I have had moderate success with SSEC. It definitely isn't easy money (there is work involved) but it is coming out profitable to me.

Some (myself included) are only netting a few hundred in profit per month, while others are making nearly 5 figures or more with it. I've been with ssec for over 7 months btw. I have spent a lot of time each day setting up templates, RSS, subs, etc. Perhaps someday I will profit big with ssec...

My total expenses are around $400 per month when you count servers and domains in addition to the program cost.