Does Wealthy Affiliate really work?
With all the heavy competition, can you still earn a passive income online?
You may notice that there are a lot of positive reviews about this program from the members. I try to keep this review realistic filled with facts and details.
(Important: Because of so many new features added to the program, I am always updating this review to be accurate and complete. If you don’t have the time to read the full review, click here to read the 30 second summary of it. )
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What is Wealthy Affiliate?
It is an online community established in 2005 by Kyle and Carson.
They created Wealthy Affiliate to educate the usual people and give them proper tools so they can create and grow an online business. The community has changed a lot during more than 15 years of its presence in the market. We will review all the features in detail.
Wealthy Affiliate was founded by Kyle and Carson in 2005.
How does Wealthy Affiliate work?
The main method is affiliate marketing.
First: You choose an interest. Are you passionate about movies? Books? Education? Sports? It does not matter. You can choose a topic that you are interested in.
Second: You create a website using the free website builder in a few minutes. (You can click here to watch the video and see how it works)
Third: You attract visitors by providing value and increase your website traffic.
Fourth and last: You show present related products on your website. These are affiliate products that you can sell with the help of services like Amazon and when people make a purchase through your links, you will earn a commission.
But what makes Wealthy Affiliate different is the tools and support they provide to help you succeed.
What do you get in Wealthy Affiliate?
1. Up-to-date internet marketing training from beginner level to advanced
Wealthy Affiliate offers you a step by step training giving you the knowledge you need for starting a profitable online business. Each course has a set of actionable tasks to keep you on track.
As you follow the training, you will learn how to turn your passion into a profitable online business.
Make sure that you won’t miss the weekly live training with Q&A when you become a member.
2. The most supportive community on earth
With more than 1,000,000 helpful members it has by far the best support in the industry. You can ask for help in the 24/7 live chat or in one of the classrooms. Most of the time, in a few minutes someone shows up and helps you.
Most importantly
Kyle and Carson (The founders) are both highly active members of the community and you can contact them directly.
3. Website builder + Hosting
It provides you an all-in-one solution for building and hosting your website.
All you have to do is to choose a domain name and click the build button. The website builder will do the rest.
Free members can have 2 free websites on subdomains.
Premium members can host up to 50 websites on custom domains. You can see a comparison of different hosting services in the image below:
4. Domain tool (new)
You can also register your domains inside the service now. You won’t see any annoying upsells while when purchasing domains and you will get the important features like free SSL, Privacy, etc at a decent price. Here is the comparison table for the domain services:
If you prefer other services, you can use other domain providers of your choice.
5. Website tools
Speed and Security
You can make your website faster and more secure with a click of a button. All the tech stuff has been done in the backend.
Comments
Getting more comments means more engagement on your website in the eyes of search engines while it also adds fresh content to your website.
The Wealthy Affiliate comment tool inside the member’s area is the only system that allows you to new quality content from real people that I know of.
Feedbacks
The feedback system is a huge help. Whether you’re a professional or a beginner, feedback of other entrepreneurs is magically helpful.
8. Jaaxy keyword tool (new)
Jaaxy is a premium keyword research tool. With your Wealthy Affiliate account, you will also get a lite Jaaxy account so you don’t have to pay a dime to third-party services when you start your journey.
Adding the Jaaxy lite account is a respectable action in the direction of making Wealthy Affiliate a real all-in-one solution without increasing the price.
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Common Questions
1. Who is Wealthy Affiliate for?
Actually, everyone. If you’re new to internet marketing, it is our #1 recommended program for you to learn how to make money online. If you’re an expert you can benefit from the affiliate program. You can also meet new experts and network with them for becoming JVs in the future. Helping new marketers is another thing you can do if you’re an experienced internet marketer.
2. What are the requirements for becoming successful?
Persistent hard work! With all the tools, training, and support provided in the community, the whole process is broken down into actionable steps but you are the only one who can take those actions and make it happen.
3. How much time does it take?
As much as it takes! It totally depends on you and your background, but what is guaranteed is that if you continue your hard work in the right direction, you will see results.
The good news is,
You can work on it whenever you want! You can start your journey by working in your free time and focusing more on it when it gets to a serious point that you actually start earning a profit.
Please Make Me Two Promises Before You Join
1. Complete your profile. It takes no time, but you will get more help and support if your profile is all set up.
2. Complete level 1 of your main training. It will take some time, but it well worth it. This way, you take action on your first step while you also understand how the whole process works.
How Much Does Wealthy Affiliate Cost?
There are two options for you:
1. Free starter membership. It will cost you nothing (0$) and the benefits are:
- Two free websites
- More than 100 training modules
- Access to 2 classrooms
- 7 days access to all premium communications including 1-on-1 support and live chat
It’s all you need to start your online journey and honestly it worth more than most of the other paid programs. I know it sounds too good to be true, but it’s true and you can check it out yourself by creating your FREE starter membership.
2. Premium membership. It will cost you just 47$ per month and some of the features are:
- unlimited help and support including 1-on-1 support and live chat
- more than 600 training modules
- access to 13 full classrooms
- live weekly training
- premium hosting plus website monitoring and feedback system for your sites
- keyword tool
- Ability to help others after you succeed (It feels awesome)
- …
The premium membership has a lot of benefits indeed but I suggest to create a free account, first and see if it is the right program for you or not.
What Are The Cons?
Some people say there is too much information to grasp at the beginning of their journey. If you are new to online business, this might be the case for you too.
But
You should understand that there is no shortcut! If you want to succeed, you need to learn the process and take action on it.
The best part is that
When you understand the whole process and create your profitable website, it pays off by earning a passive income.
Wealthy Affiliate review summary and conclusion
- Wealthy Affiliate is not a scam. It is absolutely legit and it works for everyone putting the work into it
- It has been in the business for 15+ years
- It offers you a step-by-step training
- It gives you all the tools you need: Website builder, feedbacks, comments, hosting, domain, etc.
- It includes also a lite Jaaxy keyword tool account (new)
- It is free to start
It is the most decent program in the market and I urge you to join the community and try it for yourself at no risk by creating your free starter membership.
After you joined the community let me know if you need a hand on anything.
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- Name: Wealthy Affiliate University
- Website: http://wealthyaffiliate.com
- Owners: Kyle and Carson
- Costs: Starts with a FREE Plan
- LEI Rating: 5 out of 5
- Scam or Legit: Legit
- Is it recommended? Yes!
Hi ! I just wanted to share my own experience within Wealthy Affiliate =) I have been working from home since 2009, I’ve had ups and downs but overall I make a full time income running my own business, which is absolutely a dream come true. However, I can say that Wealthy Affiliate has literally changed my business and my life. How? Well, like you said Kyle & Carson really want to help and to give others their tips and advice on how to build a successful business online. Like I said I was already working from home and earning a living but wealthy affiliate has boosted my business so much! Within four months in the community I was able to take it to another level : created three websites, generated enough traffic to earn money with google adsense, got more focused on my work and goals, met awesome people on Wealthy Affiliate, learned many things I ignored… I could write tons about WA lol… but the thing I love most is the help you get from others and the help you can give back… all the time! I truly believe the positive energy on this platform makes it impossible to fail. So + 10000 for WA lol, anyone who is serious about working from home wants to join and get started!
Even the cons you mentioned are not really cons lol… it does get overwhelming sometimes because of the amount of information and the active community… but if you keep focusing on your goals and find the right balance between working and communicating with others, your business will grow steadily! Don’t you think?
All the best
Sarah
Thank you so much for sharing your experience with us Sarah. I totally agree with you, the positive atmosphere inside the community and the unbelievable support they provide are priceless.
Yes, those are not really cons but, I mentioned it to set the mindset of our readers to focus on the training after they join and to move toward their goals step by step so, they don’t get lost in the wealth of information. I’m happy to hear about your success and I hope you achieve more and more each day. 🙂
Wealthy Affiliate sounds like one of the better places to start to learn how to start an online business. One thing that does concern me is since they have been around for a long time they have accumulated a lot of information. I realize they keep everything updated but do they actually get rid of outdated material? Having outdated material around could create some confusion.
One thing that really caught my interest is the live Q&A weekly training. I know other sites do offer Q&A training but not on a regular consistent basis. To me this shows that WA is truly concerned about their members.
Yes, I believe Wealthy Affiliate is the best place for learning how to start and grow an online business not only because of its great training, but also because of its active community. The support in the community is by far the best, especially considering that Kyle and Carson are both super active members
It’s been a long time since WA has been launched, but the fact is that all these years they were changing for the better. For example, just in the past year, they’ve added some big improvements such as site feedback system, site commenting system, tools for creating custom affiliate campaigns and….
They do update their material constantly, but it is possible to find some outdated content in the archive. You should know that the core strategy of WA is never going to be considered as outdated because it’s focusing on adding value instead of making money and this approach is reliable in any online or offline business at any time.
Q&A weekly training is awesome and keeps members up to date. They also have classrooms where you can ask any question and get your answer from experts( Sometimes it takes a couple of minutes till someone in the community answers your question. ) and LiveChat where you can chat with professionals and get your answers almost instantly.
In summary, WA is more of a community rather than a training program but it provides regularly updated content and cutting edge tools to ensures its member success.
Wonderful site and Wealthy Affiliate is no joke. i can personally attest to that fact. Have your content been effective as i think it should? Anyway keep up the great work and by the way I love your lay out. It is great helping other folks. I love mentoring!
Is there a special way to monetize a site when it is the real deal?
Absolutely Wealthy Affiliate is no joke. To my knowledge, it’s by far the most active and helpful community in the industry. Kyle and Carson are really active and they really care about WA members.
Thanks for the good words about the layout, it took me time to make it like what it is now.
Yes there are multiple ways to monetize a site if it provides value to its visitors such as:
1. Using Google Adwords or similar products
2. Direct advertising like putting banners on your site
3. Promoting affiliate products from Ebay, Amazone, etc….
4. Making a related product such as online courses, e-books, case studies, etc… and selling them to your visitors
There is no doubt that WA works. and it works Awesome! To be honest, I had been to numerous online marketing platforms out there, but found no success.
Other places have expensive upsells, training that hard to follow, and no support.
BUT when it comes to Wealthy Affiliate, those massive weight are lifted from my shoulders. I can’t imagine my life would be if I didn’t find WA sooner. I think I might have lost thousands of dollar to other programs.
Most online products are focusing on making more money rather than creating high-quality products and that’s why they usually have lots of upsells while not offering a that much of a quality.
But as you mentioned WA has the best training and support, yet it has a reasonable price without any upsells because their main focus is helping its members.
I am one of many who started at Wealthy Affiliate as a complete beginner. So for me it worked perfectly well, I built 2 sites already. I believe visitors to your site might like to hear an extra opinion about WA.
Therefore, what you write in your review looks fair and balanced point of view. What you mentioned in your text as ‘free’ is indeed free, there is nothing hidden behind it. And regarding the community, which you also rightly mentioned, it is absolutely wonderful and essential for a good progress in this activity.
Awesome that WA worked for you and you have built your websites Jovo. Thank you for sharing your experience with us, our visitors would definitely like to hear different opinions.
My personal experience is that Wealthy Affiliates is absolutely incredible! I set up 2 websites with content, all ready to go in less than 1 week!
The training and support is amazing. I couldn’t believe my luck when I stumbled across their website.
I would advise anyone interested in starting an online business to at least have a look.
Anyone can work their system and follow their easy training courses so no experience is necessary.
The training of WA is step by step and it teaches how to start an online business from basic so like you said, people with no experience can learn and implement it. Congrats for your two websites Lynne, and thank you for sharing your thoughts with us.
I’ve read numerous reviews about WA and I must say. I really enjoyed yours. You didn’t just draw out the article about stats and post loads of pictures. You gave examples of what you can do, and where you can do it. Very awesome information! If I wasn’t a member already I would defiantly have to check it out. Keep up the great work.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts with us John. I’ve made every effort to illustrate a clear picture of inside Wealthy Affiliate community and I’m glad that you’ve enjoyed it.
Well, it seems like a legit place to earn money online but I have to ask you a few questions first.
First of all – surely this isn’t free, I mean how do these owners you talk about make any money?
Secondly, how often am I going to have offers thrown in my face for upsells etc – I can’t stand that!
Good questions, Chris,
First: WA has both free and premium memberships. The free membership alone gives you two free websites. They also give premium access to new members for 7 days so they can check it out. The owners give you everything possible for free before you buy the premium membership so, you can decide whether it’s a good program for you or not and that’s how they are making money.
Second: Like you, I’m sensitive to upsells but I have to admit that since more than a year ago that I became a premium member till now, they have never thrown any upsells in my face in this period.
Hi,
Great website you have made. I really like how you’ve designed your site. It is easy to navigate. Also, the format of your site is nice and easy to read. I will be bookmarking your site to refer back to for future cases. Best wishes to you in your future endeavors.
Cheers
Thank you for bookmarking, Stephen. It took me a while to make it like what it is now. Wish you the best 🙂 .
Dear Ash,
This is a fantastic Wealthy Affiliate Review! I simply just love this place of all the other areas I was on the Internet. This is like my 2nd home to me. I love the online community and support here. At times when I was lacking confidence in my own abilities, Wealthy Affiliate members sought to encourage me to keep moving on. 🙂 They told me that it take patience and effort to turn a website into a thriving business. 🙂 It is true, they have helped me out in more ways than one and I simply can’t thank them enough for all they do and say to me and others at WA. 🙂
Wishing you all the best above and beyond the horizon,
~Angel
Hi Angel,
Thanks for sharing your personal WA experiences. You are absolutely right and members of the community are so encouraging and some of them are professionals with years of experience who are ready to help new comers!
Wish you much success with your online journey 🙂