Make a course.
The first step is to package advice about creating and marketing a course into a course of your own.
Cropp Corp is Ian Cropp’s education company. Its flagship product teaches course sellers how to build and sell courses to other course sellers. The model is circular by design, and the company treats that as a selling point.
Cropp Corp reduces the process to three moves: make a course, sell it to people who sell courses, then teach them to do the same. The company refers to this as the Cropp Method™.
The first step is to package advice about creating and marketing a course into a course of your own.
The target customer is another course seller, preferably one who already understands funnels, webinars and the price point $997.
The final step is to teach the buyer to repeat the process. At that point, the product and the sales strategy become almost indistinguishable.
The flagship program contains six modules covering niche selection, pricing, funnels, testimonials and the eventual launch of another course about courses.
Cropp Corp publishes the following testimonials. The company has not supplied independent revenue records for any of them.
“Before Cropp Corp I had one course. Now I have a course teaching people how I made the first course.”
“Ian told me to raise my price until I felt uncomfortable. I am now extremely uncomfortable.”
“I still don’t fully understand the business model, which is how I know it’s sophisticated.”
Cropp has repeatedly said he has “Literally 0 screen time.” A later image circulated showing a markedly different number.
According to the image, Cropp’s screen-time report showed a 24 hour daily average. Cropp had previously described his screen time as “literally 0.”
Both plans include the same core course. The higher-priced tier adds a group call, additional materials and a more impressive-sounding title.
The standard package for students who want the course without the executive extras.
The premium package adds a group call and the Certified Cropp Consultant title.
Cropp Corp says no. Its preferred description is an education business in which course sellers teach other course sellers to sell courses.
No. Module 1 starts with creating the course, which means not having one is technically part of the curriculum.
Cropp Corp does not list prior expertise as a requirement.
Cropp is the founder of Cropp Corp and the instructor behind its flagship business course. His credentials are presented primarily through Cropp Corp itself.
Cropp Corp wants course sellers to sell a course about selling courses to other course sellers. The company has built an entire business around that sentence.