Comments on: SFI Affiliate Program: Did Upgrading Pay Off?

By: Thomas Wallace

Thomas Wallace — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 02:55:04 +0000

I’m a gold team leader in SFI. Whilst starting out can be daunting if you stick with it and build your own website etc, you can build a your business very quickly. My website has only just been created, it took about 3 days to get indexed in google, now all i have to do is tweak the SEO and watch the page rankings rise, along with the visits then the signups, then the money!

By: Tim Bonderud Best Paying Affiliate Programs

Tim Bonderud Best Paying Affiliate Programs — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 23:10:06 +0000

The first thing that you should do with great care is to probe the internet thoroughly to get hold of the best paying affiliate programs. You should weigh the pros and cons of the affiliate programs offered by a variety of companies. You need good support and assistance to successfully start performing as an affiliate marketer.

By: Kian Gray

Kian Gray — Tue, 18 May 2010 16:47:37 +0000

There are lots of Affiliate programs out there like Amazon, Clickbank, etc. Just sign up with them and see what works for you.*.”

By: tim fulcher

tim fulcher — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:20:43 +0000

SFI is a decent program - but if you try and build an income by qualifying as an EA by paying the IAHBE memberhsip fee - which is $30 - and then hoping other affiliates in your downline will do the same - then you are in for what could be a frustrating time, simply because you will need alot of affiliates and most of them wont upgrade. Those that do upgrade will only do so for a month or two, because of course they want to make money, not just shell out $30 every month

The point is if it doesnt work for you it probably wont work for them either

Most people that follow this method make either nothing at all, or just a small profit even with quite a few EA's in their downline - so it's a lot of work for very little. There will also be many as above who make a small loss overall even with all the bonuses

The only way you will succeed trying to make money via the upgrade fee is if you recruit a seriously large number of people. I would say you need 50 affiliates for every upgrade, so to earn $1000 a month, you would need to be recruiting maybe as many as 100 affiliates a day - something really huge like that, and there are some people that manage to do this

The real point of SFI however - which many people don't seem to have got - is that its an affiliate program - not mainly an mlm program. The difference is that affiliates get a commission for SELLING the products. So in SFI you will make much more money - even without any downline at all - by getting sales for the products, which then automatically makes you EA. If you can start moving the products then you will be onto a much better income because you will have few costs, and no $30 upgrade fees

This is a better option long term because people in your downline wont continue to upgrade if they cant make money from their downline and they have to pay the IAHBE fee of $30 pm. What no one in mlm tells you is that in an upgrade system its impossible for everyone to get paid, as the total money is fixed e.g. 100 members paying $10 is $1000 to distribute. As a result what happens is that most people get ZERO while a few pick up the money of all the people that are losing - you actually need a lot of people to lose to have a few that will win - thats simple reality and actually simple math as well!

So what happens in mlm is that people are "enticed" to pay the membership fee - usually soon after they have joined. They don't realize that it wont work, so they just pay the cash, and "try it". When they find out it didnt work they cancel their subscription and go and try another program

On the other hand if everyone in your downline is a free member, but learns to sell the products - or you show them how to get sales from advertising their affiliate links etc, then everyone is a winner. Now everyone can earn as a free member, and as the sales increase so the income will bring back 100% profit

This is the way to succeed with SFI - just remember its an affiliate program and that means you have to sell the products and you will do just fine

By: Jason Fulton

Jason Fulton — Fri, 16 May 2008 05:12:55 +0000

I have been with SFI since February ‘08 , it is part of 5 programs that have been built into 1. I have over 60 referrals and thats without advertising SFI heavily.
It’s a slow burner program that will make you money over time. I make more money in the other 4 programs but SFI brings in a nice monthly check. I hope to build on it.

By: JACOB TAYLOR

JACOB TAYLOR — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 02:29:01 +0000

I never make anything..I don’t understand what I’m doing wrong…I spend the time, I don’t spend the money..All I want is to make a little bit so I can parlet it into paid advertising and get a pretty decent second Income..I’m not looking to get rich just get by…I feel like SFI and everyone else just lies

By: Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 00:46:45 +0000

Hi Matt, I've been with SFI for almost three years now and have seen a lot of growth with them. At first I held off but after a couple of months I decided to go EA and it has been pretty decent.

I don't make a lot with them but I do get a fairly decent check from them each month now.

I believe you have to constantly keep growing your business to see any decnt returns.

By: Matt Jones

Matt Jones — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 12:43:32 +0000

Yes they seem to be going strong. How much did you make with them?