Yes folks, there is a Beachbody affiliate program out there and in this post I’m going to explain what you need to know before joining it.
In the first couple of years I was involved with affiliate marketing, one of the networks I considered joining was Beachbody. However, certain things happened which took my attention away from it and recently, I’ve gotten back into exploring this place once more, but in much more detail this time.
To my surprise, Beachbody is not your usual affiliate network and in this post, I’d like to explain what you need to know about it before joining and if joining it is even worth it.
For me personally, I find this network and how it works to be a bit more constricting than places out there, which is why I personally do not feel it’s for me, but rather than jumping ahead, let me explain how it works first.
What is Beachbody?
It’s a huge company that has produced numerous (and very popular) fitness and health products over the many years it’s been in business. If you’ve never heard of Beachbody, but are into fitness in some way, odds are you may have heard about the following products and programs:
- P90X.
- 21 Day Fix.
- Insanity Workout.
- And just as well, supplements, shakes and related stuff.
This is all part of the Beachbody program and the company has it’s own internal network of coaches, affiliates, a huge following and more. In short, Beachbody is a very popular and established brand name in the fitness and health world.
What is the Beachbody affiliate program and opportunity?
People who love this company and wish to become affiliates for it can and this is through the Beachbody affiliate program. However, unlike many other affiliate networks in which you just sign up, get approved and start promoting, Beachbody has a few more obstacles to cross.
This can be a good and bad thing depending on what you subjectively believe, but I’ll explain what I mean:
In order to become an affiliate and start promoting Beachbody products:
1) You first need to sign up as a “coach” on their website and buy their $39.95 Digital Business Starter kit which gives you access to the program for 30 days. After the 30 days, it become a $15.95 monthly charge. You can find Beachbody’s coach sign up here.
2) After signing up to this, you have the option (or mandate, I’m not really sure) to buy one or more of their products to be an active member and this can involve referring other members.
3) Eligibility varies but as an active affiliate for Beachbody, you can earn 25% on all sales within this site.
4) Referring people to become Beachbody coaches also pays and you get $25 for each person who becomes at least a 1 month member (also buys a starter kit).
To be honest, their whole compensation model is very reminiscent to me of a network marketing and MLM program, which is one of the reasons I ultimately decided not to get involved with it, but the short idea is this:
- You need to pay an X amount of money to be a Beachbody affiliate (coach).
- You can promote products and earn some pretty nice commissions from being a member.
- Some requirements and buys are necessary from my understanding to be an active member.
Is the Beachbody affiliate program worth joining? 2 ways I look at it:
I have 2 different points of views on this business model, one which is good, the other which is a bit unattractive to me:
The good one:
You can make the argument that Beachbody wants it’s coaches/affiliates to be healthy and show off the companies results. This can get others to join under them, become healthier and better versions of themselves and all through the Beachbody products and way of life. This is at least the type of messaging I see on the site itself.
If you love being healthy, love Beachbody products and they’ve truly done it for you (they really do have some good products, I will admit that), and see yourself as being a marketer for them, you can certainly become a coach/promoter, but do note you will have to keep paying to keep remaining there.
The “meh” one:
In my opinion, I also see this business model as being quite inflexible.
On one hand, I understand that there’s certain fees in joining, but (perhaps existing or past affiliate of Beachbody can clarify) is it really true you need to buy one or more of their products to remain active and get commissions?
I’ve been looking at blogs from former coaches in this company (and they are years old) that say you do, but has this been updated? Here are some of the sources I found:
- This is from a former Beachbody affiliate.
- And this is from the same buy talking about pyramid schemes and BeachBody.
I love getting unbiased views from former members of these programs, but I do take into consideration more than one side here. Anyway:
If you do need to buy extra products and stuff, it’s really classic MLM and network marketing stuff used to get more sales for the company and it can be interpreted different ways. Personally, I am not a big fan of this stuff and it’s one of the reasons I don’t believe in getting involved.
Beachbody affiliate alternatives (there are many folks!):
I believe affiliate networks should be flexible and the affiliates who choose to join can leave anytime without having a hardship on their wallet.
Let’s say you’re into health and fitness. No problem! You can become an affiliate for numerous affiliate networks out there outside the Beachbody realm and promote those without being tied so much to a single network.
Many of them do not pay as well as Beachbody does, but the fees involved in that network vs these ones in my opinion compensate for that lower commission.
Earlier I said I once considered being a coach for Beachbody in my early affiliate marketing career, but then I got distracted by other networks. Well there were 2:
I could have promoted products from both these places (both in health and fitness niches) without paying for a monthly membership and left anytime. They do have their own affiliate fees off earnings you make, but that’s a different story.
What I’m trying to say is, with these 2 affiliate networks (and others), it’s pretty straight forward, whereas with Beachbody, there’s more steps and details involved which make it a bit more complicated.
And I want it to be simple since there’s enough to worry about in being a successful affiliate marketer.
At the end of the day, I air on the side of flexibility and simplicity with affiliate networks and while Beachbody’s affiliate program is legitimate in my opinion, it’s got too much red tape and things that make me less inclined in joining them. But that’s not to say it won’t be better suited for you.
Success with affiliate marketing rests beyond just the network you’re in:
One really important thing to understand is that unless you are a good affiliate marketer and promoter, it doesn’t matter which network you’re in or how much it pays. What matters is knowing how to promote products and how to find your ideal topic you love to start those promotions through.
If you’re on the fence about Beachbody, or affiliate marketing in general, I understand that perfectly well, which is why I suggest you get your starting point with a program called Wealthy Affiliate. This program’s training will allow you to get the skills needed to be a successful affiliate anywhere.
The success I had on Clickbank, and on Amazon I mentioned earlier came from learning how to do that through Wealthy Affiliate and it’s training.