Freebie sites can afford to give expensive items like a Free PS3, a Free Wii, or a Free XBox 360 Premium because advertisers, LOADED with cash, pay them to do so! You’re NEVER asked to pay for your gift…ever! However, in order for freebie sites to get something small in return, all they ask of you is to try the advertiser out for a bit. For example, there are tons of people who tried out Video Professor or Blockbuster (totally legit/popular companies) by signing up for their services. A lot of freebie participants have stayed with these big-name companies after their trial and continue to love their services, while others have chosen not to do so. Either path you choose, you are allowed and you will get credit. After all, advertisers pay freebie companies, who in turn reward you, to encourage you to join!

MANY offers range from $3-7 for the trial period. These “pocket change” costs usually cover shipping and processing fees. However, there are also many totally…TOTALLY free offers too! On every freebie site these costs and the crediting time is mentioned so you can choose whatever you like (from lists up to 20-100 offers). This is step 2. Step 1 is signing up for the site.

In the last step, the member then gets a couple of buddies to do the same process and they get credit when they do a simple “offer” (i.e. spend like 5-10 minutes signing up to an advertiser). For every person that tries an advertiser out, the advertisers pay freebie companies around $50-60… put it this money together and the freebie site buys your gift FOR you! Tax and shipping included.

Of course, at first glance anyone will think this is a scam or an illegitimate pyramid scheme. As a matter of truth, that’s what I did, and that’s what everyone else assumes BEFORE they understand how this system works and why it still exists - it’s perfectly legal and pretty darn easy to benefit off! This is a new form of marketing called “incentive viral marketing” - where companies reward you for trying them out. Think of the gift you receive as “cashback” or a rebate, if you like, from the advertiser TO you.

Think of it like this…

If you never knew about this site and wanted to join Blockbuster, you will go to their website, and sign up using your credit card. That’s it! You WOULD NOT be rewarded for doing so.

However, now that you know about this site, you will understand that advertiser’s pay a lot of commissions to other companies (the freebie sites) to link to their site. These companies then give you a gift, as thanks, for joining them (like Blockbuster). You don’t have to be full time members, but even free trial periods count. This way you get something back, instead of getting nothing back (like the first case).