Hey, It’s Free!

Friend of the site Alissa of Free Samples Direct is giving away $25 to whoever sends the most traffic her way over the next week. Now, I doubt HIF will win, but if we do I’ll turn around and give it away to one of my lucky readers.**

No, the reason I like FSD is because it’s actually a darn good freebie site. There’s only six other freebie sites I read on a daily basis and it’s at the top of my list. Most people mention that they like how I keep all of those spammy fake “freebies” off of HIF - well, FSD is no different. In fact, she’s so good at finding legit freebies, I can’t tell you how many times I’ve found a freebie on her site before I’ve been able to post it on HIF

So check out Free Samples Direct!

** Here’s the deal. Leave a comment on this post telling me what you like best about HIF or what I could do to make it better and if I win the prize, I’ll pick a random commenter and forward the money to them!

If there’s one thing I know each and every one of us have in common, it’s that we love to save money. Seriously, why else would you be reading a site dedicated to freebies?! The problem is that in my quest for daily freebies like knickknack t-shirt, coffee mugs, or candy samples, I sometimes forget about the larger and sometimes much more practical freebies out there.

Take for instance free shipping. I buy things on the Internet all the time. ALL. THE. TIME! If I’m going to buy a book and the nearest bookstore is a good 15 minute drive out of my way, I’ll simply pick it up on Amazon. I have my sibling’s clothing sizes all written down so that I can do my Christmas shopping from the comfort of my couch. If there was a way to buy gasoline on-line and have it transported directly into my truck, I’m pretty sure I’d sign up for it.

Thing is, I rarely remember to Google any discount codes for the site and when I do, I usually can only find outdated and old codes. Suddenly I’ve just spent an hour trying to save $5 and it wasn’t even worth it. Enter Free Shipping.org. If I’m shopping at Macys and need to find some coupons, well gee golly it’s pretty easy to find the Macys free shipping page in a matter of seconds. Same goes for Target, Amazon, Kohls, and 600 other sites!

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I wrote about Blingo almost a year ago, but I thought I’d remind everybody about Blingo simply because they’ve updated some of the prizes you can win. The current prize list includes:

* Brand New Ford Mustang - or $20,000 in cash (your choice)
* $5,000 cash
* 42-Inch Plasma TV - or $2,500 cash (your choice)
* $1,000 cash
* $50 Amazon.com Gift Certificate
* $25 Amazon.com Gift Certificate
* $10 iTunes Gift Certificate or Fandango Movie Ticket (the movie certificate is good for one adult admission at one of the many participating theaters across the country)

Just in case you don’t know what Blingo is and don’t want to read the bit-too-long post I made last year, Blingo is a search engine where you can win prizes just for searching. And winning is easy. The first 10 searches you perform on Blingo each day is eligible to win a random prize. If you happen to win, a congrats message pops up, but otherwise, you just get your normal search results. And Blingo pulls from Google’s search results, so basically you’re just using Google but with the chance to win free stuff. So you have nothing to lose and if you want to possibly win some free stuff just for searching, sign up for a free account on Blingo and have at it!

It’s not every day that you find a freebie site that doesn’t require a credit card, but trust me, they exist! For instance, one of the leading non-cc freebie sites out there is ThisStuffIsFree Network. For a mere 10 referrals, you can get a $50 gift certificate for free. That might not sound like a lot, but remember, I’ve currently got nine referrals and they were all obtained simply by putting the link in my signature on a few message boards and asking a few friends over IM to sign up!

They also offer larger items, like iPod Nanos for 25 refs. Again, I’ve already got nine from the same methods.

TSIF Network also runs sites where you can get free video games or perhaps free xbox360 gear, or even a free Nintendo DS!

I’ve found the best offer on these sites is the Permission Research offer, which tends to credit in as little as 10 minutes. It’s located on the “More Offers” page 2. Of course, you can only do that offer once, so if you were to sign up for a second or third site, you’d need to try a new offer on them, but there are so many free and quick offers that you shouldn’t have trouble finding one that credits. In fact, if you find that the first offer you did doesn’t credit within a day or so, just go back and do another one. They only take a max of 60 seconds to complete!

50.free4me.net is another great non-cc site and it’s run by probably the 2nd best freebie site out there, Free4Me Network. Again, you only need 10 refs for $50 and before you know it, you’ll have a few hundred dollars worth of freebies sitting on your desk all without spending a dime! Now that’s what I call a real freebie!

So, what are you waiting for? It’s fast, it’s easy, you’ll get tons of free stuff, and I need just a few more refs And please, if you know of another site out there that doesn’t require a credit card, please share it with us!

Over the past few days I’ve been trying to set up link trades with other freebie sites so that I can start to build the traffic here at HIF. One such site I began trading with was Cool Freebie Links and not only did they agree to a generous link exchange, but they went out of their way and wrote a fabulous review of HIF! Seriously, kinder words have never been spoken about this little site of mine and for that, I thank Cool Freebie Links and suggest you go check their site out today!

Win prizes just for searching!

First off, I want to thank everybody for their support and kind words over the opening of Hey, It’s Free! Membership and daily visitors have been higher than I initially expected, so for that, I thank you all! I’ll be unveiling some new features and pages by this weekend, so be sure to keep coming back and checking us out. And remember, sign up and check out the message boards we have set up here. It’ll be a great way to keep in touch and have all your questions answered within minutes!

However, for today’s freebie topic, I’d like to share with you a little service called Blingo. Blingo is a search engine that uses Google as a backbone, which in English means when you search for something using Blingo, you’re really just using Google. Now some of you might wonder why would you use Blingo if it’s just the same as using Google? Well, that’s simple…Blingo gives out free prizes for searching!

Prizes range from movie tickets (which are the most common prize), to Visa gift cards, to iPods, to Playstation Portables. Every day, around 50 people win a prize and if you happen to be one of the people who win as you are searching, a notification box will pop up and tell you! Seriously, you have nothing to lose by using Blingo, especially since it’s the same exact search results as Google. So head on over there, make a free account, and start searching away!

And just for fun, here are some pictures of proof of what will happen when you win! Enjoy!

Blingo Proof
Blingo E-mail
Blingo Movie Ticket

Head over to Blingo now and start winning prizes for searching!

Read below and get a FREE DVD!

Welcome to the Grand Opening of Hey, It’s Free! It’s been four months in the making, but everything is now up and ready to go. You may be interested in the free DVD I speak of in the title of this, but before I get to this, allow me to explain exactly what this site is all about. During the summer of 2004, a company called Gratis opened up a website called Free iPods.com that promised it’s users a way to earn free iPods. Of course, many people were skeptical, as well they should have been. But soon reports began to leak out that the website was in fact legit. Wired Magazine did an article proclaiming their genuineness and since then, NBC, CNN, and a host of other news agencies have also run stories on the site. People on the net began posting their success stories and actual pictures of the box and iPod that they received for free!

Encouraged by the huge success of Free iPods.com, Gratis opened other websites allowing users to obtain free flatscreen monitors, digital cameras, mini macs, and even full desktop computers. Other companies, hoping to cash in on what was being called the “freebie craze” began making replica websites and by 2005, there were over 200 freebie sites on the net!

So is this what Hey, It’s Free is planning on doing? Giving away free iPods? Well, not exactly. I decided to create this site to help guide my friends and family through the process because after a full year, I still encounter countless people every day who feel it’s all just a scam. I can personally attest to it being legit, because as I type this, I’m listening to the Gladiator Soundtrack on my iPod which was sent to me for free from Gratis =) So, I decided to draw from my personal experience and expertise and make a site for those people out there who don’t understand the freebie process or feel as if there’s no way they’ll be able to obtain something for free!

On Hey, It’s Free, you’ll find information that I’ve gathered over the past year on the freebie craze, such as what offers are legitimate versus which ones are scams, which trials are excellent to try versus which ones you need to stay away from, and even a full walkthrough of the process which takes you from start to finish! There’s a FAQ section that explains all the terms you’ll hear in the freebie craze and how these companies actually make money by giving away free products. And if your questions still aren’t answered or you want to discuss the craze or this site further, you can check out the community forums I’ve set up!

But enough about Hey, It’s Free, let’s get to the free DVD! In an effort to show you just how easy it is to get free stuff on the Internet, I’m going to walk you through the short and easy process of getting a free DVD! You’ll first want to go to I Want Free Gifts.com and make a free account on the left hand side of the site. You might want to consider opening up a free e-mail account with Yahoo or Hotmail and using that e-mail address for all your freebie offers so that your personal e-mail doesn’t receive any spam, but that’s up to you. Once you’ve made your free account, select “Free DVD” on the bottom of the page and pick which DVD you want. You’ll then be given a list of offers to complete in exchange for your DVD and you’ll want to select the E-Bay offer near the top since it’s both easy and free. You’ll be taken to E-Bay’s website where it will ask you to create a free E-Bay account. Make an account and once you are finished, all you have to do is go and bid on any auction on E-Bay. Remember, you don’t have to win or even come close to winning, all you have to do is bid! I personally bid $1.00 on a new TV on E-Bay, which is an offer I knew wouldn’t win because who would sell a new TV for only a $1!

Once you’ve done that, it will take about 2 or 3 days for I Want Free Gifts to receive notice that you’ve completed the E-Bay offer. So, after a few days, log back into your I Want Free Gifts account and you’ll notice it says you’ve completed an offer! Click the button that says claim gift, type in you shipping info, and viola! In a few days a brand spanking new DVD will arrive in the mail!

See what I mean about how easy it is to get free stuff? So take a look around here on Hey, It’s Free and get started on earning your very own free iPod, flatscreen, or even computer! Enjoy your stay and be sure to tell your friends!