What is InstAffiliate; Review lays it bare?
In brief, InstAffiliate is based on made for you niche websites… healthy, supplements and training. InstaAffiliate – is short cut for Instant affiliate marketing.
These responsive websites are optimised for selling Click Bank products. As you will see, when you watch the InstAffiliate video the done for you websites, l must admit … they are amazing.
It is free to get started. Yes, l mean NO account details required.
[Find Out Below How InstAffiliate is Now A Scam and Why l Quit]
The very reasons why l believe, anyone serious about making money online must create their own affiliate websites.
l tried it first …. l do not recommend ANY make money at home opportunity that l have not personally tested.
So far so good, there is only an offer to purchase more websites if the system is working for me.
l will be sharing my InstAffiliate case study below this article.
What is good about InstAffiliate.
- Well-designed websites are done for you, hosted and populated with content written by experts.
- Instaffiliate live chat support turns visitors into clients.
- It is free to get started.
- The support is highly responsive.
- Ready-made high converting emails for each niche.
- Click Bank is an established digital product market place.
- Products are cherry picked and you get commission for every product reviewed on your website.
- The website is fully responsive, so you can work on the go.
- You will get training on how to drive traffic continuously to the websites.
- You do not need to be a copy writer or web designer to own a fully functional website.
- A functional website is handed to you instantly and if you know how to drive traffic then you can start earning from day one.
- The cost is quite reasonable considering all the resources you will get with different packages (see topic on pricing).
What l did not like about InstAffiliate.
- You will not learn the basics of creating websites if you are new to affiliate marketing.
- It relies too much on Click Bank which renders it vulnerable to changes in CB policies.
- You will need to drive highly targeted traffic from other sources to the website which can be expensive.
- You do not own the websites or content… you are just putting your CB links on an existing domain.
- The websites use common stock photos.
- [Added 27/05/16] The website is now directing visitors to your website to non-Click Bank affiliate products.
Who should join InstAffiliate.
There is no universal program to make money online, so Instaffiliate is not for everyone. It is for those who prefer to get things done for them without getting their feet wet.
If you failed to make any money using other affiliate programs that rely on free traffic from the generosity of Uncle Google. You can try this program and use other free traffic generation methods besides SEO.
You hate creating ugly websites and do not have the patience to wait for SEO traffic.
English is your second language and you take a lot of time to write articles … like me.
How much does InstAffiliate Cost?
- 1 Free Starter Website (You can visit my Free Weight Loss website to see how it looks like. The name at the end of the URL is my Click Bank id.
- $39 website set up and $29 monthly.
- Life time excess $149 – No website set up fees.
- $99 Paid Annually – No website set up fees
Are there any upsells?
Yes, there are offers to purchase more websites depending on how far you want to scale the project. You also need some money for traffic generation although you will get Face Book group link posting training and other free methods to drive traffic to your website.
What Are The Resources Offered Inside InstAffiliate?
- One free website for you to get started.
- Basic affiliate marketing training videos.
- Traffic generation course.
Is InstAffiliate a scam?
So far they have lived up to their promises. l have been given excess to my free website with my Click Back affiliate links. It is truly free to get started. You can test the system without spending a dimme.
InstAffiliate is Now A Scam and Why l Quit!
It has been a while since l visited my InstaAffiliate done for me website. l give credit to Mike Gerke who alerted me about what was happening when you visit your affiliate website (see screen shot of the comment below). l immediately, edited this review on the same day alerting anyone interested in the done for you websites.
l had already highlighted in my original review that l was not happy with the fact that visitors to my affiliate website end up opt-into InstaAffiliate email list. There is no way to monitor offers that will be send to the list if they have your Click Bank affiliate link.
When l visited my website, l confirmed what Mike had said. There is an exit intend pop up which offers a free trail of Garcinia Cambogia. When l clicked on the link to the free trial, l was send to a website called Natural Asian Garcinia which has got nothing to do with Click Bank.
Sadly, l was never notified of these changes.
Shame on you InstaAffiliate! Taking all my affiliate links to your website down.
InstAffiliate Case Study – My progress so far.
1. I created my Free Account.
2. lnserted my Click Bank ID into my Instaffiliate account which automatically updated all links to my website.
3. l tested the chat support and got a reply in 3 minutes …. not bad huh! l pretended as if l had forgotten how to insert my Click Bank ID into my account. The lady included clear screen shots in the reply (see the chat below).
4. l activated my website my weight loss website. Below is the screen shot of the website. At the end of each page URL or link there is my Click Bank id. Any product purchased from Click Bank, l will get a commission. Click on the image to visit the website.
5. InstAffiliate income disclosure. l am still to drive traffic to the website and will report on my progress as usual with screen shots of my Click Bank account.
Well, l made a paltry $87 with this program. lt is important to not that l hardly promoted my affiliate website except a few FB posts and links on this website.
l have quit the program and will be finding out to take down all my affiliate links.
What are my concerns so far?
l am not sure about how efficient the system is in tracking sales and if my CB affiliate cookie will continue working inside the email auto responder. There is only one way to test if the program is fool proof … sponsoring someone to purchase a product through my website and verifying if CB pays me my commission.
However, if you are totally new to affiliate marketing l do not recommend that you get started with InstaAffiliate. First learn the ropes of affiliate marketing by joining my recommended affiliate training.
Lesson Learned: Building your own website which you have control over is the Best Way To Earn Income Online.
l can not remove InstaAffiliate pop ups on their website, but l can surely edit this article on my website. The rules have changed. I no longer recommend this program to anyone serious about creating wealth online.
If you have experience with InstAffiliate or you have any questions, the commentary box below is waiting for you.
Hello..love the review..I have also activated weightloss site..I see problem already!
I went thru found a product and went to order it to see if the hop shows in my clickbank dashboard..Nope!!! Looking into it further…I did update my clickbank id already before activating site too. It still shows someone else on bottom of order form (not my id link)!!!
not pleased yet!
I'll get back to you..
Cheers
Kevin
Update!
All fixed..It seems there is a two step process in activating…and not very clear in this regard.
Test driving now in traffic!
l am happy you found a solution Kevin and thank you for caring to share your progress. Use the chat option when ever you run into challenges. l am still to check out the traffic generation training. All the best. Keep me updated on your progress. All the best.
What was the solution to embed your clickbank ID into the site, because I have the same problem. I have entered my clickbank ID, I clicked the Activation link, checked my status and it showed the weight loss plan site had been activated, but when I check the product links, not my ID. It is clickbank affiliate ethiccash.
Plus, with the free site they are siphoning off the traffic with the sign-up forms in right bar and, the Garcinia product is not clickbank so they are making the money off of that. Also, one of the clickbank products promoted on the site is a dead clickbank product… not there anymore.
Hi Mike. If you have any problems with setting up your Click Bank ID, contact support using the chat box. They are quite responsive. Yes, l have found out that they are making some changes to their website which prejudice affiliates. l will be reviewing my article and black list them if they don’t address pertinent issues. Thanks for the heads up.
I gave them my information to get free website and instead i get taken to a page with different payment options. where is the free website?
today is aug 10, 2016. Why do people keep saying that you can get free website from instafilliate.com?
Also, if you make a payment, do you have to get autoresponder like aweber or getresponse?
thanks
Thanks for the heads up. l will check if they no longer have the so called ‘free’ websites and update my review. In any case, it is only one website on which you enter you CB affiliate name as an URL extension. There is no auto responder, they manage your list and send their own offers.
Interesting! I will have to check them out! I am glad it is working for you. I had never heard of them. Looking forward to seeing how you progress as you give updates. Thanks for sharing such a great review!
No worries Eloah, l will kep you posted. It is a new program which a friend refered me to and l thought of giving it a try. So far so god. Results are trickling in and l will be publishing them soon. It is totally free save for offers to pay for more websites if it is working for for you.
So anyone made sales if any and how long site been running.
Want to say Thank You to OP for his bringing this forward and actually testing it and would like to know his results to day.
Yes, l have made a few sales from the day l posted this review (weight loss is a prime niche). The challenge is on how to drive traffic to the site, if you are not in the weight loss niche. It takes time to get paid by Click Bank, so no guranteed payments yet but l will keep everyone updated.
I’m sorry to mention this, but I think you meant access and not excess.
Thanks for the heads up Cynthia. Still learning English as a second language.
Hello, I have never heard of Instaffiliate. After going through your review I realize that this is indeed too good to be true, but it is. Nevertheless, having a ready made hosted website with contents in it is great but having to spend money to send ''targeted traffic'' to it is another issue that anyone should be considering as minus. And moreover, knowing that the website and the contents are not technically yours at the end of the day is another concern.
I would pass on this bro, because I would rather build a website I can call my own, and be able to sell if I choose to.
Thanks anyway for the review…at least for being honest.
Thank you Nnamdi for your valuable contribution. It is indeed a relatively new program which l decided to check out since it is free to join. It is true that owning your own website is the best way to get started with affiliate marketing. The problem with InstaAffiliate is that if Click Bank changes its policies then you are doomed. The website is also gaining from free direct traffic after the initital visit using your link. l will see how it goes and report back.
The product Instaffiliate is promoting needs a good gravity rating.
Every weight loss program reviewed on InstAffiliate website is being promoted. l agree with you that some of them do have low gravity on Click Bank.
does everyone get the same sites?
Hi Ruthie, from my experience the sites are all the same and only differ according to niches. Your special links to the website generated after entering your Click Bank id are what matters and will lead to you being credited with the sale when you send traffic through them. More like sending traffic to the same Amazon website using different affiliate links.
I'm sorry for those hoping that this is something special, but it's not. Actually, it's the worst program I've ever spent my money on.
I would love to go into great detail, but they have a long obscure small print TOS page and I'm sure they would accuse me of disseminating proprietary information and initiate a lawsuit.
What I can say, is that I bought all the upsells, but after checking them out and seeing what the program was really all about (unbelievable), I requested a refund. PAY CLOSE ATTENTION FOLKS – They refused to issue any refund because they have a one line statement in that obscure TOS that says no refunds. Yep, my fault (?), I ticked the box without reading the complete TOS (like everyone does?) Who's ever heard of a large scale program like that, that refuses to issue refunds? Red Flag right there!!!!
So then they send me an email, asking me how I liked the program – I told them eight valid points and what did they do? They canceled my account. So yep, $300 – $400 down the tubes. They took my money and closed me out of the program as well.
Situations like this give IM a bad name.
The one thing I will say, forget about organic traffic to these sites – Won't happen.
Hi Denis, Thank you for the update and word of advice. l am sorry that you lost your money after purchasing up-sells. As a rule of thump, l only pay for up-sells using money generated using the basic program. If the free website cannot generate any income, l do not think it is a wise idea to buy up-sells. As l said in my review, l am still using the free done for you weight loss website and l highlighted likely up-sells. l also advised those who would like to join InstAffiliate to exercise due deligience including reading TOS between the lines. l agree with you that it is difficult to drive organic traffic to these sites unless you already have websites in the respective niche. l am sorry though for such a loss.
Dennis, if what you said is true, then you need to refund your money if you can. If you paid by Paypal, do a refund, if by Credit Card, call and do a chargeback.
If that doesn't work, it might be possible to look into pressing charges.
Hi Mike,
I'd love to- Except they have all their bases covered. Inside of the TOS (fine print of course) they state: No refunds or chargebacks. And I ticked the box.
Yep, I should have taken out my magnifying glass and read the full TOS. It's just that I've almost NEVER heard of a company who refuses to give a refund. I tried it and there were so many holes in the program, that I wasn't interested.
Perhaps I can save someone else the money and headache of dealing with such a company. Good luck to anyone else.
I have it ansd sometimes I click on it to see if these guys are scamming us, and 8 out of 10 times it lead back to me, so I am ok with it wheh i get 10 of 10 then I will upgrade.
It is great that you are testing everything Tmansid. That is the way to go. l will also ONLY upgrade if the free websites have generated enough revenue to cover the upgrade costs. So far so good.
Why do all you guys think this is “too good to be true” or so paranoid about being scammed…
Almost seems like you expect to be scammed or maybe even hoping to be scammed?…
I think you guys have an oppressed mindset.
To the OP, any updates on stats or how you drove traffic?
l am not sure who you are referring to Pedro. No one will get scammed unless you want to purchase more websites before you have made any money with the free websites. The money is payed into your Click Bank account. l have been busy and working on other projects. l will post updates once l have confirmed sales, that is after the 60 day Click Bank refund window.
I was just checking this out today…Aug 2/16. The comments stop in April….was looking for an update after the 60 day CB refund window from ScamBusters…..but the comments stop there….any news?
Yes, l made $87 but l later quit as said in the update. It is still 100% free to join and l discouraged upgrading membership in my review.
I think the yeas have it.
it is too good to be true. Looks great as starers. nice professional website…but as was mentioned you don’t have any control over signups, altering links, etc.
TOS are terrible. I had a ‘discussion’ with the helpful staff and all I got was quotes from the TOS about why I had no referrals. It seems that they keep them until you upgrade.
The popup to Garcenia for a month’s supply for 79 dollars credit card is scammy. Have you ever tried to cancel such an order? It embarrasses my friends. ‘
Thank you Andy for your heads up. There are a lot of merchants who scam affiliates and l believe this is one of them. Besides, when your referred traffic revisits the website, they are likely not to use your difficult to remember link. Without a transparent cookie administration, you get ripped off. The Garcinia Carbogia free trial scam has been around the web for a while. You are billed after a few days and they continue to do so until you get a new credit card. l have since, revised my review to reveal the changes. Now they have done for you Instaffiliate Survival niche websites. Not worth the time.
I just ordered the package ffor women over 40 but, it is no where to be found on their site I also checked my free site and when I clicked on one of the books to see it the link to Clickbank was working I got the message that the lilnk had be dis bled due to violaton of terms of condition.
I will not be doing any more business with these guys, they don’t see to know what theyh are doing when it come to product delivery. I thought I had a lifetilme subscrptioons but it doesn’t work. I don’t think it is a scam the guys are just incompenent
Thank Tim for sharing your experience with Instaffiliate. Unfortunately, there is a thin line between deliberate incompetence and can easily lead to affiliates getting scammed. Imagine if you send visitors to a ClickBank link that is not functional and they end up joining the email list or purchasing other products using Instaffiliate affiliate links?
Thanks TIm for the heads up. Have you had any further progress on this issue? There were a number of veteran marketers promoting this package and some of the previous ones. I am shocked they would continue to promote if people are just getting scammed by this vendor.
Oh Wow! Thanks to everyone who took the time to comment on the Instaffiliate program.Just was about getting ready to pull out my credit card to order and at the last minute decided to do some checking for reviews and found this site. Really appreciate all those who shared their negative experiences, as having been scammed online myself at times, it is something that it is not easy to admit to the world, that you have been duped. I applaud your courage and sincerely thank you for saving me money and frustration!
‘… it is something that it is not easy to admit to the world, that you have been duped’. True that. l admitted in the front of the World and decided to take action by creating Avert Scams. Good to know that another dollar has been saved.
I believe Instaffiliate is not what it claims to be. You are ‘given’ good looking websites but have no control and are at the mercy of whatever is presented including some obnoxious adverts that have nothing to do with the theme of the site. You can’t get email addresses, don’t know anything about any visitors or those who click to buy. And this really is inexcusable, there is NO support on my account, there is no way they can be contacted and even if one could, the responses from what I hear are not meeting your needs.
Thank you Ronald for your input. l just checked it out since it was for free, although you would pay by sending traffic to the website. It’s not worth the hype.
They say there is a tracking of emails, but there is no follow-up.
When you enter your email on the capture page, you do not receive any follow-up emails. Sometimes they send another offer with their affiliate link and not yours.
I signed up and dropped,
I am now curious as to why the comments have stopped. My guess, is that Instaffiliate has morphed into a different product. 2 years later, might have even become a different program from that one. Bottom line seems to be: get your own domain name, load up WordPress, and create your own product and splash page. Study up on traffic sources, and go for it.