You’ve certainly got a point, many successful online businesses are basically selling the hope of success (many regular books too). I would argue that it isn’t necessarily a bad thing, though.

Most of the time the authors actually did what they claim — which means even though other people may not be successful in the same way, it is a valid approach and there is probably a lot to be learned.

My only other point is that this specific course is about multiple forms of income, six to be specific, so just selling online courses isn’t all they talk about and it isn’t the only way they made their money.

Very interesting topic though, this kind of stuff fascinates me :-)