Wealthy Affiliate FAQs

1. Who are the founders of Wealthy Affiliate?

Kyle Loudon and Carson Lim co-founded Wealthy Affiliate in 2005 under the name Niche Marketing, Inc.

Prior to starting Wealthy Affiliate, Kyle and Carson were both successful affiliate marketers.

Together, Kyle and Carson have built Wealthy Affiliate into a comprehensive platform that provides training, tools, and community support for affiliate marketing and online entrepreneurship.

2. Is Wealthy Affiliate free?

No, Wealthy Affiliate is not completely free. It offers a free starter membership, but to access the full suite of training, tools, and features, you need to upgrade to a paid premium membership.

As a starter member, you will have access to the Online Certification Level 1 Course and will be able to build one website (free Siterubix domain), including free domains and free hosting.

To get full access, you need to upgrade to the premium membership which costs $49 per month or $499 per year (discounted rate). The premium membership provides access to the complete training courses, website hosting, keyword research tools, support, and ability to host up to 3 websites.

3. How do you make money with Wealthy Affiliate?

At Wealthy Affiliate, you’ll learn how to do affiliate marketing, build an affiliate website on a topic of your choice, and build an audience through Google and social media.

You’ll also learn hundreds of ways to make money from your website.

4. How to build a website on Wealthy Affiliate?

Building a website on Wealthy Affiliate is designed to be a straightforward process, even for beginners without technical expertise. Here’s how it works:

Step 1: Choose a Niche and Domain Name

Wealthy Affiliate provides training and tools to help you select a profitable niche and available domain name for your website.

Step 2: One-Click Website Installation

Once you’ve chosen your domain, you can install a WordPress website with just one click using Wealthy Affiliate’s SiteRubix platform. No technical skills are required.

Step 3: Customize Your Website Design

You can choose from 4,000 customizable website themes and 60,000+ plugins/extensions to design your site exactly how you want it. The platform makes it easy to change the look and functionality.

Step 4: Write Content and Publish

Follow Wealthy Affiliate’s training to create high-quality content for your niche website. You’ll learn SEO best practices to help your content rank in search engines and attract free targeted traffic.

Step 5: Web Hosting Included

As a Wealthy Affiliate premium member, you get reliable managed web hosting for up to 3 websites. The hosting is fast, secure, and optimized for WordPress.

5. How is the support of Wealthy Affiliate?

The customer support is excellent. You can easily contact Wealthy Affiliate’s support team at any time. Both Carson and Kyle can be reached via direct message and they usually respond to your inquiries promptly.

With the help of Carson, Kyle, Jay, and the rest of the team, as well as the members themselves, the community is supportive and helpful.

6. How long does it take to make money with Wealthy Affiliate?

Wealthy Affiliate is not a get-rich-quick scheme. It takes time to create helpful content and become an authority in your niche. It also takes time for Google to crawl and index your blog posts.

Depending on your niche, content quality, and time commitment, you can usually expect 3-6 months before seeing your first affiliate sales.

7. Do I have to promote Wealthy Affiliate’s program to make money?

No, you do not have to! If you know someone who might be interested, you can promote Wealthy Affiliate and earn money, but you do not have to.

The Wealthy Affiliate program is NOT a pyramid scheme where you have to harass your friends, family members, and social media groups in order to earn money online.

Wealthy Affiliate teaches its members how to build a real online business, and members can make money promoting a wide range of products in such wide-ranging niches as exercise equipment, dog accessories, leadership courses, and kitchen appliances.

8. Is Wealthy Affiliate an MLM or pyramid scheme?

Wealthy Affiliate is not a pyramid scheme or MLM. It’s a legitimate platform that provides various tools and services to help online businesses succeed. WA members can promote any products or services they want and earn a commission on the sales made through their unique affiliate link.

Pyramid schemes are illegal and operate by recruiting people to invest money in the promise of getting rich quick. These schemes don’t offer any products or services and only rely on recruiting more members to pay the previous ones. That’s not the case with Wealthy Affiliate.

Unlike MLMs, Wealthy Affiliate affiliates don’t recruit downline members. They simply promote any product or service they want, and they earn a commission on the sales made through their unique affiliate link. This is a standard practice in the affiliate marketing industry and is not illegal or unethical.

9. Is Wealthy Affiliate a scam?

Wealthy Affiliate is not a scam. It is a legit online platform that has existed for more than 15 years. You won’t see a scam lasting for more than a decade. Usually, scams received lots of complaints from the Better Business Bureau and were shut down by the Federal Trade Commission within a few years.

Founded in 2005, Wealthy Affiliate has been constantly updating their course materials and other features. The founders are still active on the platform. If you have any questions, you can simply reach out to them.