Niche Blueprint

newventures · 01-03-2009, 11:47 AM

Just heard the guys from Commission Blueprint are now coming out with Niche Blueprint.
I did not purchase CB and am curious about the reputation of these guys and if the product will really help IM'ers of all stages.
Any CB purchasers care to comment??

winebuddy · 01-03-2009, 12:09 PM

I bought the first one and it's a very good product with a lot of strategic info on setting up adwords campaings, using tracking, and getting your Q score very high and CPC down.

This one will probably be a good one too but it appears as if it might be focused on setting up sales sites for products like birdcages :-)

nursehoney · 01-04-2009, 09:39 PM

I can tell you Niche Blueprint is every bit the caliber Commission Blueprint is. I've seen parts of it already, and more importantly, I've seen firsthand the end results the methods taught produce in terms of sales and income.

I know the guys who created Commission Blueprint as well as the brothers they joined forces with to produce Niche Blueprint and I can promise you, it'll change your life. It's already changed mine!

@winebuddy - just a quick shout out from a displaced Alabama girl...took a wrong turn somewhere and wound up in south Texas. It may be south, but it sure ain't Southern! LOL!

Honey

InternetMoneyStream · 01-04-2009, 09:43 PM

CB was a good product, however i wasn't crazy about how focused it was on ClickBank. Although the methods for the ad tracking are good and can be applied to any type of PPC campaign i would expect this release to be useful as well.

veotis · 01-04-2009, 10:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nursehoney

I can tell you Niche Blueprint is every bit the caliber Commission Blueprint is. I've seen parts of it already, and more importantly, I've seen firsthand the end results the methods taught produce in terms of sales and income.

I know the guys who created Commission Blueprint as well as the brothers they joined forces with to produce Niche Blueprint and I can promise you, it'll change your life. It's already changed mine!

@winebuddy - just a quick shout out from a displaced Alabama girl...took a wrong turn somewhere and wound up in south Texas. It may be south, but it sure ain't Southern! LOL!

Honey

Hey Honey,

You might want to check the links in your sig, they aren't going anywhere.

nursehoney · 01-04-2009, 11:03 PM

Thanks for the heads up about my links...but they seem to be working just fine for me.

Adam Jackson · 01-04-2009, 11:10 PM

The links are working for me as well.

madison_avenue · 01-05-2009, 02:20 PM

As far as I can tell this seems to be some sort of ecommerce site platform (almost pseudo drop shipping), with "affiliates" developing sites to sell physical products, which are supplied and delivered by off line companies. perhaps others could elaborate upon this?

jbpico · 01-05-2009, 05:04 PM

CB was the first IM product I purchased and I thought it was great. I'll be keeping an eye on this thread once it comes out to get ppl's thoughts. I like what I hear so far

Shevd · 01-05-2009, 07:02 PM

The level of detail and the step by step nature of the course makes it a great product and having purchased their previous product. Im sure it will be a winner.

Amfire · 01-06-2009, 11:20 AM

When Niche Blueprint go live?

Adam Jackson · 01-06-2009, 05:12 PM

On the 12th.

veotis · 01-06-2009, 10:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nursehoney

Thanks for the heads up about my links...but they seem to be working just fine for me.

They are now, but weren't earlier.....

Amfire · 01-07-2009, 03:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Adam Jackson

On the 12th.

Adam, Thanks, will have a watch on it,

jawai · 01-07-2009, 07:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nursehoney

I can tell you Niche Blueprint is every bit the caliber Commission Blueprint is. I've seen parts of it already, and more importantly, I've seen firsthand the end results the methods taught produce in terms of sales and income.

I know the guys who created Commission Blueprint as well as the brothers they joined forces with to produce Niche Blueprint and I can promise you, it'll change your life. It's already changed mine!

@winebuddy - just a quick shout out from a displaced Alabama girl...took a wrong turn somewhere and wound up in south Texas. It may be south, but it sure ain't Southern! LOL!

Honey

Hi Honey,

Do you already have this course?

Course opens Jan 12th from what i have read but..

Below is what you said in your pdf.

"I‟ve seen it, so I know the quality is top notch. I‟ve experienced the results from the methods outlined in Niche Blueprint, so I know how profitable it is. I‟ve seen the impact it‟s already had on lives, my own included, so I know how powerful it is."

If you already have the course than how many others also have it.I may be wrong but from what you say above it does seem that you have this course and have used it.

rayt · 01-07-2009, 08:39 AM

Wonder if the creators have actually created their own CPA network of product sellers. I hear that's a great way to rake in the dollars.

IMChick · 01-07-2009, 10:40 AM

Any idea how much it launches for?

Nutrifitness · 01-07-2009, 12:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by newventures

Just heard the guys from Commission Blueprint are now coming out with Niche Blueprint.
I did not purchase CB and am curious about the reputation of these guys and if the product will really help IM'ers of all stages.
Any CB purchasers care to comment??

Do you know what the differences are between the two? or are they completely different products?

Johnny O · 01-07-2009, 01:43 PM

If the price isn't too outrageous I do plan on buying this as I've had success with ecommerce and this looks like a convenient way of quickly setting up sites, HOWEVER...

I'm not saying this means anything but the Train Horn site they are using in their new video example is a site that was available on Site Point a while back. I researched this site and niche quite a bit and at a quick glance it doesn't look like the rankings have changed dramatically, and while the design has been upgraded it's not that different either. The site was profitable when it was for sale. i just hope they are not advertising purchased results as a bi product of their system. I tried to respond to their email with this question and got a "fatal error" so that had me kinda bummed because otherwise I like them. Who knows, maybe they owned it when it was for sale, though I do seem to remember that it sold.

I have commission blueprint as well. I'm already a fairly experienced affiliate marketer so there wasn't all that much that was new to me in it, but the program was clear and very detailed and if you were new to making money online, CM would be a great place to start.

jbpico · 01-07-2009, 02:08 PM

Looks like this will be going for about $497....a bit out of my price range right now...we'll see.

This is according to Honey's NB pdf

Johnny O · 01-07-2009, 02:21 PM

Ouch, that is a little too expensive. I was thinking something on par with xsite pro for $197. $497 may scare me away as well.

IMChick · 01-07-2009, 02:27 PM

$497 is too expensive for what it is--how many of their customers will be piling into each niche they release? Have to see more of the actual program, not the sales videos, to determine market dilution and etc. to figure it out.

rayt · 01-07-2009, 09:54 PM

Would you know if it is a one-time fee or does it include monthly membership fees?

Adam Jackson · 01-07-2009, 09:57 PM

One time payment.

ad2012 · 01-08-2009, 02:07 AM

I will try to explain what Niche Blueprint is all about. Nothing held back!

Niche Blueprint is an e-commerce course. It teaches how to build an e-commerce store around a niche market by selling physical products. Laid out in a form of 23 videos and 26 manuals. Basically, niche blueprint will show...

How to research a niche market,
How to find a good domain for the purpose of branding and SEO,
How to find suppliers for your store,
How to setup catalog, shopping cart, payment gateway, and toll-free number, brand logo, and store template,
How to promote online store using free marketing techniques, and shopping portals,
How to manage your store for daily routines,
How to outsource your store,
How to sell your store for quick cash rather than keeping it.

For $497, it also includes e-commerce platform, large selection of online store templates, free hosting for a year, keyword tool, and live coaching via UStream. No upsell or one time offer.

That's what niche blueprint is all about. It's about building and run a profitable online store. You see that e-commerce is a proven business model uses by hundreds companies. So, Niche Blueprint is not for everyone and only for serious person who are ready to build a REAL online business. If your aren't ready to build an online store, you don't have to buy it.

Steven Clayton and Tim Godfrey got helped by the Hermansen brothers. You may have heard about how Dave Hermansen sold a 'bird-cage' store for $173,000.

Here's the proof and it's on the New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/29/te...p.html?_r=2&em

And here's the actual 'train horns' store owned by the Hermansen brothers:
http://www.pbmissions.com/

Look, I will not hide the fact that I'm one of Niche Blueprint JV but I'm not trying to promote Niche Blueprint here. I just one to make this clear so everyone can have the knowledge about Niche Blueprint. I mean, when some gurus launch their new product, you cash is at stake because they're trying to hide the fact. So just read this post carefully and you can skip the sales talk.

As you can see, I'm not trying to hide anything and the fact about Niche Blueprint, it's all laid out here.

rayt · 01-08-2009, 03:26 AM

Good to know there are no upsells. Kind of tired of that stuff.

Would anyone know the price of hosting after one year or whether we can use our own hosting?

So it would seem that with a toll-free number, we'd actually have to be the ones answering queries (or outsourcing that) - yup, sounds like a real business.

madison_avenue · 01-08-2009, 06:24 AM

It looks like you are setting up a fully fledged online store i.e setup catalog, shopping cart, payment gateway, and toll-free number, brand logo, and store template. This is not an easy business there have been a lot of ecommerce sites going through tough times at the moment. If you have to deal with stock and inventory that has a lot of costs. If not it becomes a form of drop shipping with you taking the orders and your supplier fulfilling the order. This can be headache if the supplier sends out wrong or inferior products the customer comeback is on you not the supplier. In the NY times article it said: "The average selling price of Web sites on eBay was $78 last month." It could work if you find a good niche, I will look at it in more detail once it is launched.

Tia010 · 01-08-2009, 06:43 AM

Niche Blueprint is an e-commerce course. It teaches how to build an e-commerce store around a niche market by selling physical products.

Tia010 · 01-08-2009, 06:44 AM

Nice article.Thanks for the information

Amitywill · 01-08-2009, 07:12 AM

There's a few things that come to mind for me about niche blueprint.

First off about the bird cage video that sold for $173k... that website apparantly didn't belong to Steve (niche blueprint creator). It belonged to his friend so these aren't his results.

Secondly from the buzz I have already seen about this product it looks like there are going to be thousands of noobs rushing out to buy it on launch day. When this obviously isn't a product for people new to making money online.

Niche blueprint is a course on setting up an ecommerce store and driving search engine traffic to it.

After you have made a sale you will then have to pay the supplier to ship out the product. From what I have found you will be keeping about 30-35% of the total cost of the sale. So when you watch video 3 and see the $15k monthly screenshots your actual earnings would be around $5k.

But Jonny O said that even the train horn site that is making the $15k per month might not have even been created by Steve as he saw it on sitepoint. This obviously might not be true. But if it is true then it undermines the whole validity of the Niche blueprint course.

I think this could be a good course for experienced people to making money online and for the people who are into ecommerce sites. But for $497 I think the majority of people that will buy it because of the hundreds of emails they will soon be getting will be wasting their money.

I think I need some more proof and information other than just 1 site that may have been bought from sitepoint and 1 birdcage site that didn't belong to them before I consider handing over $497.

Just my thoughts.

ad2012 · 01-08-2009, 02:23 PM

All of the sites belong to the Hermansen brothers. Steven Clayton and Tim Godfrey have teamed up with Mike and Dave Hermansen for this project.

Good points from Amitywill. Building and running an e-commerce can be a pain in the a** and can be tough too. But we have to accept the fact that there's always a good and bad things in every business models.

One of the modules will explain about site flipping so when you're head starting to spin, you can sell your store rather that operating it.

Maybe this is what the Hermansen brothers did to make money. Do some market research, buy or build a store around that niche, optimize it for SEO and to have a good conversion rate, promote it either using free or paid advertising, after the store can make a good amount of income, they will sell it for a big cash. After that, repeat all of these process. This is just my opinion.

They have told me about the 'Sewing Machine' store but I didn't know the URL. And one thing I forgot to mention, there's an additional lesson about finding customers using adwords too from Steven Clayton.

WF4me · 01-08-2009, 04:04 PM

I sure hope people do their due dilligience before buying Niche Blueprint.

The site offered up in video #3 leaves me with a whole lot of questions.

I would love to see the Niche BluePrint Authors comment on the following:

The authors of Niche Blueprint tried unsuccessfully to flip the pbmissions.com website about 6 months ago at Sitepoint.com. The dialogue in the auction listing is really quite interesting. It was stated that the pbmissions.com margin rate is 20%. This means the $15,000 he is bragging about for December sales means about $3,000 profit in his pocket after paying for product costs. Not bad, but certainly not great or outstanding in any way.

As others have stated, running a dropshipping site is NOT hands off. In order to work efficiently, you probably need to have specialized software to track sales and forward customer info to your distributors. You will also have to deal with customer phone calls, credit card processing, out of stock inventory, returns, chargebacks, and a whole host of other issues. Being the middleman in a retail environment has its headaches.

From what I can see, you will NOT receive 800 customer support, or drop shipping management software, or shopping cart software or credit card processing from niche blueprint. Please correct me if I am wrong. Niche Blueprint may tell you how do accomplish this, but executing it may be a whole lot of effort and more overhead. The latest video talks about your cost of outsourcing customer service to the Phillipines, I believe.

Also, the sitepoint auction states specifically that phone service is vital to making a business like this succeed. If you are not willing to front the cost of setting up a customer service rep, or do this job yourself...well your results will vary widely.

As far ranking #1 in google, yes, they are ranked in the top position for a pretty NON COMPETITIVE term. I mean, who even knew there was a market for such an assenine product as train horns. Would you really want to sell a product like this? What's the next niche going to be?

According to the owner's own words at sitepoint, this #1 ranking doesn't take a lot of work in such a small niche. Go read it for yourself. Of course, that was when he was trying to sell the website, not the NicheBlueprint package where he is the SEO expert.

As for SEO, there is no magic voodoo going on here, the site ranks well for a few good reasons, none of which are going to be carried over to you just by buying their blueprint. They are just basic SEO principles.

Those with credit card in hand would be wise to read the Sitepoint Auction Listing for pbmissions.com and do some other research.

Me thinks selling NicheBlueprints at $300 or $400 a pop (or whatever the price will be), is a whole lot easier and more profitable for the authors than selling those beloved train horn kits. Just my humble opinion, and your mileage may certainly vary.

Donnie · 01-08-2009, 05:21 PM

This is bothering me .....

He talks about how easy it is to get terrific workers from the Philippines for about $625/mo. I guess the obvious question is, why do they need me then ? Why not just outsource all the work in setting up the e-commerce sites ? Then, simply flip them after showing nice profits.

There's only one answer I can think of.....

joe0074 · 01-08-2009, 08:18 PM

I think it is not as easy as niche blueprint creator trying to convince us.
Running E-commerce store is a kind of hardwork and you may need to spend more money on hidden cost in order to get results and make profit.

jrsencio · 01-08-2009, 08:55 PM

There are no upsells to the product, you get the complete package... and I think they also offer an installment plan of some sort, you don't have to pay the full amount one time.

It's quite a comprehensive course on building a niche business but I was hoping for a module that was about testing and tracking which I believe is very very important.

brucerby · 01-08-2009, 10:09 PM

WF4Me: Thanks for that breakdown of their sample site.

That was really the first thing that occurred to me when I saw the 15K per month figure- I wondered what the margin was?...Frankly I figured it was higher than that. Which is probably what most newbees will think.

Which also means if your site only does 10K or less per month, you would be making 2K or less actual Profit.....A much less attractive number when you consider all the work involved.
_____
Bruce

mojo13 · 01-09-2009, 09:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WF4me

Me thinks selling NicheBlueprints at $300 or $400 a pop (or whatever the price will be), is a whole lot easier and more profitable for the authors than selling those beloved train horn kits. Just my humble opinion, and your mileage may certainly vary.

Bingo! End of story

nursehoney · 01-10-2009, 12:04 AM

Wow...after spending so much time in the Commission Blueprint forum I'd forgotten how jaded many people are from being ripped off. We don't get much of that in the CommBlue Forum, everyone is too thrilled with how much Steve and Tim overdelivered on that program and how much personal support is provided in there by Steve.

I'm hoping I can answer the questions that have been asked here, not in an effort to promote Niche Blueprint, (which I don't mind telling you I am on my own site), but to give people the information they're looking for so that on Monday they can make an informed decision about whether Niche Blueprint is for them or not.

@winebuddy - Niche Blueprint IS focused on setting up sales sites (ecommerce stores) for products like birdcages and other niches and sub niches. There's never been a secret made of that.

@madisonavenue - This has nothing to do with affiliates. You're dealing with wholesale suppliers, not individual product owners. You own your store. You choose your niche and the products you want to supply to that niche. You set the prices, collect the payments, and place the order. If you choose to, you can sell your store.

@jawai - I've seen parts of Niche Blueprint, but not the whole package. There was some testing done, of course, but only by a handful of folks. No one else has it yet. I know it works because I've seen firsthand the end results of using the methods taught in Niche Blueprint.

@rayt - Products are purchased, as I mentioned earlier, from wholesale suppliers and/or manufacturers. You won't be buying anything from 'the creators', Steve, Tim, Dave and Mike, beyond your purchase of Niche Blueprint.

@IMChick - The total price is $497. There is a payment plan option to split your payments in half if you'd like.

@Nutrifitness - Commission Blueprint and Niche Blueprint are two completely different programs that teach two completely different business models with a singular goal. To give you diversity in the ways you put money in your pocket.

CommBlue focuses on profitably promoting Clickbank products with PPC. The methods, of course, can be applied to any marketing plan. NicheBlue, on the other hand, teaches you how to research, create, market, expand and/or sell, your own ecommerce store.

@JohnnyO - The train horn site was indeed profitable when it was for sale. It was profitable within a week of when it was first created. But when it was sold, it averaged a net profit of about $2000 per month. Today it's 2 1/2 times that amount. The results Steve talks about in the videos is current sales volume. His results. Steve and Tim did not own the site when it was for sale. They bought it.

PM me if you need the email for CommBlue support.
You should not be getting a fatal error, or any other kind.

@IMChick - I'm puzzled how you can it's too expensive for what it is...since in all probability you don't know yet. As far as "customers piling into each niche they release"...there are no niches 'released'. Each person can choose whatever niche their little heart desires. You ARE the boss...you make all the decisions...this is a REAL business.

@ad2012 - Thank you...you did a good job of covering most of the elements of Niche Blueprint. A couple of things though...things did not work out for the free hosting. Your store will be hosted with whomever you choose. Another important component that you didn't mention is the comprehensive suppliers directory that is also included. It rivals (if not surpasses) WorldWide Brands, which you would have to pay $299.00 to access.

@rayt - Like Adam said...it's a one time payment...no monthly membership, not even a one time offer. The only expenses you'll incur after your purchase is a domain name, hosting, and an SSL certificate (which can be found for under $20, I paid $11.25 for one.) This is a security seal that lets customers know the site is secure for them to order.

@madisonavenue - You're right, some ecommerce sites may be suffering right now. Some were suffering long before there was an economic slowdown. That's why the methods taught for researching your niche are so important. You'll learn how to choose niches that are most likely to be profitable. You do not have to deal with stock or inventory. You set up your own return policy, including a no return policy, should you so choose. In most cases, returns are made to and handled by the supplier.

@amitywill - The birdcage site did indeed belong to Dave and Mike, and was sold several months before they met Steve and Tim. They have since formed a partnership to create and develop Niche Blueprint, based on the astounding results from not just Dave and Mike, but from Steve's own experience with the site he bought from them...the train horn site. As I said earlier, it was averaging about $2000 a month in profits, it's now around $5,000. It's had incoming links created, and SEO techniques applied, new inventory has been added as well as articles to the site. So while the basic site was there, the ranking and the income have gone up as a direct result of what's been done SINCE the purchase. And on Monday, when you see the sales page, you will indeed see further proof. (Yes, I have seen the sales page.) And you don't need to be 'experienced' in order to be successful. I had no prior experience in ecommerce stores.

@ad2012 - Good point, yes, there can be a few headaches. I can't think of too many real business models that don't have them. And that's exactly what the Hermansen brothers were doing when they met Steve. They had been quietly making a small fortune from creating websites, or buying them cheaply, giving them a makeover, and making them profitable. Then they decided whether they wanted to sell them or keep them. And yes, they (all the guys) have a sewing machine site that's fairly new and already bringing in over $7000 a month in sales. I do know the URL, but to respect their privacy, I won't display in a public forum.

@WF4me - I agree, I hope people do their due diligence, not just on Niche Blueprint, but on any program they're considering. Not every business model is right for every person. While I'm not one of the authors of Niche Blueprint, I can address many of the concerns you voiced. They did not try 'unsuccessfully' to flip the pbmissions site. They sold it. The margin rate WAS 20%...it's now between 30 and 35%. And while you may think $3000 a month is "certainly not great or outstanding in any way", I for one disagree. I think it's extremely outstanding to be able to make $3000 a month with about 4-6 hours of work per week.

If you have a phone or an email account, you have all the "specialized software" you need to forward customer info to the suppliers. The ecommerce platform itself (provided in Niche Blueprint) takes care of tracking sales. You only deal with customer phone calls if you choose to. Having a phone number on your website is a good idea, but certainly not a requirement. If you're in business today, you'll likely have to deal with credit card processing, but even that isn't completely necessary. NicheBlue explains all the options. Items out of stock from time to time become a reality when you begin selling something besides digital products.

I can't imagine what you've seen that would lead you to believe there will be no customer support from Niche Blueprint. There will be an abundance of support, personal support from Steve, Tim, Dave and Mike and perhaps one or two other trusted sources. You can't come up with a problem you won't be helped with. This attention to personal support is one of the reasons they're putting a cap on the number of people who purchase.

Yes, pbmissions is ranked well in Google, usually in the first or second spot for the keywords associated with the site. And isn't that what so many of the 'gurus' teach? Find a hungry market without a lot of competition and you can own it. Yes, who knew there was a market? Dave did. He did the research and determined there was not only a market, but a hungry, passionate market. Who else knew there was market for such a crazy product? Steve did. Which is why he bought it. And because it's even more successful now than it was before, should he decide at some point to sell it, he can get at least double what he paid for it.

And no, there's no "magic voodoo" about SEO, it's just still a mystery for a lot of folks. The reasons the train horn site ranks well is because of what Steve did to it and for it...and that's exactly what he'll teach you how to do in Niche Blueprint for your store.

@Donnie - It is easy to outsource many of the day to day jobs of running an ecommerce store. And you could outsource everything, including the set up if that's what you wanted to do. And as soon as they start showing profits, you can indeed flip them. As I said before, that's what Dave and Mike have been doing for several years.

@joe0074 - Running an ecommerce store doesn't have to be hard work at all. If you find that it's more work than you like, you always have the option of selling it. There simply are no hidden costs. You may choose to run a ppc campaign, but that's totally a personal choice and not necessary to have a successful store.

@brucerby - Again, I'm a little confused by how much work you seem to think is involved. Yes, there is some, but if you know of way to make money with absolutely no work, I'd love to hear about it. And if you can dismiss $2000 a month in profits, perhaps this isn't the program for you. But I know many people working 40+ hours a week for that same amount, or even less, that would gladly welcome the opportunity to make $2000 a month in 4-6 hours worth of work a week instead of 40.

I hope I've answered everyone's questions here. I've tried to be as helpful as I could be in clearing up any confusions or misconceptions. If anyone has any further questions, I'm more than happy to address them. You're welcome to PM me, or ask them here, and if it's something I can answer, I'll be glad to.

Warm regards,
Honey Wesley

Linda B · 01-10-2009, 12:54 AM

Good post, Honey. I'm actually thinking that the price is a bargain, especially since it includes the wholesale directory that costs more than half of what this course costs PLUS the software to easily set up the site. Has anyone priced website design lately? Come on, folks, sometimes a price over $27 is justified! :-) I downloaded the free ebook from your site, Honey, and it sounds to me like this is a very complete package with extensive instruction.

I think many of us are jaded because we've seen the $2k courses, lately, that may or may not make anyone any money when all is said and done. I've seen a lot of these in the past few years. And seen a lot of people who ended up feeling ripped off after the hype dies down. Unlike those courses, though, the price of this one seems reasonable when you account for everything it includes. It obviously isn't for everyone. The reason so many people prefer affiliate marketing is not having to deal with customers. So you should think about what works for you when deciding whether to purchase or not. It will obviously require some work. But so does everything else in this business.

ad2012 · 01-10-2009, 12:58 AM

@nursehoney - You're done a great job answering those questions. That's what people need while there's a lot of gurus out there who are not supporting their customers and subscribers. I know Steve did a good job on supporting customers at the ComBlue forum. I think you and Steve should teaches the so-called gurus about customer support....lol

Tayweb · 01-10-2009, 01:14 AM

WOW,
Thank you Honey, for your post. It clears the air a little.

Best,
Tayweb

nursehoney · 01-10-2009, 02:09 AM

Thanks for the kind words y'all. I'm glad you found it helpful. That's why I posted.

CindyMoynat · 01-10-2009, 06:31 AM

Well said, Honey.
Cheers
Cindy

IMChick · 01-10-2009, 10:55 AM

Thanks, Honey. Well thought out, and clears up a lot of questions. In answer to your question about the course fee, and not critiquing the course or the launch itself, I think that many IM'ers have learned by experience to be sensitive to the 'all this and the moon' claims and the accompanying guru overload.

My thanks also to ad2012 for a clear outline of what the course is, without the hype.

If your own hands-on customer service retail model is your thing, this seems like a good turnkey solution. But this model is a lot of work.

honestbizpro · 01-10-2009, 11:29 AM

This is another Excellent thread, shedding light on the pros and cons. Alot of times what I do is picture myself doing the real world day to day operations and up keep of a venture to be sure I will be comfortable with it. (but you can always partner with someone or outsource)

Of course if you thinking of a "flip project" it's easy to endure the steps you need to take initially while keeping your eyes on the big prize. (Selling the site)

Ecommerce is a proven forumula that works and grows everyday and if the niche is just right the site gains value the longer you keep it.

You can also build list, create your own product to promote at the site, and create joint ventures with other product owners.

Have to be careful tho....sometimes we marketers get caught up in doing too many projects and then they all suffer in quality.

burkey · 01-10-2009, 12:18 PM

Thanks Honey, Really lots of info. I did watch the 4 videos. Also I sent you and email to sign up with you if I decide to go with nicheblueprint.
thanks again
burkey

Shevd · 01-10-2009, 12:20 PM

Not long left now guys/girls

Only two days

ExtTrail2 · 01-10-2009, 01:57 PM

In the last couple of days we have been getting many emails promoting the product with some great bonuses, if this is something you are looking for.

ad2012 · 01-10-2009, 02:05 PM

So, it's getting more clearly now... but remember, your cash is at stake. If you decide to buy Niche Blueprint, double check everything by doing a due dilligence.

Quote:

Originally Posted by honestbizpro

Have to be careful tho....sometimes we marketers get caught up in doing too many projects and then they all suffer in quality.

Nice advice. I'm agree with you...

If you already have a project that work well or at least there's a bright light for what you're already doing now, then you're better stick with that project unless you have extra budget to leverage BUT...

...if you still confuse about making money online, then Niche Blueprint can be a good solution (hope so)...It's all back to you and how you can manage yourself to succeed

gorri · 01-10-2009, 02:36 PM

Does anyone know how much Niche Blueprint will cost, or about?

Because they say there will be NO upsells, or monthly stuff or anything, and no offers later which probably means this will cost a lot.

Right?

01-03-2009, 12:09 PM	#2
winebuddy Mini-Marketer War Room Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Alabama Posts: 979 Blog Entries: 4 Thanks: 68 Thanked 174 Times in 107 Posts Social Networking	Re: Niche Blueprint I bought the first one and it's a very good product with a lot of strategic info on setting up adwords campaings, using tracking, and getting your Q score very high and CPC down. This one will probably be a good one too but it appears as if it might be focused on setting up sales sites for products like birdcages :-)
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01-04-2009, 09:39 PM	#3
nursehoney HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: , , USA. Posts: 239 Thanks: 3 Thanked 16 Times in 3 Posts	Re: Niche Blueprint I can tell you Niche Blueprint is every bit the caliber Commission Blueprint is. I've seen parts of it already, and more importantly, I've seen firsthand the end results the methods taught produce in terms of sales and income. I know the guys who created Commission Blueprint as well as the brothers they joined forces with to produce Niche Blueprint and I can promise you, it'll change your life. It's already changed mine! @winebuddy - just a quick shout out from a displaced Alabama girl...took a wrong turn somewhere and wound up in south Texas. It may be south, but it sure ain't Southern! LOL! Honey
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01-04-2009, 09:43 PM	#4
InternetMoneyStream InternetMoneyStream Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 44 Thanks: 3 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Niche Blueprint CB was a good product, however i wasn't crazy about how focused it was on ClickBank. Although the methods for the ad tracking are good and can be applied to any type of PPC campaign i would expect this release to be useful as well.
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01-04-2009, 11:03 PM	#6
nursehoney HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: , , USA. Posts: 239 Thanks: 3 Thanked 16 Times in 3 Posts	Re: Niche Blueprint Thanks for the heads up about my links...but they seem to be working just fine for me.
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01-04-2009, 11:10 PM	#7
Adam Jackson HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: , , USA. Posts: 446 Thanks: 42 Thanked 15 Times in 15 Posts	Re: Niche Blueprint The links are working for me as well.

01-03-2009, 11:47 AM	#1
newventures Active Warrior Join Date: May 2008 Location: , , USA. Posts: 79 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Niche Blueprint Just heard the guys from Commission Blueprint are now coming out with Niche Blueprint. I did not purchase CB and am curious about the reputation of these guys and if the product will really help IM'ers of all stages. Any CB purchasers care to comment??

01-05-2009, 02:20 PM	#8
madison_avenue Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: London, United Kingdom. Posts: 575 Thanks: 167 Thanked 46 Times in 41 Posts	Re: Niche Blueprint As far as I can tell this seems to be some sort of ecommerce site platform (almost pseudo drop shipping), with "affiliates" developing sites to sell physical products, which are supplied and delivered by off line companies. perhaps others could elaborate upon this?
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01-05-2009, 05:04 PM	#9
jbpico Warrior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 15 Thanks: 3 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Social Networking	Re: Niche Blueprint CB was the first IM product I purchased and I thought it was great. I'll be keeping an eye on this thread once it comes out to get ppl's thoughts. I like what I hear so far

01-05-2009, 07:02 PM	#10
Shevd HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: , , . Posts: 241 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Niche Blueprint The level of detail and the step by step nature of the course makes it a great product and having purchased their previous product. Im sure it will be a winner.
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01-06-2009, 11:20 AM	#11
Amfire HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Somewhere in the World Posts: 475 Thanks: 15 Thanked 10 Times in 9 Posts	Re: Niche Blueprint When Niche Blueprint go live?

01-06-2009, 05:12 PM	#12
Adam Jackson HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: , , USA. Posts: 446 Thanks: 42 Thanked 15 Times in 15 Posts	Re: Niche Blueprint On the 12th.

01-07-2009, 08:39 AM	#16
rayt Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 26 Thanks: 2 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Niche Blueprint Wonder if the creators have actually created their own CPA network of product sellers. I hear that's a great way to rake in the dollars.

01-07-2009, 10:40 AM	#17
IMChick Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 546 Thanks: 16 Thanked 62 Times in 45 Posts	Re: Niche Blueprint Any idea how much it launches for?

01-07-2009, 01:43 PM	#19
Johnny O HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: , , USA. Posts: 154 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts	Re: Niche Blueprint If the price isn't too outrageous I do plan on buying this as I've had success with ecommerce and this looks like a convenient way of quickly setting up sites, HOWEVER... I'm not saying this means anything but the Train Horn site they are using in their new video example is a site that was available on Site Point a while back. I researched this site and niche quite a bit and at a quick glance it doesn't look like the rankings have changed dramatically, and while the design has been upgraded it's not that different either. The site was profitable when it was for sale. i just hope they are not advertising purchased results as a bi product of their system. I tried to respond to their email with this question and got a "fatal error" so that had me kinda bummed because otherwise I like them. Who knows, maybe they owned it when it was for sale, though I do seem to remember that it sold. I have commission blueprint as well. I'm already a fairly experienced affiliate marketer so there wasn't all that much that was new to me in it, but the program was clear and very detailed and if you were new to making money online, CM would be a great place to start.
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01-07-2009, 02:08 PM	#20
jbpico Warrior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 15 Thanks: 3 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Social Networking	Re: Niche Blueprint Looks like this will be going for about $497....a bit out of my price range right now...we'll see. This is according to Honey's NB pdf

01-07-2009, 02:21 PM	#21
Johnny O HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: , , USA. Posts: 154 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts	Re: Niche Blueprint Ouch, that is a little too expensive. I was thinking something on par with xsite pro for $197. $497 may scare me away as well.
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01-07-2009, 02:27 PM	#22
IMChick Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 546 Thanks: 16 Thanked 62 Times in 45 Posts	Re: Niche Blueprint $497 is too expensive for what it is--how many of their customers will be piling into each niche they release? Have to see more of the actual program, not the sales videos, to determine market dilution and etc. to figure it out.

01-07-2009, 09:54 PM	#23
rayt Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 26 Thanks: 2 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Niche Blueprint Would you know if it is a one-time fee or does it include monthly membership fees?

01-07-2009, 09:57 PM	#24
Adam Jackson HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: , , USA. Posts: 446 Thanks: 42 Thanked 15 Times in 15 Posts	Re: Niche Blueprint One time payment.

01-08-2009, 02:07 AM	#25
ad2012 Warrior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bandung Posts: 22 Thanks: 0 Thanked 5 Times in 2 Posts Social Networking	Re: Niche Blueprint I will try to explain what Niche Blueprint is all about. Nothing held back! Niche Blueprint is an e-commerce course. It teaches how to build an e-commerce store around a niche market by selling physical products. Laid out in a form of 23 videos and 26 manuals. Basically, niche blueprint will show... How to research a niche market, How to find a good domain for the purpose of branding and SEO, How to find suppliers for your store, How to setup catalog, shopping cart, payment gateway, and toll-free number, brand logo, and store template, How to promote online store using free marketing techniques, and shopping portals, How to manage your store for daily routines, How to outsource your store, How to sell your store for quick cash rather than keeping it. For $497, it also includes e-commerce platform, large selection of online store templates, free hosting for a year, keyword tool, and live coaching via UStream. No upsell or one time offer. That's what niche blueprint is all about. It's about building and run a profitable online store. You see that e-commerce is a proven business model uses by hundreds companies. So, Niche Blueprint is not for everyone and only for serious person who are ready to build a REAL online business. If your aren't ready to build an online store, you don't have to buy it. Steven Clayton and Tim Godfrey got helped by the Hermansen brothers. You may have heard about how Dave Hermansen sold a 'bird-cage' store for $173,000. Here's the proof and it's on the New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/29/te...p.html?_r=2&em And here's the actual 'train horns' store owned by the Hermansen brothers: http://www.pbmissions.com/ Look, I will not hide the fact that I'm one of Niche Blueprint JV but I'm not trying to promote Niche Blueprint here. I just one to make this clear so everyone can have the knowledge about Niche Blueprint. I mean, when some gurus launch their new product, you cash is at stake because they're trying to hide the fact. So just read this post carefully and you can skip the sales talk. As you can see, I'm not trying to hide anything and the fact about Niche Blueprint, it's all laid out here.
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01-08-2009, 03:26 AM	#26
rayt Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 26 Thanks: 2 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Niche Blueprint Good to know there are no upsells. Kind of tired of that stuff. Would anyone know the price of hosting after one year or whether we can use our own hosting? So it would seem that with a toll-free number, we'd actually have to be the ones answering queries (or outsourcing that) - yup, sounds like a real business.

01-08-2009, 06:24 AM	#27
madison_avenue Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: London, United Kingdom. Posts: 575 Thanks: 167 Thanked 46 Times in 41 Posts	Re: Niche Blueprint It looks like you are setting up a fully fledged online store i.e setup catalog, shopping cart, payment gateway, and toll-free number, brand logo, and store template. This is not an easy business there have been a lot of ecommerce sites going through tough times at the moment. If you have to deal with stock and inventory that has a lot of costs. If not it becomes a form of drop shipping with you taking the orders and your supplier fulfilling the order. This can be headache if the supplier sends out wrong or inferior products the customer comeback is on you not the supplier. In the NY times article it said: "The average selling price of Web sites on eBay was $78 last month." It could work if you find a good niche, I will look at it in more detail once it is launched.
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01-08-2009, 06:43 AM	#28
Tia010 Warrior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 13 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Niche Blueprint Niche Blueprint is an e-commerce course. It teaches how to build an e-commerce store around a niche market by selling physical products.

01-08-2009, 06:44 AM	#29
Tia010 Warrior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 13 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Niche Blueprint Nice article.Thanks for the information

01-08-2009, 07:12 AM	#30
Amitywill Super Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 193 Thanks: 49 Thanked 69 Times in 23 Posts	Re: Niche Blueprint There's a few things that come to mind for me about niche blueprint. First off about the bird cage video that sold for $173k... that website apparantly didn't belong to Steve (niche blueprint creator). It belonged to his friend so these aren't his results. Secondly from the buzz I have already seen about this product it looks like there are going to be thousands of noobs rushing out to buy it on launch day. When this obviously isn't a product for people new to making money online. Niche blueprint is a course on setting up an ecommerce store and driving search engine traffic to it. After you have made a sale you will then have to pay the supplier to ship out the product. From what I have found you will be keeping about 30-35% of the total cost of the sale. So when you watch video 3 and see the $15k monthly screenshots your actual earnings would be around $5k. But Jonny O said that even the train horn site that is making the $15k per month might not have even been created by Steve as he saw it on sitepoint. This obviously might not be true. But if it is true then it undermines the whole validity of the Niche blueprint course. I think this could be a good course for experienced people to making money online and for the people who are into ecommerce sites. But for $497 I think the majority of people that will buy it because of the hundreds of emails they will soon be getting will be wasting their money. I think I need some more proof and information other than just 1 site that may have been bought from sitepoint and 1 birdcage site that didn't belong to them before I consider handing over $497. Just my thoughts.

01-08-2009, 02:23 PM	#31
ad2012 Warrior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bandung Posts: 22 Thanks: 0 Thanked 5 Times in 2 Posts Social Networking	Re: Niche Blueprint All of the sites belong to the Hermansen brothers. Steven Clayton and Tim Godfrey have teamed up with Mike and Dave Hermansen for this project. Good points from Amitywill. Building and running an e-commerce can be a pain in the a** and can be tough too. But we have to accept the fact that there's always a good and bad things in every business models. One of the modules will explain about site flipping so when you're head starting to spin, you can sell your store rather that operating it. Maybe this is what the Hermansen brothers did to make money. Do some market research, buy or build a store around that niche, optimize it for SEO and to have a good conversion rate, promote it either using free or paid advertising, after the store can make a good amount of income, they will sell it for a big cash. After that, repeat all of these process. This is just my opinion. They have told me about the 'Sewing Machine' store but I didn't know the URL. And one thing I forgot to mention, there's an additional lesson about finding customers using adwords too from Steven Clayton.
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01-08-2009, 04:04 PM	#32
WF4me Warrior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 1 Post	Re: Niche Blueprint I sure hope people do their due dilligience before buying Niche Blueprint. The site offered up in video #3 leaves me with a whole lot of questions. I would love to see the Niche BluePrint Authors comment on the following: The authors of Niche Blueprint tried unsuccessfully to flip the pbmissions.com website about 6 months ago at Sitepoint.com. The dialogue in the auction listing is really quite interesting. It was stated that the pbmissions.com margin rate is 20%. This means the $15,000 he is bragging about for December sales means about $3,000 profit in his pocket after paying for product costs. Not bad, but certainly not great or outstanding in any way. As others have stated, running a dropshipping site is NOT hands off. In order to work efficiently, you probably need to have specialized software to track sales and forward customer info to your distributors. You will also have to deal with customer phone calls, credit card processing, out of stock inventory, returns, chargebacks, and a whole host of other issues. Being the middleman in a retail environment has its headaches. From what I can see, you will NOT receive 800 customer support, or drop shipping management software, or shopping cart software or credit card processing from niche blueprint. Please correct me if I am wrong. Niche Blueprint may tell you how do accomplish this, but executing it may be a whole lot of effort and more overhead. The latest video talks about your cost of outsourcing customer service to the Phillipines, I believe. Also, the sitepoint auction states specifically that phone service is vital to making a business like this succeed. If you are not willing to front the cost of setting up a customer service rep, or do this job yourself...well your results will vary widely. As far ranking #1 in google, yes, they are ranked in the top position for a pretty NON COMPETITIVE term. I mean, who even knew there was a market for such an assenine product as train horns. Would you really want to sell a product like this? What's the next niche going to be? According to the owner's own words at sitepoint, this #1 ranking doesn't take a lot of work in such a small niche. Go read it for yourself. Of course, that was when he was trying to sell the website, not the NicheBlueprint package where he is the SEO expert. As for SEO, there is no magic voodoo going on here, the site ranks well for a few good reasons, none of which are going to be carried over to you just by buying their blueprint. They are just basic SEO principles. Those with credit card in hand would be wise to read the Sitepoint Auction Listing for pbmissions.com and do some other research. Me thinks selling NicheBlueprints at $300 or $400 a pop (or whatever the price will be), is a whole lot easier and more profitable for the authors than selling those beloved train horn kits. Just my humble opinion, and your mileage may certainly vary.

01-08-2009, 05:21 PM	#33
Donnie Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 16 Thanks: 1 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Niche Blueprint This is bothering me ..... He talks about how easy it is to get terrific workers from the Philippines for about $625/mo. I guess the obvious question is, why do they need me then ? Why not just outsource all the work in setting up the e-commerce sites ? Then, simply flip them after showing nice profits. There's only one answer I can think of.....

01-08-2009, 08:18 PM	#34
joe0074 HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: , , . Posts: 339 Thanks: 7 Thanked 9 Times in 9 Posts	Re: Niche Blueprint I think it is not as easy as niche blueprint creator trying to convince us. Running E-commerce store is a kind of hardwork and you may need to spend more money on hidden cost in order to get results and make profit.

01-08-2009, 08:55 PM	#35
jrsencio HyperActive Warrior Join Date: May 2007 Location: Silicon Valley Posts: 276 Thanks: 6 Thanked 17 Times in 15 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Niche Blueprint There are no upsells to the product, you get the complete package... and I think they also offer an installment plan of some sort, you don't have to pay the full amount one time. It's quite a comprehensive course on building a niche business but I was hoping for a module that was about testing and tracking which I believe is very very important.
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01-08-2009, 10:09 PM	#36
brucerby Veteran Copywriter War Room Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Chicago Il Western Suburbs Posts: 657 Thanks: 213 Thanked 73 Times in 35 Posts	Re: Niche Blueprint WF4Me: Thanks for that breakdown of their sample site. That was really the first thing that occurred to me when I saw the 15K per month figure- I wondered what the margin was?...Frankly I figured it was higher than that. Which is probably what most newbees will think. Which also means if your site only does 10K or less per month, you would be making 2K or less actual Profit.....A much less attractive number when you consider all the work involved. _____ Bruce

01-10-2009, 12:04 AM	#38
nursehoney HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: , , USA. Posts: 239 Thanks: 3 Thanked 16 Times in 3 Posts	Re: Niche Blueprint Wow...after spending so much time in the Commission Blueprint forum I'd forgotten how jaded many people are from being ripped off. We don't get much of that in the CommBlue Forum, everyone is too thrilled with how much Steve and Tim overdelivered on that program and how much personal support is provided in there by Steve. I'm hoping I can answer the questions that have been asked here, not in an effort to promote Niche Blueprint, (which I don't mind telling you I am on my own site), but to give people the information they're looking for so that on Monday they can make an informed decision about whether Niche Blueprint is for them or not. @winebuddy - Niche Blueprint IS focused on setting up sales sites (ecommerce stores) for products like birdcages and other niches and sub niches. There's never been a secret made of that. @madisonavenue - This has nothing to do with affiliates. You're dealing with wholesale suppliers, not individual product owners. You own your store. You choose your niche and the products you want to supply to that niche. You set the prices, collect the payments, and place the order. If you choose to, you can sell your store. @jawai - I've seen parts of Niche Blueprint, but not the whole package. There was some testing done, of course, but only by a handful of folks. No one else has it yet. I know it works because I've seen firsthand the end results of using the methods taught in Niche Blueprint. @rayt - Products are purchased, as I mentioned earlier, from wholesale suppliers and/or manufacturers. You won't be buying anything from 'the creators', Steve, Tim, Dave and Mike, beyond your purchase of Niche Blueprint. @IMChick - The total price is $497. There is a payment plan option to split your payments in half if you'd like. @Nutrifitness - Commission Blueprint and Niche Blueprint are two completely different programs that teach two completely different business models with a singular goal. To give you diversity in the ways you put money in your pocket. CommBlue focuses on profitably promoting Clickbank products with PPC. The methods, of course, can be applied to any marketing plan. NicheBlue, on the other hand, teaches you how to research, create, market, expand and/or sell, your own ecommerce store. @JohnnyO - The train horn site was indeed profitable when it was for sale. It was profitable within a week of when it was first created. But when it was sold, it averaged a net profit of about $2000 per month. Today it's 2 1/2 times that amount. The results Steve talks about in the videos is current sales volume. His results. Steve and Tim did not own the site when it was for sale. They bought it. PM me if you need the email for CommBlue support. You should not be getting a fatal error, or any other kind. @IMChick - I'm puzzled how you can it's too expensive for what it is...since in all probability you don't know yet. As far as "customers piling into each niche they release"...there are no niches 'released'. Each person can choose whatever niche their little heart desires. You ARE the boss...you make all the decisions...this is a REAL business. @ad2012 - Thank you...you did a good job of covering most of the elements of Niche Blueprint. A couple of things though...things did not work out for the free hosting. Your store will be hosted with whomever you choose. Another important component that you didn't mention is the comprehensive suppliers directory that is also included. It rivals (if not surpasses) WorldWide Brands, which you would have to pay $299.00 to access. @rayt - Like Adam said...it's a one time payment...no monthly membership, not even a one time offer. The only expenses you'll incur after your purchase is a domain name, hosting, and an SSL certificate (which can be found for under $20, I paid $11.25 for one.) This is a security seal that lets customers know the site is secure for them to order. @madisonavenue - You're right, some ecommerce sites may be suffering right now. Some were suffering long before there was an economic slowdown. That's why the methods taught for researching your niche are so important. You'll learn how to choose niches that are most likely to be profitable. You do not have to deal with stock or inventory. You set up your own return policy, including a no return policy, should you so choose. In most cases, returns are made to and handled by the supplier. @amitywill - The birdcage site did indeed belong to Dave and Mike, and was sold several months before they met Steve and Tim. They have since formed a partnership to create and develop Niche Blueprint, based on the astounding results from not just Dave and Mike, but from Steve's own experience with the site he bought from them...the train horn site. As I said earlier, it was averaging about $2000 a month in profits, it's now around $5,000. It's had incoming links created, and SEO techniques applied, new inventory has been added as well as articles to the site. So while the basic site was there, the ranking and the income have gone up as a direct result of what's been done SINCE the purchase. And on Monday, when you see the sales page, you will indeed see further proof. (Yes, I have seen the sales page.) And you don't need to be 'experienced' in order to be successful. I had no prior experience in ecommerce stores. @ad2012 - Good point, yes, there can be a few headaches. I can't think of too many real business models that don't have them. And that's exactly what the Hermansen brothers were doing when they met Steve. They had been quietly making a small fortune from creating websites, or buying them cheaply, giving them a makeover, and making them profitable. Then they decided whether they wanted to sell them or keep them. And yes, they (all the guys) have a sewing machine site that's fairly new and already bringing in over $7000 a month in sales. I do know the URL, but to respect their privacy, I won't display in a public forum. @WF4me - I agree, I hope people do their due diligence, not just on Niche Blueprint, but on any program they're considering. Not every business model is right for every person. While I'm not one of the authors of Niche Blueprint, I can address many of the concerns you voiced. They did not try 'unsuccessfully' to flip the pbmissions site. They sold it. The margin rate WAS 20%...it's now between 30 and 35%. And while you may think $3000 a month is "certainly not great or outstanding in any way", I for one disagree. I think it's extremely outstanding to be able to make $3000 a month with about 4-6 hours of work per week. If you have a phone or an email account, you have all the "specialized software" you need to forward customer info to the suppliers. The ecommerce platform itself (provided in Niche Blueprint) takes care of tracking sales. You only deal with customer phone calls if you choose to. Having a phone number on your website is a good idea, but certainly not a requirement. If you're in business today, you'll likely have to deal with credit card processing, but even that isn't completely necessary. NicheBlue explains all the options. Items out of stock from time to time become a reality when you begin selling something besides digital products. I can't imagine what you've seen that would lead you to believe there will be no customer support from Niche Blueprint. There will be an abundance of support, personal support from Steve, Tim, Dave and Mike and perhaps one or two other trusted sources. You can't come up with a problem you won't be helped with. This attention to personal support is one of the reasons they're putting a cap on the number of people who purchase. Yes, pbmissions is ranked well in Google, usually in the first or second spot for the keywords associated with the site. And isn't that what so many of the 'gurus' teach? Find a hungry market without a lot of competition and you can own it. Yes, who knew there was a market? Dave did. He did the research and determined there was not only a market, but a hungry, passionate market. Who else knew there was market for such a crazy product? Steve did. Which is why he bought it. And because it's even more successful now than it was before, should he decide at some point to sell it, he can get at least double what he paid for it. And no, there's no "magic voodoo" about SEO, it's just still a mystery for a lot of folks. The reasons the train horn site ranks well is because of what Steve did to it and for it...and that's exactly what he'll teach you how to do in Niche Blueprint for your store. @Donnie - It is easy to outsource many of the day to day jobs of running an ecommerce store. And you could outsource everything, including the set up if that's what you wanted to do. And as soon as they start showing profits, you can indeed flip them. As I said before, that's what Dave and Mike have been doing for several years. @joe0074 - Running an ecommerce store doesn't have to be hard work at all. If you find that it's more work than you like, you always have the option of selling it. There simply are no hidden costs. You may choose to run a ppc campaign, but that's totally a personal choice and not necessary to have a successful store. @brucerby - Again, I'm a little confused by how much work you seem to think is involved. Yes, there is some, but if you know of way to make money with absolutely no work, I'd love to hear about it. And if you can dismiss $2000 a month in profits, perhaps this isn't the program for you. But I know many people working 40+ hours a week for that same amount, or even less, that would gladly welcome the opportunity to make $2000 a month in 4-6 hours worth of work a week instead of 40. I hope I've answered everyone's questions here. I've tried to be as helpful as I could be in clearing up any confusions or misconceptions. If anyone has any further questions, I'm more than happy to address them. You're welcome to PM me, or ask them here, and if it's something I can answer, I'll be glad to. Warm regards, Honey Wesley
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01-10-2009, 12:54 AM	#39
Linda B Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: , , . Posts: 48 Thanks: 11 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts	Re: Niche Blueprint Good post, Honey. I'm actually thinking that the price is a bargain, especially since it includes the wholesale directory that costs more than half of what this course costs PLUS the software to easily set up the site. Has anyone priced website design lately? Come on, folks, sometimes a price over $27 is justified! :-) I downloaded the free ebook from your site, Honey, and it sounds to me like this is a very complete package with extensive instruction. I think many of us are jaded because we've seen the $2k courses, lately, that may or may not make anyone any money when all is said and done. I've seen a lot of these in the past few years. And seen a lot of people who ended up feeling ripped off after the hype dies down. Unlike those courses, though, the price of this one seems reasonable when you account for everything it includes. It obviously isn't for everyone. The reason so many people prefer affiliate marketing is not having to deal with customers. So you should think about what works for you when deciding whether to purchase or not. It will obviously require some work. But so does everything else in this business.

01-10-2009, 12:58 AM	#40
ad2012 Warrior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bandung Posts: 22 Thanks: 0 Thanked 5 Times in 2 Posts Social Networking	Re: Niche Blueprint @nursehoney - You're done a great job answering those questions. That's what people need while there's a lot of gurus out there who are not supporting their customers and subscribers. I know Steve did a good job on supporting customers at the ComBlue forum. I think you and Steve should teaches the so-called gurus about customer support....lol
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01-10-2009, 01:14 AM	#41
Tayweb Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 52 Thanks: 29 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Re: Niche Blueprint WOW, Thank you Honey, for your post. It clears the air a little. Best, Tayweb