01 / detected channel mix
other 40%
word of mouth 25%
affiliates 20%
editorial seo 15%
Webinar funnel (education-led) 40%Free Skool community 25%Affiliates (ThriveCart) 20%SEO + YouTube reviews 15%
// mix weights are our estimate from detected signal volume
01b / strategy evolution
A 2014 internal SEO tool became Project Supremacy (v2, v3) sold through "Supremacy Webinars" and a Facebook community, with a WordPress.org Lite plugin as free distribution until it was closed over a security issue in 2019. Rebranded to Xagio as it outgrew "SEO plugin" into cloud WordPress management plus an AI site builder. The engine is unchanged in a decade: education-led sales — a free Skool community (4,300+ members) feeding twice-monthly live webinars that close with time-boxed lifetime offers — amplified by a ThriveCart affiliate program and DR-48 SEO. 122 subs at ~$116/mo average = high-ticket agency plans, not self-serve volume.
02 / channel claims — with receipts
RANK 1
Webinar funnel (education-led)
stateddetectedThe founder's own description: "Twice a month I run webinars showing exactly how I use AI and SEO to rank websites" (largest session: 700 live) — and the webinars close with time-boxed lifetime offers (a "valid 47 minutes" last-chance page exists on the site).
high confidence
RANK 2
Free Skool community
statedA free Skool community (4,300+ members, "no course pitch at the door") plus on-site training and courses keep the audience warm between webinars — the same community-first pattern that carried the Project Supremacy era on Facebook.
good confidence
RANK 3
Affiliates (ThriveCart)
detectedFirst-party ThriveCart program: 20% of first purchase + 10% of all rebills (30-day last-click cookie) — up to $399 per Agency Annual sale plus $199 per rebill, feeding a visible coupon-site/review ecosystem.
high confidence
RANK 4
SEO + YouTube reviews
detectedthird-partyDogfooded DR-48 content on its own domain (226 sitemap URLs of SEO guides and feature posts) plus founder-led demos and third-party YouTube reviews framing it as ex-Project-Supremacy, and a Legiit marketplace presence inside the SEO-services economy.
good confidence
03 / abandoned channels — stated by founder
- WordPress.org free pluginThe "Project Supremacy V3 Lite" plugin was closed on WordPress.org in July 2019 over a security issue and never reinstated — the free-plugin acquisition channel died with it.
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