dmhinman

I personally think Commission Blueprint was over hyped on Clickbank. Also i'm interested in checking out Blueprint as well. Good Luck.

mikecowles

CB is the real deal and doesn't hold anything back, but some of the technical stuff is a little "hairy". However, even if you don't do 'everything' he teaches, you will still be ahead of 90% of the marketers out there and can make a lot of money.

I highly recommend it.

~Mike Cowles. <><

nursehoney

Thanks for your kind words...and as for the rest of your comment...I couldn't have said it better myself!

Black Hat Cat

There's a forum? I must have missed that email, because I haven't received anything about any forum? Can you tell me how I might find this forum?

As for support, it's just fine. Some folks are simply looking for a reason to refund.

mick535

I purchased Niche Blueprint and just received the store software. It is nothing more than CRE Loaded, but that is a pretty damn good software product and I expect, the main reason why Niche Blueprint cost $497.

I consider myself to be pretty savvy with marketing and so far I haven't learned anything I didn't already know. I use most of the market research stuff already, in fact I was one of the few who was able to pickup Market Samurai for $67 (a definite steal). I am really interested in the traffic generation "secret" they plan on releasing. I am hoping it is not just more of what I already do, which is monetizing niche keywords and pumping those keywords in articles, web 2.0 sites, and forums to gain top ranking, but I can't see it being anything else.

We'll see.

Steve Brown

This looks like something of value. Something that can really turn the tide when it comes to income. Not as passive as I want but definitely something that makes money.
A $500 is typical, and with a money back guarantee, makes it feasible, but I agree. in this economy a $250 tag would probably do better, if not serve better.

mick535

That is why I am on the edge of whether I will ask for a refund for this product. Good info, but not great, if you know what I mean.

As a system with a step by step process, this is great, but as far as earth shattering info, not so much. Good product, but not a $497 great product.

As I said in my previous post, I think most of the product cost is probably associated with the store software they give you.

jficarro

I'm not sure, but I think the sales page is gone - or else they aren't adding new memberships at the moment. The reason I say this is because I didn't find out about the product until one/two days after the cut off and couldn't get it. I am now on a waiting list at hunnynurses site for when they start adding new members. That's why I keep checking the feedback here

Focused Action

I believe the product has incredible value IF your plan was to create a stream of income by building one or maybe multiple eCommerce Stores. The program is not even complete yet. The course is taught via videos that you can watch multiple times, supported by printed material, there is an active and very supported private forum, software, dropshipper database and if you want - the business model is very conducive to outsourcing each aspect of running the business.

Please, if anybody has a link to a product that all I do is pay for it, go to sleep and then deposits are mysteriously made to my bank account, PLEASE post in the forum, that would be awesome!! For now, I am left to massive action to create multiple streams of income from several internet biz models.

Riz

Hi nursehoney,

Do u have any idea when the Niche Blueprint course will be available again?

I missed the original release.

Thanks in advance.

Baal

elliec

I have purchased NB and although I am only in Modules 3 and 4 at the moment I have found it a solid program with good support and a very clear process in teaching. They also seem prepared to react - ie) when people were confused about Market Samurai (Steve didn't clearly explain the steps or maybe was a bit too fast) they produced a real simple step-by-step series of tutorials. As for a course to teach you a new business model, how can anyone complain about $497? - could you learn another type of offline business with an investment of $497. My only regret is that I jumped too fast and didn't look for someone offering a rebate! Lesson learned.

I agree that it is a business model that must suit you but for me I am trying affiliate marketing, information products and now I'll give ecommerce a go....I reckon at the end of the day one or all will make money for me and give me the freeedom I crave! So far I have learned loads from the products I have invested in and hope I am focused enough and smart enough to take the best and make it all work. WF is also an awesome source for information and good offers to compliment and grow your business. Tonight NB has a live Q&A - can't wait.

yaz8888

Great information.. I saw the videos and I'm still on the fence

steved333

Never heard of either program. I've made some money with a lot of Russell Brunson's stuff like Dot Com Secrets and Second Tier, but I'm always open to make more dough!

affhelper

Does anyone know when are they going to payout JVs
for the commissions??

1nternetMarketer

I bought CB and Steve was very good in replying to emails. He also seems to be a nice guy in the videos. As far as Niche Blueprint is concerned, I understand it's just another course that teaches you how to choose a niche, build a website, etc, etc. But they offer a membership which gives you access to wholesale products that you can sell.

mick535

You are absolutely right. But, if you realize that you will not use the system after you learn about it. Then......

schnisz

As a you internet marketer, I purchased Niche Blueprint and I have to tell you I feel I have already learned a ton about IM especially the SEO stuff. I am taking it a little slower to make sure I understand everything but plan on launching my first E site within a week.

BrentHodgson

I haven't had a chance to look into the content yet myself - but there are certainly a lot of Market Samurai users doing the course, and their feedback is certainly positive.

molsted

I've bought it and gone through it. Pretty good stuff. Most of the SEO stuff is pretty basic but the whole process of finding dropshippers, the software to set up and automate the ecommerce sites etc is just awesome. Haven't contacted support yet or ran into any technical issues yet so cannot comment on that one, but the product it self is really good IMO.

Best
Maritn Mölsted

mick535

I've now made it through the final module in Niche Blueprint. The material from beginning to end has been first class. In fact, when these guys found they needed to educate the Niche Blueprint owners on Market Research some more, they made more videos.

The customer support area has been fast in answering my questions and it seems like a first rate gig.

I was fairly skeptical at one point, but now that I have 2 stores setup and running I am finally getting into the groove with this thing. I am actually having my wife do everything since I have too many things going on with my PPC campaigns and other sites.

We are working the SEO program and I am actually using some of the tips and tricks mentioned to help some of my other sites out too. Nothing ground breaking SEO wise for a seasoned marketer, but it is great stuff for someone starting out.

I am looking forward to seeing if we can climb into the top spots with our chosen keyword sites, and the traffic that results from it.

Danny Keegan

The course is well layed out, easy to follow and I've actually really enjoyed doing it.

Just hope I've gone with the right niche!

mattb348

I have purchased this course as well. I have been through all of the modules now; it definitely seemed like good material, and I have asked them TONS of questions (probably to the point where they are ready to shoot me) and they have always been good about answering them.

One gripe is that I wasted alot of time chasing keywords with inaccurate search counts due to a bug within the stupid google keyword tool (not niche blueprint or market samurai's fualt though).

I have found a handful of niches that have good potential (assuming that I can be competitive pricing wise, in those niches, which sometimes isn't so easy), but I'm I haven't started the SEO phase for them yet.

I would be further along probably, but I wasted ALOT of time pursuing some niches that turned out to be flawed (not to mention I wasted a TON of time setting up a niche store around a keyword phrase that literally turned out to be WORTHLESS, thanks to the google adwords tool being a POS (in some cases).

Skeptical about the google tool being screwy? Here is the keyword that I wasted a TON of time on for nothing: "radio controlled boats"

Want to put it to the test? go to the google keyword tool, and put it in, then set it to phrase match (that is what market samurai uses). Now, you also have to set it to get results from the WHOLE world, not just the US. (where it says: "Results are tailored to English, United States", you need to click edit, then set it to "all countries and territories"). This is where the bug lies; market samurai gets its search count from (obviously) the google keyword tool, but also, it is set to get the search count based on results from the whole world, not just the US.

So anyways, once it is set to the "all countries and territories", click on "get keyword ideas", and it will give you new search results/counts. Notice how the search count for the term "radio controlled boats" is 301,000. Now, set it back to "english, united states" again, and hit "get keyword ideas". Now you will notice that the search count has gone from 301,000, to 3,600.

Wow, I guess ALOT of people in the english speaking countries, like Canada and UK, are seeking radio controlled boats (yea, RIGHT, check some other keywords and see how much the results vary between US and the whole world).

I guess I should have known this was too good to be true, since there is hardly ANY competition for this phrase (I can see why, though), and the search count was insanely high. Also, even the market samurai tech support said that this keyword was bugged, and they also said it was the first time they have ever seen it happen; just my damn luck. And the funny part is I even wasted time on OTHER bugged keywords like this (only like 2 or 3 though,and I DID end up with ALOT of very nice keywords for my efforts, that were NOT bugged).

I can say this though, I had a gut feeling that I was wasting my time on a bugged keyword, but niche blueprint teaches to just trust and go with the data that market samurai spits out (which is 100% based on the google keyword tool). I guess I don't blame them for this though, since really, almost everyone that thinks that market samurai is wrong, really just did something wrong on THEIR end, or forgot to do something, or had the settings wrong, or tried to compare it with data from another source other than google (which NEVER ends up in lining up right), and so on...

Lastly, the only other part I am struggling with now is SEO, and finding blogs with decent pagerank to post links in, that DON'T have "do not follow" enabled; I have spent SOOO much time seeking these blogs out, with not much to show for it. I have had a little better luck with the forums though, but I can't help but feel like a spammer to some extent, even if I AM contributing to the forums, and having real conversations, etc. But as far as the "comments" to the blogs goes, I 100% feel like a spammer when "commenting", and posting my (back) links there

I never knew "SEO" was so similar to spamming. (I didn't know the first thing about SEO until I tried niche blueprint though). But owell, I'll deal with it; I am DAMN determined to make this work, especially after losing a good, profitable business (PPC) due to major family issues forcing me to neglect it.

But anyways, bottom line is, this seems like a good product, and does seem worth the $500 price tag, and I'm sure that anyone that puts the effort in will probably have success. Hopefully they don't have luck as bad as mine with the keyword/google issue though; if they do, and they waste as much time as I did for nothing, then I feel pretty damn bad for them! But that isn't anyone's fault other than the stupid google tool's!

Please let me know your thoughts guys, and also, did any other niche blueprint customer have this keyword issue? (and I bet alot of you will be checking on your keywords that seem too good to be true now, heh heh)

Amanda_Davis

It's releasing again in a few months. No firm date yet though.

gates17

I am a PROUD OWNER of Niche Blueprint. I have built my site and have been going by the Link Plan in the modules. I am not here to promote my site, Please take a look and see the results of NB. I have less than 15 posts so here is my try - bluedotdiapersbags (com)The way they give advise on SEO, does seem to be time consuming but the cost is nothing- for blogs, forums and web directory. For the ones that know Steve and Tim, now the Brothers, you are in for a treat.
Yea- the price was $497, but the "system" of building your store is invaluable. I have tried many other products but this is the first one to promote real products (manufactured/ drop shippers) not the old Clickbank ways. And programs that only the GURUS have success at.
One last word- If you do have the opportunity to invest - DO IT!!!
Scot

jficarro

Scot ? (is that spelled right)
I think you mean "bluedotdiaperbags (com). I just wrote a long post about how your site was an ad site - until I realized that you inadvertantly added an s after "diaper".
Now, assuming that I have the correct URL - your site is pretty cool!
Do you mind revealing what kind of mark up you are putting on the products?
My biggest concern with the program is the ability of the drop shippers to give us low enough prices to be competetive in the cut throat world of retail (especially ecommerce). It's hard to compete with some of the big name ecommerce sites for regular (non niche) things such as TVs, etc.
James

mattb348

His site is bluedotdiaperbags (com) (yes, there is no "S" after the word "diaper").

And to answer your question about the pricing that you get from drop shipping wholesalers, well, the prices are definitely low enough to make a profit, otherwise there would literally not even BE a niche blueprint (OR a site selling train horns, sewing machines, or bird cages, etc.).

You are right, the whole trick is to not even TRY to sell the items that the big retail stores carry (for the most part). A general rule of thumb that I always follow is: don't even bother with 'entertainment' type electronics, such as dvd's, dvd players, ipods, tv's, and so on. The profit margin is way to small, and its way, way too competitive.

Also, this is why before you even build a store, you are supposed to check out your compeition, and make sure that you can even make a profit and still compete with them.

Also, alot of products have "MAP" prices, which means that EVERYONE has to (or atleast is SUPPOSED TO) sell them for a certain price, or higher (but not lower). MAP stands for "minimum advertised price". So when products have MAP pricing, assuming that the people selling the products actually follow the damn rules, then you will always be able to make a decent profit selling those items. But unfortunetly, there always seems to be a good amount of morons selling for under the MAP prices, depending on what the product is (although the big stores like walmart.com etc. wont do this, becuase they don't want to risk their rep.).

mattb348

Hi there, and thanks for the post. But the first thing that I would DEFINITELY do, atleast if I was you, would be to DELETE the post.

You are letting everyone see your niche idea, and I'm sure that alot of people are tempted to try and copy your diaper bag idea (the thought crossed MY mind, actually :P)

Seriously though, you NEVER want to reveal your niche ideas; people will definitely try and copy you. I myself wont copy your idea, but I was definitely tempted to; that is the name of the game in online marketing, but I can't bring myself to do it this time, not in THIS case

Thanks for sharing your info with us though, but again, I'd delete (or edit out that part) your post.

As for us "seeing" the results of your niche blueprint store, well, it is a pretty good looking store, and seems like a pretty good idea, but we can't really "See" ANTHING, unless you show us how many sales you have made with the site

Note to everyone: if I do find success with niche blueprint, I will certainly let you guys know, and I will be DETAILED about it, too. But keep in mind that it will be a very cold day in hell before I reveal what the niche is

TipTopMarketer

I bought Commission Blueprint for $97 when they first released it and I can say it's definitely one of the better products out there because everything is explained in so much detail. It took 2-3 days to watch everything and let it sink in. I'm sure Niche Blueprint will be just as good, if not better, if anyone has got this product share a YouTube video link or review!

Thanks!

eglobalbrad

I'm really liking Niche Blueprint. I'm very pleased with everything about it and I'm well on my way getting another site up and running. I bought through Michael Rasmussen's bonuses and they were well worth the $495 in and of themselves. Commission Blueprint was a part of Michael's bonuses and I haven't had time to go through them all yet, but I will.

molsted

You won't find much more action based all-in-one training anywhere else. These guys simply rock. They give you everything from complete training, the software, the supplier directory, the link building membership.....

CB rocks as well. These guys overdeliver big time!

Best
Martin Mölsted

mattb348

Hmmmm after a little spying on some of the other niche blueprint customers, I have already found someone else that fell prey to the bugged keyword issue. I feel really bad for the guy that owns: digitalcameraslensesonline (dot com)

And uses "digital cameras lenses" and "photography camera lenses" as his keyword phrases. Try running those keywords through the google keyword tool and see what you end up with (if you use the methods I mentioned above, heh).

Also, for "photography camera lenses", if you put that into the google keyword tool, then switch back and forth between "broad" and "phrase" match, you will notice that the search count does not change; this is a side effect of the keyword bug that sometimes occurs when the keyword wacked out search count (although this isn't always the case, just sometimes).

BTW the easiest way to tell if a keyword is having this issue, is if it seems to good to be true, and also, if it is a phrase that doesn't seem like it would have a high search count (IE: "digital cameras lenses" just sounds weird, yet google says that is gets 368,000 searches/month, which is way more than "slr camera lenses", which happens to be a MUCH more logical keyword).

Hopefully the owner of that site reads this post.

And hopefully anyone else that is a nicheblueprint customer reads this post, as it may save you a LOT of wasted time chasing afer a bogus keyword.

Shevd

Hi Baal and for others who asked

The Niche Blueprint System will be relaunching on the 16th of March

abracadabra

Now I don't know much about internet marketing yet, but I did purchase NB and I would like to point out a few things. The information was top quality. The presentation was also great. To be honest, I have a bit of a crush on Steve and Dave from watching the videos.

And.

It's important to know that they are releasing it to far far too many people. I found an amazing niche. And so did 7-9 other people in the NB program. They claim that there are millions of niches, but there are not that many that fit their requirements, and there's no way to tell who else is using the same kw as you until your store is up and their store is up.

Before they re-release the product, they need to find a way to let the customers know whether or not they'll be competing against each other. I wouldn't have chosen this niche if I knew others in the same program were going to be in it. It's a little lame to find out now, after I've spent hours building links and setting up my store! And, I'm ahead of the game! My competitors probably won't find out about me until we're all on the first page of Google!

Now, I purchased the product because on their sales page, it promised that they were only giving out 57 copies. Today on Google I found 455 sites that were cached and contained an as-of-yet unedited version of the NB site software. There is probably at least double that have already edited their site and more who haven't even loaded the software yet. So unless everyone of the 57 people that purchased has made more than 20 stores already (very highly unlikely), well, you know what...

Frankly, I won't be asking for a return, because they did completely over deliver on the content. My issue is that they also over delivered their product.

jficarro

Thanks for your candor. I wouldn't quit your niche because of a little competition though. Your site might be better, the competition might give up, or not deliver the same customer care, etc. Maybe you'll turn out to be a better marketer in the end and make more money.
I don't remember them promising to sell to 57 people only - I thought the number was 1000. (I could be mistaken - but I remember crunching the numbers, thinking about how much they were going to make

mattb348

I seriously think that you just had some really bad luck with the other 7 people being in your niche.

I have to ask though, did you go with one of the ideas that was already talked about at somepoint in niche blueprint (IE: bird cages, train horns, or sewing machines)??

I haven't noticed anyone else in any of the niches that I have come up with; I think the odds of that are fairly low; there really is A LOT of niches out there, trust me.

By the way, did you see my post(s) about certain keywords being bugged, and seeming to be "amazing"??? If you niche is pretty "amazing", then you may want to seek out my posts on bugged keywords, and put your keyword(s) to the test. That would be kind of funny (well, not really), if you and 7 other people were all building a store around a bugged keyword!

Also, I'm almost sure that they planned on releasing 700 copies of niche blueprint (for the first round), and I think they hit almost that number. I wish it was only 57

Lastly, is there any particular method that you use to search out other niche blueprint members that are using the same niche as you? I'm curious to know if there is an easy way to search for this.

And how did you find out that there is 455 unedited versions of the niche blueprint store cached in google? Are you using some sort of advanced google search to find this out?

abracadabra

Hmm... maybe only 57 left at the time I purchased it? I know I saw some numbers crossed out down to 57 on the sales page and thought that was how many they were releasing.

To answer your questions Matt, I did not go with one of the their suggestions, and, sickly, it was a bugged kw that I was suspicious about from the beginning and have just now learned. Thank you for pointing this out to me. NB needs to notify all customers about this.

Black Hat Cat

There's 6 billion people on this planet, and you're worried about competing with 7-9? I'm pretty sure whatever niche you went into already had a few thousand competitors in it. I don't think 7 more are going to make it unprofitable for everyone.

And while they're at it, maybe they can get me the winning numbers for the next Powerball drawing.

You're kidding, right? Seriously....you do realize you have to compete with whoever is on page one with you, right? You didn't really think you stumbled onto a niche with keywords that you and only you would ever be found for, did you? If you're worried about a little competition, you may as well get a refund, because it ain't going away.

No it didn't, lol. Were you drinking when you purchased?

And? There are hundreds of millions of webpages, and multi-millions of websites, and you're worried about 455?

Too too funny....scarcity mindset at it's finest.

mattb348

"Sickly" is an understatement (about the bugged keyword issue).

I'm very sorry to hear that was the case, and I feel your pain. But my best advice would be to just move on, and forget about it; there are PLENTY of GOOD keywords out there, that are not bugged, so I would just go and seek those out now.

Also, once you find the lesser known keywords with solid stats (IE non bugged search counts), then you are going to be that much ahead of the competition, and probably wont have to worry much about other niche blueprint people invading your niche.

mattb348

You make a couple good points, but you probably made this person feel like crap in the process. Did you have to be so rude about it?

Also, yes, you WILL have to compete with alot of other people, but when you have 7 other niche blueprint members all competing for the same exact keyword phrase, ALL with the intentions of getting on page 1 of google, and ALL with the knowledge and means to do JUST THAT, then yea, I would worry a little. I'm not saying that it means don't even try, but I AM saying that I certainly think that it could be a pretty darn big factor. Also, the 7 other competitors from niche blueprint would all have very similar looking sites and content.

John7447

Mattb348 makes a very good point,if 7 people have same content it would be very bad for all.This means the content they provide is not worth much,the tools my be and ideas could be worth the price by themselves.

efrontiers

Hi John34, can I inquire where did you get your NB at such price? I missed the launch and hopes to get it when it reopens.

Ronbra

I think it will be open again somewhere in march

Baystreet

March 16th

sdcindy

I agree with you abracadabra. I also picked a niche based on a keyword combination where I have half a dozen other Niche Blueprint folks competing with me all using the same tools to get ranked on Google. And now I am seeing tons of Niche Blueprint sites out there - some good and some not so good. However the software is really good and I learned a lot so I do think it was worth the $497.

Cindy

ire

Hi, do we have any success stories with this method, other than the ones used with the initial promotion?

or

do we have any up to date reports from users? all views are appreciated at this stage.

Thanks, Ire.

remetiffy

I have informed it will be $497

malcasid

Wasn't it previously $399? Are there any upsells?

Shevd

The price of Niche Blueprint this time is $497, which is what niche blueprint was originally priced at. i.e the price has stayed the same

Amanda_Davis

Yes, it's always been $497 unless you're a Commission Blueprint customer (don't know if that discount is available this time though)

Suzie Q

Are there any Super Niche Blueprint Affiliates in here, who would offer a very anxious to learn newbie a $200.00 discount?