I've been getting a lot of emails within the past month asking many questions about Freebie Trading and pros and cons of what do to do. So what I have done is put together a list of tips that I thought could help. These are strategies and secrets that have worked successfully for me.
Trust me when I say, you are not going to see such tips posted anywhere else on the internet. I don't care how many tutorials there are and who claims to be the expert. As I said before, I like to cut to the chase - no nonsense, long-winded useless chatter or beating around the bush.
Please feel free to send an email at anytime if you have anymore questions.
DO
Set your dollar limit of what you are willing to spend to complete offers.
I personally think that $10 is reasonable. However, if you decide to go lower ir higher, then that is perfectly fine as well. No matter what amount you decide on, be sure to keep your dollar limit in mind when seeking out offers to complete. This helps you to narrow down your choices.
CLEAR YOUR COOKIES! This is the most common mistake that people tend to overlook. Clearing your cookies is most important. It helps to avoid delay with appropriate credits/money.
The Free Credit Report offers are the absolutely fastest to credit. Always go for them! You can cancel at anytime later.
Most offers that emphasize a 30-day free trial tend to credit very quickly. All you have to do is sign up with a valid CC and you should go green. Remember you can always cancel your trials at anytime.
Please be sure to write down any and all necessary information from your trial offers. If you have to make a spreadsheet or set a reminder for yourself then so be it. It helps a great deal. Make sure to write down your trial beginning and end dates, customer service number to call and etc. Also be sure to save each and every single confirmation email that is sent to you. This all comes in handy when keeping track of your completed trial offers so that you don't accrue any unwanted charges.
Netflix and Blockbuster both credit almost instantly. The cost of sign-up is usually around $9.99. It's a trial offer that can be cancelled at anytime. But it's recommended that you wait at least 21 days before cancelling. It's possible that if you cancel too early, the trading site will revoke your applied credit.
VistaPrint, SmartDiets, Gevalia and Stamps.com are also three very good offers that credit very fast.
The Disney, Dr. Suess and DoubleDay Book Club offers are also very good offers that credit very quickly. The S&H charge is usually no more than about $10 but if it costs a little bit more than you can afford, then I suggest that you use your own discretion.
DON'T
Do not spend money that you cannot afford to lose completing offers. Spending large amounts of cash isn't necessary to go green. There are very affordable offers and even some free offers already there to take advantage of. Just take your time and look for them.
Do not complete offers that ask you to download screensavers, music, movies and etc. These offers are very slow to credit, and more often than not, you will have to open a support ticket and cut and paste your confirmation email proof you completed this site. This can take up to 7 days and sometimes longer. Sometimes they don't credit at all.
Stay away from those Discover Card offers or any other kind of credit card "apply for me" offers. You are signing up for a credit card and the freebie site will only award you the offer credit "if" you are approved for the card. If you are unapproved, you don't get credit. When it boils down to it. This offer isn't at all worth completing.
Do not complete any of the weight loss supplement offers. i.e MaxxiTrim, Hoodia, AcaiBerry and etc. These are not legitimate companies. They are privately owned distributors advertising and scamming the hell out of people. There is no reliable customer service number or support team information. And the way I hear, they will charge your card over and over again repeatedly, without sending you the product. Stay away!
Do not under any circumstances complete anything that remotely looks like it is a Payday Loan offer. These offers operate with the same strategy as the Discover card offers. You only recieve credit when you are approved for the loan and with most Payday loan offers you must take out the loan before you receive credit. This is a HELL NO! offer as taking out a Payday loan will require you to pay a finance charge along with the requested funds.
Stay away!
Other Helpful Tips
It is not necessary for you complete offers on every single freebie trading website you visit. To be honest, it's best to have at least 3-4 freebie trading sites under your belt. After you are done going green with those. STOP! At this point your next move should be working towards getting referrals. The money is in the referrals.
You do not need websites like Freelunchroom to find referrals. You can get them anywhere. Messageboard forums sites, craigslist, friends, family co-workers, anywhere!
The best way to get referrals is to offer some kind of incentive. You can offer to pay your referrals or you can swap with other freebie traders.
Swapping is when you offer to go GREEN by becoming their referral, as they agree to go GREEN by becoming your referral. A win-win for the both of you as you both get to cash out on your site.
After you have began completing offers do not panic if they do not credit instantly. This doesn't mean that you have been scammed. Some offers can take anywhere from 5 minutes to 7 days to credit. If it takes any longer than that, simply open up a support ticket and allow the site customer service to look into the matter. Once again, be sure to have your confirmation emails handy as they sometimes ask for proof of offer completition.
You = money to these freebie site owners and they hate to get bad reputations. Their customer service is very cooperative and they work with you to get you your money.
If you stick to these you should have no problem making money in this industry. It is waaaay to easy to make money in the freebie industry. Too easy. And if you work it to your benefit it can prove to be very lucrative.
Good luck to all.
Cheers and Happy Earnings!
