Chuck Nguyen Earn Easy Commissions Review – Should You Pay to Become a VIP

Who doesn’t want a more simple way to make money online? So when a program like Chuck Nguyen’s Earn Easy Commissions comes along, one might think that that’s the ultimate solution. Or is it? In today’s review, we’ll find out what the program entails and if you should join or upgrade for that matter.

Who Is Chuck Nguyen?

The creator behind Earn Easy Commissions (EEC) is an internet marketer by the name of Chuck Nguyen based in Melbourne, Australia. He isn’t a super-guru by any means, but he has a YouTube channel that discusses all things related to online marketing.

He also founded a program called Digital Elites sometime back in September 2017 which appears to have sunset and is currently redirected to the current EEC site. To know more about him, you may check out his Facebook profile.

What Is Inside EEC?

EEC is basically a training platform that teaches about making money with affiliate marketing. It was established around the same time in 2017 and seems to be more active than his previous program.

The basic training is mainly divided into 5 sections, which he called as 5 steps. Each section comes with a video tutorial, some with PDF downloads and some with resource links.

Step 1 is just an introduction to the program, showing you how to navigate around the platform. Then, Step 2 and 3 illustrate how you can monetize from the free and paid membership. The meat of the training can be found in Step 4 which comprises of a 30-day action plan. Lastly, Step 5 is just an announcement section to keep you in the loops of things regarding the EEC training.

When you upgrade to VIP status, you’ll get more perks such as;

• Earn higher commission payouts
• Earn additional income streams from 3rd party software and networks
• The chance to join their mastermind group for more personalized coaching
• Get cash rewards for joining contests and boosting rankings
• Lifetime access to future training upgrades
• Access to over 17 courses and case studies that were previously taught at Digital Elites

The Cost of Joining

The basic training from EEC is free of charge and the access is immediate as soon as you sign up and verify the account. The paid version is called VIP Partner and it cost $750 to join. This one-time fee is merely for the training and doesn’t take into account other costs that will incur while running the affiliate business.  

The Pros

With only five sections in the basic training, does it serve any purpose? Well, there are actually some advantages to it.

1 – Many programs that started off as free, don’t really offer a lot on the plate, but the EEC training especially the 30-day action plan (Step 4), has a lot of stuff going on. At this point of writing, 24 video lessons have been uploaded and Chuck promises more to come. Each lesson is a step-by-step walkthrough so you’ll get an idea on what needs to be done.   

2 – Even as a free member, you’d still get paid a commission of $1 for every qualified referral. A qualified member basically refers to someone who resides in the US, UK, Canada, Australia or New Zealand. They must have an actual email address, confirm their account and pass the spam filter test.

Some people might consider this as being picky, but from my point of view, it would help you get better quality leads and higher chances of converting free to VIP members.

If you choose to become a VIP member, you can earn a direct commission of $500 per sale and a second tier commission of $100 per sale. This is probably one of the highest commission payouts I’ve seen so far.

3 – Within the program, you can earn multiple commissions from EEC’s recommended networks and software by changing any EEC affiliate links into your affiliate links. Here are some programs and services worth mentioning.  

• Wealthy Affiliate – An affiliate training and web hosting platform
• BlueHost – Domain and hosting provider
• NameCheap = Domain and hosting provider
• Thrive Themes = Premium WordPress themes and plugins developer
• Long Tail Pro – Keyword research tool
• Snappa = Online graphic designing tool

4 – The main focus of the training is to teach you about affiliate marketing which I think is a good online business model. For beginners, there’s no need to create any product and for the experienced, you can leverage from multiple vendors within the same niche.

Most of the time, you just need to get hold of the marketing resources and start promoting the products. In the case of EEC, there are email swipes, Facebook images and banner ads to start using immediately.

The Cons

As far as training is concerned, Earn Easy Commissions does seem legitimate. Yet, further into the program, a pitch pattern will inevitably emerge – one that is commonly found with many high ticket affiliate programs in the make-money-online niche.

1 – Chuck makes it a point to upsell the VIP program from the very beginning – although subtly – and continues to do so throughout the entire course. According to him, such ‘exclusive training’ would normally cost about 10K so the fact that he’s offering at $750 is a pretty good deal.

If you truly think this is a bargain, think again. The fee is just to cover the cost of training and some so-called VIP access. In reality, you need certain tools and programs to run an affiliate business. While some are free, the ones recommended by Chuck are mostly paid and the cost varies according to what you’ll be using.

There’s a good chance you’ll be spending a couple of hundreds more each month following his 30-day action plan so $750 is just the tip of the iceberg here.

2 – The entire training focuses a lot on paid traffic generation such as email marketing, Facebook ads, forum posting, and even solo ads. While most of these methods are legit, they are probably good for people with budgets to spare and want to scale in terms of traffic.

Chuck advocates about helping you make $10K within 90 days in the training, but from personal experience, that’s a far fetched goal unless you’ve developed a strong foundation in online marketing – which isn’t really covered in the basic training. It’s not wrong to have ambitious goals, but we also need to be realistic here and calculate the type of risks involved.

3 – At its very core, EEC is all about promoting itself and its recommended products. It doesn’t really apply to the common affiliate programs that promote physical items (such as the Amazon Associate Program) or other digital goods to end users.

This type of system can easily be utilized as a scheme to make money from others without offering any concrete or practical values. Programs like this cannot be sustainable in the long run because it only benefits a small group of people and the general population will eventually get tired of their high-ticket sales pitch.

4 – What I found confusing with Chuck’s training is that while advising you to focus on one system (which is his), he also displays banners to other training (that he’s affiliated with) such as the Clickbank University. I am not sure if he’s just being resourceful or trying to earn some extra commissions when you sign up from these platforms, but it does feel like the latter.

So, Is EEC Worth Joining?

It depends. If you want to know how paid traffic generation works, the 30 days action plan pretty much gives a good idea on what to expect. Chuck is undoubtedly speaking from experience and has clearly invested a lot of time producing those good quality video lessons.

In spite of that, the validity of the training remains questionable under these circumstances;

• Those people who testified to be making money with the program are likely individuals who have paid to become VIPs and thus, injecting massive cash into the affiliate fund so that commissions can be shared ONLY by those within the club.
• The program claims to teach you the easiest way to make money online but doesn’t even cover the basic stuff like finding the right niche, building a functional website and writing valuable content. These are methods of free traffic generation and they don’t cost a lot to get started. When done right, free traffic can become very profitable as well.
• Chuck says that his teaching usually costs more than $750, yet the knowledge isn’t really as ‘secretive’ as you think. What he’s actually sharing are common online marketing practices, repackaged under fancy topics and resell at an inflated price. And you’ll be paying for that because the entire sales-pitch has got you hooked from the very beginning.

Therefore, in all honesty, I don’t see why you should be joining EEC as a VIP unless you enjoy making money from others regardless of the product value. Are you that kind of person?

Affiliate marketing is a huge and growing industry. Depending on your area of interest, there are many brands and product ideas to leverage from so it’s not wise to limit yourself promoting EEC alone or rely on paid traffic the entire time. If you really want to crush it online, learn from this comprehensive marketing platform that has been in business for more than a decade.   

You will learn everything from basic to advanced at a very affordable membership price and also get personal help from me. Hope to see you inside and if there’s any thought or questions, feel free to leave them in the comment space below.