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Updated: January 20, 2023

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Authority Hacker vs Income School

A comparison of The Authority Site System and Project 24

Two of the most popular affiliate marketing courses you can buy today:

Left: Mark and Gael from Authority Hacker. Right: Jim and Ricky from Income School.

I’ve reviewed all the top affiliate marketing courses, including those two.

Key points for both:

The Authority Site System

  About

An impressive affiliate marketing course that teaches you how to build authority websites and (eventually) earn passive income.

💰  Price

$1499 regular price (more info, get $900 discount now)

😍  Pros

Many student success stories, helpful private community, relatively low cost with the 60% discount, excellent refund guarantee, comprehensive training, regularly updated, created by trusted industry veterans, tons of bonuses.

😩  Cons

Can be challenging for newbies.

  Verdict

The best affiliate marketing training we’ve seen. Highly recommended.

Overall Rating
4.8/5 4.81

Read our full Authority Hacker review »

Project 24

  About

Several courses that teach you how to build profitable websites or YouTube channels.

💰  Price

$499 for one year, $299 per year thereafter or $29.99 per month (discount info, join now)

😍  Pros

Frequent student success stories. Several courses in one. Great community.

😩  Cons

No refunds. Workload can be a struggle. Lacking some advanced info.

  Verdict

Solid training for productive people who are new to blogging or YouTube.

Overall Rating
4.3/5 4.32

Read our full Project 24 review »

Authority Hacker vs Income School

If you’re torn between these two courses, this following should help.

😍 If you enjoy watching the Income School guys on YouTube…

Go with Project 24 »

You already know and like the way they teach, so you might as well roll with it.

🚀 If you want to see results as fast as possible…

Go with The Authority Site System »

I find the Authority Hacker approach to building affiliate sites to be very systematized and efficient, whereas the Income School guys rely a little too much on guesswork and intuition for my liking (especially when it comes to keyword research, as noted in my review).

That said, building a successful affiliate site isn’t an overnight job. Regardless of which training you follow, it will likely be several months before you start seeing decent results.

📚 If you want access to lots of training materials…

Go with Project 24 »

That course is much broader in scope, containing many mini-courses on topics like Pinterest, Photography, Email Marketing and YouTube.

Whereas The Authority Site System is more focused, designed to help you build a site with one primary source of traffic (organic) and one primary source of income (affiliate commissions).

🤷‍♂️ If you’re not sure affiliate marketing is for you…

Go with The Authority Site System »

They offer a 30-day money-back guarantee. So you can sign up, go through all the course materials, then get a full refund if you decide affiliate marketing isn’t your cup of tea.

Project 24, on the other hand, doesn’t give refunds – no going back if you sign up for that.

💰 If you’re on a tight budget…

You can make an argument for either course here:

  • The Authority Site System does cost a bit more up front and requires you to spend extra on tools, but there’s no recurring fee and they do have a money-back guarantee.
  • Project 24 will cost you less initially but there is an annual fee of $249 to keep access to the training and community, and they don’t give refunds.

Personally, I think the price difference between the two courses is negligible, so I wouldn’t advise basing your decision solely on that.

💪 If you want to build a site in a competitive niche…

Go with The Authority Site System »

You’ll learn the basics of link building, which I believe is essential if you want to compete with the big boys.

Authority Hacker’s approach to keyword research also seems to result in more of your content ranking well in Google, whereas the Income School approach seems to be more hit and miss.

🤔 If you’re still not sure…

Watch the free webinars for both courses and go with whichever one resonates best with you.

Click here to watch Authority Hacker webinar »

And here’s a recent Project 24 webinar…

Alternatives to Authority Hacker and Income School

We’re reviewing all the top affiliate marketing courses and collecting feedback from real students.

See our top picks below.

🏆 Best Affiliate Marketing Courses 🏆

1.The Authority Site System (review)
4.8/5
2.The Affiliate Lab (review)
4.6/5
3.Scale Your Travel Blog (review)
4.6/5
4.Blog Growth Engine (review)
4.5/5
5.Passive Income Geek (review)
4.4/5
6.Niche Site Profits (review)
4.3/5
7.Income School's Project 24 (review)
4.3/5
8.Blogging Fast Lane (review)
3.9/5
9.Perfecting Blogging (review)
3.8/5
10.Solo Build It (review)
3.7/5
11.123 Affiliate Marketing (review)
3.4/5
12.Passive Income Unlocked (review)
3.2/5
13.Jungle Influencer (review)
3.1/5
14.Affiliate Escape Plan (review)
3.1/5
15.Digital Worth Academy (review)
2.9/5
16.YouTube Affiliate Marketing System (review)
2.9/5
17.Home Business Academy (review)
2.7/5
18.Entre Institute (review)
2.6/5
19.Affiliate Marketing Success MasterClass (review)
2.5/5
20.Passive Income Pathways (review)
2.5/5
See all reviews of affiliate marketing courses »

Your Thoughts – Authority Hacker vs Income School

Have you taken either of these courses?

Please consider sharing your impressions below – good or bad – doesn’t matter so long as it’s helpful to other readers.

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About The Author
Niall Doherty – Founder and Lead Editor of eBiz Facts Born and raised in Ireland, Niall has been making a living from his laptop since quitting his office job in 2010. He's fond of basketball, once spent 44 months traveling around the world without flying, and has been featured in such publications as The Irish Times and Huffington Post. Read more...

7 thoughts on “Authority Hacker vs Income School”

  1. Hi Niall i want to start affiliate marketing but i want to learn how to promote products from different social media platforms like YouTube, Facebook, Instagram too including websites so, which course is the perfect fit for me according to you?

    Reply
    • Hi Viraj,

      I don’t really have any course to recommend to you for that. Income School’s Project 24 is probably the best for doing affiliate marketing via YouTube, but they don’t cover much in terms of Facebook or Instagram. Generally it’s very hard to make money as an affiliate via social media. Unless you have a big following on there already, you’d be better off focusing on SEO.

      Reply
  2. Niall

    Incredible content on here. I just spent an hour or so just binging your stuff.

    Quick question. My goal is to build traffic that is eventually monetized by converting a portion of the traffic to take a course I am building. I don’t necessarily want to go the affiliate marketing route.

    Do you think these courses are appropriate for this? Is one better than the other? Or should I look elsewhere?

    Thank you.

    Reply
    • Hi Ayo,

      Sounds like the main thing you need to focus on is SEO. Both the Authority Hacker and Income School courses will help you with that, though I think Authority Hacker is a better given their more methodical and data-driven approach to keyword research.

      That said, I’d encourage you to consider doing some affiliate marketing before building and selling your own course. That way you can test out what converts and what doesn’t much faster and easier. I sold my own course online for years and I found that more difficult than affiliate marketing.

      Reply
    • Hey Max,

      You’ll definitely build skills in SEO and content creation, which will make you more employable. Not sure if Authority Hacker still have it in their webinar, but they used to show how much you could earn doing SEO as an employee. That was the “worst case scenario” and it was pretty good. I believe that still holds true today. In general, the more skilled and capable you are, the easier it is to find a job.

      Reply

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