Affiliate University of SA Review: Just launched, but stay away!

Lynne

8 years ago

This morning I came across a paid ad online for Affiliate University of SA and since I have never heard of them I had to go and have a look. So this is a new opportunity presenting itself in South Africa. Let’s have a look and see what is Affiliate University SA about.

Affiliate University of SA Review
Overall Ranking: 00/100
Price: Currently R10 300 (approximately $620), normal price is R25 000 (approximately $1500)
Website: www.affiliateuniversitysa.com

Table of Contents

Introduction: What is Affiliate University of SA about?

Affiliate University of SA is a training course that teaches people to make money being an affiliate marketer. Their website comprises of a grand total of 3 pages: their home page, a registration page and a contact page. This is obviously targeted at South Africans, being the Affiliate University of SA.

It is really quite hard to review a new company when there is no information online about them. So what I will be doing in this review is evaluating and dissecting everything I see on their website. So let’s look at the first thing on their home page. You can earn R90 000 to R550 000 per month with their company. That is roughly $5 400 – $33 000 a month. Nice one, sounds great.

So yes I agree you totally can earn that amount from affiliate marketing… with experience and time and learning. But to have a 1 day course and earn that? Sorry to diss a new business but no, I sincerely doubt that. And even if that was true and they teach such incredible golden nuggets that someone does make it, do you think everyone will make it? Will YOU earn that?

Let’s get back to reality here folks, the answer is no. This fits in with our things to look out for. If it is too good to be true it probably is.

Besides I have been working online for a good few years and there is absolutely no way you can teach everything about affiliate marketing in one day, far from it. Working online takes constant training and keeping up to date with the times, one day training to make thousands is laughable.

Let’s look at the next part on their small little website, bear with me there really is much to go on so it won’t take too long!

Ok so huge companies like Microsoft want you to market their products to customers and they will pay you to do it. Yes all true. But a one day course for R10 300 to learn how to do that?

So you want to know how to make money online with affiliate marketing through Microsoft? Well here is my lesson and it will cost you NOTHING!

Set up your FREE website….

2. Do some Keyword Research

3. Write some Quality Content that the search engines will love.

4. Find out how to get your content to rank.

5. Do some email marketing.

6. Monetize your content, yes just click here and get your Microsoft affiliate link, or contact any other “big company” such as Amazon and affiliate with them.

You want more information and guidance just ask me and I will happily guide you how to start affiliate marketing for FREE.

There is no magic secret here to affiliate marketing, their is no magic course that will teach you something in a day to make money like this. It takes hard work, dedication and some time.

Ok so back to Affiliate University of SA…

So I entered my details into their website to register for this course, I just had to see what they would send me. I mean if I am going to pay R10 300 for a one day course I’d like a nice glossy brochure telling me details about what I will be learning about, who is giving the course, what is his/ her credentials…. right?

So here is the the email I got from them and there was a 2 page pdf attachment which I must fill out on the first page and on the send page is the banking details.

So from my point of view this really does not look very professional at all. Where is the email signature, where is the surname of this person I am speaking to and where is a contact number?

This email also tells me nothing really except that I am so lucky to be paying R10 300 and not the usual R25 000.

I did send them an email asking for more information on what the course entails, how long the lessons are, what dates are available, who teaches the course and what his/ her credentials are. I am not surprised to find that I have not as yet received an email reply!

And I thought I would just check out their website a little bit too. It seems this website is brand new, only being launched in November 2015.

So just one more thing I want to look at is their address and contact phone number. Their address and telephone numbers check out and Michelle is a real person, but busy on the line and I didn’t feel like holding. Seems they are pumping with inquiries for this course.

Pros and Cons for Affiliate University of SA

Pros

They have an affiliate program

Cons

The course is very expensive
Large promises of making money that honestly looks completely unrealistic
Anything they teach you can be found online for FREE!
They are a new company so there is no way to know for sure if they are legit or a scam

Is Affiliate University of SA a Scam?

I can’t be sure, but let’s just look at the warning bells:

Too good to be true: claiming you will be earning huge amounts of money
Too good to be true: claiming you will earn money fast (impossible! it takes time)
Hardly any information on website
Hardly any information via email

What does Affiliate University of SA Cost?

R10 300 for a 1 day course made up of 10 training sessions (appr $620). This is a launching special and will be R25 000 in March (appr $1500).

My Verdict for Affiliate University of SA

There isn’t much to go on here, partly because they are so new there is nothing online when searching for information. The other problem with not knowing what they are about is that there is no useful information on their website. They have provided me no useful information via email either.

Huge amounts of money for a short course that teaches you to do something you can learn from free online, yet they hardly tell you what you are going to be learning about? Ludicrous earnings promised?

This has all the warning signs of a scam and I would not advise you try this out.

One of the biggest problems with this course is that you cannot possibly learn everything in a day. If you really want to learn about affiliate marketing and keep up to date Affiliate University of SA will not be the place you are looking for.

What do you think of Affiliate University of SA? Does it look like a scam to you, or do you think it offers anything worthwhile?

***UPDATE 03 June 2016***

This website has been shut down, I’m not sure when exactly but thankfully it appears to be removed. I hope that I was a massive thorn in their side considering this article ranked higher in Google search than their website

However a new scam has appeared in its place which truly looks to be by the same scammers.

I have just reviewed it and the likeness is just uncanny, so my opinion is that we have a serial scammer targeting South Africans so please be careful!

Check out my review for Indufuels/ Affiliate Company SA

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