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Service Trading Blueprint, IMA review

Service Trading Blueprint, IMA publishes 159 course modules on Skool. It was free to join at our last price reading, on 29 Sept 2026.

A review on the numbers, not an opinion: nobody here has joined Service Trading Blueprint, IMA, and nothing below is a verdict.

The Service Trading Blueprint, known as IMA, is a paid program for people starting or growing digital marketing agencies.[1] Its Skool group, created in December 2024, is the program's private training platform and community, with no free entry.[1] The academy is one of the offers of Douglas James, who teaches entrepreneurs to find, close and keep high-ticket clients under the tagline The High-Ticket Client Guy.[2]

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Members
528
Published price
Free to join
no paid tier published here, last read 29 Sept 2026
Members, last 28 days
+19
2 Oct 2026 to 30 Oct 2026
Rank by members
#3,026
of 6,077 sellers listed here
Size rank in niche
#231
of 447 sellers listed in agency and client services, by published members
Check the Course score
78
B, above average
Niche
Agency and client services
484 listed here
Created
2 Dec 2024
Skool publishes this date
Readings
18
since 3 Sept 2026

About Service Trading Blueprint, IMA

Members get step-by-step guidance with ready-made ads, templates for winning clients, material for specific niches and mentoring, along with weekly coaching calls and a community.[1] The focus is lead generation for local businesses that sell high-ticket services.[1] Basic computer skills are needed, though extensive experience and technical skills are not.[1] James's services page lists the academy with 50 industry funnels, ads and targeting setups, plus training on tools such as Facebook, Click Funnels and Active Campaign, a private Facebook group, messenger support and lifetime access.[3]

James also founded LeadFi, which runs a real-time soft-credit pre-screen on leads for high-ticket businesses.[4][5] He built it with an underwriting expert, and it plugs into a CRM to pull soft credit details such as credit score, spending power and debt-to-income ratio in two seconds.[6] LeadFi says it neither supplies leads nor lends money, and it has a sister product called PayFull / LeadFi Capital.[4] As of September 2026, LeadFi priced by usage, and its free trial required a card.[7]

The listing states that results are not guaranteed and that individual experiences may vary.[1]

Sources

  1. Skool listing: skool.com/industry-marketing-academy-9614, as collected 29 Sept 2026
  2. Official website: thedouglasjames.net/about, retrieved 30 Sept 2026
  3. Official website: thedouglasjames.net/services, retrieved 30 Sept 2026
  4. Official website: leadfi.ai/about, retrieved 30 Sept 2026
  5. Official website: leadfi.ai, retrieved 30 Sept 2026
  6. Press: becauseofsales.com, retrieved 30 Sept 2026
  7. Official website: leadfi.ai/pricing, retrieved 30 Sept 2026

Compiled by Check the Course from the sources listed, to the best of our ability.

What the listing describes
NicheAgency and client servicesFormatMentorship or coachingIncludesTemplates and resources

Read from the listing’s own words: what is offered, never how well.

What is inside

Course modules
159
Courses
4
Posts, all time
139
People running it
7

Counts published by Service Trading Blueprint, IMA on its own page, read on 29 Sept 2026: how much is included, never how good it is. Listed as run by douglas-james-9925.

How we knowSourced & dated
Observed on 30 Oct 2026 from Skool source page archived copy 301e9ba1fb3e.
Observable monthly ceiling
$0
monthly price, read 29 Sept 2026
507
published members, read 29 Sept 2026
$0
theoretical ceiling per month, as at 29 Sept 2026

This community is published as free, so the figure is zero. Its members are an audience, not customers. Nothing here estimates what that audience might be worth, and no price is applied to it anywhere on this site.

Check the Course Score
78BAbove average

Ahead of 78% of the 13,577 Skool communities we track, including ones without a page here, on the measures below, each read from a figure Service Trading Blueprint, IMA published itself.

  • Size 53% of the scoreahead of 68%
  • Growth 27% of the scoreahead of 60%
  • Track record 20% of the scoreahead of 71%

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  • Members up 6% since August 2026. Measured by Check the Course.Members up 6% since August 2026. Measured by Check the Course.

    Net member count up 6% between our first reading, on 3 Sept 2026, and our latest, on 30 Oct 2026.

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Evidence and signals

Listed on 528 members.

Evidence: measured.

Following elsewhere
12,200 at its largest12,200 on YouTube. Followers on another platform, not members here.
First recorded
3 September 2026our first reading, not its launch

Tracked over time

Member change
No changeover 1 day+19+3.7%over 28 days
Price change
One reading with a price so far

18 observations over 57 days.

Member count
5005055105155205255283 Sept 202630 Oct 2026change

Observation log

Observation log
ObservedMembersChangePriceCeiling / month
30 Oct 20265280Not recordedNot calculated
29 Oct 20265280Not recordedNot calculated
26 Oct 20265280Not recordedNot calculated
25 Oct 20265280Not recordedNot calculated
22 Oct 20265280Not recordedNot calculated
21 Oct 2026528+1Not recordedNot calculated
18 Oct 2026527+4Not recordedNot calculated
14 Oct 2026523+6Not recordedNot calculated
10 Oct 2026517+2Not recordedNot calculated
9 Oct 2026515+2Not recordedNot calculated
6 Oct 20265130Not recordedNot calculated
6 Oct 2026513+1Not recordedNot calculated
5 Oct 2026512+3Not recordedNot calculated
2 Oct 20265090Not recordedNot calculated
1 Oct 2026509+2Not recordedNot calculated
29 Sept 2026507+4Free to joinNot calculated
20 Sept 2026503+3Not recordedNot calculated
3 Sept 2026500Not recordedNot calculated
Average per week, last 28 days2 Oct 2026 to 30 Oct 2026+5
Average per week, since first reading3 Sept 2026 to 30 Oct 2026+3

Seller’s followers on other platforms

Seller’s followers on other platforms
Read, about monthlyYouTubeTikTok
15 Oct 202612,200
15 Sept 202612,200

Course content readings

Course content readings
ObservedPostsModulesCourses
29 Sept 2026139+31594
15 Sept 20261361594
Added per week15 Sept 2026 to 29 Sept 2026+1.500

Common questions about Service Trading Blueprint, IMA

What is Service Trading Blueprint, IMA?
The Service Trading Blueprint, known as IMA, is a paid program for people starting or growing digital marketing agencies. Its Skool group, created in December 2024, is the program's private training platform and community, with no free entry.
How much does Service Trading Blueprint, IMA cost?
Service Trading Blueprint, IMA was free to join on Skool when last read, 29 Sept 2026; its listing showed no charge.
How many members does Service Trading Blueprint, IMA have?
Service Trading Blueprint, IMA lists 528 members, read 30 Oct 2026.
How has Service Trading Blueprint, IMA's membership changed?
From 500 members on 3 Sept 2026, our first reading, to 528 on 30 Oct 2026: up 28, or 6%.
How does Service Trading Blueprint, IMA compare with other agency and client services communities?
Service Trading Blueprint, IMA is free to join, where the median priced agency and client services listing charges $37 a month. The niche median is 544 members. Pricing benchmarks by niche.
What do you get inside Service Trading Blueprint, IMA?
Service Trading Blueprint, IMA publishes 159 course modules, 4 courses, 139 posts, 7 admins. Communities with the most course content.

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