Is Clickfunnels Just Overhyped by Affiliates or Actually Worth It?

Last Updated September 1, 2021 in Digital Products

Author: Nate McCallister

overall Rating

3.1/5

Clickfunnels is a web based software that allows entrepreneurs to create landing pages, courses and sales funnels. Although many people are able to see tremendous results with Clickfunnels, I have concluded that it is overhyped due to their highly incentivized affiliate army and it doesn't actually do much better of a job than the alternative web builders on the market.

I no longer use Clickfunnels (although I have an account active) and have switched to running my sales funnels through WordPress with the tools ThriveCart (for sales funnel and payment processing) and Thrive Themes ) for site design.

Pros

A lot of great looking templates
Requires less tech skills than other custom alternatives
Their training and educational content is worldclass especially programs like their One Funnel Away Challenge

Cons

Support is abhorrent
Buying domains through them is glitchy at best
Additional 3rd party software required
You can almost guarantee you'll need the higher priced plan
Backpack (affiliate management tool) is very unreliable.
Many simple features withheld to sell 3rd party tool "CF Pro Tools"
Not a replacement for a business website. For example, you can't realistically blog with Clickfunnels
Many alternative options that are just as good or better

Quality

Aesthetics

Learning Curve

Reliability

Cost

Functionality

Nate McCallister

Nate is the founder and main contributor of EntreResource.com and the author of Evergreen Affiliate Marketing. He is a lifestyle entrepreneur who spends his time building businesses and raising his four kids, Sawyer, Brooks, Van, and Lua, with his beautiful wife, Emily. His main interests include copywriting, economics, and piano.

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