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 :-)

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

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.

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

The links are working for me as well.

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?

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

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.

On the 12th.

Any idea how much it launches for?

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

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.

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

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.

$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.

One time payment.

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.

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

Nice article.Thanks for the information

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.

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.

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.

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.
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Bruce

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.

@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

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.

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

Not long left now guys/girls

Only two days

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.

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

NurseHoney posted: The total price is $497. There is a payment plan option to split your payments in half if you'd like.

Here's her entire post. It's quite good, take a look.

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

Interesting info everyone thanks! I've been looking at it too, I thought I heard it mentioned somewhere in one of the video's that you also get commission blueprint?

nursehoney;

can you please explain what "The ecommerce platform itself (provided in Niche Blueprint) takes care of tracking sales." means?

will they have access to my shopping cart and know what products i am selling? thanks.

Hi everybody,

At the moment I'm sitting on the fence about this product. I was a Commission Blueprint member and I have to admit that it was good. Nevertheless the pricetag was much much lower which made it worth a punt. I'm not so sure about the cost of NicheBlueprint and whether it's going to add value to my business. I may buy tomorrow, I may not. I'm a Commission Blueprint monthly member so I also get a big discount. However, it's still expensive.

As pointed above in previous posts the Commission Blueprint forum is always very positive with lots of satisfied customers. However, I have seen very few success stories published there! I still think that CB is a good product and promote it on my blog for the simple reason that it reveals everything that there is to learn about PPC marketing. However, it illustrates that you have to be careful how you interpret all the promotional "propaganda" that you see prior to any launch. Making money online is not as easy as some portray it to be.

To make an informed decision about any product like this I think that it's important to consider not just the positives but also the negatives. We have already heard about the positives from all the marketing materials. So, I think it's now worth considering some of the negatives:

1) So you get a free ecommerce platform. So what!? I can get very good e-commerce package for free called osCommerce without subscribing to the course. I can also get templates for free which look very much more professional than those used in the sites published as success stories by the NicheBlueprint guys.

2) Finding Niches is not that hard with a good program like micronichefinder. Take the bird cage niche for instance. I did some keyword research using Micronichefinder which took all but 5 minutes and I came up with 80% of the top 10 keywords that they rank for (their website is bird-cage.com and you can find details about their keywords on SEMrush.com).

3. Getting a good Google ranking is all about back links/anchor text and selecting keywords. I've already covered keyword selection above (and if you select good keywords you're 99.9% of the way there anyway). If I go on to Yahoo Site Explorer and type in the bird cage site or their train horns site I can see their entire backlinking strategy already for free!? Using micronichefinder or Nichewatch.com it's also possible to estimate how many anchor backlinks you need to compete for these keywords.

4. I believe that you get free hosting. I've already got hosting thanks.

5. They have compiled a list of dropshippers. Firstly I'm based in the UK so so what use is a list of US dropshippers to me? Secondly, if you've got any get up and go it's not that difficult to find dropshippers. Search a few forums, ask some forum members or join one of many (far cheaper) paid directories. And how good is this list of dropshippers they are going to compile? It's always hot or miss and I'm sure they can't have tried every one!?

6. The most difficult think about dropshipping is all the crap that you have to deal with. Customer questions, customer complaints and returns, guarantees etc. NicheBlueprint does not help with any of this. If you make sales I think your going to have to spend a lot more that 4 hours a week running your business!?

7. Just think what else you could buy for the money!!

As I've said these are just the negatives and there are of course many positives. Nevertheless, given the price I don't think it's a simple decision.

Whatever happens however, I think that the only guys that are truly guaranteed to make an absolute killing form this project are the NicheBluePrint team. You do have to admire them though - it's an awesome marketing machine.

Thanks,

Andy

Jonathan,

I see what is going on here.

While you comment that people are over thinking, you are oversimplifying. You address one of the negatives and dismiss it outright. Read the other comments above. There are many other valid points made.

I reiterate:

- You can already get perfectly adequate ecommerce platforms for free.

- Finding Niches is not hard anyway using other fantastic tools.

- Backlinking strategy is straightforward and the guys have already revealed via what they have already told us what their back linking strategies are.

- I already have hosting, as will many others.

- Information about dropshippers is already available in the public domain, or as part of a paid service which is considerably cheaper than the cost of this product.

- It's an expensive product and just think what else you could buy for that money.

And above all else you are promoting the product via your signature and have numerous bonuses on your site if it's bought via your link!? This of course introduces significant bias into any opinion that you may offer.

In my opinion this is nothing more than a promotional post with contributions from the other CB groupies that are clearly involved in the launch of the product. This makes a mockery of what is meant to be a constructive, informative and neutral forum. Promoting a product in your signature is permitted. However creating a blatently promotional post is quite frankly annoying and unacceptable and I hope that other readers will see through precisely what you are doing here.

I'm not falling for this promotional garbage. I'm not buying out of sheer annoyance and I suggest that others do the same out of principal and for outright abuse of our otherwise fantastic forum. I would report this post as misuse but I want others to see precisely what is going on here.

Andy

Very interesting thread. The tone on this forum is very different than CB forum. (Yes, I am a CB member and trying to see how people say about NBP before I pull my trigger.)

But I guess, one of the most important decision is this: Are you willing to deal with customers?

You need to think and come back to the core of question - Is your business scalable???

Any successful business is:
1) A in-demand product (Demand)
2) Channel to market that product (Conversion)
3) A team of people who help you to see the product (Traffic)

Is do dropshiping the way to go? I don't know, but I guess, if you can make a system to sell your shop. Then it maybe worth it.

Consider this: for $497, you get a software with template, and an education course for doing physical products. How long make you back the $497?! If you don't do it, what are you doing to generate the money? It may be a good educational course, which is how I look at it.

I am not living in the States, hence it does not make the highest appeal to me. I have asked Steve on this one, and he assures me that it will be answered and handled.

If you want a bonus, you may get one from Mark Ling:

http://www.nicheblueprintexclusive.com

It also provides an audio interview with Steve, (I am not connected with Mark Ling) at all, but I am just on his newsletter and listened to his interview.

My 2 cents.

Roy

P.S. I do have my affiliate link for NBP. BUT, I think if you want NBP, just buy it direct, under someone is offering you some 100 or 150 rebate, otherwise, buying things with TONS of jacked-up bonuses just HURT you.

Buying through directly off from NicheBluePrint.com maybe the best thing, because you will put ALL your efforts to get this baby worthwhile Do not let other so-called bonuses to distract you [ ONLY IF YOU are determined.]

I think the guys did a good job on this one as well. They have a good presentation in place.

And a lot of big named affiliates backing them.

The Faceless Guru

I purchased CB and it was an excellent product. Niche Blueprint is just as good, actually better. They teamed up with two more guys who are amazing, and they have set up their program so that you literally don't need to buy anything after you pay for Niche Blueprint. They have their own webhosting and everything. These guys are amazing, and they have been making alot of money behind the scenes. I am actually going to head over there and purchase Niche Blueprint right now.

Just paid for it,module 1 and modules 2 are already up.All looks good so far.Oh yea,i got for nice discount of $200.

Anyone know where I can signup as an affiliate to commission blueprint?

Mike

It looks like its through paydotcom.com - I bought it. I like it so far. I actually make over 10 g a month with ecommerce sites, but I kind of lucked my way into it. Interested to see if there is anything new here. So far nothing earth shattering but solid info for sure. And if you have no experience with ecommerce this seems like a really great product. I have a friend who got taken by one of those seminars and basically bought something similar for $4000. From what I saw of that program, this is better. Very easy to follow.

Bleh, If I had the money I'd pay for it. Anyone with any 200$ cashback offers? hehe..

mbomb;

you can sign up for commission blueprint at clickbank. or nicheblueprintjv.com for niche blueprint

nursehoney,

You seem to have very skillfully skirted the question that @donnie asked and which I always ask myself before buying a product:

If it is as simple as they say in the sales letter to create and profit from these sites and make thousands per month, why are they selling the system instead of just outsourcing it to cheap workers and make 10 times more?

JKN

The ppl making all the money from this thing are the affiliates and the creators. They do a little bit of promotion and boom $200+ a pop. Read the sales page people and ALWAYS remember this saying:

"If it's too good to be true, IT IS!"


Come onnnnnnnnnn....

I purchased Niche Blueprint yesterday - will let you know how it goes?
Be glad to answer questions.
so far $$$ = <-$497> little humor.........
But I have confidence!

Can anybody here answer my question please?

Who will deal with customer service phone call? ( ask question about product, complain the difference between the real product and online pics ......through free 800 number ) Me or dropshipper?

Who will deal with wraping, shipping, goods return, cash refund......?

Thanks

Hi Guys, I am interested in going forward with this, but I do have a little question and that is, since I live in the UK, can NBP be for me?

I'm also grateful for this forum. I also received several emails promoting this program. And it may be incredibly wonderful and profitable, but as someone new, I need to focus. It's always that fear of loss that gets me to question myself. I know its Marketing 101, however, even with that knowledge, the emotion can still creep in. It's one of the reasons, the content copy is so important to have a successful campaign.

I'm very tired of guru groupies and rah-rah launches, I don't know how else to say it. And guys, you're biased if you're on the CB forums and then come here telling all how great this is. Believe me, we can tell.

By spending $500 or $300 whatever your discount level is for this course, you can set up your own ecommerce solution with $475 or more to spare. This doesn't seem different, it just seems like it drips info to everyone. But are you really satisfied waiting 3 more weeks till you get to the setup module? What else could you have done in that three weeks time?

Any critiques (from non affiliate or non forum groupies over on the CB boards) of the actual mechanics of the course now that a few are inside?

I have to say there is a lot of valuable information here and a lot of different perspectives.
I would like to share a slightly different one, first I would like to say I have Comm BluePrint, along with Thousands of dollars in other programs and systems I have purchased. I also just purchased Niche Blueprint.

I have to say out of the all the programs I have purchased Steve and Tim have great information and operate their business with integrity and honesty.
I understand some of you think profit margins are smaller and there is more work involved than simply selling an information product and that is probably true, but it also has its advantages by being able to dominate a niche more easily since the sky is the limit on what you can sell.
And everything imaginable is being sold on the internet, as a matter of fact where is the first place we go to find a hard to find item.

Now from my perspective; I used to own a traditional brick and morter offline store with employees, overhead, maintenance, inventory, etc.
I had a relatively small business and it cost 25,000 -30,000 per month to operate whether we sold any thing or not. If I would have had the opportunity to sell online with basically no overhead, no building, no inventory and could handle everything from a remote location that would have been unbelievable. That is now possible! To me running a business like this is a dream job with all kinds of free time.
You must remember it wasn't very long ago when being a business owner meant 12 or 18 hour days 7 days a week. The internet has changed that.

I got to laugh at Niche Blueprint.
Why pay 500.00 to find something to sell ?

Oh ya and they don't tell you everything.

If you like to do a lot of work Niche Blueprint might be great.

Niche Blueprint or Tim & Steve is going to make a lot of money
from you all which will probably be easier than finding more niches
for themselves.

I got this one now. Seems like a lot of good and valuable info. But does not seems to be worth $500 at least for now. I am yet to get the remaining modules. A $200-$300 price is better in my opinion, but thats just my opinion.

Commission blueprint was a much better product from Steve and Tim and well worth the price.

Any bought NicheBluePrint yet? I did on 1/12/09. Plus their doors are closed now but on the site they said they will reopen it soon.

It's been my experience that when someone starts a sentence with "No offense, but", what they're about to say is indeed something offensive. I've found the same to be true when they say, "I'm not trying to be rude, but"... usually they're NOT trying...they just are.

I've been accused of "skirting" a question. I made two incredibly long, incredibly detailed posts and answered many questions...I apologize if I missed a few.

As to the answer to that question, "why don't they just build stores and make thousands every month instead of selling the system they use to do it? I don't know their reasons, you'd have to ask them...but I have to wonder, what's wrong with doing both?

Isn't that what so many of the gurus teach? Learn how to do something well and you can charge people for that knowledge.

Why does Mike Filsaime keep selling his systems? Or Michael Cheney or Alex Mandossian or Stephen Pierce or the guys at Stompernet or just about any other top level 'guru' you can name? They're all millionaires too...why don't they just work their system and make their money instead of selling people the system they used?

I suspect part of the reason they do it is for the same reason MOST of the people on this forum are here...to make more money. And I can't blame anybody for wanting that.

this thread has good discussion of commission blueprint and niche blueprint.

does anyone here have commission blueprint that can comment on the RESULTS they have seen. From above we know product is good, i'd like to hear more about people's successes or failures using the product and what value it is delivering to them.

i reccomned it its a good product

Anything going on with Niche Blueprint? When do they come out with new modules?

I invested in this as well.

Simply because I have been in the process of creating ecommerce sites and wanted to learn the strategy of people who are more savvy than I.

I don't buy products very often and I actually had no idea who the guys behind this product were, but since some people I trust said these guys are legit I decided to jump in.

Having watched the available modules, I have to say I'm quite impressed.
The content is quite thorough and although I consider myself quite well versed in market research and analysis, it would nice to get a different perspective and some figures to work with when analyzing potential markets.

I also like the fact that they are drip feeding the modules, and it's quite refreshing to see that they provide both written and audio-visual content.

I've decided to start posting a progress report on my blog of what happens as I follow the program. We'll see if this is going to be as simple as they make it look.

All the best,
Steve

hi everyone. I have not tried commission blue print but I have heard of it. I can say I do trust it for one reason only. I dont know if this reason means anything to you but I am a subscriber on the Frank Kern Mailing list. I know you all heard of frank kern. one of the best internet marketers. He sent out an email about a week go promoting commission blueprint. Now i know that Frank Kern does not promote anything unless it is of value and that he had looked it over first. So as far as that goes I can tell you that I trust in commission blueprint and probably also niche blueprint..

Just thought to add this for all to know.
Thank you..

I'm with you on that James. I prefer to move products much more than information. I've tried, but cannot get excited about moving digital info, etc. Thank god for those that do enjoy it.

In 2000 and 2001 I made killer money moving a high priced product on the internet. Times change, and there was no longer a market for the product. I took a break from the internet stuff and focused on work.

I've had decent success with adsense and affiliate programs. My best producing income is selling advertising on my sites....easy money.

But, I miss selling physical products and am excited to start doing it again.

I wish I would have had Niche Blueprint when I first started years ago. I would have saved a lot of money.

The first 2 modules of NB are extremely detailed and very powerful; especially video number 2. If people will just follow the steps, without shortcuts, they should do very well. I hope to see 5 figure weeks again. I think NB is the tool that can help me get there.

P.S. No, I'm not an affiliate; just one happy customer. :-)

Adam

I own this product (as well as Commission Blueprint). I like the way the product is being presented, the videos are good, there is a great forum for help - I am looking forward to building my first e-commerce niche-product store in the next few weeks.

Probably not for people looking to buy a "Click Here To Print Money With No Work" product.

I purchased Commission Blueprint and have profited greatly from it. I have written several reviews and a case study on my blog listed below (Black Hat Blog). The main reason I decided to purchase Niche Blueprint was because of my success with Commission Blueprint. The content so far is very good, not earth shattering, but I think this was setup this way to keep the refund rate down since they were only selling to 700 or so people.

I plan on using the lessons I learned with Adwords to use with the stores I create with Niche Blueprint and hopefully it will turn out well.

I have been involved with the Niche Blueprint project for about a week now. At this point in my IM business I really do not trust anyone anymore. However, and this is only after one week now all I can say from my jaded point of view and remember I am in the program, is so far so good. I'm not going to say that it is easy, because frankly how many niches are still available on the Internet although the program has led me to a couple. After being burned a couple of times what made the difference for me was the 60 day guarantee. I realized that the guarantee is only as good as the company behind it, but because of their track record, I took the chance. After one week I have not made money, but it is still early and these guys are doing what they said they would - so far.......

Sorry to hear you've had problems. I've had no problem with support. I asked a question sunday night, and support answered it monday. Hope it works out for you.

Do any users want to comment on the drop ship suppliers? Is it just a list of suppliers that want to do business with you? How are the wholesale prices compared to other wholesalers that offer dropshipping?

The reason I ask is because if this part of the "program" is really really good, it pretty much justifies the expense.

Now adays (is that a word?) most dropship lists are on a monthly subrcriber bases. If you had a great source, with more sources added regularly - it would be something you could grow with (only if the wholesale prices are truely "below wholesale".

@vtanner...if you'll pm me, I'll personally see to it that your refund request is taken care of, and I'm very sorry it wasn't handled in a more timely manner.

The dropship directory is in fact an ongoing creation. So yes, it's a great value. The software you use to install an unlimited number of stores is a great value. The extras that have been included at no charge, including additional video tutorials and several must haves for an ecommerce business...each one is a great value. And the knowledge you gain about creating a real, sustainable, profitable business...priceless.

And to the poster who commented he hadn't made money but it's only been a week...the software module just came out yesterday, so no, no one's making money yet.

As to support, all I can tell you is that we have some of the most dedicated support people I've ever seen and our goal is a response time of 24 hours or less. Based on the feedback we've gotten, most folks couldn't be more pleased.

Have there been complaints? Sure. I don't care what you produce, you'll never please everyone. Have there been refund requests? You betcha. When people discover there's more to starting and running an online business than clicking a few buttons and waiting for money to start spewing forth...naturally you're gonna have some folks wanting their money back. Which has been done without question in every instance.

And there are some people for whom an ecommerce store is not a good fit, and that's understandable. It's one of the reasons for an extended guarantee period.

Am I biased in favor of Niche Blueprint? You better believe it...but I won't lie to you about it. I don't mind one bit coming in here and trying to clarify questions as much as I can without revealing the specifics of the course. That would be a disservice to all those who paid good money for the information.

But I have to admit, I have a problem even feeling the need to defend or explain anything to those who didn't buy it, didn't read the sales page and really know nothing about it at all and yet feel qualified somehow to have an opinion on it.

If you have legitimate questions or comments, doubts or concerns, my PM box is open and there's a link to send me email in my profile. I'd be delighted to address anything I can answer without, as mentioned earlier, giving details that would be unfair to Niche Blueprint customers.

Honey Wesley

Niche Blueprint is just as good as their last product.. as expected. I'd highly recommend it when it's made available again.

Lots of good information to help you set up a niche ecommerce site, and the guys behind it actually care about their customers succeeding which is very cool.

Honey

as usual, another great post. i am amazed as I read this forum how many people are searching for that magic "push button" system that prints money out of their printer while they sleep.

if you are an entrepreneur looking to build wealth and abundance, it takes work. it takes daily FOCUSED action to build your company, whether it is an ecommerce store, an affiliate marketing company, an infoproduct course, etc. etc.

find a system that you feel comfortable with, that makes sense to you, that you can build upon and create true value to your customers and you will be successful. time block your days so you are taking massive action working on your business!

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

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. <><

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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!

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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!

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.

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

Hi Baal and for others who asked

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

I have had this product for two months now and its great these guys are still adding additional info to help improve profits.