Fatstacks Bundle Blogging Course Review

Are you looking to take your blogging skills to the next level? If you’re wondering whether the FatStacks blogging course could do that for you, read on.

Quick takeaway: the Fat Stacks Bundle is great for beginners. It’s also still worth it if you think niche sites are still sustainable. The private forum has been worth a big chunk of the course price to me, but ymmv.

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What It Is

The Fat Stacks Bundle was created by Jon Dykstra, a seasoned blogger with years of experience in the industry. This course is designed to help individuals build successful and profitable niche websites through in-depth tutorials about practical strategies.

It’s incredibly comprehensive, and takes quite a few hours to get through.

What it Covers

The course covers a wide range of topics, but the core of it is the concept of creating niche sites – not necessarily very niche sites – that do well on Google.

• Niche selection
• Content creation
• SEO strategies
• Monetization techniques
• Website optimization
• Traffic generation through social media as well as search

Who Is Fat Stacks Bundle Best For?

Let’s talk about who will get the most out of the Fat Stacks Bundle. Are you brand new to blogging? This course is basically made for you. Jon Dykstra breaks things down in a way that’s easy to follow, and you don’t need to have any technical skills to get started.

But what if you already have a blog? If you’re struggling to get traffic, or if you’ve made a few bucks but want to earn more, Fat Stacks can still help. The course isn’t just “Blogging 101.” There are advanced tips about scaling up, hiring writers, and automating parts of your workflow.

One thing to know: if your main interest is building a personal brand, like being an Instagram influencer or a YouTuber, this course doesn’t really focus on that. It’s really about building anonymous or semi-anonymous sites that make money through ads and affiliate programs.

Fat Stacks vs. Other Blogging Courses

There are so many blogging courses out there. I’ve taken a few myself, and some are honestly all hype and very little substance. So how does Fat Stacks compare?

First, it’s much more focused on actionable steps. Some courses (especially some of the big-name, expensive ones) spend tons of time talking about “mindset” or “why you need a blog.” With Fat Stacks, you get right into picking a topic, writing posts, and making money.

Second, Jon keeps updating the material. This is huge. A lot of courses are five years old and totally outdated. Jon adds new modules when things change—like when Google updates its algorithm or Pinterest changes how they show pins.

Third, the community is active. The private forum isn’t just for asking Jon questions (though he answers a lot). Other members share case studies, traffic wins, and mistakes they’ve made. It feels more like a group project than just a class.

The Downsides: What Isn’t So Great

No course is perfect, and Fat Stacks has its weak spots.

First, it can feel overwhelming. There’s a ton of content—hundreds of lessons if you buy the full bundle. It’s easy to get distracted or feel like you need to do everything at once. My advice: pick one site idea and focus on getting it off the ground before jumping into every strategy.

Second, as mentioned earlier, some sections (like keyword research) are showing their age because of Google’s recent changes. Jon is good about updating things, but the search world moves fast.

Third, it’s not cheap. The bundle price might be out of reach for some beginners. If you’re on a tight budget, Jon does offer some smaller courses separately, so you could start with those.

HCU: the Elephant in the Room

As you may have heard, Google’s helpful content update last year wiped out a lot of niche sites. Some of Jon’s sites were among them. Does this mean niche sites are gone forever and his course isn’t worthwhile?

Google is in some serious turmoil right now. They’ve got malfunctioning APIs, GA4 was a disaster, the privacy sandbox they spent 4+ years building to replace third-party cookies sounds like a dumpster fire, and they’re in a trial that could result in the company being broken up.

Anybody who says they know what Google’s going to do in the next six months, let alone decade, is not being serious.

Keyword Research

The part of Jon’s course that’s most in danger of becoming irrelevant is keyword research. With recent updates, Google has made relevance far, far less important than authority.

This means old keyword research strategies like Jon’s aren’t working. But: this has happened before. And then keyword relevance made a comeback.

Honestly, this part of the course is not one I’m paying attention to right now. But I think knowing how to do keyword research is valuable. If you pivot to Pinterest, you’ll be doing it there too.

So the concepts are worth learning, if you haven’t already.

But Do Niche Sites Have to Be About Google?

Jon’s focus in the course is on creating websites that rank in Google, and then helping them to rank in Google, and also helping them get traffic from Pinterest and Facebook.

In his newsletter and in the paid forum, Jon’s been very honest about what is and isn’t working for him. He’s currently focusing on building traffic from sources other than Google. IMO this is the only smart move, and it’s what I’m doing too.

But the same skills that make a website rank in Google also make websites that are good in general. And a good website should, I hope, still have value even if Google decided to shut down.

IOW, the things you need to learn to rank on Google can also help you rank on Pinterest or write articles your Facebook fans want to read.

Honestly, if you’re scared off by Google and would rather focus on Pinterest, get Pinteresting Strategies instead of Fat Stacks Bundle. That’s a totally valid approach. But if you want Google traffic, too, get Fatstacks.

Teaching Methods

The Fatstacks course modules are mostly text, but do include videos when it’s more helpful to show than tell.

Is It Worth It?

This is the real question. It’s definitely a valuable course, but is it worth the cost to you?

If you’re new to blogging, this is the best course I could recommend to you. I’ve also taken Income Schools and Elite Blogging Academy, and I rank Fat Stacks Bundle as better than either of those.

It will take you from newbie to someone with serious knowledge, and the right sort of knowledge, to understand the blogging business.

If you’re more advanced, it’s hard to say whether it’ll be worth the price to you. To me, the course itself was borderline worth the price, but the private forum makes it completely worthwhile. I’ve gotten some real gems, especially about Pinterest and Facebook, in there.