Rating: 5 stars

It provides everything I loved about SBI in WordPress format. It shortens your learning curve for making your website profitable.

Rating: 1 star

If you download this plugin and register, BizExpress will SPAM you without an option to opt out! This was a complaint I had in my other review titled “There are Better and More Honest Tools Out There” when I mentioned the parent company adding me to their email list without an opt-in. I was honestly ready to walk away from any further comments about SiteSell and BizXpress. I even got an email from the parent company stating I needed to redo an opt-in if I want mail from them since they were clearing their mail lists. I was happy to finally be freed. Well shortly thereafter I started getting emails from BizXpress hounding me to upgrade to the paid “pro” version of the plugin. I never opted into receiving messages from them. I sent an unsubscribe request which was ignored. After receiving further messages from them I noticed there is no LEGALLY REQUIRED unsubscribe opt-out anywhere in their SPAM messages. As stated in my original review, run away from this company. I surely expect BizXpress to jump on this accusing me of being a troll…untrue but has already happened in prior interations. I genuinely want to move on and have no further contact from this company. BizXpress please stop spamming me and everyone who downloads your plugin and registers to use it!!!!

[Duplicate review]

Rating: 5 stars

Doing keyword research trying to use Google’s Adwords tool, or other tools like Wordtracker are not as easy to use, and not as many in-depth guides.

The keyword research tool that BizXpress has is really specifically tailored to people making workhorse-content sites. Although it’s totally fine for the 10 pager local business, where it really shines is if you need to build a blueprint for a 500 page website, and everything needs to make topical sense.

It still takes some skill to use well, but the education on how to use it is there and simple enough to understand. It’s more building the concepts of business that get in someone’s way (ie. not realizing the search intent of keywords and getting too focused on the numbers).

Anyways, really happy with the Brainstorm It! thing, and there were some updates to it this year that helped, such as a grouping feature that sorted out your keywords topically to help you understand which words are more common.

Rating: 5 stars

I had a WordPress site, but I didn’t know what I was doing. I found the this plugin about learning how to build a “business”. Now, this is what I have been looking for.

I’ve been following the action guide and it is teaching me how to build my site the right way. When I got to step 6, I was impressed. There are soooo many plugins out there. They helped to pick the best of the best; no worries.

The keyword tool was a bit complicated for me. But, still, I was able to find the keywords I needed to use in my posts to help me get the traffic that I never had before. I’m so excited about that! Finally getting visitors to my site!

This is awesome!

Rating: 1 star

I was quite impressed by the number of articles and tools provided but after a few hours of browsing I realized that the whole system really comes down to building a big information website in the hope of getting large amounts of search traffic from Google by using a keyword tool to find profitable keywords to write about.

This idea has been around for ages, and although it was doable in its heyday, very few people are making any money out of it now. Despite the amount of stuff in here, there is just nothing to protect yourself from an overnight collapse in Google traffic. And that’s if you get it in the first place, which is very very hard nowadays.

Also, there doesn’t seem to be any tools to help you create products, which they say is supposed to be the whole point of getting the traffic in the first place.

Rating: 4 stars

I am new to WP. I’ve been wanting to create a WP site for some time now, but have been intimidated. I found this plugin and it gave me the courage to give it a try. I know that the information is out there if you have the time/desire to go looking for it, but for me, I like having the information all in one place. I especially like having a clear path to follow. I know where I want to go, I just wasn’t sure how to get there so I find this plugin very useful.

Rating: 4 stars

I have been using both SBI and WordPress for years and have learned a lot from both.

I was happy to see that now anyone wanting to start a business with wordpress has this great tool to show them the way. You get the best of both world, wordpress is the best to create your content but the bizXpress is the best to give you the step-by-step.

If I wanted let’s say to buy an offline shop but have no idea how or where to start managing the business, like how to deal with suppliers, what’s the best way to market the products, etc I would be so grateful if the previous owner would explain everything in details and show me how.

Well bizXpress is that virtual teacher a person just starting out would need. In my opinion, it’s not for the seasoned entrepreneur but for the ones that are new to an online business.

Rating: 5 stars

A few years ago, life before children, I tried to starting a WP site. It didn’t go very well.
I didn’t quite “get it” and I struggled. In fact I gave up.

More recently, I have three children, (who also don’t come with a manual), and I’ve tried to start a site again. I found this plugin, and I really like it. It’s like someone is opening the door and introducing things to me.

Now maybe its the way the guide is written, (I then found the videos), but I feel like I have someone walking me through the process. I find that great.

I find the American accent different, and cringe at the expression of “niche”. But all in all, I have a Website now, which is more than I did without it.

Rating: 5 stars

The bizXpress plugin is a much-needed tool for serious WordPress users who want to build real, sustainable online businesses. In addition to allowing you to investigate whether a niche idea is likely to be profitable before going to all the work to build a site, it gives you a step-by-step guide that is detailed and comprehensive. Even though I’m an experienced WP user, I learned a lot by going through the guide. (If you’re a newbie, then using this plugin and all its resources will give you a big head start right out of the gate.)

I downloaded the plugin because I wanted to enter a new market. Using the brainstorming tool brought back keywords that I wouldn’t have thought up on my own. After filtering the results and checking for monetization potential and doing some other research that is recommended in the guide, I started to rethink my niche which ultimately, has taken me in a slightly different direction that has me very excited to create my site and build out my offering.

These are smart tools from a smart company that has been creating tools to help internet entrepreneurs succeed for over a decade.

Rating: 4 stars

The bizXpress keyword research tools gives me an advantage over other businesses in my field. I have a unique business concept and keyword research is a critical element to what I do.

I also appreciate all the help and other resources that are included in my bizXpress subscription. In my opinion, the help alone is worth the price of this plugin-service. I’m glad I have this tool in my corner.

Rating: 5 stars

Simple and detailed indications for creating a useful, information-filled website.

The keyword suggestion tool is probably one of the best I’ve seen, but it’d be nice to have more free searches.

Rating: 1 star

I install this plugin and find it is just a temporary trial of SBI which costs $150 a year.

Sorrry, not interested AT ALL.

What does this even have to do with wordpress!!??

Rating: 5 stars

I know a couple of handful of tools that, combined, do not come close to what this single plugin delivers and provides me with. While the free version enables me to research a handful of topics to see if I’m on the right track, the pro version goes way beyond my expectations. All in all, this plugin saves me countless of hours of work and time, and my time is very valuable.

Rating: 1 star

This is a tricky plugin to review since it is difficult to know what it is exactly that is to be reviewed.

The developer has stated that this plugin implements a web service, and I see that two moderators have now emphasized that it is the PLUGIN rather than the SERVICE that is to reviewed here.

To make matters more complicated, some reviewers (especially those giving 5 star reviews) not only seem to be reviewing the SERVICE rather than the PLUGIN, but are reviewing the PAID service, rather than the FREE one which comes with this plugin.

I hope my review helps to both disambiguate and clarify a little for prospective customers.

bizXpress the FREE PLUGIN

As a plugin (neglecting what is on the other end of it), it is difficult to say much because, as others have pointed out, it is essentially a page of links to a service host, and that service can be accessed independantly of the plugin.

Other than to say that the links worked, the only thing I can add is that this functionality is already built into every browser under a menu called “Bookmarks” (or something similar), so we hardly need another way to do it. Besides, I’m sure I’m not alone in saying that when I want to visit another site my fingers automatically want to ‘alt-tab’ to another page rather than look for the links in my WP install.

It is also important for all WP beginners to know that you should always try to minimize the number of plugins you use, and this means making sure that each plugin has an important purpose that can’t easily be obtained a better way. Besides the hassle of updates, each new plugin increases the probability of conflicts, which can cause headaches far more painful than regular updates.

Indeed, it appears at least one user in the bizXpress forums has already had this happen. That did not appear to be the fault of this plugin, mind you, but rather another one. And therein lies the point. Why introduce the possibility of stressful conflicts, regardless of who is at fault, unless the benefits are very significant.

This is a very basic principle in the use of WordPress, and I’m surprised a developer offering to teach WordPress to beginners would so flagrantly violate it.

A lot of people have said in their review that this is not a real plugin. As far as I’m concerned the people who decide whether or not this thing is a bonafide plugin are the good folk at WordPress. And if they have approved bizXpress as a plugin, and continued to remain firm on this decision in the face of these reviews, then so be it: it is officially a plugin.

What matters much more is whether there is any value in installing it. Keeping in mind again that I am not talking about the SERVICE here, the answer is a resounding NO. Not only is there no need to install this plugin, to do so is a bad idea.

bizXpress the FREE SERVICE

The free service you can access via this plugin is very disappointing. Here, in no particular order, are some limitations I encountered.

1. Being able to view selected forums without posting is at best interesting for a few minutes of browsing. The first thing you are going to want to do is ask a question, and when you realize you can’t, you have to go searching for somebody else who has already asked the same one. Even in a busy forum, this can be frustrating and often futile task, but these forums are brand new, with virtually ZERO posts. And the few posts that are there seem to be from staff and affiliates, rather than from users with similar questions to mine. Obviously we can’t expect new forums to be very busy, but that fact makes it virtually useless to the user of the free service. A free service is not supposed to be useless, even if its usefulness is limited. The forums therefore, feel to me like nothing more than a teaser. We’ll answer your questions, but only if you fork out $150 a year.

2. The Action Guide is disappointing on several levels. Most immediately, of course, is that you only get the introductory parts, which is really not enough for many beginners to make a judgment. And in my case, what was there was enough to convince me that the model was definitely not one I wanted to pursue. This is because the real heart and soul of the business model is to build a large high-traffic website grounded in organic search. For those who don’t know what that means, it basically means writing lots and lots of what they call keyword-focused content pages to secure traffic from Google searchers. Although organic search has a place in an online business, to make it the basic platform of a business model is extraordinarily naive and risky, and is getting moreso every year. Again, not to say that organic search isn’t a useful adjunct to a business. It is, and they do quite a good job of explaining it, however that knowledge is available everywhere nowadays, and nobody in their right minds should base there entire business upon it.

3. The keyword analysis tool (BrainstormIt! they call it), seems to be where they are really pinning their hopes. There are of course a ton of other keyword tools around, but this one does have some definite novelty. Unfortunately, the most novel feature is the thing I like least about it. You see, the developer incorporates Supply and Demand numbers with each keyword based on a propietary algorithm to help you decide which keywords are really worth going for. The trouble is, nobody really seems to know how to interpret the numbers usefully. The answer always seems to come down to ‘Go with your gut feeling’. If a Demand number is very high, and a Supply number is very low, for example, it doesn’t necessarily mean that the keyword is worth going for. And besides that, you have no idea what numbers constitute ‘high’ and ‘low’. I realize this isn’t an exact science by any stretch, but deciding what to make of the numbers is like throwing darts, which negates the purpose of having them.

Quite frankly, I prefer to have raw estimates of the absolute traffic I can expect from a keyword (which I can get with free tools), and I will do a few Google searches myself to see if I think the terms are winnable based on the competition. This method isn’t 100% reliable either, but it is far more transparent and predictable than using relative numbers generated by an unknown algorithm.

Of course, besides all that, there’s the fact that you only get to do 5 searches before you have to start paying. Again, this is enough to be tantalizing without actually solving your problem, making the upsell virtually neccessary, rather than optional.

bizXpress the PAID SERVICE

Some of the above problems go away, of course, if you’re prepared to part with $150 per year. In particular, you get posting access to the forums, the rest of the Action Guide, and enough ‘credits’ for the brainstorming tool to get the job done.

My criticism of the brainstorming tool would remain however. And so would my biggest criticism of all. The idea of building a business on organic search. Take advantage of organic traffic, by all means, but build your business on it and you will either fail up front, or forever run the risk of overnight catastrophe. And that is exactly what has happened to thousands of would be internet marketers in recent years, right across the board (including, paradoxcially, many many tragic stories inside this very company).

A FINAL DISAPPOINTMENT

When I was browsing the developer’s forums, I came across some background to this plugin which, as a dedicated user of WordPress, I found a bit unsettling to say the least.

The founder of this service, who is clearly responsible for the direction of product development and posts regularly in the forums, made it clear several times that his real aim with bizXpress is to generate revenue from WordPress to fund development of his own pet project, called SBI! Apparently that product line has had to go without a ton of important development in recent years due a lack of sales. He has claimed that his content management system (called BB2) is superior to WordPress, and wants to use WP to fund further development of that system.

As a result, he openly admits to having no real interest in investing any serious money to further develop this WordPress plugin, nor is he likely to create a genuinely useful one (which, oddly enough, seems to be an admission that this one *isn’t*).

I had to read those posts several times to convince myself that I wasn’t misinterpreting him. Still, it goes some way to explaining why someone would bother developing such an innocuous WordPress plugin as this one seems to be.

Call me oversensitive if you like. But as someone who adores the WordPress ecosystem, I felt a bit insulted.

Rating: 1 star

I was really hoping for more here.

There is no need for a plugin in this case since everything is hosted on another site an just links you away from WordPress. No doubt this was done to generate more business from a different crowd.

I’m all for SiteSell trying to re-invent themselves and get in front of a new audience for new business, but it was as if a shortcut was taken here.

I would also like to piggyback on SoCal’s comment/review and would love to see sitesell address what has changed in the guide? Since we learned they did a lot of “Find and Replace” with regards to the content in the guide, is this just the same sbi product with a new name?

What has been improved with the traffic help to make this worth $150/yr when there are much cheaper tools out here? I think providing information is great but it’s overshadowed by the fact that this is not really much of a plugin. I sort of feel cheated.

Also do your tips still work in the post panda/penguin times we live in? I think that is the big question many of us are waiting for Ken Evoy to address. I don’t see much evidence that you’ve changed your approach to teaching how to create an online business?

Granted all sites have been impacted by Penguin/Panda regardless of where they are hosted… not just sbi people, but the difference is this product comes with very big claims and a very big price. Can bizxpress really live up to these claims in 2014?

Please SiteSell, what have you changed because I think many of us know a lot of the old tactics don’t work as well anymore? And after socal’s discovery, I’m really skeptical. I think this will give you a great opportunity to sell us on your product and address the many skeptics here.

Also, I don’t buy the explanation of housing the data on your servers so we don’t have to update the plugin. As WordPress users, that is what we’ve come to expect. It only takes 2 seconds to update a plugin.

If this was your attempt at a comeback, I think you may have done more harm than good but hopefully you’ll take this constructive criticism to heart. I don’t mean to be cruel. I was just disappointed. I hope there are big updates planned for this so-called plugin!!

Rating: 5 stars

I have the paid version – gives me access to all of their information resources, access to a great keyword research tool, forums etc.

A great plug-in. For a wordpress newbie, it fills in all the knowledge gaps that are missing, and I don’t need to search for it. The info provided seems well-researched and top-notch – I’m impressed!

Kind of feels like I get someone to “hold my hand” through the whole process of setting up my WordPress site, someone to “hold my hand” through narrowing down my niche, someone to “hold my hand” and teach me so many of the things I want, and need, to know! Love it!

As for the free version, I think it’s purpose is to give you a taste of the info provided in the free version – if you like what you see, then upgrade – I don’t think you’ll regret it. If it doesn’t seem to be what you need, then don’t bother with the upgrade – if you are already wildly successful with WordPress on your own, this isn’t for you. But if you are a newbie I think you’ll love it (paid version, that is!)

Rating: 1 star

bizxpress is SiteSell Inc’s venture into WordPress. As I’ve searched for content for my own personal use over the past couple years, I’ve repeatedly run into high quality content put out by customers of SiteSell, so I figured their tools must be allowing people to do something right. A couple years ago I was really interested in the prospects of using their SiteBuildIt service for the niche and content tools, but the dealbreaker was lack of flexibility I wanted in site design & plugins that WordPress provides. I conversed with a company rep, who expressed their product’s superiority and that the company had no intentions to port to WordPress. Evidently the company founder has historically been publicly hostile to WordPress as he promoted his product. The rep I had conversed with occasionally sends Spam promotional offers (I didn’t opt in) for SBI and I’ve simply been too lazy to ask him to remove me from his list. Well, I recently got an email from him announcing this new WP plugin, so I was eager to try the free lite version to see if it might be worth using.

The plugin is nothing more than a splash page with links to their web page where their service & content are housed. You absolutely don’t need the plugin to access their content & service.

Regarding the service itself, the lite version is a tease with minimal functionality to upsell you to their pro version @ $150 recurring and coaching/support services. They offer a 10 step action plan to help you select a niche and keywords, and guide you into creating a quality content site to drive traffic, which your content pre-sells, and which you eventually convert to monetization. The lite version basically stops at keyword tools and offering 30% of their action guide… to get you to upgrade. It’s my understanding that SiteSell simply licenses WordTracker technology and rebrands their interfaces. So you could get the same tools elsewhere. For less than the cost of an initial year & renewal you could even get more tools with some of the one time fee tools out there. Also, I’ve seen some SBI users comment that this service doesn’t come with Analyze It tool The WordPress SEO Toolkit goes much further than SBI’s Analyze it tool, so there’s no need for it on the WordPress platform.

I have read that SiteSell customers following their action plan have been Google slapped big-time in the post Panda & Penguin world. However, I can’t honestly state how the bizXpress action guide differs from the SBI action guide.

Regarding the content library that comes along with the tool, other online marketing sites offer comparable or better information, and have much better credibility an professionalism. I’ll give a very specific example of bizXpress content that gives me that run away, run don’t walk, feeling. An article marked as very important in their content library titled “6 Big Mistakes to Avoid When Building Your Site…” (https://bizxpress.sitesell.com/tips/6-big-mistakes.html) goes on talking as though this plugin has a very large user base and a long-term track record from which to pull data. See this quote: “bizXpress sites succeed at an unprecedented rate. But, despite our very best efforts, not all of them do… not yet, anyway! To find out what happened, we did a close examination of those sites that did not renew their bizXpress subscription after their first year in operation.” The problem is, the company only launched this service & plugin last month, December of 2013 right????!!!! As of this moment they only have 454 downloads of the plugin!! So how could they honestly claim that bizXpress sites succeed at an unprecedented rate? How could they perform an analysis of customers who didn’t renew after one year of bizXpress subscription if the service has only been on the market from this plugin for less than a month? Furthermore, the 6 errors to avoid in the article are supposedly the result of an analysis of the mistakes bizXpress customers made that led to failure and not renewing their subscription after one year, even though only 454 people have even downloaded the plugin and the service hasn’t had customers for over a month. So basically, it appears the content is totally fabricated and based on invented data that can’t exist!!! My response? Run Away!!!!!

Rating: 4 stars

I’ve been using WordPress as a web building tool for over 5 years. During this time I’ve installed/activated (and deactivated) countless plugins. This plugin won’t be deactivated on my site anytime soon.

For me, bizXpress is *more* than a plugin — It gets a *great* rating because it’s focused on the right elements … 1) a method for building an online business (thanks to the written and video guides), 2) supporting resources like the tips and techniques articles and 3) community support from the forums that have scores of helpful posts and topics.

I agree with others that some additional functionality could be incorporated directly into my site – (e.g. linking keywords from the master keyword list to pages/posts so I can keep track of the content I’m publishing)

Rating: 5 stars

I want to bring in a second income for my family, but I’m definitely not a sales person and just can’t get into MLMs and the like. Tried it and failed horribly. Some people can sell eggs to a hen house, but not me. I guess some people just are talented in that way.

Out of curiosity, I took a look at the Lite version to see what the suggestions were for building a business. I have to say, I’ve not been this excited about actually doing something on the internet to make money in a long time. The ideas are really flowing now and it’s kinda exciting for me.

I’d all but given up hope of ever finding my way on the internet as a means of making some extra money. I’ve been through the first couple of days and I’m encouraged again. I am seriously considering upgrading to Pro when I get the money (budget is tight). For now, I’m getting some ideas based on real data that supports them and that makes sense to me.

I read some of the bad reviews before trying it. I decided to try it for myself and see. Not everyone is a tech idiot like me and needs to be walked through it. It’s a 5 star for me, maybe that’s because it’s so perfect for what I need.

I don’t have a site yet, so I’m not using WordPress yet. I’m not sure what to expect from a plugin, some people seem to think it’s not a plugin. In my view, who cares if you get to the end result where you want to be? I would think that would be the purpose of a plugin.

I just want someone to show me how to do this and not make the same mistakes I’ve made before. Maybe I’m out of line since I don’t know much about this stuff. The advice it offers on using WordPress, setting up the site and what basic plugins to use will be a big help to me when I get to that point I’m sure. At least I hope so cause I don’t want to get lost again!

For now I give it a 5 just for the renewed excitement and encouragement it’s given me personally. I’ve been discouraged for a while now. If it doesn’t pan out to be what I expect, I may change my mind, who knows.

Rating: 5 stars

I’ve been using WordPress for less than a year, but I’ve blogged on different services for many years, here and there, and never successfully.

What I like about this Bizxpress tool is that it makes it possible to do real SEO for my WordPress sites.

I like the incredible amount of information that you get in the keyword research. The included training takes a long time to get through, but it’s so different than most of the other stuff I have bought online that it is worth it to me to go through each step and get this different point of view.

Using this plugin has already changed my WordPress experience (for the better) and I feel I feel like I have more control over my sites.

Rating: 1 star

This is just advertising of the SBI system that DOES NOT work any more (after Panda and Penguin)!

BUT, instead of them paying for marketing – YOU have to pay! Clever indeed!

They’ve been bashing WP for years and then all of sudden realized there is money in WP, so they jumped in. That much for the integrity!

This is just an e-book that has some value, but how can you discern BS from real value if you are not familiar with the Internet marketing. I would not suggest taking this risk. Google SBI (SiteSell) before you waste your time even with free trial.

BTW Brainstormer has no real value any more (remember that Google is encrypting search activity)

Only naive people can fall into this trap.

Rating: 4 stars

I like this plugin. I’ve been using WordPress SEO (Yoast) since January. That plugin gives focus word suggestions, but it usually gives dozens (hundreds?), and there’s no way to know which are better than others in terms of being found at the engines.

The bizXpress tools (yes, they’re not built in to WP, but so what?) give me an indication of what I should be writing first, and what I can expect.

I saw a complaint elsewhere in these forums about this not being a plugin. The moderator told the complainer that it is indeed a valid plugin for software as a service (SaaS).

I’m perfectly happy with that. The entire basis of WordPress SEO is software as a service. So is the Scribe plugin. Neither one’s core duties do anything “for” or “to” a site, as the complainer was complaining about. The core of each deals with the content, not with the site. It’s only the little addons, such as breadcrumbs and Open Graph tags (both in WordPress SEO) that do anything “for” a site.

Would it be better if the brainstorming tool was built in? Sure. But should I stop using it because I have to go off my site to use it? A lot of opinions here say I should.

Will I stop using it? Definitely not. I’m not going to stop using a valuable tool just because it’s not perfect. And most definitely not because others have a low opinion of it.

Rating: 1 star

this plugin gives you a userrname and pword for a website and on the website it recommends OTHER PEOPLES free plugins instead of doing it themselves in THIS plugin.

RORT

Rating: 1 star

I say this is borderline scammy because, as others have stated, it serves no real function as a plugin. It just places links within your dashboard that take you away from your site to use the tools at SiteSell. Apparently for just a very limited time after which you lose most functionality and must make a purchase.

Having been a SiteSell customer some years ago, I was hoping that they had updated the one or two decent SEO tools they had and brought those functions into your WP site, like any other true plugin does.

RE: the business-building service product of this “plugin”

As a past SiteSell user some things I recall; Ken Evoy, the founder and author of the Action Guide used in this business building product, espoused for YEARS that WordPress was a horrible product (.com and .org) and anyone using it was destined to fail. Not sure how he reconciles that with this now.

The company still actively markets the same tools to a different customer base, that includes hosting for double the price of this. And I believe….with that SBI! branded product, you pay $300 per site / per year.

When you compare this to that, those folks must be scratching their heads, and feeling a little punked. Unless SiteSell has modified the SBI plan to give those folks additional value, or at least stopped double+ charging customers who have more than one site hosted on their servers.

The other thing….and I’m going off memory…but that Action Guide, which is the core of this service, turned out to be a bust after the Panda/Penguin roll outs. So as of my last recollection, this company was not creating successful businesses with their method. The bottom pretty much fell out for them when Google changed the rules.

If you want to access the Wordtracker tool for $149 a year then go for it. It’s cheaper than paying Wordtracker directly for a year, but I would be careful of anything else this company is offering.

It doesn’t seem they’ve really changed the stuff that wasn’t working. It looks like they just rebranded so they could access WP users.

I am a stickler for keeping my plugins down to a minimum and this thing is already gone. It adds no valuable function to my site.

Rating: 1 star

I LOVE LOVE LOVE SiteSell’s SBI! service, and I’ve used it on and off over the past 10 years, both for personal pet projects and client websites.

But as a WordPress plugin, this one gets a single vote (or zero, if that were possible). I’m even surprised that this was allowed into the official plugin repository!

Don’t get me wrong: I know there’s tremendous value in the keyword analysis tool, online business building guides, and access to the members-only forum that the free bizxpress lite product offers.

But SiteSell really needs to learn how to be a good corporate citizen an open source community like WordPress.

Rating: 4 stars

I am new to WordPress and was delighted to find lots of help for the planning stages in this offering. The Brainstorming tool did only allow 5 searches in the trial version, but I saw the potential so upgraded to the full version so as to be able to do more research with the tool.

The articles included with the tool are interesting and certainly offer help and advice that I have found useful.

It also suggests other plugins that should prove helpful as I learn how to build my site. I can’t I’ve it 5 stars at this point as I still have a long way to go in getting my site up and running, but being able to search for keywords first seems a great way to get started.

Rating: 1 star

This plugin gives temporary access to a membership site I wasn’t really interested in joining.

I thought it would give me some monetization tools to use in my website builder but it doesn’t seem to.

I think they should reword it so you know it’s a membership site.

Rating: 5 stars

The one thing I often see missing when people try to make money online is that they start from ‘the idea’, thinking it’s the best thing since sliced bread, and simply start from there… Without any market research.

Serious businesses make a business plan beforehand, and abandon any idea where the market doesn’t show up.

Yet online, the start point seems to be to choose a domain, get a hosting plan, build a site, throw up some content and a sales page, and wait for the money to roll in.

That’s not how it works.

With BizXpress you can do extensive market research, get guidance from articles, and help from other online business owners. It’s the missing link between a website and a web business… And I for one am very happy to see this expand into the WP community. Much of this has been developed through >12y and I can attest to its effectiveness.

Rating: 1 star

While there might be some value in educational materials and keyword tool, this CANNOT be called WordPress plugin. Here is why:

1. When you install it all it does it gives you username and password and a bunch of external links. This means all functionality is offsite. You can actually use this for any site, it doesn’t have to be WordPress, you just need to know URL address to their online dashboard.

Why to use up your resources to install something that doesn’t do anything anyway?

2. The trial itself is limited. You can read instruction manual only till stage 3. You don’t get complete version for 14 days.

3. You can read their forums but you can’t ask any questions or post replies. Quite useless.

If their keyword numbers work that would be awesome, however their choice of marketing strategy makes me suspicious. It looks like author simply used this as a way to market to WordPress community. Calling this a plugin is very close to deception. You have a great product? Great! But you should market it properly and call things what they are.

Rating: 2 stars

I think the one star reviews here are a bit harsh, as there is some value to be had here. I would give it two and half stars if you could do halves.

But since they offer equivalent browser access rather than plugin access, I don’t really see the point of cluttering my wp install up with an extra plugin when I have to go straight there via the web anyway.

A bit odd this one. I might come back and see where it’s going in a month or two.