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Everyone shows you the starting $97 sticker price for GoHighLevel. Almost nobody shows you what actually hits your card once phone, email, AI usage, and add-ons get billed on top.
In this video I break down the real cost of running GoHighLevel, including what phone calls and SMS actually cost after carrier fees, what email sending adds to your bill, what AI Employee costs, and which add-ons like branded apps, HIPAA compliance, and premium support quietly stack up your monthly total.
GoHighLevel is powerful and the best tool on the market for drop servicing.
But for a beginner? It can be overwhelming as hell. 😂
CRM. Pipelines. Workflows. Calendars. Automations. AI. Opportunities. Conversations.
Where do you even start?
I’ve noticed one of the biggest mistakes people make:
They try to learn EVERYTHING at once.
You don’t need to.
If I were learning GoHighLevel from scratch today, I’d focus on this order:
1) CRM & Contacts: Understand how customer data flows through the system.
2) Pipelines & Opportunities: Learn how leads move from new inquiry to appointment to sale.
3) Calendars: Understand how appointments connect to your CRM and pipeline.
4) Workflows: Learn how to automate follow-up, reminders, lead nurturing, and internal processes.
5) Conversations: Understand how SMS, email, calls, social DMs, and other communication come together.
6) AI: Then start adding Conversation AI, Voice AI, AI agents, and more advanced automation.
The mistake is jumping straight into the shiny AI features without understanding the system underneath them.
Learn the revenue system first. Automate it second. Add AI third.
Once you understand how those pieces connect, GoHighLevel becomes a lot less intimidating.
And more importantly, you stop just knowing how to use software…
You start knowing how to build systems businesses will actually pay you for.
My AI girl is almost at 40,000 followers on Instagram and still gets 10+ DMs a day.
Monetized using FanVue (subs + exclusive content), affiliate, brand deals, and promoting products using TikTok.
IG Reels have affiliate links as well that I will test out soon.
AI personas are the best way to make more income without being on cam.
You just need to follow the platform rules. Don’t act like a doctor, lawyer, or financial advisor.
Plenty of other niches. I’m good at relatable and funny content related to dating and relationships that gets people to comment and share.
I break down what to do first after you sign up with GoHighLevel for your AI agency and drop servicing.
I had a great 4 year run working for HighLevel!
I advised their enterprise clients (500-5,000 subaccounts). Large accounts up to 12,000 subaccounts.
Endorsed affiliate teams such as Neil Patel, Daymond John, Billy Gene is Marketing, and many more.
Others who use the platform such as Cardone Enterprises, Dan Henry, and many more.
Sometimes being on Zoom calls with people who you watch on YouTube and social media was cool.
My consulting with implementation services is more custom for now since I’ve helped so many niches within GHL.
I had already been getting my own clients but HighLevel was a big opportunity to get paid to learn from top people.
Recent clients: a B2B sports software company I migrated from Hubspot to GHL.
One of the top business podcasts I am helping him launch his agency on GHL.
A talent agency, business funding, and others.
I have my own team to assist me and that I guide.
Just launched my HighLevel AI Academy on Skool so beginners can learn. DM me the word access if you want in.
GHL is just a tool like many other software platforms. It’s all about using them to solve issues and get the business outcomes that people desire.
One of my favorite testimonials came with a signed copy of "Start Thinking Rich," a gift from Adrian Brambila after I helped him launch his HighLevel SAAS.
That project taught me something that's shaped my approach ever since: you can get your own clients for your AI agency while also being an affiliate. Both at once.
Here's how that lesson has played out for me:
My first successful affiliate partnership was with an AI influencer platform. I built my own AI influencer to over 37,000 followers on Instagram within months, then used that following to promote the platform itself. Quickly hit my first milestone of $1,000+ a month in recurring affiliate income.
I also onboarded an affiliate who created an AI clone of himself for YouTube, specifically to promote HighLevel. I couldn't believe the sales he got from an AI version of him.
The AI era has opened up more paths than ever to build an audience and a business at the same time. You can show up on camera yourself. You can build an AI clone of yourself. You can create an AI avatar for any niche you want.
One caution: steer clear of AI personas posing as doctors, lawyers, or financial advisors. Platforms are actively cracking down on that lane, and it's not worth the risk.
You will mostly get monthly subscription sales but every so often a referral will buy a yearly subscription.
What’s cool is that both myself and an AI avatar I created and I grew to over 37,000 followers on Instagram promote this AI platform.
You can become an expert about something and create content around it.
But you can make an AI avatar be something else and create content around that.
Find affiliate offers you can promote. I focus on lifetime recurring offers until the sub cancels.
Other options are first purchase only or up to 12 months which don’t give you a chance to compound over years.
I had an endorsed affiliate client I onboarded for a company about 2 years ago. I saw him go from 5,000 a month to over 50,000 a month in recurring affiliate income within 2 years.
Many AI tools have affiliate programs. Best to promote the ones you actually use for yourself, your business, or that you believe it can help others.
My first time going overseas and my first experience on the Genting Dream cruise. I was there for the HighLevel Global Retreat in July 2026. The last night of the cruise, it was packed; an asian bartender kept skipping over me for service to get a drink. He assisted asians, indians, or white people who came to the bar after me. As an African American male, it was hard for me to get a drink.
I raised my voice at him about it before walking away. I saw earlier how another African American woman peer tried to get a drink from another asian bartender employee, and he kept skipping over her as well. This made her walk away while saying I will not deal with his racism. To experience this on a company retreat still feels bad. I will never go back on their cruise line again!
AI video content is one of the best opportunities right now.
I used to be on cam during the pandemic creating educational content.
Now I can bulk create many videos without being on cam.
My Facebook page earns $1,500+ a month. My IG page I use it as a portfolio and get clients.
Leo is a Chewy partner who promotes their products.
Kiyomi is currently at $854 earned on FanVue with just 38 fans and 14 subs. Plus $753 in recurring affiliate income.
Zendri has 3 albums on Spotify and Apple Music. I branded her before releases so others AI music got removed but not hers.
We have done over 100 million views which is cool but others have done over 1 billion views so that’s the goal.
Partnering with my wife on a new AI Persona YouTube channel. Putting our own twist to the Amish AI persona who makes over 50,000 a month.
But not the Amish niche, I will share the numbers but not our channel in the future due to people who copy haha
YouTube just became more AI friendly by removing the inauthentic content rule.
New rule is Generic or Repetitive Content, Unsatisfying or Off-putting Content, and AI Personas Related to Sensitive Topics.
Just don’t create AI personas related to doctor advice, legal advice, and wealth advice. All platforms will be ban those kind of AI content.
Did you create your own AI persona yet whether it’s your twin or a character?
Most people don't know that you can make extra income from just selling audit reports and make even more selling solutions to the issues you found in an audit.
Most small businesses and professionals have not implemented AI yet into their processes for the business outcomes they desire.
It was in the news this month that Microsoft is investing $2.5 billion into a new group focused on assisting clients with AI implementations.
I currently charge $250 for CRM audit reports. For a full business audit I charge more. I used to do it manually but developed an AI agent to assist then I manually check if the report is correct.
You do have to learn a CRM platform such as GoHighLevel, Hubspot, ActiveCampaign or others.
Myself I have 4 years of experience using GoHighLevel's platform. I migrated many clients over to it. Recently a B2B sports software from Hubspot to GHL.
I got 3 businesses and 2 professionals to pay $250 each for the last 30 days. I upsold all 3 businesses and the 2 professionals are potential future clients.
I mostly meet people at networking events, Linkedin, and referrals. The two professionals came from referrals from my client/mentor who owns a top 20 business podcast.
The 3 businesses, two came from Linkedin and one came from a networking event in Tampa, Florida.
I offer AI consulting with done for you implementation. I do AI content creators on the side.
At first I developed my own platform just to help me with a faster audit report process.
But just talking to agency owners and businesses who use GHL, made me add more useful features that they desired.
Revenue leak issues, usage cost bleeding, buying signals for agencies to get more clients, historical snapshot data, impact reports, and more.
It turned it into The AI Revenue Operating System for GoHighLevel and I have 7 agencies and 3 businesses in beta test so far.
I am looking for more beta testers. Must use GoHighLevel as an agency or for your own business.
You get free 100 credits to try it out! Tell me what you like and don't like about it. What other skills you wish Sumo AI had?
You can even test out D.A.R.V.I.S on the site for an assessment it is my name Darius + J.A.R.V.I.S from iron man movie but had to change the name. He is actually my personal assistant as well that I developed haha
Most people don't know that you can make extra income from just selling audit reports and make even more selling solutions to the issues you found in an audit.
Most small businesses and professionals have not implemented AI yet into their processes for the business outcomes they desire.
It was in the news this month that Microsoft is investing $2.5 billion into a new group focused on assisting clients with AI implementations.
I currently charge $250 for CRM audit reports. For a full business audit I charge more. I used to do it manually but developed an AI agent to assist then I manually check if the report is correct.
You do have to learn a CRM platform such as GoHighLevel, Hubspot, ActiveCampaign or others.
Myself I have 4 years of experience using GoHighLevel's platform. I migrated many clients over to it. Recently a B2B sports software from Hubspot to GHL.
I got 3 businesses and 2 professionals to pay $250 each for the last 30 days. I upsold all 3 businesses and the 2 professionals are potential future clients.
I mostly meet people at networking events, Linkedin, and referrals. The two professionals came from referrals from my client/mentor who owns a top 20 business podcast.
The 3 businesses, two came from Linkedin and one came from a networking event in Tampa, Florida.
I offer AI consulting with done for you implementation.
At first I developed the platform SumoLevel just to help me with a faster audit report process.
But just talking to agency owners and businesses who use GHL, made me add more useful features that they desired.
Revenue leak issues, usage cost bleeding, buying signals for agencies to get more clients, historical snapshot data, impact reports, and more.
It turned it into The AI Revenue Operating System for GoHighLevel and I have 7 agencies and 3 businesses in beta test so far.
I am looking for more beta testers. Must use GoHighLevel as an agency or for your own business.
You get free 100 credits to try it out! Tell me what you like and don't like about it. What other skills you wish Sumo AI had?
You can even test out D.A.R.V.I.S on the site for an assessment it is my name Darius + J.A.R.V.I.S from iron man movie but had to change the name. He is actually my personal assistant as well that I developed haha
I don’t even run the backend. So this is thanks to my expert chatters.
I just run the front end. Create relatable social media content for Instagram and TikTok.
Men and sometimes women send DMs. My chatters warm them up and send them the link to sub.
After sub the fans get upsold for exclusive content.
They all know she is AI generated as AI companionship now beats dating apps in 2026.
You can focus on just creating content and growing an audience for a niche.
Once you get 10+ DMs a day outsource the chats to expert human chatters.
From my experience human beats AI agents for DMs as it is relationship building.
So I rather give chatters a 10-15% commission per sale.
I’m always looking for new partners so if you have good traffic from AI influencers but not good conversions from chats then let’s talk!
My results from last month and this month so far. It’s recurring income as long as the users keep paying their monthly subscriptions.
This does not even count the other monetization methods. Currently at $600+ recurring payouts. Goal is a min of $2500+ a month.
There are many AI tools that have affiliate programs that pay recurring lifetime commissions.
Some pay only 12 months which I usually avoid. Lifetime is way better!
I prefer AI girls as it is easier to get a lot of views per video on Instagram. Repurpose the same videos on TikTok.
People send a DM on what AI tool you are using. Others message her to subscribe to buy exclusive content or text/voice messages (AI companionship is now bigger than dating apps).
I have expert chatters that handle the DMs for commissions I only jump in for promo, brand deals, or sharing affiliate links.
If you don’t want to be on cam just create your own AI twin, AI girls, or others have success with monks, jews, mafia, herbalists, etc.
AI girl niches can be teachers, nurses, army, volleyball, golfing, etc.
It’s pretty good like GPT image 2
Every agency owner asks the same question the second they hire their first VA, contractor, or AI agent: "What do I hand off first?".
Here's how the handoffs actually works.
First to go is the fulfillment. The actual execution, the ad builds, the content creation, the CRM setup, the reporting docs. This is the stuff that takes you hours and takes a trained contractor or AI agent the same amount of time, minus your opinion about it.
If you're still the one logging into the dashboard every Friday to pull numbers into a slide, you don't own a business. You own a very expensive part time job. AI agents can do that for you anyway.
Second to go is the reporting and updates. Train a VA to pull the data, format it, and send it on schedule. Clients don't care who compiles the report. They care that it shows up on time and it's accurate. This is 100% outsourced the moment you write down your format once.
What you never hand off, not on day one, not on day one hundred is sales, strategy, and final quality control. Sales is you understanding the client's actual problem, not the one they said out loud.
Strategy is the "why" behind every deliverable, the thing that turns a generic service into a result they'd pay double for. And final quality control is the ten minute check before anything leaves your shop with your name on it. That ten minutes is the difference between a five star client and a refund request.
The order matters. Hand off strategy too early and your service turns into noise. Hand off sales too early and you lose the pulse on what's actually working. But sit on fulfillment and reporting too long, and you'll cap your own income at "however many hours are in your week."
Fire yourself from the work a contractor can do at 80% of your quality for 20% of your rate. Stay in the seat only a founder can sit in. Focus on overseeing the agency, client acquisition, and retaining current clients.
Just want to show what is possible with an AI content creator but others call them AI influencers.
She is also about to hit 33,000 followers now. Reels are between 5,000-150,000 views per video. Highest is still 2.5 million views. Gets 10+ DMs a day still.
Working on products affiliate promotion campaign this month. Every so often she promotes a product.
Approved for Amazon influencer program and TikTok shop. Also JoinBrands app.
This girl is Afro Latina next one will be a white girl like a young Cameron Diaz with same proven system.
Instagram is the best platform with TikTok on the side.
My real human chatters get commissions and are better than AI from testing.
Back in college we were taught women are the best to use for marketing offers.
Now we are in the AI era where you can create any woman you like to promote anything you want.
Create an Instagram and TikTok account.
Post photos and engage with other accounts.
Train the algorithms to show you same viral content in your niche.
Use AI tools to create similar images and videos but with your character. Change outfits, scenes, and captions.
Start a reels and TikTok video campaign. Post 1-3 times day M-F.
Go from zero to thousand of followers and potentially millions of views.
Start earning more income from 1,000-10,000+ a month.
My AI girl top spenders on Fanvue so far. You can earn from this new wave.
Does not have to be NSFW content. You can monetize in other ways.