10 Best Affiliate Marketing Course: Updated for 2021

Welcome to my review for the best affiliate marketing course online for 2021.

Are you overwhelmed by the amount of courses available and not sure which one is right for you? 🤪

I have bought 42 affiliate marketing courses over the past 10 years and some have been great while others just pure cash grabs.

I’m going to tell you what is good and what to avoid.

Remember though, not all affiliate marketing courses teach the same strategies so it’s important to choose one that works for you.

For example, some courses will teach you only:

• Paid Advertising
• SEO
• Affiliate Marketing with a Blog/Authority Site
• Affiliate Marketing without a website
• Affiliate Marketing through email marketing only

So you can see that it’s important to choose the one that appeals to you most.

For example. some people might not want to build a website and do email marketing only – and that’s ok!

While others might want to build a blog in a specific niche and rake in those affiliate checks through passive income.

Some might want to do paid advertising only, such as Facebook ads with landing pages which doesn’t need a website.

So it’s important to choose with METHOD appeals to you most.

Having said that, here are my top 10 picks.

Best Affiliate Marketing Courses 2021 🏆

Each will have links to a separate review if you want to learn more about each course.

1. Savage Affiliates – Franklin Hatchett

Course Details:

💲 Price – $197 – $297

❓ What does it teach? – You’ll learn how to create a blog in a popular niche, rank it on Google and run Facebook & Google Ads to your offer (optional)

🚘 Traffic Methods – Paid traffic (Facebook & Google) Free Traffic, SEO & Youtube traffic & social media.

🏆 Rating – 4.7 / 5

Savage Affiliates Pros & Cons

Pros:

• Affordable
• Up-to-date training & lifetime updates included
• More than 1 traffic strategy taught
• Ideal for beginners or intermediates
• Money back guarantee
• Tons of training – more than 220 videos

Cons:

• No closed captioning for videos
• SEO section has some strategies not suitable for beginners

Savage affiliates is my #1 pick because it’s a complete affiliate marketing course.

It teaches you not only how to build a website, but how to sell with funnels, (done-for-you funnels included) how to do email marketing, Facebook & Google marketing, social media marketing and more. 

Then there’s the traffic. Without traffic, you have no business. 

Franklin teaches many different methods to generate traffic in this 220+ video training course.

This gives the edge over other courses because not all students will want to just do paid traffic for example, so having training in many different traffic strategies is a huge advantage.

There are two options to choose from. The “Standard” at $197 and “Super” version at $297. Full details for each package are in my review or just visit the salespage.

Why it’s Great:

• Low entry price but includes a substantial amount of training (220+ videos)
• Regular updates
• Many student success stories
• Step by step training & very well structured
• Only course that teaches many different traffic methods such as paid traffic, free traffic, SEO traffic, and traffic from Youtube & Social Media.
• Created by Franklin Hatchett, a well respected and proven affiliate & ecommerce marketer

Whether you have tried affiliate marketing in the past or not, if you have failed then it’s likely not your fault – provided you put in the work. The course you took likely just sucked. 🙄 

However, like any course, Savage Affiliates doesn’t have a magic button, you still need to apply what you will learn.

This course is going to give you a great advantage over other affiliate marketers that don’t have it. Because of that it’s hard to pass up especially with the low cost of entry and a refund guarantee.

Read the full Savage Affiliates Review >>

2. The Authority Site System – Authority Hacker

Course Details:

💲 Price – $997 (regular price) Get 40% off with my discount – $599 or 10 monthly payments of $99

❓ What does it teach? – How to build an Authority Website that gets targeted traffic from the search engines.

🚘 Traffic Methods – You’ll learn how to get organic traffic through SEO.

🏆 Rating – 4.5 / 5

Authority Hacker Pros & Cons

Pros:

• Updated often (now in version 3.0)
• Many success stories from students
• Taught by the folks at Authority Hacker – they know their stuff!
• Ideal for beginners or intermediates
• Money back guarantee
• Straightforward, solid training – all killer, no filler!
• Videos are supported with text training for easy reference

Cons:

• Traffic training is SEO based – which takes time to see results

Who it’s For:

The Authority Site System is a course for those that know that building a legit business takes time. You aren’t desperate to make money now but understand it will come in slowly and then increase over time.

For a more in-depth of this course check out my full Authority Site System Review.

Who it’s Not For:

If you want to see instant results that you could get with paid traffic, have little patience or need money fast – this course is not for you. 

What is an Authority Site?

An Authority Site is a website that has a lot of trust with Google and it’s readers. It’s built around a certain niche where you are considered an authority in that niche. TASS will show you how to achieve this authority.

How This Training Will Benefit You

You’re going to build a site from the ground up, post many articles and send backlinks to those articles over time. Eventually your pages will start to rank in Google and people will find your articles when they do a search.

That’s how you will make money – with organic traffic. Your articles will have links to affiliate programs where you will cash in. This is all done on autopilot.

The Authority Site System is an excellent course that is going to teach you just that. So if getting free, organic traffic on autopilot excites you, this course is highly recommended and is one of the best ones for learning this method.

Read the full Authority Site System Review >>

3. Affiliate Lab – Matt Diggity

Course Details:

💲 Price – $997 (regular price) – $797 with $200 discount

❓ What does it teach? – How to build an affiliate marketing/authority site.

🚘 Traffic Methods – Organic traffic methods taught through search engine optimization (SEO)

🏆 Rating – 4.4 / 5

Affiliate Lab Pros & Cons

Pros:

• Trained by Matt Diggity, a well known leading marketing expert
• Includes other courses such as website flipping, Beginners Lab & Outreach (covers all bases)
• The most extensive on-page SEO course I have seen
• Updates are free – never pay again
• Course is continuously updated to keep up with trends
• Thousands of student success stories

Cons:

• No refunds
• SEO traffic training only, no paid traffic training

Who is the Affiliate Lab For?

If building a website in a particular niche that will generate a lot of traffic and bring in affiliate income appeals to you, then this course will help you with that.

You must understand that building this asset will take time and you are not desperate to make some “quick cash.” Revenue will come in time once your site starts getting traction in Google.

Who it’s Not For?

If you can guess from my comment above, it’s not for those looking to make money tomorrow. It’s also not for those looking for paid traffic methods because that is not taught in the course. The Affiliate Lab focuses on SEO, both on-page and off-page to help you get ranked in the search engines.

What You Can Expect From the Affiliate Lab

The course is loaded with training. Over 175 videos and 30 modules in the main training so you’re going to be very well prepared to lauch an affiliate marketing website that will bring in passive income – the best income you can ever make!

The training is frequently updated, so you’re always getting cutting edge stuff. There’s no filler or BS, every module gets straight to the point.

Training is mostly done by Matt Diggity, but also his lead trainer Jay Yap.Support is excellent, either by ticket or by posting a question in the Facebook Group.

I have had a few people ask me what is better, Affiliate lab or the Authority Site System. Honestly, it’s a tough one. I think the Affiliate Lab does a better job with on-page SEO, but TASS just realeased their 3.0 version which is a complete remake and a damn good course.

Short answer, just go over both and choose the one that you feel gravitating more towards. Both are excellent so you’re making a good choice either way.

Visit The Affiliate Lab | Read the full Affiliate Lab Review >>

4. 301K Challenge – Igor Kheifets

Course Details:

💲 Price – $197

❓ What does it teach? – Strictly email marketing – no need for a website.

🚘 Traffic Methods – Solo ads

🏆 Rating – 4.3 / 5

301K Challenge Pros & Cons

Pros:

• Little technical knowledge needed
• No need to build a website
• Money back guarantee
• Taught by Igor Kheifets, a well known “super affiliate” in the community
• Can see commissions in the same day you lauch your campaign
• Builds a profitable email marketing business where you can make $1000’s with one email

Cons:

• Takes time to grow your list so profits may take some time for some.
• The 301K Challenge is an affiliate marketing course where you don’t need a website, you don’t need to worry about SEO or ranking in Google and you don’t have to spend money in Facebook or Google ads.

This course teaches you how to be an affiliate marketer through email marketing. Although you will be building landing pages (Igor uses Leadpages) you won’t ever have to build a website.

What is the 301K Challenge?

The 301K Challenge is an affiliate marketing course where you don’t need a website, you don’t need to worry about SEO or ranking in Google and you don’t have to spend money in Facebook or Google ads.

Read my 301K Challenge Review for more info

How it Works:

• Choose an offer in a niche you like
• Create a landing page 
• Create an email sequence
• Buy a solo ad (more on this below)
• Repeat above & grow your list while making sales

Who is it For?

The 301K Challenge is for those that want to make affiliate commissions without having to worry about building a website. It’s also for those that want to see commissions coming in much quicker than having to wait for a page to rank in Google.

If email marketing appeals to you, then this is probably the best affiliate marketing course for that. I have bought others, including Anik Singal’s Inbox Blueprint and this one is hand’s down much better.

Who it’s Not For:

If you want to make money with affiliate marketing with a website, this course is not for you. Choose any of the 3 courses above for that.

What are Solo Ads?

When you buy a solo ad, you are simply buying clicks to your offer. In this case, a link to your landing page with your affiliate offer. Check out my article on What are Solo Ads for more info.

Solo ad vendors have email lists that they have built over time in a particular niche. You would find one in your niche, then you would create an email where they would send this email to their list. You pay by the click. The price per click varies amoung solo advertisers and range from .35 cents a click up to a dollar or more.

For example, if you bought 100 clicks at .40 cents a click, your solo vendor would supply you with 100 clicks to your landing page for $40.

I bought the 301K Challenge towards the end of 2020 and i’ve started implementing the strategies already in a very broad niche. I have grown my list in that niche to about 1500 people and have made 6 sales making $471. It’s not much but a good start and as my list grows so will the income.

If this type of affiliate marketing appeals to you, then you can learn more about how Igor does it below:

5. Super Affiliate System – John Crestani

Course Details:

💲 Price – $997 one time payment OR 3 monthly payments of $397

❓ What does it teach? – How to make affiliate commissions using paid traffic to your landing pages.

🚘 Traffic Methods – Paid traffic strategies on Facebook, Google, Youtube and Native ad networks.

🏆 Rating – 4.0 / 5

Super Affiliate Sytem Pros & Cons

Pros:

• Teaches paid ads so potential to make money fast
• No need to do SEO, no waiting for traffic
• Great for any niche
• Support system & webinars available for help with your business

Cons:

• A little on the expensive side (although payment plan available)
• Paid ads can be tricky, lots of testing is involved before finding a winner

Who is the Super Affiliate System for?

If you are not interested in creating a blog and waiting for Google to rank your pages, then paid traffic is the way to go.

John Crestani has made millions using his paid traffic methods which he teaches in this course. There are plenty of success stories from his students as well so it does look like his program is legit.

I did a full review on his course so you can check out my Super Affiliate System Review.

Who is the Super Affiliate System NOT for?

If you don’t want to spend money on ads and would prefer to build a website and rank it on Google for affiliate commissions, then this course is not for you.

6. Commission Hero – Robbie Blanchard

Course Details:

💲 Price – $997

❓ What does it teach? – How to make Clickbank commissions using Facebook ads and Clickfunnels. There is no need for a website or email list.

🚘 Traffic Methods –  Facebook Ads

🏆 Rating – 3.8 / 5

Commission Hero Pros & Cons

Pros:

• Taught by Robby Blanchard, a top Clickbank affiliate
• If all you want to promote is Clickbank products, this course is laser targeted for that
• Very informative and lively Facebook group

Cons:

• Obvious one – the price! $997
• Training at times can be a little light, I would have prefered a bit more info
• Facebook ad spend can bite you in the butt, and there’s a risk of getting your account banned

What is Commission Hero?

Commission Hero was created by Robby Blanchard, a top Clickbank affiliate. It claims to teach you how to make $1000 a day using Facebook ads.

Who is Commission Hero for?

If you don’t want to build a website and wait for it to rank in Google – this course is for you.

If you want to strictly do Facebook ads for traffic – that’s all this course teaches and it teaches it well.

You also want to be able to learn the art of copy and how to “sell” products to those that are on Facebook.

So if you are ok with sourcing a product on Facebook, build a landing page to promote an offer and then run Facebook ads for that offer, then this course is custom tailored for you.

Who is Commission Hero NOT for?

If you don’t have the money to invest in Facebook ads, ($5 – $20 a day or more) then you should probably shy away from this course. Also, if you don’t have $997 to spend on a course, then check out my cheaper alternatives on this page.

If you don’t want to pay for a Clickfunnels Account which will set you back $97 a month or more if you need more funnels – then you guessed it, this course is not for you.

If paid ads freak you out, then you should consider the traditional method of making money with affiliate marketing by creating a blog and promote affiliate products that way.

Choices 1, 2 & 3 above will be your best options for that.

Click here for my full Commission Hero Review

7. Elite Affiliate Pro – Igor Kheifets

Course Details:

💲 Price – $997

❓ What does it teach? – How to make affiliate marketing commissions through email marketing. No need to build a website, just landing pages.

🚘 Traffic Methods –  Solo ads

🏆 Rating – 3.7 / 5

Elite Affiliate Pro Pros & Cons

Pros:

• Taught by proven email expert Igor Kheifets
• Much more advanced than 301K Challenge but built on same concepts
• 30 Day money back guarantee
• No need to build a webpage or pay for Facebook or Google ads

Cons:

• Not cheap! $997
• Training is a bit dated but concepts still up to date.

What is Elite Affiliate Pro?

This is another course by Igor Kheifets, the other is the 301K Challenge.

Think of this course as the 301K Challenge on steroids. It goes into much greater detail but the core idea is still there.

You will build a profitable email business promoting offers to your audience over and over. It teaches you how to build a list of buyers that become your “fans” and see you as an authority in the niche you choose. 

Traffic is attained by using Solo ads. You are essentially “buying clicks” to your offer. Profits accelerate over time because that one customer could end up buying multiple affiliate products from your list.

Who is Elite Affiliate Pro for?

It’s for those that:

• Don’t want to build a website or fiddle with SEO
• Don’t want to mess with paid traffic like Facebook & Google Ads
• Understand that building a list takes time & effort but will pay off eventually

Who is Elite Affiliate Pro NOT for?

If you are looking to make affiliate commissions from building a blog, you aren’t going to learn that in this course.

If you want to run Facebook or Google ads, you aren’t going learn that either.

If you expect sales to come in quick right after you launch your first campaign, then you should probably take a pass on this course. It does take time but when things kick in, you could make a lot of money with these methods.

Oh and one more thing. If you hate writing emails – then this course is not for you either.To learn more about this course, check out my Elite Affiliate Pro Review.

I also strongly suggest you attend the webinar below so you can learn more.

8. Digital Worth Academy Pro

Course Details:

💲 Price – $797

❓ What does it teach? – How to build and rank Authority Sites on Google

🚘 Traffic Methods –  SEO traffic

🏆 Rating – 3.7 / 5

Digital Worth Pro Pros & Cons

Pros:

• Intructors have 20 combined years of experience building affiliate sites
• Many positive reviews
• Comprehensive training with up-to-date techniques

Cons:

• A little on the expensive side
• Will take time before you see success – not for the impatient!

Created by Andrew Hansen and Sara Young, brings you the Digital Worth Academy. Between these two, they have 20 years of combined experience building affiliate sites.

This course definitely competes with The Authority Site System and Affiliate Lab because focus is entirely on building affiliate sites and ranking them in Google.

Remember that building a site takes time, so if you are willing to put in the effort and not complain in a couple months that you haven’t made money yet, you might want to consider this course.

It’s for those looking to play the long game. 

Click here to read the Digital Worth Academy Pro Review >>

9. Project 24 – Income School

Course Details:

💲 Price – $449 first year, then $199 each year after

❓ What does it teach? – Project 24 teaches you how to build a successful niche site in 24 months.

🚘 Traffic Methods –  Zilch. More on that below

🏆 Rating – 3.5 / 5

Project 24 Pros & Cons

Pros:

• Reputable – instructors Ricky Kesler & Jim Harmer have proven results
• No hype or shady tactics taught
• Course is regularly updated
• Great value content

Cons:

• No traffic methods taught
• No keyword tools
• On page SEO only, does not teach nor endorses any link building for off-page SEO
• Methods taught will take 2 years to rank (if you’re lucky to get natural backlinks!)

About Income School – Project 24

I really, really like these guys. I subscribe to their Youtube Channel and I even bought Jim Harmer’s book – “Work Energy.”

The course is designed to teach you how to build a successful niche site (and a Youtube Channel) in 24 months.

My Only Beef with Project 24

Project 24 is a great course and it would be closer to the top of my list if they taught off-page SEO.

This is what baffles me.

They tell you that as long as you have good, solid content, your site will start to naturally rank in Google.

This is simply not true. There are many ranking factors and while good content is one of them, backlinks play a very significant role.

I challenge you to find two similar websites in the same niche, similar content and similar age. One should have backlinks and the other not.

I can guarantee you that the site with backlinks is going to be way, way ahead in the search results provided the links are quality, and not spammy crap.

But What About Their Case Studies?

You may have seen how well some of their websites do, like camperreport.com for example.

What you may not know is that this website has 145.000 backlinks to it and just under 2000 referring domains.

It would NEVER see the success it has without backlinks.

Now, to be fair, Ricky and Jim never said that you don’t need backlinks. They actually acknowledge that backlinks help, they just don’t teach it.

They believe that if your content is good enough, then sites will link to it. Maybe so, but this could take a LONG time. Maybe that’s why they say after 24 months, or 2 years. you might see success.

So Who is Project 24 for?

I think that if you know SEO already and know how to rank sites, but are terrible on the content end, then this course would be perfect for you.

Project 24 does an excellent job on teaching you how to build a niche site from scratch, heck they even provide a really good theme if you buy their course.

However, if you know nothing about SEO and just hope that you’ll get some high quality links to your awesome content, be prepared to twiddle your thumbs and wait for a very, very long time. 😄

So, Which Affiliate Marketing Course is Best?

Of all the courses mentioned above, I pick Savage Affiliates as the winner.

This is because it’s a complete course and perfect for beginners and even intermediate affiliate marketers.

It includes many different strategies, not just one method like a lot of the other courses.

You are going to learn:

• How to build a website
• How to do SEO
• How to build funnels and landing pages
• How to do email marketing
• Get free done-for-you affiliate systems and funnels
• Free and Paid advertising strategies plus a whole lot more

It also includes a 30 day money back guarantee. Some of the other courses do not offer refunds.

As a member myself, the strategies taught are effective and have greatly increased my affiliate marketing commissions across all my websites.

 

Other Great Alternatives

If you are just interested in creating a blog or an authority site in a specific niche and then rank it on Google without using any paid ads, then two great options are The Authority Site System and Affiliate Lab.

I’m leaning a little more on the The Authority Site System because they just recently did a complete re-write of the course – and you are able to get a refund.

The Affiliate Lab does not offer refunds but nontheless it is still an excellent course.

I have both of these courses as well and encourage you to check out my reviews on each.

Affiliate Marketing FAQ’s

You’ve got questions… I’ve got the answers! Here are common questions asked about affiliate marketing that you may find useful.

What is Affiliate Marketing?

Affiliate marketing is a way to make money online by promoting other people’s products. You collect a commission when someone buys through your unique link.

Below are the steps involved:

• Select a niche that you are either familiar with or like
• Find a product in that niche with an affiliate program & get your affiliate link
• Promote your affiliate link on your blog, social network, email, etc.
• If someone clicks on your unique link and makes a purchase, you get a commission
• Wait for your check, paypal or direct deposit!

How can I learn affiliate marketing for free?

There are plenty of ways how to at no cost. Check out this article as it may help – https://drews-review.com/how-to-make-money-with-affiliate-marketing/

Where can I learn affiliate marketing?

There are plenty of resources online on how to learn affiliate marketing. Some are free, some are great, while others are not so good.

In order to get the best training possible, it is best that you choose one of my suggested courses and one that has been reviewed properly by a 3rd party. I buy all the affiliate marketing courses I review.

How do I start an affiliate marketing business?

To start, you need to decide whether you are going to create a blog, Youtube channel or some other ways to do promotion.

Once you know what platform works for you, you need to do research on how to find the best products to promote. You then simply apply to be an affiliate for these products(s), get your affiliate link and include it in your promotions.

When you know, just read my best affiliate marketing course article to choose the best training!

Why do some affiliate marketers fail?

Some Affiliate marketers fail for a variety of reasons.

• They give up too easy
• They were sold a terrible product
• They expect success within a week
• They aren’t willing to put in the work
• They are afraid to fail. The most successful affiliate marketers failed the most!

Can you get rich from affiliate marketing?

Short answer – yes. Many affiliate marketers make 5 or 6 figures a month. In some cases, even more.

This is a very profitable business model and if done right, you can make a lot of money in this business.

Is affiliate marketing easy?

The answer to this question is yes and no. If you have the right training, the right strategy and the right product, it could be very easy.

However, missing just one of those elements could make things very difficult and not see any success.

Which affiliate network is best?

There really is no best network because the best would depend on the type of product(s) you wish to promote.

For example, if you want to promote courses and software, JVZOO might be a good option, or even Clickbank.

If you want to promote health products, then MarketHealth would be a good choice. So you see, it all depends on what you want to promote.

How long does it take to be a successful affiliate marketer?

This is a loaded question because again – it depends on you. If you dive in with little or no affiliate marketing training at all, chances are it’s going to take you much longer than if you had the right training.  

Some people see success within their first week, others could take months.

How Much Can Affiliate Marketers Make?

This varies greatly. Some marketers make just a few dollars a month while others are making 5 or 6 figures.

Pay attention to the ones that are making bank and learn from them.

What are the Best Affiliate Marketing Courses?

The best courses are the one listed on this page. My top choices are Savage Affiliates, The Authority Site System, The Affiliate Lab and the 301K Challenge.

How do affiliate marketers make money for beginners?

For beginners, it is best that you find something you like. It will be much easier to promote something you are interested in rather than something you are not. Once you bringin in an income, you can outsource the work to others for content that you are not familiar with.

How do I become a successful affiliate marketer?

• Get the best training
• Do your research! The wrong niche could end up costing you
• Decide whether you want to create a blog, do email marketing or paid advertising to landing pages. You need to like what you are doing!
• Never give up. Perseverence pays off..

How do I promote ClickBank products without a website?

This can easily be done by starting a Youtube channel. Many successful marketers only use this platform to promote affiliate products from Clickbank. 

If you’re not shy to get on camera, you will have the most success this way. You can also do a video slideshows if you’re not comfortable being on camera, but it won’t be as effective.

How do Amazon affiliates earn an income?

Amazon affiliates earn an income by signing up for the Amazon Associates program. Once accepted, you simply include your amazon links on your site, blog or video.

It’s the same thing like any other affiliate program. If someone makes a purchase from the link you have, then you’ll get a percentage of that sale.

Keep in mind commissions are low, averaging around 4%.

How fast can you make money affiliate marketing?

This is one of the top questions asked. The amount of time to start making money with affiliate marketing varies greatly. Some people see success within a few weeks, others can take months. I wrote an article on this subject here.

Is affiliate marketing a pyramid scheme?

Affiliate marketing is not a pyramid scheme. With a pyramid scheme such as MLM, you have to pay to become their affiliate.

In the traditional affiliate model, you do not pay anything upfront so therefore it is not the same. 

Is affiliate marketing still profitable 2021?

Yes, it is still profitable in 2021. I see no end in sight for making money with this business model because vendors know that they need affiliates to survive.

To compare, it would be like a typical company with a product to sell that doesn’t have a sales team. How could they possibly survive? Affiliate marketing is alive and well and will stay that way.

If you’re looking to get started right away, choose from any of my recommended courses that I have included on this page fully vetted by me.