 and yes, I am absolutely going to help you inside there as promised.
Now as for your questions, free members get 2 websites, premium ones can get up to 50.
For the other question, most people have 1 site in my experience and it’s totally fine to have this. Some have a few, but just start with one, trust me!
Having more than a few sites really answers the last question in that yes, you can have too many and it will be too much work to handle.
This is Amazing! Never heard of WA I will be checking it out. I’m with MCA but I’m on the road to help people find easy legit money from home. I can research WA and can add them to my list of companies.
Thank you!
No problem Mazzi, WA is a great place and I personally know the owners, awesome guys who really like helping out every one of their members!
Hi Vitaliy,my name is Quang. I was reading your page and I’m extremely impressed with the amount of income that you’re accumulating. I wanted to know which program or training or class in WA that you use to generate the traffic that’s coming through your website? I’m a member at WA.
Hi Quang, I went through the “Get Started Here” training and followed it very strictly. There is in my opinion no better training available.
I don’t call you Bias. I myself have also tried over 100 other programs and having spent a small fortune. I did gain immediate experience on what to avoid.
Forgive me for taking so long to reply, I went to the site to watched some training videos and checked the validity of the offer. I’m impressed, the training is top notch and current.
I even asked a few question difficult for a novice to answer and I was quickly provided to correct answers and new ideas. Its very hard to believe how great this is. So many pay small fortunes to get the knowledge that is so readily available on your site. All I can say is Thank you! I will continue the journey with WA.
You are very welcome Dale! I am very glad you’re enjoying your membership at WA!
Hey,
Thought I’d ask on an open comment section before trying WA out. Can you foresee any issues arising if I’m getting started at age 17? I attend two schools and don’t have time for a job, so I’m trying to find an alternative way to start making some money for college over time.
Thanks!
Hi Noel, I’ll address both the age and circumstance, starting with your circumstance:
1) There is certainly going to be a time constraint in your case and I will absolutely tell you to focus on your school work.
2) Being 17 is actually not bad at all. Lots of people, older and far younger start sites. The only problem would arise is if you’re legally not old enough to file taxes and for that you’d have to check with the laws in your area.
Either way, even if you are too young, you’re going to hit 18 soon and by that time, you should be good and even if you’re not, starting a website NOW is going to really help you invest into getting that site to help you fund your schooling, as it helped me when I started at 19.
As I said, your schooling should come first, but if you have free time and want to try this, then yeah, get started right now and just take a few steps into this so you can see what it will take. You don’t have to pay anything for the free membership, but it’ll give you a great viewpoint on what’s possible.
Hi Vitaliy,
I am so glad thus far that I have signed up with Wealthy Affiliate. The community within WA is amazing and growing everyday. There are so many positive and inspirational people. There is a wealth of good information provided. I have no doubt that if I stay focused, follow directions, and take action, that Wealthy Affiliate will be a great contributing factor to my financial growth. Thank you for sharing this information.
Wonderful to have you there Lakeisha! I look forward to seeing you become another one of it’s success stories 🙂
When I joined Wealthy Affiliate I immediately knew I was at the right place, finally. The community they have created truly cares about my personal path to online business success and with their easy to understand and implement system + their continued guidance and support I know I will succeed.
You absolutely will Robert, it’s great to have you there. And I can attest that they really do care about every member.
This is a very inspiring post even for myself who is already a member of Wealthy Affiliate. You have been a member 9 years already and it just shows that the rewards are reaped when you put in the effort. People should not want a quick fix to making money. Any foundation needs to be built and upon that you build your empire. Thanks for sharing your story. I will be following in your footsteps. See you at the top.
Thank you! You are right about that foundation and empire analogy, love it!
I just started on WA and I love it already, extremely easy to use. The training videos are great and make everything easy to understand. I just set up my first website and I am excited to see where this journey takes me.
Awesome Amber! Just a few lessons in and look at everything you’ve got working for you. Yeah WA will get all of this done for you very quickly and know you are already on the path to making a great business flourish with their help!