Amy Porterfield, LLC Reviews 

I massively regret purchasing Digital Course Academy (DCA) in 2020.

At the time, I was looking for a way to change my circumstances and create an income from a creative skill I’d spent years developing. The promises and marketing surrounding DCA were very appealing, and I genuinely believed I was investing in an opportunity that could help me build a successful online business.

Unfortunately, that wasn’t my experience.

After joining, a few of us formed an accountability group and stayed in touch, which was one of the positive things to come out of the experience. However, none of us has gone on to make money from creating and selling a course, despite the considerable time and effort involved.

I spent an enormous amount of time developing my course and following the recommended marketing strategies. What isn’t emphasised enough, in my opinion, is just how labour-intensive the entire process is. You can follow the steps, create the product, build the marketing funnel and invest countless hours in promotion, only to find that you still aren’t making any money.

Additionally, in the live Q&A sessions I didn’t once have one of my questions answered. There were thousands of people in there. I just felt like a number , not a valued customer, despite my considerable investment.

The marketing sells a very appealing dream, but I feel the reality is considerably less straightforward. There is a significant difference between teaching people how to create a course and helping them build a genuinely viable business from it.

I was prompted to write this review after receiving an email in November 2026 announcing the closure of Momentum, while simultaneously being offered 12 months’ access for $497. Given the apparent changes to Amy’s course offerings, I found this particularly difficult to reconcile.

I would encourage anyone considering investing in these programmes to look beyond the testimonials and sales pages and seek out independent reviews, including those from people who have had a less positive experience.

Ultimately, I feel that the biggest financial winner in this business model is Amy Porterfield herself, rather than necessarily the people buying into her programmes.

I regret spending approximately $2,000, as well as the considerable time and energy I invested. I joined at a vulnerable point in my life, genuinely hoping to create a different future for myself. With hindsight, I wish I had approached the decision much more cautiously.

I hope this review helps someone else make a more informed decision before parting with their money.

Digital Course Academy (DCA) is specific, simple method for creating courses using programs available online. Though Amy and her team are upbeat and respond to the students' assignments fairly well, the communication style has a lot of hype, and the program lacks coaching with depth that would help students target their unique and most saleable angle.

I have followed Amy Porterfield for over 10 years. She is one of the most authentic marketing "gurus" in the online space and has taught me more about being an entrepreneur and marketing my online business- and my in-person business - than I can even tally. I have bought her courses, at least 3, attended her online events, joined her membership Momentum, bought her book and followed her podcast(s). Next goal is to get into her coaching program. Always overdelivers. Never disappointed. If you have the chance to get into her orbit, run, don't walk.

Momentum has been one of the most valuable business communities I’ve ever been part of.

What makes it special isn’t just Amy’s training and her specialty selected guest experts (which is excellent) — it’s the people in the community itself. The caliber of entrepreneurs inside Momentum is unreal. It genuinely feels like having access to 1,000+ mini Amy’s from all walks of life ❤️

Smart, generous, action taking business owners who are quick to share ideas, answer questions, help troubleshoot, and help you move forward. I’ve gotten pure gold from both Amy’s team and the members inside the community.

That kind of access matters. If I’m stuck, building something new, improving an old funnel, refining an offer, or trying to make a launch perform better, I can get thoughtful real time up to date feedback from people who actually get this business model (and are on the bleeding edge of what’s possible). That level of support and accountability is hard to overstate.

I can honestly say that without Amy’s world and Momentum in particular, my clients and I would NOT have reached multiple 6-figure launches (or even had a digital course or business!). The strategies, the support, the examples, the encouragement, and the accountability have all played a role.

I also love that Momentum helps me build with more confidence. Whether I’m launching something new or refining an existing offer, I know I can bring it into the group, get honest feedback from really smart people, and keep moving instead of spinning my wheels alone.

Also the lifelong friendships I’ve formed (life long), clients I’ve met and worked with in this group, and just overall feeling of belonging is absolutely priceless!

If you’re building an online business and want more than just information… if you want smart community, real feedback, accountability, and a room full of people who raise your standard — Momentum is incredibly special.

Momentum has been an invaluable community while developing and scaling the first ever online training for job sharing, a flexible, work practice to help women advance their careers with the time they need for caregiving. The support, training, and active community has been Paramount to making it all possible.

I had previously canceled my annual Momentum membership. On February 15, 2026, the company sent an email titled “More flexibility. Same Momentum 💜” notifying customers of a change from annual to month-to-month billing at $97 per month. I did not respond to or agree to this change, and I was not looking for emails about it.
Despite my prior cancellation, I was charged $97.00 on or around March 1, 2026, and another $97.00 on or around April 1, 2026. On April 29, 2026, I immediately contacted support explaining that I had canceled the yearly membership and did not authorize monthly charges. I also shared that I am caring for my mother with Alzheimer’s and battling my own serious illness, making these charges a significant financial hardship.
Team Porterfield’s initial response (April 30, 2026, from Cory) acknowledged my situation but denied any refund, citing their Terms & Conditions that membership payments are “non-refundable once processed.” They only canceled future charges. After I followed up strongly on the same day (noting the lack of permission for the charges and threatening a credit card dispute and social media/BBB report), the company made an “exception” and refunded the most recent $97 charge. When I continued to demand both charges be refunded, they issued a second “exception” and refunded the March charge as well.
This is not an isolated issue for me — I experienced a similar problem last year where I contacted them shortly after a charge but was told I was outside the cancellation window and could not get a refund for the full year.
Specific Violations / Concerns:

Lack of clear, affirmative consent for the switch to automatic monthly billing after my cancellation.
Unauthorized charges continued despite my prior cancellation notice.
Rigid, non-refundable policy applied even when the customer communicated cancellation and documented financial/medical hardship.
Refunds were only granted as “exceptions” after multiple emails and escalation/threats, suggesting the process is designed to discourage legitimate refund requests.
The overall practice caused unnecessary stress and financial strain on a vulnerable consumer.

I signed up for Digital Course Academy in 2024 and it has been a waste of money for me personally.

To be clear, DCA is partly about how to create course content and partly about marketing and selling your course using email marketing funnels, webinars and scarcity/urgency tactics.

I've since learnt that so much of Amy Porterfield's tactics are the same as (if not based on) Russell Brunson's work, who openly boasts marketing tactics based on Cult Psychology and propaganda. She has also had him on her podcast. From an ethical point of view, I'm not OK with this approach.

You need to be willing to copy her exactly and spend a lot of time doing social media marketing and newsletters, this is a business model that felt like a recipe for burnout. I tried to give this course an earnest go, but it wasn't sustainable. I also think that people are tired of being bombarded with emails. I hate being on the receiving end of them myself.

If you don't already have a relatively good understanding of how to use social media, websites, newsletters, apps like Canva, etc, you will struggle. A lot of people who joined my cohort didn't already have basic social media marketing skills and felt overwhelmed and left behind. In 2024 Amy launched a "Start from Scratch" pathway which made it sound like beginners would be just fine on DCA, but they don't teach you how to use the tools. They just tell you to build a mailing list (with regular social media content) and a workshop.

You should know that the FB groups are closed after the initial live period (I think it was 3 months?) and support is very limited, you can pose questions in that time and Amy might address it in the Q&As but there are too many people for her to address all. Lots of people started accountability groups together, including me, but mine didn't last for long because people were lost. You are invited to sign up for the Momentum membership for ongoing support but who knows how much support you actually get.

For those who are already confident with social media, newsletters etc, the course content is really overly simple and I found there was nothing new to learn. The topics include things like defining your course topic, client avatar, transformation statement, pricing, launch date. You are also taught how to use AI a lot - she says for help with ideas and structure only, not the actual content. I don't like AI, but I did try it using her prompts and to be honest ChatGPT probably could have coached me through the whole process without the need for DCA.

After one year I was emailed and informed that the course bonuses were being deleted from our library, so not everything is lifetime access.

I feel the need to balance my review by saying, I don't have a problem with the way the course is priced. I understand consumer psychology, people have a tendency to appreciate things they invest more money in and I am happy to invest money in things I value. I was also not naive, of course she is suggesting partners and platforms which she is an affiliate for. But I didn't learn anything, it's just a step-by-step formula to sell courses in the same way she does (ie. with a lot of hype) and my ethics don't agree with her approach.

Technical errors, no fulfillment of what they are promising—I hope more people check first before they buy, this is a SCAM. I found her on Anthony O'Neil's platform, and I do feel like if he is associating with these kinds of people, he is probably a scammer too, but I'm not sure. I will say this: no replays, because the content is shit, and she is always on time, offline the way she presented it.

I told the People to go and check Trustpilot, there is nothing worse, than working in marketing, and promissing stuff you are not keeping, and telling the audience, you are a woman of your word. No.

It´s not worth it, 90 % of the time she is talking about how you can price workshops, she is showing her students, but she is marketing this course that you can start and at the end you would have something you can share. It´s not that, most of the things she talked about where repetitive and surfacelevel.

She is nice and pretty but super all over the place, the Course are are not worth the 100 bucks she asked for.

She said also you can get the money back, no questions asked. I wanted to get my money back on day 4 of her course; they said the deadline was 2 days ago. How is that even legal?

The website is not loading. Amy totally made herself a fool because it would not work in her session. It is insane how she is keeping this thing up.

I´m not saying she is a bad person, but the time pressure she is putting people under and the "buy quick" approach in that little time just show she knows what she is doing. Her whole body language is uncomfortable, probably because she know she is doing some dirt. I'm super disappointed.
Anyway, I do not recommend it. I told 4 friends of mine to buy this mess. I´m super upset; they are too, and i will make them write a review here as well, since I have gotten kicked out of the Zoom meeting I PAID FOR AND NOT GETTING MY MONEY BACK.

I started Amy's course DCA in 2024 and was very excited and hopeful. And even though I had some online business experience, it didn't take long to realize this course is big on overpromise and underdeliver.

It is waaaaaaay harder to create your course, create your website, create your lead magnet and social media plan, and SELL any courses that she makes it seam. In fact, every single person who I know who joined did not make their money back. Not a single person.

Don't get me wrong, there are many valuable tidbits here and there, but the overall promise is way too high. And it comes with many other things you need and as I found out later, Amy is an affiliate for. So you double pay her.

In sum, don't do this. Look for a 1 on 1 business coach, not someone who tends to the masses and just gets richer and richer.

I joined Digital Course Academy (DCA) in September 2024, fully committed to the process. I dedicated 6–8 hours a day for nearly five months, genuinely believing this would be the roadmap to launching a successful course. Unfortunately, my experience with DCA did not match the marketing. The content felt repetitive, surface-level, and not suited for someone starting from scratch—as I was led to believe. It seemed more geared toward people with an existing audience, product, and business foundation. Toward the end, of DCA we were encouraged to join the Momentum Membership for an additional $970/year, which was positioned as a necessary next step to ensure success. After another month fully committed to the process & resources provided, it was apparent that the content offered was not appropriate or sufficient in leading me towards my goals. When I reached out to express my concerns and request a partial refund for the unused portion of the year, the response felt impersonal and dismissive. I was told how to access the materials (which I was already using) and was essentially told that I hadn’t engaged deeply enough—despite significant time and effort already invested.

What was most disappointing was how different the experience felt from what was originally promised. I expected strategic guidance, mentorship, and personalized support, but instead felt like I was on my own.

I’m sharing this so others can make an informed decision before investing a lot of time & money into something that does not deliver the intended results.

Do you want an honest review or just fluff? Constructive feedback and honesty are two different things. I'll be as nice as possible but why should I help you with constructive help? You took $4000 Canadian dollars from me for your DCA course september 2024. I fell shame for falling for your garbage but you can talk a good game. The expectation timeline is completely unrealistic. You cannot complete the course in 3 months and learn, on your own...canva, a course hosting platform that requires how to build a website and how to upload course materials. How to build and manage an email list and every one of these outlets require more money and you are an affiliate for so you make even more money. I cannot even listen to your name mentioned without cringing. Zero support, abandoned after 3 months. Most of us have jobs and cannnot dedicate 20 hours a day to do your course before we are cut off. The learning curves for everything is immense. You assume people can just figure out things on their own, like canva. It is not easy to learn, never mind how to build a website, no matter what templates exist in what platform, it's a lot of work to learn how to do these things. I feel ashamed I fell for your false promised and I could have spent that money to actually pay someone to do all these things for me instead. I hope you enjoy your mansion and sleep at night knowing you provide no value for money given to you and you cut people off with no pre-warning before you sign up after 3 months because it suits your timeline. It is unrealistic for anyone to do. In our DCA private group of 4, one of us followed your course to the TEE and completed it within the timeline. She created lead magnets, built a website, posted on social media 4 times a day, every day for months. She had thousands of followers already and she hosted 2 empty, zero in attendance launches and her course, social media, website were spectacular as well as her niche topic.

You should know: When it comes to courses, I am cheap. It takes a lot for me to part with a dollar. That said, of all the online marketing materials I've ever purchased, Amy's courses are the only ones I've never regretted spending. She is a solid teacher - thorough, delivering everything in bite-sized chunks, always pointing out where you might get tripped up. Amy's classes made ME a better teacher.

I bought two of Amy's courses right before my mom passed away. I just got breathing room to go back and look at them and ... because I didn't download my "lifetime access" videos when she sent the email (that they were going away and I have 6 weeks to download them), I'm just S.O.L. I spent $2,400 on these courses for nothing. Look elsewhere if you don't want to waste your money.

I joined Digital Course Academy in the Fall of 2022 and have since went on to join Amy's alumni program, Momentum. I'm surprised about the other reviews here, because my experience with learning Amy has all been positive. I originally heard of her after shopping around for a female business owner to learn about course creation from. I joined her List Building Academy program and it was worth the investment. I recouped my nearly $2K investment in DCA in the first launch, and I have gone on have multiple 5-figure course launches. You get out of Amy's programs what you put into them. Her refund policies are clear and she runs a good, honest business. If you look closely at some of the other reviews, it appears they weren't reading the rules when joining or understanding the timeframes of the terms of service / refund policy. Plus, Amy is inspirational and always sharing new knowledge. I highly recommend DCA and Amy's programs to others and will continue to do so.

Awful Company. The website doesn't render.

Limited Time "Content"

Spammy emails bombarding.

Not a serious, planned course to teach anything of value for serious business owners.

Avoid. regret the impulse on IG to buy. I did not access ANY content, their website did not load, and they refused to extend access or refund.

SCAM.

I am still rattled about this company. Absolutely refused to give a refund just because a couple of days late requesting it.
They would not budge. I explained I am a retired sick and disabled woman.
Rory the agent did not give a monkeys .
All they want is to take your money.
My advice would be if u really do want this course pay on a credit card then u may get a refund through them if u need to!

I signed up for training and it was not clearly communicated that it only lasted for 1 week. Who does a one week training these days? So, I login after going on holiday a few weeks later and I have no access! When I asked about it, they said it was an "online training" only without any replays. So, I asked for a refund and they said "you're outside the refund window". So, I got ripped off. I paid for something that I could not access and they didnt give a rat.

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