{ "dataset": "AI SEO Rainmakers monthly evidence ledger", "maintainer": "AISEO-Course.wiki and AISEOCourse.review (shared evidence layer)", "cadence": "Baseline rows are dated public snapshots carried from the aiseo-course.wiki ledger plus our own checks. From October 2026 one row is recorded on the same day of each month.", "fields": [ "date", "captured_at (UTC, null when only the date was recorded)", "surface (platform_ui | sales_copy | official | independent | observed)", "price", "members", "review_count", "rating", "sales_copy_members", "sales_copy_reviews", "source_kind", "source_label", "source_url", "monthly{...}", "note (free text: provenance caveats for a row)" ], "entries": [ { "date": "2026-08-22", "price": null, "members": "250+", "review_count": null, "rating": null, "source_kind": "official", "source_label": "SEO.Stream about page: passed 250 members in the first week", "source_url": "https://seo.stream/about/", "captured_at": null, "surface": "official", "sales_copy_members": null, "sales_copy_reviews": null }, { "date": "2026-08-27", "captured_at": null, "surface": "official", "price": 259, "members": 279, "review_count": 28, "rating": 5.0, "sales_copy_members": null, "sales_copy_reviews": null, "source_kind": "official", "source_label": "Charles Floate's own AI SEO course comparison: raw numbers for Rainmakers 'as of Aug 27' (unscored box). Also states 9 courses / 62 modules and a 3.5-hour weekly call.", "source_url": "https://www.charlesfloate.com/ai-seo-course" }, { "date": "2026-09-06", "price": 269, "members": 314, "review_count": null, "rating": null, "source_kind": "independent", "source_label": "Paid-member review snapshot (AISEORainmaker.com)", "source_url": "https://aiseorainmaker.com/", "captured_at": null, "surface": "independent", "sales_copy_members": null, "sales_copy_reviews": null }, { "date": "2026-09-09", "price": 269, "members": 325, "review_count": null, "rating": null, "source_kind": "observed", "source_label": "Our check of the public Skool listing", "source_url": "https://www.skool.com/ai-seo-rainmakers/about", "captured_at": null, "surface": "platform_ui", "sales_copy_members": null, "sales_copy_reviews": null }, { "date": "2026-09-16", "price": 289, "members": 359, "review_count": 31, "rating": 5.0, "source_kind": "platform", "source_label": "Public Skool listing (baseline month)", "source_url": "https://www.skool.com/ai-seo-rainmakers/about", "monthly": { "new_tools": "CharlesGPT 3.1, tools and repos, and site audits are named on the listing at baseline. No way to mark them as new yet; tracked from here.", "new_modules": "Listing advertises new courses and intel every month. Specific additions are not itemized publicly at baseline.", "founder": "Listing advertises weekly live Q&A taught personally by Charles Floate; SEO.Stream says he is present in the feed. Two September paid-member reviews confirm live access as central.", "offer_changes": "Price moved from $269 (Sep 6 independent snapshot, Sep 9 our check) to $289 (Sep 16 listing). Seven-day money-back note with 'DM before Level 3' shown on the listing.", "feedback": "31 Skool reviews at 5.0. Visible reviews praise practical implementation, live feedback, tools and experienced members. Independent reviewers flag premium pricing, level-gated content and the aggressive tilt." }, "captured_at": null, "surface": "platform_ui", "sales_copy_members": null, "sales_copy_reviews": null, "note": "Earlier 16 September public snapshot; exact capture time was not retained. Superseded as current by the timestamped 18:17 UTC observation on the same date. Kept as observed." }, { "date": "2026-09-16", "captured_at": "2026-09-16T18:17:44Z", "surface": "platform_ui", "price": 289, "members": 357, "review_count": 35, "rating": 5.0, "sales_copy_members": 354, "sales_copy_reviews": 31, "source_kind": "platform", "source_label": "Public Skool listing, interface header. The group's own sales copy lower on the same page still read 354 members and 31 reviews.", "source_url": "https://www.skool.com/ai-seo-rainmakers/about" }, { "date": "2026-09-17", "captured_at": "2026-09-17T05:45:17Z", "surface": "platform_ui", "price": 289, "members": 357, "review_count": 35, "rating": 5.0, "sales_copy_members": 354, "sales_copy_reviews": 31, "source_kind": "platform", "source_label": "Public Skool listing, interface header. Sales copy lower on the page read 354 members and 31 reviews. Listing showed 4 admins and 12 members online. Same day: the publisher's homepage source carried MEMBERS_NOW 341 (paying members, admins excluded) while its visible price text still read $219; both recorded in the fact register, not as price rows.", "source_url": "https://www.skool.com/ai-seo-rainmakers/about" }, { "date": "2026-09-24", "captured_at": "2026-09-24T19:00:00Z", "surface": "platform_ui", "price": 299, "members": 379, "review_count": 39, "rating": 5.0, "sales_copy_members": null, "sales_copy_reviews": null, "source_kind": "platform", "source_label": "Public Skool listing, read by AISEOCourse.review (shared evidence layer). The listing stated the next price step as $319 or more.", "source_url": "https://www.skool.com/ai-seo-rainmakers/about" }, { "date": "2026-09-27", "captured_at": "2026-09-27T06:25:00Z", "surface": "platform_ui", "price": 299, "members": 381, "review_count": 40, "rating": 5.0, "sales_copy_members": null, "sales_copy_reviews": null, "source_kind": "platform", "source_label": "Public Skool listing, interface header. Listing copy read: next 25 lock $299 a month for life, then $319 and up. Listing showed 4 admins and 17 members online. The sales copy no longer states a member or review count.", "source_url": "https://www.skool.com/ai-seo-rainmakers/about" } ], "url_policy": "Evidence URLs are canonical (no referral or tracking parameters). Referral parameters appear only on human-facing CTA links in the HTML." }