A free iPhone, or a free high definition TV in return for signing up to a cut price trial of a service - sounds too good to be true? Well amazingly it isn't and thousands of clever customers are taking advantage of the fast-growing marketing phenomenon of free gift websites.
The truth of the matter is that companies are having to fight harder and harder to attract customers and nowadays they're finding that people are watching fewer TV adverts and even when they do they're less likely to believe the claims on the screen. The marketers have had to try something new to grab people's attention and if that means 'paying' for them to try their products, that's what they'll do.
Today's internet generation are used to getting things for free. For example, they're not prepared to pay for social networking sites or news information. So if you can offer them free high-end consumer goods, very quickly you've got them listening.
So how do you get your free gift? First of all you choose what you'd like from the free gift website and click on the product. This will take you through to a new window with a range of trial offers or cut price deals. You'll need to pick one of them to sign up to and remember if it's a trial you will be free to cancel at a later stage should you want to. Make sure you fully understand the terms and conditions relating to each particular offer. You'll need to sign up for a service or a product like a mobile phone or phone contract. These are provided by well-known and reputable companies, all of which are keen to attract you.
Next you need to tell your friends about the offer. And when they visit the site and sign up for a free or cut price deal too, you're on the way to your free gift. The more valuable the gift is, the more referrals you'll need to make, but once you get going it's surprising how quickly that can happen.
But you may still be wondering how a website can give you something like a PS3 or an HDTV free? Well, every time a customer clicks through and takes up a free or cut price offer with a partner company, that company pays a bounty back to the website and this is what ultimately pays for the gift that's free to you. Obviously not everyone who takes up a trial is going to become a long term customer of the partner company, but the fact is that enough people do and this makes such good economic sense to them that they're prepared to pay for the referrals.
It all adds up to a great deal for the savvy internet customer. And in these cash-strapped times, a free iphone, games console, or an HDTV is a highly tempting prize.
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