What is sold at the Side Hustle Summit?

Partner documentation shows a $1,995 core program, a $995 companion offer and two smaller $25 upsells. Details of what the core program contains will be announced during the event; we will update this review when they are public.

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Side Hustle Summit Review: Is Russell & Iman's 2026 Event Worth Your Week?

Q: Is the Side Hustle Summit worth attending?

For most people curious about online side hustles, yes — attendance is confirmed free and the live training from Brunson and Gadzhi will be high production value and genuinely instructive. Go in knowing the week builds toward a $1,995 program pitch, and decide about that offer on its merits, not in the moment.

Q: Is the Side Hustle Summit a scam?

No. It is a real event run through Russell Brunson's Prime Mover organization with Iman Gadzhi, with a published partner program and commission structure. It is, however, a launch event: the free content exists to sell a paid program, which is normal for this format but worth knowing upfront.

Q: How much does the Side Hustle Summit cost to attend?

Attending is free — the official event page confirms no paid tickets, no card required, and no upsell to attend. The paid program pitched during the week is $1,995.

Q: Will there be replays if I can't attend live?

Yes. The official event page confirms replays are available within 24 hours of each session, so a missed session no longer costs you the thread.

Honest preview review, written July 2026 and updated as the event approaches. The summit runs September 6–13: five live sessions (Sept 6, 7, 8, 9 and 13) at 1 PM Eastern, free to attend. We are not the event organizers, and unlike most pages you'll read in September, we'll tell you what's being sold before you give anyone your email.

Where we land right now

Attend the live training — it's confirmed free — and decide about the $1,995 program on its merits, not in the moment. Brunson-format events are consistently the best-produced free training on the internet, and the Brunson + Gadzhi pairing is genuinely new. Just walk in knowing exactly what the week is designed to do: teach you enough to want the paid program.

Preview score: 4.1 / 5 as a free education event. That score covers the week itself, not the $1,995 purchase. That one gets its own verdict below, and it's a "wait for the published terms," not a yes or a no. We re-score during the live week.

What's confirmed and what isn't

Every fact below is dated. If a detail isn't in this table with a confirmation date, treat anyone claiming it as guessing.

Item	Status	Detail	As of
Hosts	Confirmed	Russell Brunson & Iman Gadzhi, operations by Brunson's Prime Mover team	Jul 22, 2026
Event window	Confirmed	September 6–13: five sessions (Sept 6, 7, 8, 9, 13) at 1 PM ET, free to attend, replays within 24h	Aug 9, 2026
Cart close	Confirmed	September 13, 2026	Jul 22, 2026
Format	Confirmed	Fully virtual, live sessions	Jul 22, 2026
What's sold	Confirmed	$1,995 core program + $995 companion offer + two $25 upsells, per partner documentation	Jul 22, 2026
Registration opens	Confirmed	August 17, 2026 — official program announcement (moved from Aug 9)	Aug 8, 2026
Curriculum	Confirmed	Five titled episodes published on the official page — full lineup on the schedule page	Aug 9, 2026
Speakers beyond the hosts	Pending	No guest list published yet	—

What this review is based on

The event hasn't happened yet, so beware of any page claiming a first-hand review of the 2026 summit. This preview is based on the event's official partner documentation, the July 22 partner briefing we attended live, both hosts' public announcements, and our first-hand experience attending Russell Brunson's previous launch events in this exact format, including the AI Secrets Challenge (April–May 2026 cohort), which followed the same playbook this summit uses. We update this page as registration opens and again during the live week.

Inside the July 22, 2026 Side Hustle Summit partner briefing — Iman Gadzhi and Russell Brunson on stage in front of a Welcome screen, attendee gallery blurred for privacy — From our screen during the July 22 partner briefing: Gadzhi and Brunson on stage. Other attendees blurred for privacy.

How a Brunson launch week actually runs

Here's the anatomy of every Brunson launch event, and per the partner docs this one follows it:

Free registration opens (August 17). Affiliates and the hosts' own lists drive hundreds of thousands of signups.
Warm-up weekend (Sept 6). Orientation, community access, homework.
Live sessions (Sept 6–9, finale Sept 13). Real teaching, real builds, high energy — one hour daily at 1 PM ET. Each episode also moves you one step closer to the offer.
The offer. A $1,995 core program (plus a $995 companion offer). The pitch usually lands mid-week and repeats daily.
Cart close (Sept 13). Deadline pressure, final bonuses, last-call emails.

None of this makes the training bad. Brunson's free events routinely out-teach other people's paid courses. It just means the week has a destination, and you should know it before day one.

Russell Brunson and Iman Gadzhi, hosts of the Side Hustle Summit 2026, live online September 6–13 — The 2026 pairing: Brunson's funnel playbook meets Gadzhi's distribution.

The $1,995 program has a name: Monetise

Here's the single most useful fact in this review, and the one most September coverage will skip: the core program sold during the summit is Monetise, Iman Gadzhi's flagship digital-products program — the same product he has been selling on his own launches since September 2025. It is not a summit exclusive built for this event.

Why that changes your week: you don't have to evaluate a mystery offer under a countdown timer. The program's curriculum, its guarantee language and its price history are researchable today, in July, with no deadline in sight. We've done exactly that across three pages: the full Monetise review, the is-Monetise-legit breakdown, and the price history, including the stretch when this product sold for $999, which explains the older reviews quoting a lower figure.

It also reframes the deadline itself. September 13 is when this sales window closes, not when the product disappears. What you'd genuinely forgo by waiting are event-specific bonuses, which haven't been announced yet. That's a real consideration, not a fake one — but it's a bonus decision, not a now-or-never product decision.

Reading the refund terms before you need them

Three separate promises circulate around this offer, and they are not the same thing. Knowing the difference in July is worth more than learning it in September:

The promise	What it actually is	Returns money?
7-day refund	No-questions-asked window on the $1,995 program, per monetise.com's published terms	Yes (the only one that does)
"10x guarantee"	Continued coaching, for up to three years, if you don't hit the promised outcome	No. It extends support; no cash moves
"Lifetime access"	Applies to the course content; software and community access are typically 12-month terms	Not a refund term at all

The practical consequence of the 7-day window: buy mid-event on September 10 and your refund right expires around September 17, while the launch is still running and before you've worked through much of anything. If you buy, calendar the deadline the same day. None of this is hidden; it's in the published terms. But launch weeks are engineered so that nobody goes reading terms pages, which is precisely why we put them here.

How it compares to past events in this format

We attended the AI Secrets Challenge (April–May 2026 cohort), the most recent Brunson launch in this exact playbook, so here's the pattern-match — what carried over then, and what to expect now:

The teaching was real. The free sessions taught complete, usable material, not teaser content. People who implemented without buying still walked away with something. Expect the same standard here; a weak week sells nothing, so the incentive to teach well is aligned with yours.
The energy curve was engineered. Days one and two built skills, day three introduced the gap ("here's what you still can't do alone"), and the offer landed with the gap freshly felt. Once you see the shape, it stops working on you and starts being educational in a second way.
Replays vanished fast for free attendees. Roughly 24 hours per session in past events — and this time the official page promises replays "within 24 hours", which says nothing about how long they stay up. If 1 PM ET isn't workable, plan to catch each replay the same day.
The chat was a sales instrument. Testimonials, countdowns and "I just bought" messages are part of the production. Fine — just don't mistake the room's temperature for your own.

The genuinely new variable in 2026 is Gadzhi. His launch style leans harder on identity and story than Brunson's framework-driven approach, and the two haven't shared a stage like this before. That's the part we can't pattern-match, and honestly the part we're most curious about.

How to extract full value from the free week

If you attend, a short operating manual, learned the hard way:

Before September 7, write down your buying conditions. One sentence: "I'll spend $1,995 if ___." Read it on September 14 before the cart-close pressure peaks. This single habit separates buyers who are glad from buyers who refund.
Attend live, take implementation notes, skip the chat. The material is the value; the room is the funnel.
Do the homework the same evening. Free attendees who implement during the week get most of what buyers get from the first modules.
If you do buy, calendar the refund deadline that day. Seven days from purchase, per the published terms (see the refund table above).

Pros and cons, as we see them today

What's genuinely promising

First-ever Brunson + Gadzhi pairing
Format has a decade of polish behind it
Virtual and free to attend — confirmed, no card required
Side hustles are a real, current topic in 2026
Whop integration could mean practical, not theoretical, playbooks

What to keep your guard up about

The week is engineered toward a $1,995 pitch
Affiliate hype will drown out honest coverage
Live schedule may not suit every timezone
No public curriculum yet; specifics are unannounced
Free attendees typically lose replay access fast

Don't attend if…

You already run a working online business and just want advanced tactics. This is a from-zero event.
You know you're susceptible to deadline-pressure buying. The cart-close sequence is world class, and that's not always a good thing for your wallet.
You can't make the 1 PM ET sessions live and can't catch replays within a day of each session.

So, should you clear your calendar?

As a free education event, the Side Hustle Summit looks like one of the strongest launches of 2026, purely on the strength of the two names attached. As a purchase decision, wait until the $1,995 program's contents are public, then judge it like any other course: curriculum, refund terms, and whether you'd implement it. We'll publish that breakdown on this page the day it's announced. And if you register through this site, our bonus package puts that breakdown, daily session notes and deadline alerts straight in your inbox. Thinking of promoting the event rather than just attending? We reviewed that side of it too: the affiliate program review.

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Questions readers keep asking

Is the Side Hustle Summit worth attending?

Yes for most people curious about side hustles — attendance is confirmed free and the training will be excellent. Just separate the decision to attend from the decision to buy the $1,995 program.

Is the Side Hustle Summit a scam?

No. Real event, real hosts, published partner terms. It's a launch funnel, which is a business model, not a scam. Know the model and you'll get real value from the free week. Our full verification trail, and how to spot the fake sites riding the event's name, is on the is-it-legit page.

What exactly is sold during the event?

A $1,995 core program plus a $995 companion offer, per partner documentation. Contents haven't been announced; we'll update this review when they are.

How much does the Side Hustle Summit cost to attend?

Attending is free — the official page confirms no paid tickets, no card required, no upsell to attend. The paid program pitched during the week is $1,995. See the cost page for the running breakdown.

When does registration open?

August 17, 2026 — moved from Aug 9 by the official program announcement. The event runs September 6–13 with five live sessions at 1 PM Eastern. Full details on the dates & schedule page.

Will there be replays if I can't attend live?

Yes — the official page confirms replays within 24 hours of each session. How long each replay stays up isn't stated; treat same-day catch-up as the safe plan. Details on the replays page.

Can you get a refund on the $1,995 program?

Yes — within 7 days of purchase, no questions asked, per monetise.com's published terms. Be careful with the separately advertised "10x guarantee": it continues your coaching for up to three years but returns no money. The 7-day window is your only cash-back protection, so calendar it the day you buy.

What is Monetise, and why does it matter here?

Monetise is Iman Gadzhi's digital-products program, on sale since September 2025, and it's the $1,995 core offer sold during the summit. Because it already exists, you can read its curriculum, terms and price history before the event instead of deciding under launch pressure. Start with our full Monetise review.

What has changed on this page

August 9, 2026: The official event page published its full content. Now confirmed: attendance is 100% free (no ticket, no card), the five sessions run Sept 6, 7, 8, 9 and 13 at 1 PM Eastern (replacing the earlier "live training Sept 7–11" read), each episode has a published title, and replays are available within 24 hours. Updated across this site.
August 8, 2026: The official program announcement (Aug 7) moved registration and promotion opening from August 9–10 to August 17, 2026 — organic and paid now open the same day. Summit dates (Sept 6–13) unchanged. Updated across this site.
July 29, 2026: The official event page went live with a registration countdown. Two corrections from it: the event window is September 6–13 (previously listed as 6–15 from partner documentation), and registration opens August 9, 2026 — updated across this site.
July 27, 2026: Added the preview score (4.1/5), the Monetise product-identity section, and the refund-terms table. The $1,995 core offer is confirmed as Monetise, Gadzhi's existing program; see the full Monetise review.
July 23, 2026: Added the confirmed-vs-pending facts table and this update log.
July 22, 2026: Attended the live partner briefing. Confirmed the offer structure ($1,995 core program, $995 companion offer, two $25 upsells) and the ~August 10 registration timeline.
July 17, 2026: Review first published with the event window, hosts and format.