Welcome to the free stuff
direct blog, where you will find links to websites which enable you to apply
for free samples, free products, and, free discount codes or money off coupons. There are also links to popular survey sites
where you can complete surveys to collect points that allow you to obtain reward
vouchers to spend on various products. I
will deal with each one of these in turn below.
Just a few words before we
get in to the meat and drink. The
majority of sites require some personal information, including an email
address, which they will use to send you various offers, so it may well be
worthwhile setting up a separate email account, so as to avoid your main email being
inundated by this type of correspondence.
New email addresses can be obtained from a variety of sources including
gmail (Google), hotmail (Microscoft), yahoo, and, AOL.
As an aside I set up the
blog to see if offering this type of service (freebies and money making
opportunities) would actually drive more traffic to the site. I have another blog, and, in all fairness it
receives very little in terms of page views.
I heard one website owner speak about receiving over 300,000 hits a
month for his free stuff website. Anyway
it will be an interesting experiment for me.
This blog is independent
from any of the sites mentioned, and, as such it would be extremely helpful if
you could leave feedback and comments for the benefit of future users. Enjoy the content. Please note that the links will re-direct you
to the relevant websites, but I have no responsibility to any onward
outcome. Have fun.
This site has been featured
on the television programme Dragons Den, with one of the Dragons very excitedly
making an offer to buy a share of the company.
The site is simple to use, but will require you to enter various
personal details. A couple of points of
warning that I noticed are as follows:
- One
offer said that they had run out of stock of the product, but still provided
the form to enter your details. They did
not state whether the product would be in stock again. Please read the
offer carefully to make sure it is still current.
- Another
offer did not provide an opt out of any marketing literature. On reading the terms and conditions it stated
that your details would be shared with other partner organisations. It wasn’t until you got to the final
paragraphs of the Privacy policy that you were informed of the email address
you had to contact to enable you to opt out of the marketing
communications. This I suggest is a bit
naughty.
If you sign up to the site
newsletter it states they will send you details of five new freebies everyday.
This site has a multitude of
offers, covering everything from free stuff, free competitions, discount
vouchers, along with various switching services for gas, electricity, mobile
telephone, broadband, insurance, and, the like.
It also covers financial products including saving, and, borrowing.
One of the sites boasts is
that it offers clear, concise, and, simple one minute guides on how to save
money, and, get the best value deal that you can.
I have not used this site
myself as it tends to get swallowed up in the search results by the bigger
comparison offerings, but it appears to have good credentials, and, I would be interested
in hearing from any reader of their experiences by posting a comment below.
This site allows you to
undertake surveys in return for reward points, the number of which being
dependant on the length of the survey undertaken. When you have gathered the necessary number
of points you can either choose to redeem them for gift cards (including major
department stores and amazon); to be entered in to prize draws, or, to make
donations to good causes. The site
requires you to create a user profile, and, provide quite in depth information
on your lifestyle, etc., in order to ensure that you are targeted with relevant
surveys.
I have direct knowledge of
this website, as I am registered for their surveys. However, I must point out that the survey
invitations I receive are quite ad hoc.
I probably receive around two to three a week, with some only offering rewards
of only 50 points for completion. Presently
you require 1,380 for a £10 gift card, so you can see how it may take a while
to reach this target if you are only accruing 50 points a time. Having said that I have over the past few
years received around £70 in gift vouchers, along with other £10 amazon
vouchers for taking part in mobile surveys over a period of say two weeks. This is by no means a road to riches but if
you are prepared to persevere you can earn yourself a treat over a period of
time.
Click on the title above to
link to the i-say website.
This is primarily another
survey site, but it also has additional money making opportunities in the form
of small tasks, or, larger writing jobs.
Each survey / job is assigned a monetary value, for example 42p (yes
forty two pence you read right!), which you will earn on completion of the task. You require a total of £20 to be able to
withdraw the funds which can be paid in to a Paypal account. As is common with survey sites you are
required to set up an account, and, answer a variety of lifestyle questions so
that the tasks / surveys can be targeted at you. Again this is not a quick way to get rich,
but with a constant slog you may get the opportunity to earn £20.
I have only just signed up with
this site, and, so have limited experience of its’ potential. A couple of initial issues are when you click
on certain surveys they appear to be run by third parties, and, require the
answering pre qualification questions, which can be quite onerous and time
consuming to complete, especially when you may well be eventually informed that
you do not qualify to partake in the survey.
Another problem is that you sometimes come to the end of a survey, and, the
browser goes blank, and, your efforts appear to have been in vain. The email notifications are also a source of disappointment
as they inform you a survey is available, only for this not to be the case when
you log in to your account.
You are only offered one of
the larger jobs, when you have completed five of the smaller tasks. At the moment I have not been offered any
tasks, and, so am excluded from
the larger assignments. I will be most interested when these come
available and the value of the reward that can be earned on these larger
opportunities.
Click on the title above to
link to the vivatic website.
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This is another survey
site. I am mentioning it because I am a
member and therefore have direct experience of its workings. Unfortunately my experience is not a very
good one. Every time you complete a
survey you are awarded a certain number of points, depending on the
length. The problem is that you have to
earn 5,000 points, which equates to £50 in cash before you can apply for the
money.
I was completing surveys to
earn points, which in truth was proving to be rather onerous, as some surveys
were only worth 50 points. Anyway I had
amassed a grand total of 2,495 points, which is nearly halfway to £50, when all
of a sudden the surveys stopped. This
was about six months ago. I have logged in
to my account since, and, my points are still there, but I have had absolutely
no opportunities to increase my point balance.
At the present time I feel cheated,
as I seemed to have completed a lot of surveys, which involved a great deal of
time, to get to my current accrued points balance. If you are reading this and you have had a
better experience then I would be interested to know. Perhaps my profile is not the demographic
this survey site is looking for.
Click on the title above to
link to the yougov website.
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