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You may have heard about people getting free iPods, free xbox 360s, free PSPs, or free TVs online. It's no scam, Freepay.com was the original company to start rewarding people like you and me with all kinds of free stuff.
How Freepay Works
Freepay is a new kind of marketing company that makes money by giving people incentive to advertise for its partners. The incentive is given in the form of free electronics and other products, while the advertising is provided on the Freepay website in the form of "offers".
A Freepay website typically looks like http://productname.freepay.com. Each website has seperate account information, so you can sign up for any free products you choose.
A Freepay website typically looks like http://productname.freepay.com. Each website has seperate account information, so you can sign up for any free products you choose.
Three Steps to Getting Free Products
The simple version
Follow the links for a more detailed explanation of each step.
Tips for getting referrals
Trading is the easiest way to get a lot of referrals quickly. You have to be careful when you pick who you do a trade with, but once you get a reputation for being a trustworthy referral trader people will go first in the trade guaranteeing their credit. I trade at RefStop
Tell your friends! If you get your friends into refered marketing they can go for one prize and you can go for another, sharing the use of each. For example: you get a psp, they get an xbox. Eight friends can do this easily.
Post flyers. I've wanted to do this for a while, but I'm worried about getting in trouble with the Campus/City. If you know a place open to public posting, make a nice looking flyer with tearaway referral links.
Tell your friends! If you get your friends into refered marketing they can go for one prize and you can go for another, sharing the use of each. For example: you get a psp, they get an xbox. Eight friends can do this easily.
Post flyers. I've wanted to do this for a while, but I'm worried about getting in trouble with the Campus/City. If you know a place open to public posting, make a nice looking flyer with tearaway referral links.
Freepay Sites
Choose from any of these free products
Look through this list to see if any of these free products interest you. There are 15 different free products available, and you can apply for any of them. While all of Freepay's offers are listed, I am participating in some of them. If you choose to sign up I appriciate the support very much.
- Get a FREE Flatscreen
- Choice of four 19" lcd monitors or one 20" lcd TV. Requires 8 referrals.
- Get a FREE Premium iPod
- iPod is 60GB, holds 15,000 songs or 150 hours of video. Requires 8 referrals.
- Get a FREE iPod
- Choice of 30GB iPod, or 4GB iPod nano. Requires 6 referrals.
- Get a FREE iPod nano
- 4GB iPod nano. Requires 5 referrals.
- Get a FREE iPod Shuffle
- 1GB iPod Shuffle. Requires 3 referrals.
- Get a FREE Desktop PC
- Choice of five different brand desktop PCs. Requires 10 referrals.
- Get a FREE Handbag
- Choice of six different designer handbags (include certificates of authenticity). Requires 10 referrals.
- Get a FREE Xbox 360
- Xbox 360 Premium edition. Requires 8 referrals.
- Get a FREE PS3
- Receive a Playstation 3 as soon as they are released to retailers. Requires 8 referrals.
- Get a FREE PSP
- Sony Playstation Portable. Requires 5 referrals.
- Get a FREE Laptop
- Choice of five different major laptop brands. Requires 20 referrals.
- Get a FREE Mac Mini
- 1.5 GHz Mac Mini. Requires 10 referrals.
- Get a FREE Digital Camera
- Choice of five digital cameras. Requires 10 referrals.
- Get a FREE $300 Giftcard
- $300 Giftcard redeemable at several locations. Requires 5 referrals.
- Get a FREE Gaming System
- One of four gaming systems including Game Cube and Playstation 2. Requires 4 referrals.
Requirements
Please follow these requirements if you want to sign up to a Freepay website.
- You must be at least 18 years old
- You need a credit card (only for use with the offer of your choice)
- You can't cheat! if you try to sign up multiple times and you are caught breaking the rules, Freepay will hold your account indefinately (lock it up, and throw away the key).
- Don't spam! If someone complains to Freepay that you have been posting your link on websites where it is not wanted, or emailing it to people you do not know your account will be put on hold.
Register
Step 1
The first step to getting a free iPod, PSP, xbox 360, etc. is to sign up to one of the Freepay websites (They are listed above). Remember, use valid information or you may risk having your account put on hold.
When you are done signing up, Freepay will verify your email address. If you don't receive anything you can resend the verification email from your 'Account' page.
Finally, choose an offer from one of Freepay's partners. They are reputable companies such as Blockbuster, AOL, and Maxim. Details on each offer are provided, but if you are having trouble deciding there is a website called Rate The Offers.com that provides useful reviews. Your best bet is to try an offer that you are genuinely interested in participating in.
When you are done signing up, Freepay will verify your email address. If you don't receive anything you can resend the verification email from your 'Account' page.
Finally, choose an offer from one of Freepay's partners. They are reputable companies such as Blockbuster, AOL, and Maxim. Details on each offer are provided, but if you are having trouble deciding there is a website called Rate The Offers.com that provides useful reviews. Your best bet is to try an offer that you are genuinely interested in participating in.
Refer
Step 2
Tell your freinds and family about the Freepay website you are trying. To get your reward you need to have several people sign up to the same website and participate in one offer.
The number of referrals required to get a reward varies between each Freepay site, but this information is listed in the Freepay Sites module above.
If you are having trouble referring people and getting them to sign up to an offer, show them this website. If that doesn't work there are services that allow you to trade referrals or offer money in return for referrals. One such service is called RefStop.
The number of referrals required to get a reward varies between each Freepay site, but this information is listed in the Freepay Sites module above.
If you are having trouble referring people and getting them to sign up to an offer, show them this website. If that doesn't work there are services that allow you to trade referrals or offer money in return for referrals. One such service is called RefStop.
Receive
Step 3
Once you have met Freepay's requirements you will be able to provide a shipping address for your free reward. Freepay will review your account and if you have participated fairly, they will send you your free product.
At this point, you're done. You can wait for your reward to arrive in the mail, or you may want to start another Freepay website. Remember that you can only complete each individual website once (Sorry, you can't get two free xbox 360s, but you can get an xbox 360 and a flatscreen tv to play it on).
At this point, you're done. You can wait for your reward to arrive in the mail, or you may want to start another Freepay website. Remember that you can only complete each individual website once (Sorry, you can't get two free xbox 360s, but you can get an xbox 360 and a flatscreen tv to play it on).
MP3 Players from Amazon.com
If you don't wanna go with Freepay, you can always buy this stuff!
Apple iPod 30 GB Video White MA002LL/A (5th Generation)
Amazon Price: $499.37 (as of 08/21/2008)
Apple iPod nano 4 GB Black (1st Generation)
Amazon Price: (as of 08/21/2008)
Apple iPod shuffle 512 MB White (1st Generation)
Amazon Price: $69.95 (as of 08/21/2008)
Question and Answer
email me any unanswered questions!
Q: Who can try Freepay.com's sites?
A: Originally Freepay.com sites were for US Citizens only, but some sites are being made available to people living in Canada, Germany, and the UK
Q: What if I don't have a credit card to do an offer, or if I don't want to provide mine?
A: Check at your local bank about getting a gift card. These work just like credit cards, but are safer because they have a limit of whatever amount you put on them.
Q: How should I choose an offer to complete?
A: Pick an offer that you are genuinely interested in participating in. Don't pick an offer because it seems easiest to complete. Freepay relies on people doing offers honestly to continue providing free stuff.
A: Originally Freepay.com sites were for US Citizens only, but some sites are being made available to people living in Canada, Germany, and the UK
Q: What if I don't have a credit card to do an offer, or if I don't want to provide mine?
A: Check at your local bank about getting a gift card. These work just like credit cards, but are safer because they have a limit of whatever amount you put on them.
Q: How should I choose an offer to complete?
A: Pick an offer that you are genuinely interested in participating in. Don't pick an offer because it seems easiest to complete. Freepay relies on people doing offers honestly to continue providing free stuff.
Useful Freepay Links
I found these links helpful when researching Freepay.
- Rate The Offers.com
- This website provides reviews for offers from Freepay.com's affiliates. These reviews can be very helpful when trying to choose an offer to complete.
- Wikipedia's Freepay Article
- Wikipedia refers to Freepay as Gratis Internet, because this is the name the company first started under.
- Freepay's Happy Customer Gallery
- Pictures of Freepay customers who are enjoying their free merchandise after just receiving it.
- Freepay in the news
- This is Freepay's press coverage page. Wired, NPR, and The New York Times have all written articles about Freepay's websites.
- Freepay's Blog
- News updates from Freepay, including new features and website announcements.
- G4TV - The Screen Savers: FreeiPods.com
- A video clip from the Screen Savers, an older G4 Tech Tv show that discusses how Freepay's (then Gratis Internet) program works.
- RefStop - One Stop Spot for Referral Trading
- Some people prefer to trade or pay for referrals. Get referrals for sites like ipods.freepay.com by joining this trading service which connects you to tons of people looking to do offers.
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My Freepay Rewards
I ordered my free iPod on 9/1/2004 at 6:03:00 PM. More than a month later on 10/20/2004 1:01:00 AM (Freepay has since improved shipping), my iPod shipped directly from the manufacturer at Shanghai China. It was delivered via FedEx ground on 10/22/2004 10:18 AM.
For more pictures showing people with their Freepay rewards, go to Freepay's Happy Customer Gallery.
The FedEx Package
The iPod Box
Opening it up
Apple inside.
iPod Cables and All
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