Is Wealthy Affiliate For College Students?

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Is Wealthy Affiliate for College Students“Is Wealthy Affiliate for college students?

I'm still studying at college and I don't have any experience in blogging or making money online, can Wealthy Affiliate show me how?”

I get asked this question (or variants of it) A LOT.

My answer?

Wealthy Affiliate is perfect for college students – yes it's possible for you to learn how to make real money online and yes, Wealthy Affiliate is the best place to do it!

In fact, Wealthy Affiliate was launched in 2005 by two Canadian college students called Kyle and Carson who set the ambitious goal of becoming internet millionaires (they've long-since made this goal a reality).

We're talking about Wealthy Affiliate, an online training centre and community teaching college students to retired pensioners how to succeed and profit from internet marketing and online business.

What we'll cover in this post:

  • Why I wish I had started Wealthy Affiliate when I was at college
  • 7 reasons why Wealthy Affiliate is perfect for college students
  • What you'll learn at Wealthy Affiliate
  • How you can get started for free

Why I wish I had started Wealthy Affiliate when I was at college

is wealthy affiliate for college studentsHi I'm Simon and yes, I'm the dork on the sofa.

I've been making serious money online since 2014.

I started at Wealthy Affiliate when I was 29 and I wish I'd have found it earlier.

Who knows where I could be now if someone had told me there was a real way to earn money online sooner.

It would have stopped me falling for the many online scams out there. It would have saved me from 10 tedious years working in call centres.

I thank God I finally found Wealthy Affiliate at a time when I was willing to actually do something with it.

You see, there's no point in taking a training course in whatever subject if you're not willing to apply what you're learning.

Results only come after application.

You only reap the rewards after taking massive action.

You see, I grew up in the UK but dreamed about living and volunteering in Thailand ever since I was a teenager.

If I had the money I would have been out there at 18, but instead had to go out for 6 months, come back and work, go out for another 6 months, come back and work… not a fun way to go about it!

Finally, at 29 years old after discovering Wealthy Affiliate and building a passive online income, I moved out to Thailand permanently.

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I'm the happy white guy.

Today I work as a Christian missionary in the slums and housing projects around Thailand and south-east Asia and I love it. I've given up the call centre headset for the best job in the world – and it's all thanks to Wealthy Affiliate!

You can read about my personal journey and other Wealthy Affiliate success stories here.

And guess what? I started life out at Wealthy Affiliate as a complete newbie. I never made a website before.

I never made a single sale online before.

Heck, I didn't even know what affiliate marketing was or how the process of making money online worked.

The whole purpose of Wealthy Affiliate is to give every day people with no clue about online business all the training and right know-how, easy to use tools that do the job and community support so that we have everything we need to build a successful online business from the ground up.

Here's a quick video explaining what Wealthy Affiliate can do for you:

How to join Wealthy Affiliate for free

7 reasons why Wealthy Affiliate is perfect for college students

According to Entrepreneur.com, one of the best times to start an online company is when you're studying at college. I mean, that's how Facebook was started right?

In case you're still not convinced, here are my 7 reasons why Wealthy Affiliate is perfect for college students.

1. It's a great way to support yourself through college and university studies

When you're faced with outrageous tuition and expensive textbooks, setting up an online income stream for yourself will help you fund yourself through college and university.

While Wealthy Affiliate isn't a get-rich-quick scheme, (See: How long does it take to make money with Wealthy Affiliate?) by starting now you could be making steady and growing commissions in the next couple of months.

Building an online is the smart way to fund yourself through college because after you put in the work upfront it's semi-passive and it just keeps on growing.

It's tons better than working a job at Pizza Hut like I did through college! It's setting yourself financially long-term and it's a smarter way to support yourself through college than riding a moped around delivery pizzas!

2. Very little investment required

With Wealthy Affiliate's Starter membership you can start for free – you can get access to the Online Entrepreneur Certfication Course (Level One) and build 2 free websites with free domains and hosting on their SiteRubix website builder platform without ever paying a dime.

If you've got that entrepreneurial flair, online business is the smart way to go.

Forget the conventional business model of the industrial age with the high employee costs, office rental expenses and expensive business loans before you even open up for business.

Setting up an online business not only means you're open 24/7, but you can reach a global marketplace.

Not only that, because the Wealthy Affiliate Premium membership includes everything you need to start earning commissions, you'll only need to invest $49 a month plus about $12 a year for a domain name.

(First month is $19, see: Wealthy Affiliate discounts)

This includes hosting for up to 50 websites, full and unlimited access to the online community, keyword research tools, endless support, advice and training.

Receive a world-class education and training, state of the art online business building tools and 24/7 support for about a $1 a day. That's phenomenal!

See: Differences between Starter and Premium memberships or read my full Wealthy Affiliate review for answers to FAQ's.

3. You've got an advantage of less-savvy older members

The fact you're a college student means I can safely assume you're a millennial; born on after the year 2000.

This means, unlike the older Wealthy Affiliates who had to learn from the ground up, you've already got a strong head start.

You already know how the different social media platforms work, you've probably already bought a product online through Amazon or some other online store.

This gives you a HUGE advantage, not only because you're more tech-savvy, but because you're starting earlier, you don't have to waste your time working for someone else.

[alert-note]Why climb the ladder when you can OWN the ladder?

– Robert Kiyosaki[/alert-note]

4. The skills and knowledge you acquire here will set you up for life.

Here's a quick look at the stats showing the number of people online since 1995. What will this graph look like in the next 20 years??

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We've already talked about leaving the industrial age and the old way of doing business behind. We are well and truly in the information age and the sooner you start the better you'll be.

As strange as it sounds, most of your fellow students are still clinging onto the old way of doing things then they can't understand why they can't get a job after they graduate or why they can't put their trust in getting a pension. These are the hangovers of a bygone age.

Whether you're looking to build an online business for the future or to sell it, once you learn how to start your first affiliate website, you can repeat the process as many times as you like and build as many income streams for yourself as you like.

5. You can work anywhere, anytime

Thanks to the wonderful virtual world that's changing the way we buy and sell, interact and do business, if I want to work from home today or fancy taking a stroll down to my local coffee shop I can.

Heck, here in Thailand I could drive my motorcycle 10 minutes to the port and catch a 45 boat ride to the nearest Thai island if I wanted to.

OK I probably wouldn't because the WiFi is terrible and I don’t want to get sand in my keyboard, but the point is I could if I wanted to! 🙂

You could take this a step further and start a travel blog to fund your global adventures. Wealthy Affiliate will teach you the give you the skills and training you need to work remotely anywhere. The internet makes everything possible.

I started my first website in an upstairs bedroom at my mum’s house in a small village in the north of England. Now I’m writing this from my very own condo in Sriracha, Thailand. I’m no longer bound by geography.

6. You put the work in once and get paid time and time again

With a conventional 9-5 job when you work making other people rich. You work 8 hours a day and get paid for those 8 hours. That's it.

If you want to get paid more you'll have to work more.

Running an online business makes you time-rich. You invest the time in crafting a blog post or shooting YouTube video, publish it online to a global audience and you've got yourself a passive way to earn commissions time and time again from the work you did just once.

This has got to be my favourite thing about online business! It's the type of work – time ratio that I like. Your online business, once set up, works for you around the clock and you can earn commissions while you sit in class or enjoy yourself at the student bar.

[alert-note]“Being rich is having money; being wealthy is having time.”

― Stephen Swid[/alert-note]

7. Share your expertise

You don't have to be a marketing major to benefit from the Wealthy Affiliate training.

Whether you're studying for a degree in biochemistry, French or virtually any other subject, by applying the affiliate marketing model Wealthy Affiliate teach you, you can start a website based around any topic of interest or expertise and make money.

By writing about what you're interested in, help your readers find solutions to questions they're asking and make recommendations on relevant products and/or services that will help them and make you a commission at the same time.

It's a complete win-win.

Inside Wealthy Affiliate are hundreds of college students already doing exactly this and you can do the same.

What you'll learn at Wealthy Affiliate

As soon as you complete account set up you'll start putting the building blocks of your online business in place.

Specifically put together for beginners, you'll find the courses are nothing like the long boring lectures you have to sit in week in and week out.

Every video lesson and tutorial is interactive and task based meaning you earn as you learn.

Here's a quick overview of what the Online Certification course covers:

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There are also weekly classes every Friday with live Q & A, Live Chat areas and comment areas so you can get immediate answers from internet marketing experts who are more than happy to help you out.

Here's a walkthrough video showing you the different training classrooms and ways you can interact with the Wealthy Affiliate community:

How you can get started today for free

I hope I've given you a glimpse into why Wealthy Affiliate is perfect for college students. In fact, I think your time at college is the best time to start your awesome online adventure!

The best part?

You can join Wealthy Affiliate for free!

This gets your foot in the door so you can interact with the Wealthy Affiliate community, gives you time to go through the first training course and get your first website business up and running with only your name and email needed for instant access.

Need a step by step?

No problem!

See: How to join Wealthy Affiliate in 5 simple steps

One last piece of advice

To maximise your online success really apply yourself to the training and don't skip a lesson before completing every actionable task.

Also, you'll find everyone inside the member's area super helpful and friendly so don't hesitate to reach out and ask if you're unsure about anything along the way.

Today marks the first step on your exciting online business journey! Great times ahead!

How to join Wealthy Affiliate for free

See you on the inside!

Have you got any questions about learning at Wealthy Affiliate? Ask in the comments below and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.

Are you a college student already enrolled at Wealthy Affiliate? I'd love to hear from you. Share your experiences below! 🙂

15 thoughts on “Is Wealthy Affiliate For College Students?”

  1. You mentioned that it has a hosting. I have a couple of questions about that. First of all is it fast? And secondly, I have a lot of problems with my current hosting provider. For example, I have spams all the time and it does not protect the sites well. How is this platform about these?

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  2. Hey i really enjoyed this article, your success was very inspirational too. Wealthy Affiliate is good for about anyone that does not have any experience. I did not know that much about making money online either and i have learned so much from Wealthy Affiliate and i still got a lot to learn. Must have hard work and determination and know what you want to accomplish.

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  3. A few days ago I found your blog and already wrote a comment on it. I was asking details about your WA recommendation and your reply convinced me to give it a try.
    Currently just finished the free trial but still able to work on my free website (that’s great, learn and practice without spending any money). Almost sure I’ll upgrade to premium soon.
    Now back to read more post in your blog and found this one. I absolutely agree that I wished to find Wealthy Affiliate while I was a University student, it had saved me a lot of wasted time on boring jobs.

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    • You’ve started now and that’s the main thing Carlos! Ever heard the saying: “The best time to plant a tree is yesterday, the second best time is now.”? 🙂

      As we talked about before, you can take your business up a notch with the Premium membership but only when you’re ready to. No pressure!

      Take a look at The differences between Starter and Premium memberships at Wealthy Affiliate

      Glad you’re enjoying the training and it sounds like you’ve made solid progress already. I couldn’t be happier for you and if you ever need a hand with anything please let me know.

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  4. Great review of Wealthy Affiliate. I agree that Wealthy Affiliate is for students, in fact it can be for anybody who wants to earn a passive income. I am glad you have managed to find a way out of 10 years in a call centre and are now doing what you want. Well done!

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  5. Hey, first of all thanks for this great, interesting and very informative article on Wealthy affiliate. I myself am a college student and have been using wealthy affiliate for many weeks now. I completely agree with you. I can’t really find anything speaking against college students using wealthy affiliate. I have not earned any money with them yet but I know I it’s just a matter of time, I have created an awesome website and am enjoying the membership very much.

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    • Hey! That’s great to hear and thanks for sharing.

      Stick with the training and you’ll start reaping the rewards for your efforts very soon! 

      Let me know if there’s anything I can help with, anything at all. To your success!

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  6. Before I even got to the section where you say you wish you would have known about Wealthy Affiliate when you were in college, I was thinking I wish I had a time machine and I could go back and tell my college self to get started on it.

    How great would it be if I would have started several years ago? Of course I don’t know if the opportunity would have been as great with people not buying as much online back then, and less people on the internet. Still it’s interesting to wonder where I’d be if I’d started earlier.

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    • I hear ya Dustin, me too! But at least you’re doing it now and you’ve already got a head start on others who have yet to start! 🙂 

      When it comes to affiliate marketing for college students, Wealthy Affiliate is the best place to learn about affiliate marketing – it’ll show you how to forget about the old concepts of reitrement and saving for the future and give you a way to live the life you want.

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  7. Hi Simon,

    I’m a Wealthy Affiliate member. Wealthy Affiliate is like a college course for making money online. If you can read, write, follow directions and be patient with the course, you will be making money in no time at all. Best of all, you’ll be making money way before you would earn a 4 year degree. I forgot to mention, you will not be in debt either. I wish more young people would take an interest in Affiliate Marketing. They don’t know what they’re missing. THERE’S NO BETTER WAY TO MAKE MONEY!

    Jack

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    • Jack I really could not have put it better myself! 

      It’s way cheaper than a degree, way more useful in the real world and give you real skills you can use to make money – you gotta love online business right? 🙂

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  8. What a breath of fresh air! Someone actually said how much he made and how long it took him to do it. At first I was skeptical if a college student had the time to devote to an online business and would he/she be gone before the business started paying its own bills.

    You laid it out straight that this is not sign up, plunk down some cash, go to bed, wake up rich. This is will help many of us know exactly what’s involved. Like anything else worth having, it takes hard work…..initially.

    Thanks for your story and your work abroad.

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    • Thanks Warren, I always think it’s better to say it exactly how to is so anyone considering joining Wealthy Affiliate can know exactly what they’re getting into. My unofficial slogan here is “Do the work, live the life!

      You have to work hard but you do it because it’s worth it. Thanks, I love what I do and I love the volunteer work I’m doing here in Thailand – I do it because I want to, unlike most people who spend their days doing hat they have to just to get by – I’m not bragging, Wealthy Affiliate can show anyone how to do this!

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