Sa El – Founder at Simply Insurance

How does Sa make money online?

Sa runs a website called Simply Insurance that helps people compare insurance quotes and buy insurance.

If a visitor to the site clicks an affiliate link to an insurance company website and buys insurance from them, Sa earns a commission.

How much money does Sa make?

Sa revealed during a podcast interview in October 2019 that his 2-year-old website was earning $13,000 to $15,000 per month in revenue, from only 6000 monthly visitors.

Then in a September 2020 interview, Sa revealed in another interview that his revenue was up to $50,000 per month.

Here’s the later interview with Sa:

In a comment here Sa also reveals that his expenses for the website are only about $2000 per month.

How did Sa get started?

You can hear the full story in the 2019 podcast interview.

In brief:

• Sa had more than 11 years of experience in the insurance industry and used to sell insurance door-to-door.
• He decided to build an affiliate website in the insurance niche.
• To learn how to drive traffic, he took Brian Dean’s SEO course, SEO That Works.
• He worked on the site for 9 months before he saw his first commission check.

It was the best day of my life, I knew it worked. That’s all I needed to know, that it worked.

What type of online business does Sa have?

According to our framework Sa has a referral business, which would be considered a Level 3 online business.

• Learn more about referral businesses and see other examples

More specifically, Sa’s Simply Insurance website is an affiliate website.