Freebie Sites, Scam or Not? Can You Really Make Money Off of Them? Will You Actually Receive Your Free Gift?

Freebie sites are very common among the internet these days. You get ads for it everyday in your spam folder showing "Free 42" Plasma Television" or "Free 80 GB Ipod". People see them everyday and just delete them. Does anyone ever give them any thought that it might be true?

I will start out by explaining my experience with them. One day, my friend told me he had an Xbox 360. I then exclaimed "You actually paid money for that?" He replies with "No, I got it off of a website for free". Before that, I was just like most people and I also believed that this was all just a scam to get your money. I then became interested and did some research. It turns out that it isn't completely free but, not far off. Let me explain. Most freebie sites require you to sign up with a valid email address, home address, and name. You then have to do a promotional offer from their site (such as free trial to Hoodia diet pills, 7 day trial to true.com, ect..) in which then you will receive credit on their website for it. Additionally, you must refer others to do the same. Some sites require a lot of referrals and some, not many at all. Sometimes, as low as one. You're probably wondering how you are supposed to convince enough people to sign up and pay a few dollars for something they don't really want. Well, I was introduced to the world of trading referrals.

There are websites out there such as referral swapper and anything4free in which you can send other people who are in the freebie scene trades for referrals. It works like this. You get a trade and someone completes an offer with the site that you are working on and you do the same for them. You can also pay other people to be a referral for you, but you must make sure that the amount you pay for each referral adds up to where you still profit from your freebie site.

You're probably wondering now when you will receive your free gift. Well, after you have completed the necessary referral requirements for the site, you submit it in for verification. They verify your account to make sure that there hasn't been any fraudulent activity and then they will ship you your gift! It's as easy as that. You must be careful though because if you were to sign up at a computer that someone else has also signed up on for the same website, you will be disqualified. These sites are extremely strict about stuff like that and you must read their terms and conditions for their rules.
I have made a few hundred dollars in the past few months from these freebie sites. Most of the time, there is a Paypal option if you don't want the free gift. They will then, pay you the money in your Paypal account the equivalent cost of the gift.

So, how do these companies afford to just give out free gifts like this? They have advertisers and those are the advertisers that you are doing offers for. They get commission from the advertisers, so they can afford to provide you with free gifts and money. It does seem that they'd be losing money but in all reality, they are making way more than they are giving.

In conclusion, I don't believe that freebie sites are a scam because I am a living witness that I have received the gifts. Is it free? Well, you know the phrase "Nothing in life is free". Of course not, but it is only a few dollars lost for a lot gained. Am I saying that there aren't any freebie websites out there that are scams? No. There are definitely freebie websites out there that are just doing it to get paid by their advertisers and not give out anything, but those are not that common. As for anything, you must do your research before getting involved.