Internet and Businesses Online

Free offers on the internet are like free money from the government, neither is ever really free. ?(And that truth won't even count as one of the five!)

The operators of free offer (FO) sites purchase the gift items that attract people to their sites and make them want to investigate the offers. ?Now, what do you think the odds are that they just want to give these items away because they just happen to be nice people? ?They may certainly be nice people, but they don't gain anything if you just show up at their sites. ?They get paid whenever people choose one of their advertisers with which to sign up for whatever product is being presented. ?That's when the money comes in so the FO operators can buy more incentive gifts to attract more people to their sites, and they start over giving away more stuff!

Here are 5 helpful things to know about Free Offer sites:

1. Every offer on an FO site is a banner (ad image) that links you to the web site of the brand name company that is making the offer.?
2. Not every incentive gift is a bargain compared to what your costs for the selected offers are.
3. Risk Free Trials (RFTs) allow you to try a product for a specified period of time if you'll pay the account start-up costs (which is usually a small bookkeeping fee or the shipping and handling charges, or both).
4. Most RFTs are negative option transactions meaning that, following the trial period, unless you cancel the order, you will automatically be sent a periodic supply (e.g., monthly, etc.) of the product you sampled and you will be charged for it.
5. Always read the "Terms and Conditions" (often called the "Gift Rules" or something similar) which contains the "fine print" of the FO sites.?For example, a?few offers require that you "bring a friend" who must also register and complete a set of selection pages just like you did, in order to qualify for the giveaway incentive item.