How It Works

The internet is overloaded with websites claiming to show you the new must - see way to getting expensive items for free.

 

As difficult as they are to believe, most of those claims are true. This article will show you how and why this works.

The first question is usually - How can it be possible to give expensive goods away for free?

For major companies, advertising using the traditional methods of TV, Radio etc are no longer producing the required results. So they have come up with something called referral marketing.

This method means the companies will pay the referral network for any potential customers they receive - and the referral network uses this money to pay for your gift.

 

 

I have illustrated this with an example. Let's say you decide to sign up and choose an iPod:

Step One: Choose the offer or free trial you're going to complete. If you are in the UK, the most popular offers are a free, 14 day DVD rental trial with LOVEFiLM or a 30 day free trial with intuit.

If you are in The USA, Canada, or Europe there are similar offers with various other well known and respected companies.

Step Two: is to refer friends/relatives to do the same. An iPod requires just 3 referrals and we all have a few friends who would be happy to take up a free DVD rental trial.

Thats it!, just wait a couple of days for the postman with your free iPod!

This all seems very quick and simple but who are the winners? Why does it work?

You - Take out a free trial

Spent - Nothing

Received - A free iPod

The free gift network spent - £60 on your iPod

The free gift network Received - Three commissions totalling £110. Thats a profit for them of £50

From - The advertiser, who gain three potential customers who have tried their service/product and may well like to keep it.