The Money Making Review

Is Thrive learning institute really a good investment in your Internet education?

I was contacted by Thrive Learning Institute in May 2008, this contact was through another purchase, I did not contact them directly.  I know that they got my information through Process At Home with Angel Stevens.  I believe that the two companies could be intertwined, as the receipt states that it is “Process at Home – Trive Institute”.  It is surprising that in this day and age, companies are still using cold calling marketing.  I guess I was desperate at the time, so I went for it!  There were additional calls from other businesses that were associated with this business to sell more products.

So, what is Thrive about?  This is a learning institute that will train you with a support team and videos.  The main training is based on e-commerce.  The training is in depth, the support is good (not great), and they provide hosting and a website creator for your e-commerce site.   During the training you are able to get information on picking the right product, creating your website, how to sell, and promoting your product and website.

Overall thoughts:

Cost- Too much initial investment for the training.  I paid an embarrassing amount of money to gain this knowledge.  There is an additional monthly fee for the use of the website builder and hosting.  The membership is based on a certain number of months that you will agree to at time of purchase.

Support – there is a team that is assigned to you.  Although they are advertised as experts in the e-commerce field, they were usually unable to help me on my questions. 

Other thoughts- instead of allowing the member to see the other resources available and make decisions based on the recommendations.  Instead, they allow or give your information to other businesses and have them call you..ok, that was not fair, I do not know for sure that they gave away my information.  As we all know, once you start a business you will get entered onto a lot of lists.  I learned the hard way, you don’t have to do the same thing by “falling” for the quick pitch on their services or products.

My Results- unfortunately, the training was not enough to create an innate desire to become an e-commerce entrepreneur.  I do believe that you could gain a great amount of information through the training; however, I feel that the price does not equal the value of the training or support.

In conclusion, I don’t use their services anymore.